2024 is done! But, with the dust still settling and the world not yet fully awake and into 2025, we figured we'd offer some final look backs at the year that was to crown the best releases according to you - our fine readers.
In December we asked you to vote on the very best metal records of 2024, offering a wide selection from across the year covering just about metal subgenre from goth to metalcore, death metal to thrash. We already revealed that death metal cosmonauts Blood Incantation had taken the Hammer critics' poll crown, but who did you choose? Below you'll find the 20 best metal albums of 2024, as voted by the readers of Metal Hammer. Here's to 2025 - and another year of fantastic new music!
