Metacritic Aggregate: 2024 New Music: Metal
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Sub-Lists
Some breakdowns by genre:
Ranking
- Knocked Loose: You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To (Pure Noise) {13}: CS:+, DiS:*, G:*+, K:*, MH:*, MI:*, MSuk:*Ne:*, Pf:*, Sk:*, Sp:*, Up:+ -- A:88/13
- Judas Priest: Invincible Shield (Columbia) {12}: Blb:*, ClR:*, DiS:*, K:*, MH:*, MI:*, MO:*, RC:*, Sp:*, Spk:*, UCR:+; am:* -- A:83/14
- Thou: Umbilical (Sacred Bones) {10}: AMG:*, DiS:*, G:*+, K:*, LW:*, MH:*, MI:*, Spk:*, Tr:+ -- A:85/10
- High on Fire: Cometh the Storm (MNRK) {9}: CS:++, DiS:*, DW:+, K:*, MI:*, MH:*, MSuk:*, Ne:* -- A:77/11
- Ihsahn: Ihsahn (Candlelilght) {9}: AMG:*, Blb:*, DiS:*, K:*, MH:*, MI:*, MSuk:*, RC:*, SC:* -- A:85/9
- Bring Me the Horizon: Post Human: Nex Gen (Sony) {8}: Cl:*, D:*, DiS:*, G:*+, K:*, NME:*, RSUK:* -- AA:77/9
- Bruce Dickinson: The Mandrake Project (BMG) {8}: Blb:*, ClR:*, DiS:*, K:*:MH:*, MI:*, RC:*, UCR:+ -- A:77/12
- Metz: Up on Gravity Hill (Sub Pop/Dine Alone) {8}: Cl:*, DIY:*, Ex:*, FO:*, NT:*, PM:*, Tr:+; am:* -- A:80/9
- Big Brave: A Chaos of Flowers (Thrill Jockey) {6}: CS:++, Ex:*, Spk:*, Tr:+, U:* -- A:81/8
- The High Llamas: Hey Panda (Drag City) {6}: A:75/10
- Sum 41: Heaven :x: Hell (Rise) {6}: AD:*, D:*, K:*, Sp:*, Spk:*; am;* -- A:82/10
- Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats: Nell' Ora Blu (Rise Above) {6}: DiS:*, MI:*, MSuk:*, Sp:*, U:*; am:* -- A:77/9
- Hamferð: Men Guðs Hond Er Sterk (Metal Blade) {5}: AMG:*, DiS:*, MH:*, MSuk:*, Spk:* -- A:86/5
- Melvins: Tarantula Heart (Ipecac) {5}: Blb:*, MH:*, PM:*, U:*, UCR:+ -- A:76/10
- My Dying Bride: A Mortal Binding (Nuclear Blast) {5}: Blb:*, ClR:*, DiS:*, MI:*, MSuk* -- A:76/8
- Aborted: Vault of Horrors (Nuclear Blast) {4}: AMG:*, DiS:*, K:*, MSuk:* -- A:77/7
- The Body & Dis Fig: Orchards of a Futile Heaven (Thrill Jockey) {4}: G:*, LQ:*, MI:*, MSuk:* -- A:75/9
- Couch Slut: You Could Do It Tonight (Brutal Panda) {4}: DiS:*, DW:+, Sg:+, Sl:* -- A:76/5
- Gatecreeper: Dark Superstition (Nuclear Blast) {4}: Cl:*, Ex:*, K:*, Spk:* -- A:81/6
- Kerry King: From Hell I Rise (Reigning Phoenix) {4}: DiS:*, K:*, MH:*, RS:* -- A:71/9
- Slift: Ilion (Sub Pop) {4}: K:*, RC:*, Spk:*; am:* -- A:81/7
- Ulcerate: Cutting the Throat of God (Debemur Morti) {4}: AMG:*, Blb:*, MH:*, MI:* -- A:90/4
- Civerous: Maze Envy (20 Buck Spin) {3}: DiS:*, MI:*, Ne:* -- A:88/4
- Coffin Storm: Arcana Rising (Peaceville) {3}: HM:*, MSuk:*, Spk:* -- A:76/5
- Ace Frehley: 10,000 Volts (MNRK) {3}: Blb:*, S:*, UCR:+ -- A:73/4
- Ben Frost: Scope Neglect (Mute) {3}: G:*+; vu:+ -- A:66/7
- Lucifer: Luciver V (Nuclear Blast) {3}: ClR:*, K:*, Spk:* -- A:79/8
- The Obsessed: Gilded Sorrow (Ripple Music) {3}: DiuS:*, MH:*, MSuk:* -- A:77/5
- While She Sleeps: Self Hell (Spinefarm) {3}: Cl:*, DiS:*, K:* -- A:75/6
- Accept: Humanoid (Napalm) {2}: ClR:*, Sp:* -- A:79/6
- Lord Spikeheart: The Adept (Hækalu) {2}: G:*, Tr:+ -- A:75/3
- Meth: Shame (Prosthetic) {2}: Spk:*, Tr:+ -- A:82/6
- Pallbearer: Mind Burns Alive (Nuclear Blast) {2}: K:*, Sp:* -- A:84/8
- Sebastian Bach: Child Within the Man (Reigning Phoenix) {1}: UCR:+
- Brat: Social Grace (Prosthetic) {1}: K:* -- A:78/5
- Julie Christmas: Ridiculous and Full of Blood (Red Creek) {1}: MH:* -- A:80/1
- Darkest Hour: Perpetual Terminal (MNRK) {1}: K:* -- A:80/6
- Frail Body: Artificial Bouquet (Deathwish) {1}: Tr:+
- Full of Hell: Coagulated Bliss (Closed Casket Activities) {1}: Tr:+ -- A:81/5
- Glassing: From the Other Side of the Mirror (Pelagic) {1}: Tr:+
- Infant Island: Obsidian Wreath (Secret Voice) {1}: Sg:+
- Inter Arma: New Heaven (Relapse) {1}: Tr:+
- Prize Horse: Under Sound (New Morality Zine) {1}: Sg:+
- Public Acid: Deadly Struggle (Beach Impediment) {1}: AV:+
- Terminal Nation: Echoes of the Devil's Den (20 Buck Spin) {1}: Sg:+
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