#tomsaoty2024 — Public Fediverse posts

7/n

Old farts still got it? 👴

There were some releases by icons of their genre:

#JudasPriest... 'nuff said. Gods. 🐐

#DeepPurple... oh hell yeah continue please!

#BruceDickinson... one of my biggest surprises this year. Better than the latest Maiden album.

#Saxon... solid album, but not as good as the last ones.

#NickCave... solid, go on then.

#TheCure... please never stop! 🖤

#Accept... strong meh. Nowehere near their late masterpiece "The Rise of Chaos"

#Anvil... I hate to break it to you but as much as I love them, their album sucked big time. I was very generous with my ranking because you can't kill Bambi, can you?

#TomsAOTY2024

6/n

Another shout out 📣

Lord Dying released "Clandestine Transcendence " this year and they hit all my sweet spots with that one.

They seriously don't get enough love.

According to #LastFM statistics they are factor ~20-30 less popular than Blood Incantation, but they absolutely shouldn't be.

One of my favourite songs from this year is "Facing the Incomprehensible" which sounds a bit like a best of the heavy moments from Absolute Everywhere:
▶️ https://song.link/y/8kJ6FPQK3rw

I guess if you are into nerdy prog metal from space, Blood Incantation and Lord Dying made your year a little better. 🤘

:bandcamp: https://lorddying.bandcamp.com/album/clandestine-transcendence

#TomsAOTY2024 #LordDying

5/n

Some hot takes and controversial opinions.

Blood Incantation's Absolute Everywhere is great. No controversy there.

But I found a hair in the soup and it's bugging me. @yourfutureex stated that they out-David Gilmour'd David Gilmour and this is very true.
Some parts of the album sound as if they could have been taken from the Division Bell sessions. Not inspired by, but taken from. I know they didn't, yet it annoys me.

:bandcamp: https://bloodincantation.bandcamp.com/album/absolute-elsewhere

The album cover reminded me of an album from another band who had a great release this year...

#TomsAOTY2024 #BloodIncantation

4/n

Another shout out 📣

Speaking of 70s influenced heavy metal with a hint of speed and a weird album cover.

One of the gems I found this year was the self titled debut album by "Hands Of Goro".

:bandcamp: https://handsofgoro.bandcamp.com/album/hands-of-goro

It's great, listen to it! This would have had the potential fur a much higher ranking in my list if I'd listened to it more.

Tagging @plaindocs here, just because of the album art.

#TomsAOTY2024 #HandsOfGoro

4/n

Another shout out 📣

Speaking of 70s influenced heavy metal with a hint of speed and a weird album cover.

One of the gems I found this year was the self titled debut album by "Hands Of Goro".

:bandcamp: https://handsofgoro.bandcamp.com/album/hands-of-goro

It's great, listen to it! This would have had the potential fur a much higher ranking in my list if I'd listened to it more.

Tagging @plaindocs here, just because of the album art.

#TomsAOTY2024 #HandsOfGoro

4/n

Another shout out 📣

Speaking of 70s influenced heavy metal with a hint of speed and a weird album cover.

One of the gems I found this year was the self titled debut album by "Hands Of Goro".

:bandcamp: https://handsofgoro.bandcamp.com/album/hands-of-goro

It's great, listen to it! This would have had the potential fur a much higher ranking in my list if I'd listened to it more.

Tagging @plaindocs here, just because of the album art.

#TomsAOTY2024 #HandsOfGoro

4/n

Another shout out 📣

Speaking of 70s influenced heavy metal with a hint of speed and a weird album cover.

One of the gems I found this year was the self titled debut album by "Hands Of Goro".

:bandcamp: https://handsofgoro.bandcamp.com/album/hands-of-goro

It's great, listen to it! This would have had the potential fur a much higher ranking in my list if I'd listened to it more.

Tagging @plaindocs here, just because of the album art.

#TomsAOTY2024 #HandsOfGoro

4/n

Another shout out 📣

Speaking of 70s influenced heavy metal with a hint of speed and a weird album cover.

One of the gems I found this year was the self titled debut album by "Hands Of Goro".

:bandcamp: https://handsofgoro.bandcamp.com/album/hands-of-goro

It's great, listen to it! This would have had the potential fur a much higher ranking in my list if I'd listened to it more.

