1- Cantique Lépreux  - Le bannissement

There were low expectations for this record following the unremarkable Sectes mini-album from 2021, but if it was necessary as a stepping stone to produce this album then I can accept it.  If there is any defining majestic, sophisticated black metal album from 2024, this is it for me.  Everything I like about black metal and dislike about it (thrash, rock, heavy metal) at the bare minimum.  This is black metal art, in short, the best black metal of the year.

2- Kratti - Matka kohti kosmista 

3- L'Avenir - Imagination

4- Sear Bliss - Heavenly Down

5. Tuhka - Ad Radices Cinis & Havuportaali

6- My Dying Bride - A Mortal Binding

7- Night In Athens - Wasted Reflektions

8- Shades of Deep Water - Cold Heart

9. Ornamentus del Miedo - Escapando a través de la tierra

10. Fungoid Stream - A Nightmare and A Cataclysm

11. Officium Triste - Hortus Venenum

12. Withering Away - Withdrawn

13. Ordalie - Indifferent Universe

14. Fennovir - Hymnien Unhola

15. Funeral - Gospel of Bones 

16. Rossometile - Gehenna

17. Fragments of Lost Memories - 約束