I haven't listened to a lot of new music this year, but here are some of the highpoints for me. This year, my selections will be posted in no particular order aside from "The Best" and "The Rest". By "The Rest", I'm certainly not insinuating that these selections are bad- in fact, they are very good albums, in my opinion! I have decided not to include awful albums on this list. This list won't be as exhaustive as previous lists I've made. I'm very open for recommendations, so please send me some if you see anything that might appeal to me!

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2.Voices From The Fuselage - Odyssey: The Destroyer of Worlds

3.Earthside - A Dream In Static

4.Marriages - Salome

5.Third Ion - 13/8 Bit

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Some black coffee, some milky atmosphere, some folk syrup and some sweet death.

No special order.

(sorry for German commenting, i reuse the text mostly on my social media later)

1.Finsterforst - Mach Dich Frei

2.SatanaKozel - North

3.Galar - De Gjenlevende

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5.Wolfheart - Shadow World

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These are my favourite albums from the year 2015, ranked in order from my most favourite at number 1 to my least favourite.

1.Intronaut - The Direction Of Last Things

2.Between The Buried And Me - Coma Ecliptic

3.Paradise Lost - The Plague Within

4.Tribulation - The Children Of The Night

5.Melechesh - Enki

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Pardon the awful title, I thought it was funny and a play on Ahab's "The Thing That Made Search", but hey, not every joke is a winner.

Here is my list for the Top albums of 2015. No grading system like last year. Real list, no gimmicks.

Albums are ordered based on preference and subject to change at random, with expanded number of albums or ordering.

1.Ahab - The Boats Of The Glen Carrig

2.Coheed and Cambria - The Color Before The Sun

3.Enslaved - In Times

4.Leprous - The Congregation

5.Cattle Decapitation - The Anthropocene Extinction

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A list of my favorite 2015 albums. Also with my favorite tracks.

1.A Forest Of Stars - Beware The Sword You Cannot See

2.Shape Of Despair - Monotony Fields

3.Cattle Decapitation - The Anthropocene Extinction

4.Gloryhammer - Space 1992: Rise Of The Chaos Wizards

5.Misþyrming - Söngvar Elds Og Óreiðu

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Every album to catch my ear during 2015, rated, with plenty of non-metal for those of you who like to branch out and see what the whole world of music has to offer. Variety'll always be a virtue.

Numerous focused listens needed before rating.
Updates will (hopefully) be constant.

New Update: In order to promote exploration into albums you may not know, I've decided to include "Standout Track" segments for any album which has a track I feel you all MUST listen to. Hopefully these can help hook people with albums they're not familiar with, because chances are they instantaneously hooked me.

1.Death Grips - The Powers That B

2.Leprous - The Congregation

3.Clarence Clarity - No Now

4.Björk - Vulnicura

5.Envy - Atheist's Cornea

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1.Steve Von Till - A Life Unto Itself

2.Lana Del Rey - Honeymoon

3.Sunn O))) - Kannon

4.Avatarium - The Girl With The Raven Mask

5.Mgła - Exercises In Futility

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My favorites album in 2015

1.Tempel - The Moon Lit Our Path

2.Slugdge - Dim And Slimeridden Kingdoms

3.Alkaloid - The Malkuth Grimoire

4.Cruciamentum - Charnel Passages

5.Exgenesis - Aphotic Veil

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1.Arcturus - Arcturian

2.Corpo-Mente - Corpo-Mente

3.A Forest Of Stars - Beware The Sword You Cannot See

4.Baldrs Draumar - Aldgillissoan

5.Ragnaröek - Dornig

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1.Vallenfyre - The Last Of Our Kind

2.Deadworld - Deadworld

3.Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful

4.The Gentle Storm - The Diary

5.Napalm Death - Apex Predator - Easy Meat

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2015. Best to worst. Simple as that.

1.Chelsea Wolfe - Abyss

2.Sea Witch - The Blackened Sea

3.Echoes Of Yul - The Healing

4.Chrch - Unanswered Hymns

5.Zuriaake - 孤雁

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1.Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase.

2.Arcturus - Arcturian

3.Symphony X - Underworld

4.Leprous - The Congregation

5.Soilwork - The Ride Majestic

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All the albums I've listened to in 2015, from favorite to least favorite, and a small summary.

1.Shape Of Despair - Monotony Fields

2.Swallow The Sun - Songs From The North I, II & III

3.Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase.

4.Leviathan - Scar Sighted

5.Ahab - The Boats Of The Glen Carrig

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Again... I do not aim to be the most extreme or have the quirkiest taste. It's not a massive dump-it-all-here list as I've obviously filtered out those that I doubt I'd revisit later. These albums are what I find aurally pleasing, and for those passing by, I hope you will find something here. Shall be updated periodically. Perhaps I'll have more time to listen to music this year.

1.Chapel Of Disease - The Mysterious Ways Of Repetitive Art

2.Naïve - Altra

3.Kontinuum - Kyrr

4.Thy Catafalque - Sgùrr

5.Enslaved - In Times

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Cos by this point it's almost mandatory. I've made a pretty slow start to the year but hopefully I'll start catching up soon enough.

1.A Forest Of Stars - Beware The Sword You Cannot See

2.Maladie - ...Still...

3.Dekadent - Veritas

4.Sylosis - Dormant Heart

5.Marriages - Salome

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