Tagging @plaindocs here, just because of the album art.

#TomsAOTY2024 #HandsOfGoro

3/n

A shout out 📣

One release that left me puzzled but also amazed was "Exclamation Po!nt" by Armagh from Warsaw, Poland 🇵🇱

There's a lot of 70s prog in there but it is also black, heavy and speed metal. It's quite nerdy actually, also the album cover reflects the music quite well.

I was nicely confused by this one. It's definitely one of the most interesting reseases from this year.

https://armagh.bandcamp.com/album/exclamation-po-nt

#TomsAOTY2024 #Armagh

2/n

Some findings...

There are 7 bands in my top 10 which I never listened to before and 5 of them I didn't even know before (BUS, Xion, Cloven Hoof, Coltre and Magnetar).

I knew Kanonenfieber and Kerry King, but I never listened to them before. The latter didn't have an album out before this year, so 🤷‍♂️

#TomsAOTY2024

I forgot to toot my final #AOTY2024 list, so here it is!

You might find some of your favourites ranked quite low, but honestly everything from 63 upwards is really good! I have not been disappointed this year.

Find some shout outs, comments and other findings in the 🧵 below (this will be work in progress) 👇

#TomsAOTY2024

✨ #TomsAOTY2024 ✨

I guess this is no surprise, but my album of the year is...

🥇Judas Priest - Invincible Shield 🏆

When your favourite metal band releases an album you have high expectations, especially since their previous one was really good.

My expectations were far exceeded.

Do you know the feeling when you really dig a supporting act but then the headliner enters the stage and turns it up to 11?

Judas Priest were this year's headliner.

50 years in, and they are as strong as ever. We are blessed to have the Judas Priest.

▶️ https://album.link/at/i/1709354269

#AOTY #AOTY2024 #JudasPriest

✨ #TomsAOTY2024 ✨

🥈Bus - We Are The Night 🇬🇷

This was the biggest surprise of the year for me. If "all killer no filler" applies to one album, it is this one.

Bus (The Unknown Secretary) give you heavy metal, sex and rock and roll straight from their garage.

I'll Be Dead For You is actually also currently my son's favourite song. Although he thinks they sing "I'll be dad for you".

I couldn't praise this album enough and it might as well be my AOTY, but there was another one...

#FFO King Diamond, Alice Cooper, The Hives

:bandcamp:
https://bustheunknownsecretary.bandcamp.com/album/we-are-the-night-4

#AOTY #AOTY2024 #Bus

✨ #TomsAOTY2024 ✨

🥉Xion - Between Shadows And Gods

If you think early #Metallica are the best of the big 4, you will like this one.
If you think #Megadeth are the best of the big 4, you will like this one.
If you think #Anthrax are the best of the big 4, you will like this one.
If you think #Testament should be in the big 4, you will like this one.

If you love #ThrashMetal, you will love this one. Period.

This is the best thrash metal album that has been released this year. Period.

:bandcamp: https://xiontheband.bandcamp.com/album/between-shadows-and-gods

#AOTY #AOTY2024 #Xion

✨ #TomsAOTY2024 ✨

4️⃣ Cloven Hoof - Heathen Cross

I have written so much about this album already but I still won't shut up about it. Because this is just so good.

In a year where I put my focus on traditional heavy metal this one stood out among all the excellent released.
The thing about it: they aren't part of the new wave of traditional heavy metal, they were actually part of the original NWOBHM. I had no idea.

It is catchy as fuck, you won't regret giving this a couple of spins.

#FFO Green Lung, Screamer, Saxon, Ghost

:bandcamp:
https://clovenhoofnwobhm.bandcamp.com/album/heathen-cross

#AOTY #AOTY2024 #ClovenHoof

✨ #TomsAOTY2024 ✨

5️⃣ Coltre - To To Watch With Hands... To Touch With Eyes

This album might be the one with the weirdest title. Nevertheless it is genuinely good. There was a time this year where I couldn't get enough of it.
Coltre delivers raw proto metal like no other. Their original 70s sound is spot on.

I recommend listening to this album when you're on a road trip.

