My picks for best heavy music of 2024

Knocked Loose - You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To

Hard to believe that the latest band to break out from the genre into the mainstream is so heavy. Pig squeals on late night TV, let's go.

If this album doesn't make you want to pick up a guitar there's something wrong with you.

I think this is the freshest sound in metalcore right now.

If they're all around us doesn't get used in a zombie film soundtrack I'll be disappointed.

One of the best opening tracks to an album ever.

Nu metal vibes, if you couldn't tell from the cover.

In which the frontman being a classically-trained flutist leads to the crossover we didn't know we needed.

Guys who can really play their instruments, with no singing (or screaming). Kind of like a heavier Animals as Leaders.

Late addition. Members of The Chariot and Night Verses, but doesn't sound like it.

Another late addition, which has grown on me a lot. By far the best work since their incredible debut album The Rhapsody Tapes.