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1.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud

2.Moonspell - Extinct

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

4.Angra - Secret Garden

5.The Gentle Storm - The Diary

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1.Panopticon - Autumn Eternal

2.Elder - Lore

3.Nechochwen - Heart Of Akamon

4.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud

5.Kontinuum - Kyrr

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1.Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful

2.Avatarium - The Girl With The Raven Mask

3.Ensiferum - One Man Army

4.Slayer - Repentless

5.Melechesh - Enki

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My favourite albums of 2015. (In order of preference, and only including albums I would rate 7+).

1.Periphery - Juggernaut: Alpha & Omega

2.Deafheaven - New Bermuda

3.Fear Factory - Genexus

4.So Hideous - Laurestine

5.I, Valiance - The Reject of Humanity

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1.Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase.

2.Senegal Grindcore Mafia - Hay Daño En Casa

3.Leviathan - Scar Sighted

4.Ahab - The Boats Of The Glen Carrig

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

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Main criterias:
How much I love it(obviously)
Songwritting
Importance and originality
Consistency and diversity (consistency is more importance, but diversity can make a difference)

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

3.Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness

4.Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus

5.Slayer - Haunting The Chapel

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1.Abbath - Abbath

2.Exumer - The Raging Tides

3.Rotting Christ - Rituals

4.Deströyer 666 - Wildfire

5.Fleshgod Apocalypse - King

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1.Borknagar - Winter Thrice

2.Ulver - ATGCLVLSSCAP

3.Ihsahn - Arktis.

4.Katatonia - The Fall Of Hearts

5.Opeth - Sorceress

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This is my top albums for 2015 So far ..

1.Enshine - Singularity

2.Draconian - Sovran

3.Moonspell - Extinct

4.Exgenesis - Aphotic Veil

5.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud

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The best metal releases of 2015, off the top of my head.

1.Ethereal Shroud - They Became The Falling Ash

2.Arche - Undercurrents

3.Demonic Possessor - Porous Chambers

4.Ahab - The Boats Of The Glen Carrig

5.Shape Of Despair - Monotony Fields

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1.Slayer - Repentless

2.Monster Magnet - Cobras And Fire (The Mastermind Redux)

3.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud

4.Lamb Of God - VII: Sturm Und Drang

5.Napalm Death - Apex Predator - Easy Meat

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Honestly if you expect something different in this list from the other 2015 lists,you will be very disappointed... Honestly,the only reason I'm doing this is because I want to keep record of my favorites from this year should this topic ever come up.
Anyway,great year for black metal,not that great for anything that is not black metal

1.Leviathan - Scar Sighted

2.Myrkur - M

3.Lamb Of God - VII: Sturm Und Drang

4.Dekadent - Veritas

5.Ghost Bath - Moonlover

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1.AC/DC - Powerage

2.AC/DC - Back In Black

3.AC/DC - Let There Be Rock

4.AC/DC - T.N.T.

5.AC/DC - High Voltage

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This is not a list over my favourite albums, although some of them on the list of course are. These are albums that formed me, had a huge impact on me and defined my musical taste. Without some of these releases I probably wouldn't even be the person that I am today.

1.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

2.Iron Maiden - Rock In Rio

3.Iron Maiden - Dance Of Death

4.Iron Maiden - Killers

5.Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time

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