These are the 30 albums I listened to the most in 2018. I haven't paid much attention to the albums' order. It's been a pretty good year for metal, just like every year; if you are willing to search, you will find. I'd love to hear how good or bad you think this list is.

Best EP: Cleõphüzz - Wizard Of Phüzz
Best Demo: Dionysiaque - Dionysiaque

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nikarg | 08.01.2019

	1.	Et Moriemur - Epigrammata Absolutely divine. I already knew in March that it would be my AOTY.
	2.	Judas Priest - Firepower The Metal Gods' best album since Painkiller. Enough said.
	3.	Varathron - Patriarchs Of Evil Atmospheric, occult and riffy; the best black metal album of 2018.
	4.	Dee Snider - For The Love Of Metal Dee's most metal record in his long and legendary career.
	5.	Chapel Of Disease - ...And As We Have Seen The Storm, We Have Embraced The Eye Mark Knopfler plays death metal. Outstanding stuff.
	6.	Shining - X - Varg Utan Flock Ideal soundtrack to slit your wrists to. On par with V - Halmstad.
	7.	Necrophobic - Mark Of The Necrogram Dissection is no more. Long live Dissection!
	8.	Satan - Cruel Magic 1983 was gorgeous. It sounds even more gorgeous today.
	9.	Clouds - Dor My heart bleeds every time I listen to this.
	10.	1914 - The Blind Leading The Blind WWI-themed death metal mixed with black and doom? I'm sold.
	11.	On Thorns I Lay - Aegean Sorrow My death/doom companion for the rainy days.
	12.	Behemoth - I Loved You At Your Darkest I love the dark sound even if it's "softer".
	13.	Messa - Feast For Water Less droney than the debut, yet equally magnificent doom.
	14.	Morne - To The Night Unknown Post-metal with riffs. Brilliant and rare.
	15.	Human Serpent - For I, The Misanthropist The best black metal band that has emerged during this decade.
	16.	Tribulation - Down Below Gothic brilliance. As catchy as it gets.
	17.	Erdve - Vaitojimas Lithuanian blackened sludge sharing my debut of the year award along with...
	18.	Gaerea - Unsettling Whispers ...this immersive and stirring sludgy piece of Portuguese black metal art.
	19.	Amorphis - Queen Of Time Sailing the seas of delicious cheese.
	20.	Khemmis - Desolation No surprise here. Khemmis cannot release a bad album.
	21.	Soulfly - Ritual I've listened to this album more times than I want or care to admit.
	22.	Towards Atlantis Lights - Dust Of Aeons Excellent funeral doom inspired by ancient civilizations. Finally a supergroup justifies the title.
	23.	Panopticon - The Scars Of Man On The Once Nameless Wilderness Half black metal and half American folk. Best enjoyed when snowed in.
	24.	Dødsferd - Diseased Remnants Of A Dying World Melancholic poetry, claustrophobic bleakness and provocative aggression.
	25.	Evoken - Hypnagogia Every Evoken album rips the sky apart.
	26.	Deceased - Ghostly White Death, thrash, heavy, melodic; all metal is here. Just listen to "Germ Of Distorted Lore".
	27.	Funeral Mist - Hekatomb Yeah it kinda sounds like Marduk. It is also fucking awesome.
	28.	Visigoth - Conqueror's Oath Put on your armour and let's go to battle.
	29.	Heir Apparent - The View From Below The comeback to end all comebacks. Heavy/power prog from the 1980s legends.
	30.	Jungle Rot - Jungle Rot Festival of death metal riffs.