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Cool stuff, just picked up a OG copy of Atrophy “socialized hate” killer album! I’ll have to check that one out!

Saxon is in my top 3 this year. JP also in my top 3. The bonus tracks on the digi are killer. I need to get that Atrophy. Took a few spins for the Accept to click with me. I miss Herman Frank in Accept. Anything Herman does rocks. No brainer buy with Flots & Jets. I love the new Deep Purple very '70s influenced. Bewitcher, no brainer buy. The new Traveler is by far their best. Killer update.

Hey Darcy! Great update. Priest, Saxon, DIckinson, Accept, Frehley, King are all the usual suspects that I have been enjoying a lot. Necrot, Exhorder, Deicide and Six Feet Under are also getting a ton of play. I did pick up the new DragonForce but personally I prefer the last two albums over this one. Right now I have Nile, Stryper and Flotsam and Jetsam on preorder. Take care Darcy and as always, my friend stay heavy!

Great picks for 2024 so far! I’ve picked upp Saxon, Rage, Judas Priest and Dickinson. Besides those albums I really like the new Evergrey album ”Theories Of Emptiness” and after I heard the new Opeth song from the forthcoming album ”The Last Will And Testament” I had to preorder that one! Take care Darcy!🤘

the first 2 hammerfall albums were great. yeah the vocal is a little limited....it reminds me a little of biff byford's. don't kill me...i love the new Saxon. if you are itching for new king diamond materials, check out Attic's return of the witchfinder.

Hi Darcy. My top 10 so far: 1- Judas Priest 2- Saxon 3- Riot V 4- Accept 5- Rage 6- Bruce Dickinson 7- Dream Evil 8- Deep Purple 9- Blaze Bayley 10- Powerwolf

Saxon and Priest albums are stellar. Not too big on the Bruce or Accept records. In the thrash scene, I believe Sacrifice are putting something out soon. I gotta check out that Live Metal Church album. Darcy, do you remember the Record Peddler in Toronto? Made many pilgrimages from Hamilton back then. Also I loved all the little shops along Yonge street where you could get metal tees.

Horizons by Black Smoke Trigger is amazing

Nice video and stuff Darcy. I will check the albums i dont know today. Other albums that stands out for me this year are from borknagar , rotting christ , gatecreeper and the new Powerwolf is ok. Stay heavy!

Yeah great list my friend !! I miss four Albums....... Gotus "Debut" Album" This is a very nice Hardrock Album with Gotthard&Krokus Members Axel Rudi Pell "Risen Symbol" Dark Mile "Dark Mile" is also a very awsome Hardrock Album The End Machine "The Quantum Phase" with my all time favourite Guitarist George Lynch and with the very smart Vocalist Girish Pradhan So have a nice day and cheers,Heiko

Hi Darcy 👋 Thanks for your interesting review and the quality of your ranking. I want to start my collection of Armored Saint LP. There will be a reissue of La Raza and Revelation on vinyl on October. And you put them on the last positions 😅. By the way I have noticed that you also have the Symbol of Salvation Live. Can you tell me more about this Live on vinyl (quality of pressing, prestation, songs…) ? It’s available on Amazon and it will be maybe my first purchase. Thank you. Greetings from France 🤘🤙

Great ranking Darcy! I forgot how much I like Russian Roulette. I saw Accept in the summer of 1989. The bill was Metal Church, Accept and W.A.S.P. You would have loved the show! I too used to tape the Pepsi Power Hour on VHS.

Im working nites so im watching your rankings😁🤟🇮🇪

Hi Darcy!! so far 2024 has been a pretty cool year with a nice mix of newer releases and reissues/boxsets..... and a handful of good surprises like the new Atrophy, Deep Purple just to name a few. Btw i have the same feeling about Category 7 and other super groups like the one "Blitz" had. cheers and be well

Comprehensive recap of the year in metal so far in your metal tastes 🤘I’ve only picked up a half dozen thrash albums this year so far and most on cd. Looking forward to adding the new Flots to what I’ve grabbed so far

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Blaze Bayley's new cd is in my top 10 of Metal cds of 2024 while the new Bruce Dickinson cd is lower.

