Here we present the more concise 2024 Top Ten lists from new and old Contributors To The Counterforce.

Be sure to check out the 2024 Top Ten roundup post.

Slim

Top 10 Sets/Gigs

1. VERIFY @ lowbar
2. GAZM Final ride
3. BIG LAUGH on a Tuesday
4. JAVA, PLUTO’S KISS, JUSTIFY, ONE TRACK MIND, INFLUX @ The NDG Legion
5. D.U.L.F benefit show at Casa
6. INFLUX in January
7. FLOWER & PHANTOM for Dirty World
8. EXTENSIVE SLAUGHTER
9. VERIFY @ Madhouse
10. PORTAL TOMB @ B7

Greg The Builder

Ten of my favorite things that came out or sets I saw (in no real order)

1. FLOWER - Heel Of The Next/Physical God 7"
2. KRIEGSHOG - Love & Revenge LP
3. THOU - Umbilical LP
4. GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR - NO​ ​TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28​,​340 DEAD LP
5. CHARLI XCX - BRAT LP
6. THE WATCHER - Out of the Dark LP
7. THE CURE - Songs of a Lost World LP
8. CRASS - a Pictorial History book/Gee Vaucher Crassover art show @ White columns gallery
9. SLANT live @ Foto Club, PHILLY, PA Nov 7, 2024
10. SKITSYSTEM live @ CY Fest LA, CA Sept 21, 2024

MISERY

TOP TEN PUNK RELEASES OF 2024
(IN NO ORDER)

1. STRAW MAN ARMY - Earthworks
2. STREET GLOVES - 2024 DEMO
3. EXTENSIVE SLAUGHTER - A Fated Demise
4. BEYOND STATE POWER - Demo 2024
5. INDUSTRY - A Self Portrait At The Stage Of Totalitarian Domination Of
   All Aspects Of Life
6. NORILLAG - The Union Of Death
7. VERIFY - Hardcore Demo
8. LOVE AND COMPASSION - ...Or Else
9. PORTAL TOMB - Last Frost
10. BLESS - Not For You EP

Ghas (A World Divided)

Top 10 Tracks

1. FUERA DE SECTOR - Juegos Prohibidos
2. NÃO - 1986
3. GOLPE - Come Un Cappio / Mass Media / Cibernauti / Scenderemo Nelle Strade
4. DIE IN VAIN - War Machine
5. PAROL - Pit Stop
6. LUMPEN - Anti-poder
7. H.Ä.L.T. - lost (Version II)
8. NADA! - Little Hole
9. ALVILDLA - Moustique
10. AYUCABA - Demo tour 2024

VanilseJay

1. MEM//BRANE - Subcutaneous
2. NO FUTURE - Mirror
3. ECHTHROS - A Tooth For An Eye
4. THE NOT - Demo
5. RECALL - Demo
6. STREET GLOVES - 2024 Demo
7. HRT - Warm Wet Stroke Of Luck
8. SCUMRAID - The End
9. SUNROT//BODYVOID - Split
10. LIFELESS DARK - Forces Of Nature's Transformation

Ralph Rivera (THINK! Fanzine)

• ADVOIDS - Advoids 7" (Under The Gun)
• ANSWERING MACHINES - The Big Catch CS (Self Released)
• BLOOD NYMPH - Only a Mother Knows CS
• DIZTORT Live at Lot 49 (4/3/24)
• GABBY FLUKE - MOGUL & LILY FINNEGAN - Throw It in The Sink (Sonic Transmissions)
• NO KNOCK - No Knock 7" (Peace of Mind)
• ROLEX/GRIMLY FORMING - Split 12" (11pm)
• SHARP PINS - Radio RDR CS (Hallo Gallo/Perennial)
• TEXTURE FREQ - What May Come 7" (Dirt Cult)
• V/A - Peace of Mind in a Troubled World Compilation CS

Ava (PORTAL TOMB)

Top Ten (loosely ordered!)

1. STRAW MAN ARMY - Earthworks
2. LOVE AND COMPASSION - ...Or Else
3. LIFE / DESTRUCT - To Stop The Conflict Split
4. TERMINAL FILTH - Traces Towards Oblivion
5. SAVAGE PLEASURE - Self Titled LP
6. WITNESS - Demo
7. MIRAGE - Legato Alla Rovina
8. ARSON - Más Noize
9. PAROXYS - Demo 2024
10. SKEPTIS - Demonstrasi Oleh Skeptis

Honorable mention: FLOWER - Heel of the Next / Physical God cuz technically 2023!