Metal Hammer's Top 50 Albums of 2024

Metal Hammer has named Blood Incantation’s Absolute Elsewhere as its album of the year.The progressive death metal masterwork came out on top in an extensive poll of the magazine’s writers and editors

Published: December 05, 2024 13:05 Source

# 1

Absolute Elsewhere by Blood Incantation

Album • Oct 04 / 2024 Death Metal Progressive Metal

# 2

Invincible Shield (Deluxe Edition) by Judas Priest

Album • Mar 08 / 2024 Heavy Metal

# 3

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

Album • Feb 09 / 2024 Darkwave Post-Industrial

# 4

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

Album • May 10 / 2024 Metalcore

# 5

The Mandrake Project by Bruce Dickinson

Album • Mar 01 / 2024 Heavy Metal

# 6

The Last Will And Testament by Opeth

Album • Nov 22 / 2024 Progressive Metal

# 7

Devoured by the Mouth of Hell by Heriot

Album • Sep 27 / 2024 Metalcore

# 8

Ihsahn by Ihsahn

Album • Feb 16 / 2024 Progressive Metal Symphonic Metal

# 9

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

Album • Oct 04 / 2024

# 10

Never, Neverland (Deluxe Edition) by Unto Others

Album • Sep 20 / 2024 Gothic Rock Gothic Metal

# 11

Muuntautuja by Oranssi Pazuzu

Album • Oct 11 / 2024 Avant-Garde Metal

# 12

Dark Superstition by Gatecreeper

Album • May 17 / 2024 Melodic Death Metal Death Metal

# 13

The Shape of Fluidity by Dool

Album • Apr 19 / 2024 Progressive Rock

# 14

Cutting the Throat of God by Ulcerate

Album • Jun 14 / 2024 Dissonant Death Metal Technical Death Metal

# 15

Ridiculous And Full Of Blood by Julie Christmas

Album • Jun 14 / 2024 Post-Metal Post-Hardcore

# 16

Yesterwynde by Nightwish

Album • Sep 20 / 2024 Symphonic Metal

# 17

POST HUMAN: NeX GEn by Bring Me The Horizon

Album • May 24 / 2024 Alternative Metal Emo-Pop

# 18

Voidkind by Dvne

Album • Apr 19 / 2024 Progressive Metal Post-Metal

# 19

Lucifer V by LUCIFER

Album • Jan 26 / 2024 Hard Rock Heavy Metal

# 20

Pro Xristou by Rotting Christ

Album • May 24 / 2024 Symphonic Metal Melodic Black Metal

# 21

Melodies Of Atonement by Leprous

Album • Aug 30 / 2024 Art Rock

# 22

PowerNerd by Devin Townsend

Album • Oct 25 / 2024 Alternative Metal Progressive Metal

# 23

GREIF by Zeal & Ardor

Album • Aug 23 / 2024 Alternative Metal

# 24

Hin helga kvöl by Solstafir

Album • Nov 08 / 2024 Post-Metal Post-Rock

# 25

Every Bridge Burning by Nails

Album • Aug 30 / 2024 Grindcore Metalcore

# 26

ILION by SLIFT

Album • Jan 19 / 2024 Heavy Psych Space Rock Progressive Rock

# 27

Where Gods Fear To Speak by Oceans of Slumber

Album • Sep 13 / 2024 Progressive Metal

# 28

Science, Not Fiction by Orange Goblin

Album • Jul 19 / 2024 Stoner Metal

# 29

Cometh the Storm by High On Fire

Album • Apr 19 / 2024 Stoner Metal Sludge Metal

# 30

Spiral In A Straight Line by Touché Amoré

Album • Oct 11 / 2024 Post-Hardcore Emo

# 31

Nocturnal Will by Dödsrit

Album • Mar 22 / 2024 Melodic Black Metal

# 32

From Hell I Rise by Kerry King

Album • May 17 / 2024 Thrash Metal

# 33

Umbilical by Thou

Album • May 31 / 2024 Sludge Metal

# 34

Zetra by Zetra

Album • Sep 13 / 2024 Gothic Rock

# 35

A Chaos Of Flowers by BIG|BRAVE

Album • Apr 19 / 2024 Drone Metal

# 36

Gilded Sorrow by The Obsessed

Album • Feb 16 / 2024 Traditional Doom Metal

# 37

3+5 by Melt-Banana

Album • Aug 23 / 2024 Noise Rock Experimental Rock Post-Hardcore

# 38

Moon Healer by Job for a Cowboy

Album • Feb 23 / 2024 Technical Death Metal Progressive Metal

# 39

From Low Beams Of Hope by Pijn

Album • Jun 28 / 2024 Post-Rock

# 40

A Frame of Mind by Kalandra

Album • Sep 13 / 2024 Art Rock

# 41

Sub Rosa In Æternum by Tribulation

Album • Nov 01 / 2024 Gothic Rock Gothic Metal

# 42

The Imperious Horizon by Winterfylleth

Album • Sep 13 / 2024 Atmospheric Black Metal Melodic Black Metal

# 43

Sunraven by Grand Magus

Album • Oct 18 / 2024 Heavy Metal

# 44

Songs in Crimson by Satan

Album • Sep 13 / 2024 Heavy Metal

# 45

More Insane by Undeath

Album • Oct 04 / 2024 Death Metal

# 46

Self Hell by While She Sleeps

Album • Mar 29 / 2024 Alternative Metal

# 47

SÁLA by Kati Rán

Album • May 24 / 2024 Neo-Pagan Folk

# 48

Charcoal Grace by Caligula's Horse

Album • Jan 26 / 2024 Progressive Metal

# 49

Men Guðs hond er sterk by Hamferð

Album • Mar 22 / 2024 Doom Metal

# 50

DARKER WHITE by FEVER 333

Album • Oct 04 / 2024 Rap Metal Alternative Metal