Thanks for the update. Those are some solid choices. Here’s a list of the albums I’ve picked up this year. Keep up the great content! Accept - Humanoid Blaze Bayley - Circle of Stone Ravage - Spider On The World Savage Oath - Divine Battle Solitary Sabred - Temple of the Serpent Crypt Sermon - The Stygian Rose Exodus - British Disaster

For me while I very much enjoy collecting vinyl, I'm not in a place where I can afford to buy a ton of new releases and therefore stick to concerts of bands I really enjoy and classic albums I know I'll listen too (for vinyl). But some new albums I've listened to digitally and really enjoyed were: Bruce Dickinson - Mandrake Project Powerwolf - Wake Up the Wicked (my album of the year!) Judas Priest - Invincible Shield Exhorder - Defectum Omnium Accept - Humanoid (great mention of this, almost forgot, Frankenstein was such a fun track on this for me!) Not the biggest year for releases it seems, I think 2025 will be huge though! Reports are that Testament, Exodus, Metallica, Megadeth, Slipknot, King Diamond / Mercyful Fate, and a ton more are potentially releasing / working on new material. I know 100% Testament and Exodus plan to release in '25... Sodom has been trying to get one out since '23 as well, so maybe the time is now haha. I'm very excited for the coming year for sure!

i want to add that, Nuclear Blast already set the preorder of the Kreators Enemy of God and Hordes of Chaos in a non Boxset format

Yo man. Just discovered your channel recently, and we have a ton of the same taste. Our content is uncanny as being very similar 😮. Subbed up. Cheers!

Anvil!!!!

The AFM Shop has been down or something, which is really scary becuase I just pre ordered everthing from Flotsam from that site and then the next day the shop site disappeared?

Some great buys there me ode, nothing wrong with German Thrash, Metal & Heavy Rock, i love it and to me it's the best in the world. i'm waiting for the new Victory album as well, Culture Killed The Native is my fav of theirs by a long way. I've heard rumours that UDO is in hospital but i can't find confirmation anywhere. Accept were on the Wacken live streams and were amazing, as were Testament. My pre-orders are weird and wonderful, Heilung & In Extremo. AFM records is my go to online store atm.

Cool video. Some good albums released this year, Saxon is my album of the year so far, they are on such a great run of form. I'd never listened to Atrophy until I heard the new album, definitely my favourite thrash album of 2024. Also enjoy the Kerry King album. Keep up the good work 🤘

If you haven't already you should check out the new Suicidal Angels album Profane Prayer that came out in March. I picked up the Cavalera - Schizophrenia rerecord they did that came out in June and is really good. The others they did last year are good too. Besides the new Flotsam and Cantrell albums the only others im looking forward to is the new Black Dahila Murder and 1349. Hope you are surviving the heat up there!

Great stuff! I bought pretty much the same this year :) I dont know what you think about Opeth but their new album is a must for me. Keep rockin

Great video. Another good album es Mean Streets from Riot V, although they are a totally different band from the original Riot in terms of style and group members.

I feel the same way with Category 7 with John Bush. Cheers Darcy

Saxon , Priest and Accept miles high in the Metal stratosphere ...... the rest just above sea level 😁...... just keepin' it real Darcy my man .

Great pickups so far this year, it’s been a real good year for releases, but Corabi and Cantrell are highly anticipated in Frankie’s world, can’t wait til they are released, take it easy.

Where did you order that from? I’m trying to exact anymore because I am also a huge of metal church. So I’m hoping to find the exact same one you got that why I am asking. Stay frosty my friend.🤘🏼🤘🏼

Great review of the year so far. That Atrophy is definitely suprising how good it is. I pre-ordered the Flotsam and Jetsam and the Stryper album too.

New Crypt Sermon “the Stygian Rose” is incredible!

Thanks for another great video - cheers from Texas!

