Every year, hundreds of albums are written and released for people to buy and hopefully not steal. I spend most of my free time searching far and wide for new music, most of which only very few people know about. This list will contain all the albums released this year that I listened to, and what I thought of it. The rating system is as follows:
Based = Awesome, Perfect
Chill = Solid, Substantial
Dope = Good-not-great, Something I'll only listen to if I'm bored
Retarded = Mediocre, Unremarkable
Mindfucked = Complete waste of time
Also, there will be albums that aren't metal that will appear here, just cause.

1.1349 - Massive Cauldron Of Chaos

2.Abigor - Leytmotif Luzifer - The 7 Temptations Of Man

3.Aborted - The Necrotic Manifesto

4.Aenaon - Extance

5.Agalloch - The Serpent & The Sphere

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***Only one album per band so I don't have half of In Flames and Metallica's discography here.

1.Megadeth - Risk

2.Metallica - Lulu [Collaboration]

3.Iron Maiden - Virtual XI

4.Slayer - Diabolus In Musica

5.In Flames - Siren Charms

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1.Suicidal Angels - Sanctify The Darkness

2.Suicidal Angels - Dead Again

3.Suicidal Angels - Bloodbath

4.Suicidal Angels - Eternal Domination

5.Suicidal Angels - Armies Of Hell

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1.Cannibal Corpse - A Skeletal Domain

2.Triptykon - Melana Chasmata

3.Threshold - For The Journey

4.Overkill - White Devil Armory

5.Orange Goblin - Back From The Abyss

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1.Mechina - Xenon

2.The Unguided - Fragile Immortality

3.Hail Spirit Noir - Oi Magoi

4.Iced Earth - Plagues Of Babylon

5.Graveborne - Through The Window Of The Night

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So now it's routine.

1.Ne Obliviscaris - Citadel

2.Nightingale - Retribution

3.Primordial - Where Greater Men Have Fallen

4.Ghost Brigade - IV - One With The Storm

5.Boris - Noise

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***UPDATED REGULARLY*** My List of Albums that I've Listened to in 2014. Order: Best to Worst. I listened to all of these albums at least a minimum of 3 times. I do my best efforts to listen to as many different types of metal as I can. I may rate albums higher then some would, but that's my opinion and at least I'm supporting bands, not hating on them.(not going to give out 1's and 2's cause I know it's hard work to put together these albums, unless it's just white noise of course).

1.Revocation - Deathless

2.Allegaeon - Elements Of The Infinite

3.Aenaon - Extance

4.Chelsea Grin - Ashes To Ashes

5.The Kindred - Life In Lucidity

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What I have stumbled upon this year so far. This isn't in any particular order. Just ratings and thoughts. I'll make an official Top 10 at years end.

1.Saor - Aura

2.Dog Fashion Disco - Sweet Nothings

3.Fluisteraars - Dromers

4.Infestus - The Reflecting Void

5.Emptiness - Nothing But The Whole

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1.Mr. Big - The Stories We Could Tell

2.Allen/Lande - The Great Divide

3.Rubicon Cross - Rubicon Cross

4.Suicidal Angels - Divide And Conquer

5.Sanctuary - The Year The Sun Died

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1.Disemballerina - Undertaker

2.Empyrium - The Turn Of The Tides

3.Devin Townsend - Casualties Of Cool

4.Nadja - /ɪmpəˈfɛkʃ ( ə ) n/

5.Saor - Aura

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