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Picks for the best fifty albums of the year. 

Some album picks midway through 2024. Retro Reviews for 36 Crazyfists' A Snow Capped Romance & Deftones' White Pony. 

Our picks for the fifty best albums of this year. 

A special bonus Retro Review episode that features two albums turning 25 years old, Blind Guardian's Nightfall In Middle Earth & Death's The Sound Of Perseverance. We also cover Iron Maiden's Powerslave as it turns forty years old next year, as well as our personal picks, A Perfect Circle's Mer de Noms & System Of A Down's Toxicity.

This episode features album reviews for Hyperia, Appalooza & Green Lung. A discussion about recent EPs from Rage Of Light, Vokonis & Spiritbox. 

This episode features album reviews for Stellaris, The Sound Of Origin & Xoth. A Retro Review of Machine Head's Through The Ashes Of Empires, which recently turned twenty years old. 

This episode features album reviews for Elegy Of Madness, Cannibal Corpse, Stone Of Duna & Angelus Apatrida. 

This episode features album reviews for Bulletbelt, Death Dealer Union, Obsidian Tide & Code Orange. We discuss recent concerts from Paladin, Lutharo & Messa. 

This episode features album reviews for Born In Exile, Baroness, War Of Ages & 3Teeth. 

This episode features album reviews for Tidal Wave, Till The Dirt & The Circle. We also have Retro Reviews for Danzig's self titled album, turning 35 years old & Korn's Follow The Leader, turning 25 years old. Dan calls in to discuss his black metal project, Damhnait, and talk about the genre in general. Heartstone Sanctuary Fundraiser: https://chuffed.org/project/heartstone2Damhnait: https://damhnait.bandcamp.com

This episode features album reviews for Spirit Adrift, Horrendous, Vansidian & Orbit Culture. 

This episode features album reviews for Lyrre, Rannoch, Mutoid Man & Lokust. We discuss the recent concert we attended for Lorna Shore, Mastodon & Gojira in Coney Island. 

The episode features album reviews for Thunder Horse, Somnuri, Eleine & Blackbraid. 

The episode features album reviews for Jag Panzer, East Of The Wall, The Anchoret & Snakemother. 

This episode features album reviews for Witchskull, Metal Church, Dozer & Vexed. We discuss a recent live show from Death Angel, Kreator & Sepultura. Our twenty selections for the best albums of the first half of 2023 so far. 

This episode features album reviews for Cloak, Sirenia, Gozu & Project Roenwolfe.

This episode features album reviews for Devildriver, Burning Witches, Unearth & Cattle Decapitation. We discuss our experience at a recent concert for Orbit Culture, Veil Of Maya & Avatar. 

This episode features album reviews for Overkill, Hail The Void, As Everything Unfolds & Ignea. We discuss recent live shows we attended for Oceans Of Slumber, After The Burial & Spiritbox. 

This episode features album reviews for Bury Tomorrow, Kamelot, Sermon, Smoulder & August Burns Red. 

This episode features album reviews for Gideon, Gorod, Ne Obliviscaris & Phantom Elite. A Retro Review of Coal Chamber's self titled debut, turning 25 years old this year. A recap of our experience at a Fear Factory & Static X concert. 

This episode features album reviews for Megaton Sword, Enslaved, Haken, Frozen Crown & Viscera. 

This episode features album reviews for Insomnium, Okkultist, Pigs, Graphic Nature & Avatar. A Retro Review of Carcass' Surgical Steel, turning ten years old this year. 

This episode features album reviews for Delain, Katatonia, Xandria & In Flames. A Retro Review of Chimaira's The Impossibility Of Reason, now twenty years old. 

This episode features album reviews for Obituary, Lord Mountain & Beyond The Black. Two Retro Reviews of albums turning 25 years old, Rob Zombie's Hellbilly Deluxe & Orgy's Candyass. 

Our picks for the fifty best albums this year. 

This episode features album reviews for Messora, Candlemass, Kassogtha, Judicator & Tallah. A Retro Review of Judas Priest's Defenders Of The Faith to celebrate their induction into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. 

This episode features album reviews for Demon Hunter, Diagonal Path, Queensryche & The Offering. A Retro Review of The Black Heart Rebellion's Har Nevo, ten years old this year. 

