Only the 9s or 10s / 10 are here. Roughly ordered in time.

1.Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit

2.Kingcrow - Phlegethon

3.Crippled Black Phoenix - I, Vigilante

4.Igorrr - Nostril

5.Triptykon - Eparistera Daimones

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These albums are fantastic musically but with minimal to no extreme harsh vocals. Perfect for someone who wants to start their metal journey.

1.Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

2.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

3.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

4.Dream Theater - Images And Words

5.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I

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1.Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here

2.Audrey Horne - Audrey Horne

3.Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare

4.Baroness - Yellow & Green

5.Bring Me The Horizon - Amo

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1.Foo Fighters - Wasting Light

2.Alter Bridge - Fortress

3.Stone Sour - House Of Gold & Bones - Part 1

4.Slash - World On Fire

5.The Black Keys - El Camino

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1.Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork

2.Carcass - Surgical Steel

3.Watain - The Wild Hunt

4.Darkthrone - The Underground Resistance

5.Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks

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Metal albums (and yes, I consider metalcore to be metal) that rocked my world, with maximum 2 albums per band sorted by bands in alphabetic order. Live, EP and compilation albums allowed, also including hard rock and stoner rock albums.

It will be updated as I discover new bands so check it sometime

1.Alabama Thunderpussy - Open Fire

2.Alice In Chains - Dirt

3.All That Remains - The Fall Of Ideals

4.Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God

5.Annihilator - Alice In Hell

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1.Persefone - Spiritual Migration

2.Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused To Sing (And Other Stories)

3.Caladan Brood - Echoes Of Battle

4.Leprous - Coal

5.The Ocean - Pelagial

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1.Way To End - Various Shades Of Black

2.Glorior Belli - Gators Rumble, Chaos Unfurls

3.Portal - Vexavoid

4.Procession - To Reap Heavens Apart

5.Station Dysthymia - Overhead, Without Any Fuss, The Stars Were Going Out

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1.Letlive. - The Blackest Beatiful

2.Clutch - Earth Rocker

3.Protest The Hero - Volition

4.Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here

5.Queens Of The Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork

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1.Power Trip - Manifest Decimation

2.Clutch - Earth Rocker

3.Körgull The Exterminator - Metal Fist Destroyer

4.Darkthrone - The Underground Resistance

5.Raspberry Bulbs - Deformed Worship

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1.Summoning - Old Mornings Dawn

2.Caladan Brood - Echoes Of Battle

3.Fleshgod Apocalypse - Labyrinth

4.Kalmah - Seventh Swamphony

5.Ulcerate - Vermis

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Because I can't stop listening to music, but neither can I sacrifice my lovely descriptions, so same fare as before, but deleted descriptions for those covered in the first list.

1.Protest The Hero - Volition

2.Persefone - Spiritual Migration

3.Amorphis - Circle

4.Nero Di Marte - Nero Di Marte

5.Monolithe - Monolithe IV

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1.Ghost - Infestissumam

2.Black Sabbath - 13

3.Rotting Christ - Kata Ton Daimona Eaytoy

4.Clutch - Earth Rocker

5.Inquisition - Obscure Verses For The Multiverse

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These are the albums I've enjoyed so far this year to which I've given an approximate rating and organised in a rough order of preference. As the year progresses I'll add some descriptions to them as well. EP's are also included.

Recent additions: Armory, Russian Circles, Ulver, Tad Morose, SubRosa, Almah, Blood Bright Star, Autumnblaze, Ayreon, Chthonic, Darkestrah, God Is An Astronaut, Képzelt Város, Lodz, Månegarm, Obscure Sphinx, Caligula's Horse, Sky Architect, Keldian, Monster Magnet

1.Vulture Industries - The Tower

2.The Moth Gatherer - A Bright Celestial Light

3.Walrus - Walrus

4.Clutch - Earth Rocker

5.Oranssi Pazuzu - Valonielu

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1.Gorguts - Colored Sands

2.The Ocean - Pelagial

3.Intronaut - Habitual Levitations (Instilling Words With Tones)

4.Anciients - Heart Of Oak

5.Revocation - Revocation

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