WHAT WERE MY FAVORITE ALBUMS OF 2024?

	1) DESPONDENCY: Matriphagy Kinda surprised to see a small band from Germany in the top spot, but if I look at the hours spent listening to music this year, this CD is top of the heap. Something about their ultra fast riffing just appeals to me, check them out!
	2) INIQUITOUS MONOLITH: Monstrous Degradation Not only ridiculously heavy, but quite inventive in the riff department. Brutal death metal but with more to offer than just chromatic riffs. Excellent work.
	3) SKELETAL REMAINS: Fragments Of The Ageless For those who prefer something a little thrashier, this album is well executed, riff laden thrash/death, songs that stick in your head.
	4) WORMED: Omegon While not quite as good as some of their previous albums, this wormed still provides the goods with ultra-complex time signatures and tempo changes.
	5) VOMITROCIOUS: Dystopian Elegy: The Last Echoes of Dying Humanity Resonate in the Aether Ridiculously fast, and super-thick production, your ears will bleed from the intensity.
	6) NIGHTRAGE: Remains Of A Dead World Something more melodic on the list, the band still provides that signature sound while still coming up with riffs that don't sound too derivative. Nicely done!
	7) ABORTED: Vault Of Horrors Aborted has probably shown up in my top 10 the most of any band, while not every album is perfect, they really don't release anything half assed. Always impressive.
	8) ALGOR MORTIS: Stages Of Death Such amazingly sick vocal delivery, the music is great too.
	9) FECUNDATION: Moribund Old school death metal in the style of old Suffocation / Deeds Of Flesh, not quite as fast or brutal as some of the earlier albums on this list, but still incredibly solid.
	10) MALIGNANCY: Discontinued The sonic chaos continues, nice to see the band return after a hiatus and provide more of their unique spin on death metal.