Half of 2024 may be extinct, but the Metalheads Podcast has carefully preserved the best metal artifacts from the 1st six months in our Top 25 Metal Albums at Midyear! Discover our favorite heavy records of the year so far in this 5+ hour countdown episode of archeological metal wonder, filled with unique excavations, glorious gems and exploratory merriment. Featuring the historic return of Matt as Brew Metal Will!

Metalheads Podcast's Top 25

25) Inter Arma - New Heaven
24) Kerry King - From Hell I Rise
23) Svneatr - Never Return
22) Job for a Cowboy - Moon Healer
21) Coffins - Sinister Oath
20) Midnight - Hellish Expectations
19) Rotting Christ - Pro Xristou
18) Aquilus - Bellum II
17) Darkthrone - It Beckons Us All
16) Arð - Untouched By Fire
15) Glassing - From the Other Side of the Mirror
14) Chapel of Disease - Echoes of Light
13) Gatecreeper - Dark Superstition
12) Civerous - Maze Envy
11) Horndal - Head Hammer Man
10) High on Fire - Cometh the Storm
9) Abhoria - Depths
8) Exist - Hijacking the Zeitgeist
7) Dvne - Voidkind
6) Lord Dying - Clandestine Transcendence
5) Ihsahn - Ihsahn
4) Necrot - Lifeless Birth
3) Ulcerate - Cutting the Throat of God
2) Judas Priest - Invincible Shield
1) Crypt Sermon - The Stygian Rose

George's Top 25

25. Tombstoner - Rot Stink Rip
24. Black Pyramid - The Paths of Time Are Vast
23) Ulcerate - Cutting the Throat of God
22) The Vision Bleak - Weird Tales
21) The Troops of Doom - A Mass to the Grotesque
20) Chapel of Disease - Echoes of Light
19) High on Fire - Cometh the Storm
18) Inter Arma - New Heaven
17) My Dying Bride - A Mortal Binding
16) Rotting Christ - Pro Xristou
15) Darkthrone - It Beckons Us All
14) Bruce Dickinson - The Mandrake Project
13) Disbelief - Killing Karma
12) Kerry King - From Hell I Rise
11) Crypt Sermon - The Stygian Rose
10) Exist - Hijacking the Zeitgeist
9) Abhoria - Depths
8) Morta Skuld - Creation Undone
7) Dissimulator - Lower Form Resistance
6) Lord Dying - Clandestine Transcendence
5) Gatecreeper - Dark Superstition
4) Arð - Untouched By Fire
3) Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Of the Last Human Being
2) Ihsahn - Ihsahn
1) Judas Priest - Invincible Shield

Jay's Top 25

25) In Vain - Solemn
24) Pallbearer - Mind Burns Alive
23) Dvne - Voidkind
22) Vredehammer - God Slayer
21) Yersin - The Scythe Is Remorseless
20) Chapel of Disease - Echoes of Light
19) Savage Oath - Divine Battle
18) Aquilus - Bellum II
17) Rotting Christ - Pro Xristou
16) Svneatr - Never Return
15) Horndal - Head Hammer Man
14) Lord Dying - Clandestine Transcendence
13) Borknagar - Fall
12) Midnight - Hellish Expectations
11) Kerry King - From Hell I Rise
10) Crypt Sermon - The Stygian Rose
9) Necrot - Lifeless Birth
8) Eternal Storm - A Giant Bound to Fall
7) High on Fire - Cometh the Storm
6) Ihsahn - Ihsahn
5) Vanden Plas - The Empyrean Equation of the Long Lost Things
4) Darkthrone - It Beckons Us All
3) Hauntologist - Hollow
2) Judas Priest - Invincible Shield
1) Ulcerate - Cutting the Throat of God