:bandcamp: https://coltre.bandcamp.com/album/to-watch-with-hands-to-touch-with-eyes

#AOTY #Coltre

✨ #TomsAOTY2024 TIME! ✨

6️⃣ Kanonenfieber - Die Urkatastrophe

Menschenmühle, Massengrab
Stahlfabriken, Arbeitsplatz
Kaiser zieht und Bauer stirbt
Schachbrett Welt den Krieg erwirkt

On Die Urkatastrophe, Kanonenfieber take no prisoners. The lyrics are oppressive the atmosphere is tight, and yet the music is catchy. This album is an epic, much more so than its predecessor. It is bigger, made for a stage.

It is a bit strange shouting out "Deutschland, Deutschland" during a concert and yet I was there and yet I did it.

You absolutely have to see them live if you get the chance!

:bandcamp: https://noisebringer-records.bandcamp.com/album/die-urkatastrophe-2
▶️ https://album.link/at/i/1749071999

✨ #TomsAOTY2024 TIME! ✨

7️⃣ Lord Dying - Clandestine Transcendence

This album is amazing, buy it. Toot over.

Seriously, this is some progressive sludgy doom that never gets boring. There's so much going on on this album, there's something for everyone. So, listen to it, I guarantee you'll find something on it which you like!

#FFO Blood Incantation, High on Fire, Slugdge, Horndal, Pallbearer

I think this might be something for @tomroberts and maybe @trendskater and @Dad_Wood (but that's a long shot).

▶️ https://lorddying.bandcamp.com/album/clandestine-transcendence

#LordDying #AOTY2024

✨ #TomsAOTY2024 TIME! ✨

8️⃣ Magnetar - There Will Be no Peace in My Valley

Blackened heavy metal? Yes please!
This album is a riff heavy monster full of atmosphere and melodies.

#FFO Hellripper, Blackbraid, Immortal

This is the first of 5 albums in my top 10 from bands I never heard of before. I found all of them on #FletchsFridayReleases btw so a huge shout out to my man @HailsandAles 🤘
  
▶️ https://album.link/at/i/1759906704

5/n

✨ #TomsAOTY2024 TIME! ✨

9️⃣ Kerry King - From Hell I Rise

The much anticipated solo album of #Slayer axeman #KerryKing clinches my number 9 spot.

It continues basically where Slayer left with Repentless. Good for me, because I love Repentless.

Mr. King made the perfect choice with Death Angels Mark Osegueda who is killing it on this record.

Riffs riffs riffs, that's what you get 🤘

My statement from earlier this year still stands: Mark Osegueda and Kerry King - a match made in hell 🔥

▶️ https://album.link/y/OLAK5uy_kB-qZMUDiYM4x8Ov7YtHuMflRGeHqr27o

4/n

✨ #TomsAOTY2024 TIME! ✨

Good thing I haven't posted my #9 on my #AOTY2024 list yet because I am currently listening to Opeth's "The Last Will And Testament" and it hast written #10 all over it.

So because I can I'll have 3 number 10 slots:

🔟 #Opeth - The Last Will And Testament

▶️ https://album.link/y/OLAK5uy_nhQrUgiZz-tvN2aD0aLZgzbTb3g5au-yg

3/n

✨ #TomsAOTY2024 TIME! ✨

The #10 spot of my #AOTY2024 list is shared, so here is the 2nd album:

🔟 The Smile - Wall of Eyes

I keep thinking about Radiohead every time I listen to this wonderful album because the similarities are undeniable. And if I am being honest, I like The Smiles work better than Radiohead's last few albums.

Wall of Eyes sounds like OK Computer blended with KIDAMNESIAC. It is fantastic, if you like Radiohead. If you don't like Radiohead, you won't like this one.

The album is a grower, it gets better with every spin. The highlight is Bending Hectic, which might be my song of the year.

▶️ https://album.link/at/i/1711359135

2/n

#AOTY #TheSmile

Alright folks, let's do this, it is:

✨ #TomsAOTY2024 TIME! ✨

Starting at number 10:

🔟 Unto Others - Never, Neverland 👏

Unto Others made my #AOTY2024 list very late and if it wouldn't have been for @SimoRavens19 who unintentionally reminded me of its existance, this one would have slipped my attention.

But it didn't. Like everything #UntoOthers formerly known as Idle Hands do, it is catchy AF.