Pickups so far: Striker - Ultrapower Freeways - Dark Sky Sanctuary Sabire - Jätt Judas Priest - Invincible Shield Saxon - Hell, Fire and Damnation Bruce Dickinson - The Mandrake Project Ace Frehley - 10,000 Volts Snakebite - Cobra Crew Amaranthe - The Catalyst Blue Öyster Cult - Ghost Stories What I Still Need: Accept Stryper Paul Di'Anno's Warhorse Atrophy Deep Purple Eclipse Intranced Attic Sebastian Bach Ron Keel Graywitch Traveler Kerry King Crazy Lixx Anvil Heavens Edge Babylon A.D. Satan Blitzkrieg Nile HammerFall Palace Kryptos Warlord A few others. Little behind this year.

I am actually working with Bruce Dickinson on his Mandrake Project comic series -the issue #3 was supposed to be published by Z2 this month. We are working on #4 right now!

My pickups for 2024 are almost identical, hahaha... Initially I did not intend to pick up the new Atrophy but I found the vinyl for a good price recently and got it in last week. Surprisingly good! Also got the latest Evil Dead but I´m struggling a bit with it, not bad but no killer either... The new Purple could be my album of the year, it´s that good! Let´s wait for the official announcemet for the Sodom box 🤞

It is not a new thing but I need to share it anyway. I have just bought the LEATHER LEONE's ""We Are The Chosen'' album from 2022 and...Jesus,this record is ABSOLUTELY awesome! If you havent heard it yet,please,check it out. Pure,raw,angry heavy metal with INSANE solos and Leather's mature,strong voice.

just got back from Toronto, canada this morning ( i live in Montreal), i just watched one of the best concerts ive seen in a long long time. Sammy hagar and friends. The show was absolutely amazing. The band played for over 2 hours playing a total of 21 songs, 15 of those VH songs. Generally i like my music heavier like Metallica sabbath priest accept saxon but i have to give credit where credit is due man. Amazing show!!!!!!!

Hey Darcy. Lot's of great stuff that's come out this year for sure. I've been picking up those Saxon reissues coming off from MOV as they come along. What's that Metal Church in the background? I'm guessing you're going to see King Diamond? and Overkill!! your fav thrash band! enjoy the summer Darcy.

Awesome 2024 releases, Darcy! Judas Priest, Saxon, Bruce Dickinson, and Atrophy.

I think I like your son more than I like you. He, at least, goes to see metallica unlike you, who won't go see metallica in Edmonton !!!!!!!!!

I've only picked up 1 album this year. My Silent Wake. Awful band name but great album. I wanted to get the Hellbutcher album but it's not cheap enough. I'll be getting Massive Wagons, Undeath and Molder all out in the next few months but 4 to 5 new albums in a year is ample for me. I almost got that Bruce Dickinson album a few months ago but talked myself out of it 😂

Some thoughts: Lots of crossover with our purchases so far. With the exception of the Jerry Cantrell album, definitely planning on getting everything you've pre ordered. Agree with the Category 7 album. Something missing there. And since you've mentioned it to me before, I'll give you another reminder....GET SOME FIREWIND, LOL. The new one isn't their best, but it's still really good. Stay well, my friend!

Salut Darcy. I admire pour enthousiasm for New music but i dont share it...

Awesome update Darcy. 2024 has been amazing so far. Some of the studio releases that i picked up and highly recommend: The Rods, Riot V, Scanner, Blaze Bayley, Suicidal Angels, Exhorder, Demon, Attacker, Ironflame, Paul Dianno, Axel Rudi Pell, Dream Evil and Aska. Waiting for the new F&J, Hammerfall and Riley's L.A. Guns. I barely miss anything 😂.

Thanks Darcy need to pick up CD

I'm surprised you didn't mention Kerry King, I passed on that one as well. That fell into the same "category" as Category 7 haha. HUGE John Bush fan as well but none of the advanced singles really intrigued me. I also have the HammerFall preordered. Just picked up the new Dream Evil too. Really killer stuff! 10 songs, 42 mins in length, perfect! Just great traditional power metal. Cheers, Darcy!🤘🏻