Will's Top 25

25) Ten Ton Slug - Colossal Oppressor
24) Antichrist Siege Machine - Vengeance of Eternal Fire
23) Black Pyramid - The Paths of Time Are Vast
22) Bongripper - Empty
21) Morta Skuld - Creation Undone
20) Vaticinal Rites - Cascading Memories of Immortality
19) Coffins - Sinister Oath
18) Necrophobic - In the Twilight Grey
17) Slimelord - Chytridiomycosis Relinquished
16) Horndal - Head Hammer Man
15) High on Fire - Cometh the Storm
14) Exhorder - Defectum Omnium
13) Nekrodawn - Sculpted by Torture
12) Rotting Christ - Pro Xristou
11) Funeral Leech - The Illusion of Time
10) Atrophy - Asylum
9) Job for a Cowboy - Moon Healer
8) Abhoria - Depths
7) Inter Arma - New Heaven
6) Midnight - Hellish Expectations
5) Crypt Sermon - The Stygian Rose
4) Ulcerate - Cutting the Throat of God
3) Deicide - Banished by Sin
2) Necrot - Lifeless Birth
1) Judas Priest - Invincible Shield

John's Top 25

25) Lord Dying - Clandestine Transcendence
24) Spectral Voice - Sparagmos
23) Wheel - Charismatic Leaders
22) Chapel of Disease - Echoes of Light
21) Traveler - Prequel to Madness
20) My Dying Bride - A Mortal Binding
19) Dissimulator - Lower Form Resistance
18) Necrot - Lifeless Birth
17) Oubliette - Eternity Whispers
16) Slimelord - Chytridiomycosis Relinquished
15) Arð - Untouched By Fire
14) Borknagar - Fall
13) Amiensus - Reclamation: Part 1
12) Hamferð - Men guðs hond er sterk
11) Idol Throne - A Clarion Call
10) From Dying Suns - Calamity
9) Ætheria Conscientia - The Blossoming
8) Ihsahn - Ihsahn
7) Dvne - Voidkind
6) Alcest - Les chants de l’aurore
5) Civerous - Maze Envy
4) Julie Christmas - Ridiculous and Full of Blood
3) Judas Priest - Invincible Shield
2) Crypt Sermon - The Stygian Rose
1) Exist - Hijacking the Zeitgeist

Matt's Top 25

25) Sgàile - Traverse the Bealach
24) Spectral Voice - Sparagmos
23) Mastiff - Deprecipice
22) Grin - Hush
21) High on Fire - Cometh the Storm
20) Atræ Bilis - Aumicide
19) Abhoria - Depths
18) Thou - Umbilical
17) Witch Vomit - Funeral Sanctum
16) Necrot - Lifeless Birth
15) Sumac - The Healer
14) Vitriol - Suffer & Become
13) Judas Priest - Invincible Shield
12) Vástígr - The Path of Perdition
11) Civerous - Maze Envy
10) Crypt Sermon - The Stygian Rose
9) Glassing - From the Other Side of the Mirror
8) Dvne - Voidkind
7) Svneatr - Never Return
6) Lord Dying - Clandestine Transcendence
5) Chapel of Disease - Echoes of Light
4) Gatecreeper - Dark Superstition
3) Coffins - Sinister Oath
2) Horndal - Head Hammer Man
1) Ulcerate - Cutting the Throat of God

Markisan's Top 25

25) Necrot - Lifeless Birth
24) High on Fire - Cometh the Storm
23) Atrexial - The Serpent Abomination
22) Upon Stone - Dead Mother Moon
21) Hecatoncheir - Nightmare Utopia
20) Abhoria - Depths
19) Lord Dying - Clandestine Transcendence
18) Exist - Hijacking the Zeitgeist
17) Civerous - Maze Envy
16) Unleash the Archers - Phantoma
15) Funeral Leech - The Illusion of Time
14) Vorga - Beyond the Palest Star
13) Job for a Cowboy - Moon Healer
12) Thumos - Atlantis
11) Praise the Plague - Suffocating in the Current of Time
10) Sgàile - Traverse the Bealach
9) Offernat - Where Nothing Grows
8) Ulcerate - Cutting the Throat of God
7) Dvne - Voidkind
6) Pallbearer - Mind Burns Alive
5) Replicant - Infinite Mortality
4) Glassing - From the Other Side of the Mirror
3) Dödsrit - Nocturnal Will
2) Crypt Sermon - The Stygian Rose
1) Aquilus - Bellum II

Metalheads Podcast 2024 Midyear Top 25