Forget the MSA's, this is the best of list you've all been waiting for. Why 23 albums? Well, because I can that's why.

1.Fires In The Distance - Air Not Meant For Us

2.Urne - A Feast On Sorrow

3.Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite

4.Saturnus - The Storm Within

5.Frozen Soul - Glacial Domination

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An ongoing saga charting band's who, for better or worse, I have discovered every month of the year. While I won't list every band, I will be selecting highlights and/or lowlights.

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3.The Drowning - This Bleak Descent

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5.Riverside - Discovered:Tour Dates. Prog is rarely my thing, but after seeing their name on the Prognosis poster I decided to give them a go and I found myself listening to Wasteland among other cuts in their discography. While I doubt I will be able to attend, I've managed to make myself feel like I'm missing out.

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As the Earth makes another full circle around the sun, its time to celebrate the best albums that marked that period.

1.Kurokuma - Born Of Obsidian

2.Jungle Rot - A Call To Arms

3.The Hu - Rumble Of Thunder

4.Malevolence - Malicious Intent

5.Toxik - Dis Morta

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A personal ranking of what I think are the best records to have come out so far in '21.

1.Asphyx - Necroceros

2.White Void - Anti

3.Flotsam And Jetsam - Blood In The Water

4.Molten - Dystopian Syndrome

5.At The Gates - The Nightmare Of Being

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While the year 2020 may have been a write off in many ways, the albums that have been released this year have been very strong. In honour of 2020, these are my 20 favourite metal albums to have been released during this hellscape, I mean, year.

1.Testament - Titans Of Creation

2.LIK - Misanthropic Breed

3.Fires In The Distance - Echoes From Deep November

4.Bleed From Within - Fracture

5.Bury Tomorrow - Cannibal

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