Another year has come and gone, 2025 seemed to go by more quickly for me than past years but then again I have been feeling that way at the end of each year here for the past many. Since it is the start of a new year it has been a tradition here at TDC to create BOTY lists. Over the years we have had many different contributors to this effort and I always appreciate the input by the friends of the site. My long-time friend CarlG is the most enthusiastic about maintaining this tradition I think this is because he is truly a death metal fanatic, he has a lot of free time, he loves to write, and he is strongly opinionated. I have always liked this tradition as well but last year chose not to post a list since I did not have time to listen to a large amount of what was released. This year is really no different, I am currently going through my September folder and have not had a chance to listen to many of the releases in my October, November, and December folders. The reason for this is that for the past 2 years, I have been making a concerted effort to listen to everything I download/purchase. I have been going through each folder in chronological order and listening to everything and as a result I have been 2-3 months behind the newest releases. Even with that being the case this year I have decided to create a list of my favorites based only on what I have posted here at the site.
Since this isn't a BOTY list in the traditional sense I decided to incorporate a bit of user feedback into the selections for my list. I am factoring in the number of times a file is downloaded and using this as a criteria to determine which albums are eligible for consideration. I am making an assumption that the number of downloads equates to how popular an album is with the people who visit TDC. I know this may be a flawed metric because there are many other sites providing download links and I typically post new releases long after other sites have so the number of downloads may not be truly representative but that is what I am going with this year.
To provide context here are some statistics,
There are currently 244 releases from 2024 posted @ TDC
50 albums are represented in this list
Only full-length albums and no EPs included
Average downloads for these albums = 67
To qualify for the list the album must have been downloaded at least 30 times
The order of ranking is based solely on my preference for the album
The TDC Top 50 For 2024
I hope you enjoyed the list and possibly found something that you may have missed throughout the year. I am looking forward to another strong year for metal in 2025 but I probably won't get to it for a few more months while I continue to jam to what came at the end of 2024 \m/\m/
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