Kerrang!'s 50 Best Albums of 2024

The Kerrang! countdown of the 50 albums that shaped 2024.

Published: December 09, 2024 16:00 Source

# 1

You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To by Knocked Loose

Album • May 10 / 2024 Metalcore

# 2

POST HUMAN: NeX GEn by Bring Me The Horizon

Album • May 24 / 2024 Alternative Metal Emo-Pop

# 3

Cartoon Darkness by Amyl and The Sniffers

Album • Oct 25 / 2024 Garage Punk

# 4

Clancy by twenty one pilots

Album • May 24 / 2024 Alt-Pop Indie Rock

# 5

Guided Tour by High Vis

Album • Oct 18 / 2024 Alternative Rock Post-Punk

# 6

Negative Spaces by Poppy

Album • Nov 15 / 2024 Alternative Metal

# 7

From Zero by LINKIN PARK

Album • Nov 15 / 2024 Alternative Rock Rap Rock

# 8

Dark Superstition by Gatecreeper

Album • May 17 / 2024 Melodic Death Metal Death Metal

# 9

Saviors by Green Day

Album • Jan 19 / 2024 Alternative Rock Pop Punk

# 10

ONLY ONE MODE by Speed

Album • Jul 12 / 2024 Metalcore Beatdown Hardcore Hardcore Punk

# 11

Neck Deep by Neck Deep

Album • Jan 19 / 2024 Pop Punk

# 12

Humble As the Sun by Bob Vylan

Album • Apr 05 / 2024 UK Hip Hop Political Hip Hop Rap Rock

# 13

She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She by Chelsea Wolfe

Album • Feb 09 / 2024 Darkwave Post-Industrial

# 14

Devoured by the Mouth of Hell by Heriot

Album • Sep 27 / 2024 Metalcore

# 15

There Goes the Neighbourhood by Kid Kapichi

Album • Mar 15 / 2024 Dance-Punk Indie Rock Post-Punk Revival

# 16

Absolute Elsewhere by Blood Incantation

Album • Oct 04 / 2024 Death Metal Progressive Metal

# 17

HEAVY JELLY by SOFT PLAY

Album • Jul 19 / 2024 Punk Rock Garage Punk

# 18

Zetra by Zetra

Album • Sep 13 / 2024 Gothic Rock

# 19

Keep Me Fed by The Warning

Album • Jun 28 / 2024 Hard Rock Alternative Rock

# 20

The Mess We Seem To Make (Deluxe) by Crawlers

Album • Feb 16 / 2024

# 21

Heaven :x: Hell by Sum 41

Album • Mar 29 / 2024 Melodic Hardcore Pop Punk

# 22

Songs For The Living // Songs For The Dead by Kid Bookie

Album • Sep 13 / 2024

# 23

Manual Manic Procedures by 200 Stab Wounds

Album • Jun 28 / 2024 Death Metal

# 24

Smitten by Pale Waves

Album • Sep 20 / 2024 Pop Rock Indie Pop

# 25

Who Are You When No One Is Watching? by Graphic Nature

Album • Jul 12 / 2024 Nu Metal Metalcore

# 26

Invincible Shield (Deluxe Edition) by Judas Priest

Album • Mar 08 / 2024 Heavy Metal

# 27

King Of The Mischievous South Vol. 2 by Denzel Curry

Album • Jul 19 / 2024 Southern Hip Hop Trap Hardcore Hip Hop Memphis Rap

# 28

Highly Irresponsible by Better Lovers

Album • Oct 25 / 2024 Metalcore

# 29

Do Not Go To War With The Demons Of Mazandaran by Lowen

Album • Oct 04 / 2024

# 30

WAS HERE by Stand Atlantic

Album • Aug 23 / 2024

# 31

TANGK by IDLES

Album • Feb 16 / 2024 Art Rock Post-Punk

# 32

Kissing Death by MOTHICA

Album • Aug 23 / 2024

# 33

Sundiver by Boston Manor

Album • Sep 06 / 2024 Alternative Rock

# 34

This World F*****g Sucks by Cassyette

Album • Aug 23 / 2024

# 35

I Got Heaven by Mannequin Pussy

Album • Mar 01 / 2024 Indie Rock

# 36

Yesterwynde by Nightwish

Album • Sep 20 / 2024 Symphonic Metal

# 37

Letter to Self by SPRINTS

Album • Jan 05 / 2024 Garage Punk Post-Punk

# 38

Self Hell by While She Sleeps

Album • Mar 29 / 2024 Alternative Metal

# 39

THIS IS DOOM TRAP by Mimi Barks

Album • Sep 26 / 2024

# 40

Dark Matter by Pearl Jam

Album • Apr 19 / 2024 Alternative Rock Hard Rock

# 41

GREIF by Zeal & Ardor

Album • Aug 23 / 2024 Alternative Metal

# 42

Pink Flamingo by Kids In Glass Houses

Album • Oct 25 / 2024

# 43

Traumatic Livelihood by Jazmin Bean

Album • Feb 23 / 2024 Alternative Rock Pop Rock

# 44

Growing Up On the Internet by NOAHFINNCE

Album • Mar 08 / 2024 Pop Punk Pop Rock

# 45

The Mandrake Project by Bruce Dickinson

Album • Mar 01 / 2024 Heavy Metal

# 46

The Crucible of Life by The Home Team

Album • Jul 12 / 2024 Pop Rock

# 47

Death or Glory by Palaye Royale

Album • Aug 30 / 2024

# 48

Hot Singles In Your Area by Scene Queen

Album • Jun 28 / 2024 Nu Metal

# 49

No Obligation by The Linda Lindas

Album • Oct 11 / 2024 Power Pop Pop Punk

# 50

Smoke & Fiction by X

Album • Aug 02 / 2024 Punk Rock