Thanks to a very busy year, it was hard to stay on top of all the releases, and write detailed reviews but I managed to gather 15 of my most liked in a succinct list. More albums and singles are on this Spotify playlist.
15. ACOD – VERSETS NOIRS (France) April 26, 2024
FFO: Carach Angren, Naglfar, Dark Funeral
Favourite Track: May This World Burn
14. H V N W R D – DEMIURGIC FORCES (Canada) June 15, 2024
FFO: Austere, Lifelover, Ghost Bath
Favourite Track: A Star Of Unformed Potential
13. BLACK FOREST – BLACK FOREST (Germany) June 16, 2024
FFO: Ars Veneficium, Carpathian Forest, Gorgoroth
Favourite Track: Thoughts
12. GROZA – NADIR (Germany) September 20, 2024
FFO: Misþyrming, Mayhem, UADA
Favourite Track: Equal. Silent. Cold.
11. AARA – EIGER (Switzerland) December 6, 2024
FFO: Mare Cognitum, Wolves in the Throne Room, Grima
Favourite Track: Alptraum
10. ANA ARGAN LIST – IRRBLOSS (Sweden) October 11, 2024
FFO: Agalloch, Alcest, Woods of Desolation
Favourite Track: Vingar
9. IN APHELION – REAPERDAWN (Sweden / Netherlands) August 9, 2024
FFO: Marduk, Necrophobic, Immortal
Favourite Track: They Fell Under Blackened Skies
8. YOG-SOTHOTH – THROUGH THE GATES OF THE SILVER KEY (Poland) August 30, 2024
FFO: Emperor, Alghazanth, Moonlight Sorcery
Favourite Track: Rituals of the Black Pharaoh
7. DÖDSRIT – NOCTURNAL WILL (Sweden) March 22, 2024
FFO: Wormwitch, Enisum, Wiegedood
Favourite Track: Irjala
6. LABYRINTHUS STELLARUM – VORTEX OF THE WORLDS (Ukraine) April 6, 2024
FFO: Eldamar, Lustre, Darkspace
Favourite Track: The Light Of Dying Worlds
5. WINTERFYLLETH – THE IMPERIOUS HORIZON (England) September 13, 2024
FFO: Saor, Primordial, Drudkh
Favourite Track: To the Edge of Tyranny
4. ELLENDE – TODBRINGERIN (Austria) August 30, 2024
FFO: Harakiri For The Sky, Der Weg einer Freiheit, Heretoir
Favourite Track: Versprochen…
3. KANONENFIEBER – DIE URKATASTROPHE (Germany) September 20, 2024
FFO: Батюшка, Non Est Deus, Mgła
Favourite Track: Waffenbrüder
2. WORMWOOD – THE STAR (Sweden) May 31, 2024
FFO: Månegarm, Moonsorrow, Falkenbach
Favourite Track: Liminal
1. ROTTING CHRIST – PRO XRISTOU (Greece) May 24, 2024
FFO: Enslaved, Borknagar, Dimmu Borgir
Favourite Track: The Apostate
