Thank you all for your support through the years and especially 2024. This was a pretty strange year to say the least. Usually I do a bunch of different categories to wrap up the year but, since I took a bit of a break, I thought I’d just do a couple things to wrap things up. 2025 is going to be a great year for Audioeclectica! Stay tuned for all that is coming!

BEST ALBUMS OF 2024 (1-10 are in order, the rest are not):

01) Gouge Away- Deep Sage
02) Better Lovers- Highly Irresponsible
03) Linkin Park- From Zero
04) Jerry Cantrell- I Want Blood
05) The Smashing Pumpkins- Aghori Mhori Mei
06) Iress- Sleep Now, In Reverse
07) Kerry King- From Hell I Rise
08) Chelsea Wolfe- She Reaches Out To She…
09) The Cure- Songs Of A Lost World
10) Common Wounds- All Night Blood

11) Pearl Jam- Dark Matter
12) Drug Church- Prude
13) Planes Mistaken For Stars- Do You Still Love Me?
14) Spirit In The Room- Passengers EP
15) Unto Others- Never, Neverland
16) Cold Gawd- I’ll Drown On This Earth
17) Category 7- Category 7
18) Full Of Hell- Coagulated Bliss
19) Umbra Vitae- Light Of Death
20) Duhkha- A Place You Can Come Back From
21) Yellfire- Dear Gods
22) Darkest Hour- Perpetual Terminal
23) Erra- Cure
24) Marilyn Manson- One Assassination Under God
25) The Hope Conspiracy- Tools Of Oppression/Rule By Deception


TOP 10 PRODUCERS OF 2024:

01) Jack Shirley- Gouge Away: Deep Sage
02) Will Putney- Better Lovers: Highly Irresponsible
03) Mike Shinoda- Linkin Park: From Zero
04) Joe Baressi & Jerry Cantrell- Jerry Cantrell: I Want Blood
05) Billy Corgan- The Smashing Pumpkins: Aghori Mhori Mei
06) Alex Estrada- Iress: Sleep Now, In Reverse
07) Dave Sitek- Chelsea Wolfe: She Reaches Out To She…
08) Josh Wilbur- Kerry King: From Hell I Rise
09) Robert Smith & Paul Corkett- The Cure: Songs Of A Lost World
10) Zach Rippy & Scott Evans- Common Wounds: All Night Blood

TOP SHOWS OF 2024:

01) Linkin Park @ Forum
02) Lamb Of God, Mastodon and Kerry King @ Forum
03) Better Lovers @ Regent
04) Hatebreed, Carcass, Harm’s Way and Crypta @ Wiltern
05) Gouge Away @ 1720
06) Slipknot @ Intuit Dome
07) Korn and Gojira @ BMO Stadium
08) Poison The Well, Will Haven and Hopesfall @ Belasco
09) David Gilmour @ Hollywood Bowl
10) All Cobalt Presents Shows