This episode features album reviews for Tankard, Clutch, Praise The Sun & The Callous Daoboys. A Retro Review of Lacuna Coil's Comalies, twenty years old, this year. 

This episode features album reviews for Lamb Of God, Slipknot, Frayle, Destrage & An Abstract Illusion. 

This episode features album reviews for Behemoth, Parkway Drive, Sumerlands, Spiritus Mortis & Fallujah.

This episode features album reviews for Blind Guardian, The HU, Brymir, Megadeth & Aeternam. We discuss recent performances we saw from Vended, Orbit Culture, Fit For An Autopsy, Spiritbox, Mastodon & Ghost. 

This episode features album reviews for Grave Digger, Spirit Adrift, Soilwork, Toxik & Machine Head. 

This episode features album reviews for Amon Amarth, Arch Enemy, Moonshade, The Halo Effect & White Ward. 

This episode features album reviews for Black Magnet, Soulfly & Fallcie. Metal connoisseur, Seth, joins the show to help us review Oceans Of Slumber's Starlight And Ash. A Retro Review of Shadows Fall's The Art Of Balance, twenty years old this year. 

This episode features album reviews for Perpetual Night, Kardashev & Xaon. Retro Reviews for Anthrax's Among The Living, which turned 35 years old & Deftones' Around The Fur, which turned 25 years old this year. 

This episode features album reviews for Septicflesh, Gwar, Bleed From Within & Kreator. A Retro Review of Otep's debut album, Sevas Tra, now twenty years old. Halfway picks for the Best Albums of 2022 so far. 

This episode features album reviews for Malevolence, Nechochwen & Decapitated. Retro Reviews for Killswitch Engage's Alive Or Just Breathing & Mastodon's Remission, both twenty years old. 

This episode features album reviews for Rammstein, Northlane, Evergrey, Burned In Effigy & Ibaraki. We discuss concerts we saw in May which include Trope, Haken, Gojira, Deftones & Slipknot. 

This episode features album reviews for Destruction, Semblant, Monuments and the debut EP from Stellaris. Retro Reviews for Gojira's L'Enfant Sauvage, ten years old this year, & Incubus' S.C.I.E.N.C.E., which is 25 years old this year. 

This episode features album reviews for Hyperia, Abbath, Meshuggah, Moonlight Haze & Messa. 

This episode features album reviews for Cloven Hoof, Crowbar, Vein, Ghost & Allegaeon. Special guest, Nicole, joins the show. 

This episode features album reviews for Amorphis, Glasya, Voivod & Hammerfall. Metal connoisseur, Seth, calls in to help us review Rage Against The Machine's self titled debut album, thirty years since its initial release. 

This episode features album reviews for Korn, Saxon, Once Human, Persefone and Zeal & Ardor. 

This episode features album reviews for Ashes Of Ares, Nocturna, Confess & Fit For An Autopsy. A Retro Review of Strapping Young Lad's City, 25 years after its initial release.

This episode features reviews for some albums we missed in 2021 from Obscura, Every Time I Die & Between The Buried And Me. We also review the year's first two major releases from Wilderun & Infected Rain. Our new host, Luci, joins the show and shares her thoughts on metal. 

Here are what we decided the top 50 albums of 2021 are. 

This episode features album reviews for Black Soul Horde, Exhorder, Converge/Chelsea Wolfe, Rage Of Light & Khemmis. A Retro Review of American Head Charge's The War Of Art, twenty years after its release. Krista & Victor from Lutharo call in to discuss the band's new album, Hiraeth. 

This episode features album reviews for Omnium Gatherum, Ad Infinitum, Bullet For My Valentine, Archspire, Lutharo & Limp Bizkit. 

This episode features album reviews for Persona, Green Lung, Dream Theater, Blood Youth, Cradle Of Filth & Mastodon. Mark, from Black Sites, calls in to talk about the band's new album Untrue. 

This episode features album reviews for Ministry, Unto Others, Black Sites, Trivium & Twelve Foot Ninja. A Retro Review of Slayer's God Hates Us All, twenty years after the record's initial release. 

This episode features album reviews for Alien Weaponry, Carcass, Seven Spires, Spiritbox & Rivers Of Nihil. A discussion on the return of live shows from Tallah, Avatar, Æther Realm, Unleash The Archers, Infected Rain & Butcher Babies.