The album is full of Sisters of Mercy, The Smiths, Paradise Lost and The Cure references, and, believe it or not, has some killer Slayer style riffs on it. Despite all the references, they are original and never copycats.

https://album.link/at/i/1755593688

1/n

#AOTY

I didn't listen to a lot of new stuff recently, but there was some.
One album was a really nice surprise, but I won't tell you which one.

#TomsAOTY2024 #AOTY2024

I just had a magnificent lasange and also here's my updated AOTY list:

#AOTY2024 #TomsAOTY2024

And with this, here's my updated #AOTY2024 list.

I found some great ones and fell in love with #Magnetar

But there was also a stinker this week.

Have a nice weekend! 🤘

#TomsAOTY2024

Here's an update of my #AOTY2024 list.

Yes, there was a new Alien Ant Farm record and I listened to it.
And yes, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds delivered once more.
And yes, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard also delivered.

I'm a little disappointed with Satan, though.

#TomsAOTY2024

Time for an update on my #AOTY2024 list.

Some meh albums, but also: #DeepPurple, they still got it!

And Bus! #Bus is the shit, man! 🤘

Also #TheSmile got an upgrade because Wall of Eyes is a masterpiece!

I was a bit dissapointed by #Anvil if I'm brutally honest.

#TomsAOTY2024 #NewReleases

So I accidentially deleted my #AOTY2024 spreadsheet and my most recent backup was from April and missed half of all the entries. Luckily I tooted a list in mid June so I was able to recover my spreadsheet, I hope I didn't miss any entries.

Oh and by the way, listen to BUS! 👉 https://bustheunknownsecretary.bandcamp.com/album/we-are-the-night-4 #BusTheUnknownSecretary

Also #KissinDynamite made a solid cheesy hair/heavy/metal/glam/rock album 👉
https://kissindynamite.bandcamp.com/album/back-with-a-bang

#TomsAOTY2024

I haven't posted my current #AOTY2024 list in a while now, and there has been some activity.

I really liked #ClovenHoof and #Gatecreeper, also the new #Eels album gets better with each spin.

What's currently in your top 10?

#TomsMusic #TomsAOTY2024

I guess it is time for an update on my #AOTY2024 list.

I have to repeat myself: 2024 is a great year for #ThrashMetal 🤘

#TomsAOTY2024

Here is my update #AOTY2024 list.

2024 is a good year for #ThrashMetal and (traditional) #HeavyMetal

What's your AOTY so far? What did I miss?

#TomsAOTY2024

Step aside kids, #JudasPriest are back.

#TomsAOTY2024

What is going on this year? We are only two months in and there are already so many great (metal) releases.

There are also so many great debuts too, like the one I put on top of #TomsAOTY2024 list, the #ThrashMetal masterpiece from #Xion.
Or #Coltre with their 70s proto metal stuff, or #HandsOfGoro with their old-school #HeavyMetal

Also newcomers like Bruce Dickinson and Saxon delivered.

I like this a lot 🤘

What is going on this year? We are only two months in and there are already so many great (metal) releases.

There are also so many great debuts too, like the one I put on top of #TomsAOTY2024 list, the #ThrashMetal masterpiece from #Xion.
Or #Coltre with their 70s proto metal stuff, or #HandsOfGoro with their old-school #HeavyMetal

Also newcomers like Bruce Dickinson and Saxon delivered.

I like this a lot 🤘

What is going on this year? We are only two months in and there are already so many great (metal) releases.

There are also so many great debuts too, like the one I put on top of #TomsAOTY2024 list, the #ThrashMetal masterpiece from #Xion.
Or #Coltre with their 70s proto metal stuff, or #HandsOfGoro with their old-school #HeavyMetal

Also newcomers like Bruce Dickinson and Saxon delivered.

I like this a lot 🤘

What is going on this year? We are only two months in and there are already so many great (metal) releases.

There are also so many great debuts too, like the one I put on top of #TomsAOTY2024 list, the #ThrashMetal masterpiece from #Xion.
Or #Coltre with their 70s proto metal stuff, or #HandsOfGoro with their old-school #HeavyMetal

Also newcomers like Bruce Dickinson and Saxon delivered.

I like this a lot 🤘