LISTMANIA 2024 WRAPUP

(written by Islander)

We posted the last of our many year-end lists yesterday, on the last day of 2024. As in previous years, the volume was extensive. As usual, some of them were re-postings of lists that appeared at “big platform” web sites and print magazines, and others were prepared by our own stable of race-horse writers. And once again we had a large group of lists from other guests and old friends. Plus, we’ve again received valuable, extensive lists in reader comments on THIS POST (new lists can still be added there).

In this article I’m setting forth links to all of the 2024 year-end lists that we published, divided into categories and listed within each category in the order of their appearance. For people who are looking for the best metal that 2024 had to offer, these lists and our readers’ lists provide a tremendous resource, as they have in past years.

Heart-felt thanks again to everyone who contributed to 2024 LISTMANIA and to everyone who made time to read what we pulled together. A lot of people put a lot of effort into this series, as we do every year, but I can tell from the page views that it continues to mean something to fans of heavy music, and so we’ll continue doing it.

P.S. We have one kind of 2024 list still to come. Beginning tomorrow I’ll roll out, day-by-day, my own list of last year’s Most Infectious Extreme Metal Songs, and force myself to stop at the end of this month. If you want another way to re-engage with the metal of 2024 and perhaps still make some new discoveries, hopefully you’ll find that a fun way to do it.

NCS STAFF, OTHER NCS CONTRIBUTORS,
AND OTHER OLD FRIENDS

Andy Synn (The EPs)
Andy Synn (The Disappointing)
Andy Synn (The Good)
Andy Synn (The Great)
Andy Synn (The Critical Top 10)
Andy Synn (The Personal Top 10)

DGR (50-41)
DGR (40-31)
DGR (30-21)
DGR (20-11)
DGR (10-1)

Wil Cifer
Didrik Mešiček
Professor D. Grover the XIIIth
Gonzo
Todd Manning
Daniel Barkasi
Vizzah Harri

BAND MEMBERS

Seb Painchaud
Neill Jameson (Krieg, Poison Blood) – Part 1
Neill Jameson (Krieg, Poison Blood) – Part 2
Neill Jameson (Krieg, Poison Blood) – Part 3
Neill Jameson (Krieg, Poison Blood) – Odds & Ends
Johan Huldtgren (Obitus)

MAGAZINES AND “BIG PLATFORM” SITES

Decibel
PopMatters
Stereogum
Bandcamp Daily
Rolling Stone