2024 End Of Year Top Twenty

I know I’ve said this before, but last year was a great one for music. It wasn’t easy getting things down to a list of just 20, but here are my top picks for last year. As usual, I have ranked the top 5 – which was tricky in itself – but anything after that is purely in alphabetical order.

1. DOOL – ‘THE SHAPE OF FLUIDITY’ (PROPHECY PRODUCTIONS)

Raven van Dorst, Dool, 29 October 2024

2. Vola – ‘Friend Of A Phantom’ (Mascot Records)
3. Simone Simons – ‘Vermillion’ (Nuclear Blast)
4. Rendezvous Point – ‘Dream Chaser’ (SPV / Long Branch Records)
5. Ayreon – ‘01011001 Live Beneath The Waves’ (Mascot Records)
Alterium – ‘Of War And Flames’ (AFM Records)
Black Country Communion – ‘V’ (Mascot Records)
Caligula’s Horse – ‘Charcoal Grace’ (InsideOut Music)
Louise Patricia Crane – ‘Netherworld’ (Peculiar Doll Records)
Rosalie Cunningham – ‘To Shoot Another Day’ (Esoteric Antenna)
The Dead Daisies – ‘Light ’Em Up’ (The Dead Daisies Pty Ltd / SPV)
Bruce Dickinson – ‘The Mandrake Project’ (BMG)
Judas Priest – ‘Invincible Shield’ (Columbia)
Leprous – ‘Melodies Of Atonement’ (InsideOut Music)
Magnum – ‘Here Comes The Rain’ (SPV / Steamhammer)
Oceans Of Slumber – ‘Where Gods Fear To Speak’ (Season Of Mist)
Oranssi Pazuzu – ‘Muuntautuja’ (Nuclear Blast)
Swallow The Sun – ‘Shining’ (Century Media)
Tides From Nebula – ‘Instant Rewards’ (Nebula Records)
Tvinna – ‘Two: Wings Of Ember’ (By Norse Music)

John Tucker 6 January 2025