megarust's Top Albums of 2024

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1. State Faults - Children of the Moon
   1. Genre: Screamo / Post-Hardcore
      
   2. Sample: full album
2. SLIFT - ILION
   
   1. Genre: Progressive Rock
   2. Sample: SLIFT - The Story That Has Never Been Told
3. Job for a Cowboy - Moon Healer
   
   1. Genre: Progressive Death Metal
   2. Sample: Job for a Cowboy - The Forever Rot 
4. Anciients - Beyond the Reach of the Sun
   
   1. Genre: Progressive Metal
   2. Sample: Anciients - In the Absence of Wisdom
5. Mother of Millions - Magna Mater
   
   1. Genre: Progressive Metal
   2. Sample: Mother of Millions - Magna Mater
6. Night Verses - Every Sound Has a Color in the Valley of Night
   
   1. Genre: Rock / Shoegazey
   2. Sample: Night Verses - Glitching Prisms (feat. Brandon Boyd)
7. Justice - Hyperdrama
   
   1. Genre: Electronic
   2. Sample: Justice - Neverender (starring Tame Impala)
8. Windwaker - HYPERVIOLENCE (EXPANSION PACK)
   
   1. Genre: Metalcore
   2. Sample: Windwaker - Get Out
9. Dvne - Voidkind
   
   1. Genre: Progressive Metal
   2. Sample: DVNE - Abode of the Perfect Soul
10. Nubiyan Twist - Find Your Flame
    1. Genre: Jazzy something
    2. Sample: Nubiyan Twist - Lights Out (ft. Nile Rodgers)
11. Bipolar Architecture - Metaphysicize
    
    1. Genre: Post-Metal
    2. Sample: Bipolar Architecture - Metaphysicize
12. Khirki - Κυκεώνας
    1. Genre: Heavy / Stoner Metal
    2. Sample: Khirki - Featherless
13. The Omnific - The Law of Augmenting Returns
    1. Genre: Instrumental Progressive Metal
    2. Sample: The Omnific - The Omnific ≈ Bass
14. Pallbearer - Mind Burns Alive
    1. Genre: Doom Metal
    2. Sample: Pallbearer - Where the Light Fades
15. Tribulation - Sub Rosa In Æternum
    1. Genre: Heavy / Gothic Metal
    2. Sample: Tribulation - Saturn Coming Down
16. Julie Christmas - Ridiculous and Full of Blood
    1. Genre: Post-Metal
    2. Sample: Julie Christmas - Supernatural
17. Oubliette - Eternity Whispers
    
    1. Genre: Melodic Black Metal
    2. Sample: Oubliette - Primordial Echo
18. Gatecreeper - Dark Superstition
    1. Genre: Death Metal
    2. Sample: Gatecreeper - The Black Curtain
19. Opeth - The Last Will And Testament
    1. Genre: Progressive Metal
    2. Sample: Opeth - §1
20. Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk
    
    1. Genre: Alternative Pop?
    2. Sample: Magdalena Bay - Image
21. Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere
    1. Genre: Death Metal
    2. Sample: Blood Incantation - The Stargate [Tablet I]
22. In Search of Sun - Lemon Amigos
    1. Genre: Progressive Metal / Rock
    2. Sample: In Search of Sun - Contagious
23. Within the Ruins - Phenomena II
    1. Genre: Metalcore
    2. Sample: Within the Ruins - Castle in the Sky
24. Intervals - Memory Palace
    
    1. Genre: Instrumental Progressive Metal
    2. Sample: Invervals - mnemonic
25. Gaerea - Coma
    1. Genre; Black Metal
    2. Sample: Gaerea - The Poets Ballet
26. Cyborg Octopus - Bottom Feeder
    1. Genre; Progressive Metalcore
    2. Sample: Cyborg Octopus - Dreamkiller
27. Exuvial - The Hive Mind Chronicles, Pt. I: Parasitica
    
    1. Genre: Progressive Death Metal
    2. Sample: Exuvial - Autonomic Awakening
28. Inertia - Second Shadow
    1. Genre: Metalcore
    2. Sample: Inertia - Leviathan
29. Dawnwalker - The Unknowing
    1. Genre: Post-Metal / Rock
    2. Sample: Dawnwalker - Capricorn
30. The Old Dead Tree - Second Thoughts
    1. Genre: Gothic Metal
    2. Sample: The Old Dead Tree - The Lightest Straw
31. Tigran Hamasyan - The Bird Of A Thousand Voices
    1. Genre: Jazz
    2. Sample: Tigran Hamasyan - The Curse
32. Turbulence - Binary Dream
    1. Genre: Progressive Metal
    2. Sample: Turbulence - Binary Dream
33. Whores. - War.
    
    1. Genre: Noise Rock
    2. Sample: Whores. - Malinches
34. Daath - The Deceivers
    1. Genre: Death Metal
    2. Sample: Daath - Hex Unending
35. Kingcrow - Hopium
    1. Genre: Progressive Metal
    2. Sample: Kingcrow - Hopium
36. Caelestra - Bastion
    1. Genre: Progressive/Post-Black Metal
    2. Sample: Caelestra - Halcyon
37. DARKNESS EVERYWHERE - To Conquer Eternal Damnation
    1. Genre: Melodic Death Metal
    2. Sample: DARKNESS EVERYWHERE - The Architect of Misery (feat. Light This City)
38. Weston Super Maim - See You Tomorrow Baby
    1. Genre: Extreme tech / progressive / future metal
    2. Sample: Weston Super Maim - See You Tomorrow Baby
39. REZN - Burden
    1. Genre: Psychadelic Doom / Stoner Metal
    2. Sample: REZN - Indigo
40. Upon Stone - Dead Mother Moon
    1. Genre: Melodic Death Metal
    2. Sample: Upon Stone - Dead Mother Moon
41. El Moono - The Waking Sun
    1. Genre: Rock / Metal
    2. Sample: El Moono - The Waking Sun
42. Better Lovers - Highly Irresponsible
    1. Genre: Hardcore Punk
    2. Sample: Better Lovers - A White Horse Covered In Blood
43. Interloper - A Forgotten Loss
    1. Genre: Melodic / Progressive Metalcore
    2. Sample: Interloper - The Rot
44. Foxing - Foxing
    1. Genre: Indie Rock
    2. Sample: Foxing - Greyhound
45. Nervous - Acquiescence
    1. Genre: Neurotic metal?
    2. Sample: Nervous - Acquiescence II

Top EPs:

1. Glass Beams - Mahal
   
   1. Genre: Psychadelic Rock
      
   2. Sample: Glass Beams - Mahal (Live)
2. Olly Steele - Imbalance
   
   1. Genre: Progressive Metal
   2. Sample: Olly Steele - Waves
3. Northlane - Mirror's Edge
   
   1. Genre: Metalcore
   2. Sample: Northlane - Afterimage (feat Ian Kenny) 
4. Persefone - Lingua Ignota: Pt. I
   
   1. Genre: Progressive Metal
   2. Sample: Persefone - Lingua Ignota
5. NOVELISTS - Okapi
   
   1. Genre: Progressive Metalcore
   2. Sample: NOVELISTS - Okapi (live)
6. Bird Problems - Flight or Flight
   
   1. Genre: Progressive Metal
   2. Sample: Bird Problems - Dishonest Work

Still listening to from last year:

• Earthside - Let the Truth Speak
  
  • Deserved a much higher ranking, this is a masterpiece.
    
• Silent Planet - SUPERBLOOM
  • I think I just enjoyed the variety amongst the rest, and I did not grew tired of it.
    

Top Albums/EPs of 2024 Samples

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