I can't sort it by genre, but these are my top album of 2024. It was an amazing year.
So, I'll post basically my top 30.
Top 10
1. Noor-Mother's Guilty Pleasure Part One
2. Mogg's Motel-s/t
3. Riot V-Mean Streets
4. Flotsam & Jetsam-I Am The Weapon
5. Iotunn-Kinship
6. Lord Goblin-s/t
7. Wormwood-The Star
8. Judas Priest-Invincible Shield
9. Belore-Eastern Tales
10. Paul DiAnno-Warhorse
11-30...not ranked
Saxon-Hell, Fire, & Damnation
Vendel-Out In The Fields
Slight Lie-From Caroline...With Hate
Mega Colossus-Showdown
Witherfall-Sounds Of The Forgotten
Blaze Bayley-Circle Of Stone
Absolon-The Blood Seed
Oak Ash & Thorn-Our Grief Is Just
A Circle Of Wonders-III: The Sparrow & The Architect
Horn-Daudswiark
Sgaile-Traverse The Bealach
Eldamar-Astral Journeys, Pt1:Creation
Lamentari-Ex Umbra In Lucem
Amiensus-Reclamation
Hammerfall-Avenge The Fallen
The Vision Bleak-Weird Tales
My Silent Wake-Lost In Memories, Lost in Grief
Octoploid-Beyond The Aeons
Challenger-Force Of Nature
Spere-Eight Led To The Beam
Top 3 EPs
1. Axamenta-Spires
2. Lords Of The Trident-VGEP
3. Words Of Farewell-Stories To Forget
Live Albums
1. Helloween-Live At Budokan
2. Metal Church-The Final Sermon
Surprises Of The Year
Paul DiAnno-Warhorse
Deep Purple=-=1