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CLITORIUX'S TOP 100 METAL ALBUMS OF 2018


Heavy, Doom, Black, Death, Thrash, Prog, Power...these are my favorite 100 albums of 2018... STAY METAL!!!

25 Honorable Mentions:

Mortuous - Through Wilderness
Arkheth - 12 Winter Moons Comes the Witches Brew
Lychgate - The Contagion In Nine Steps
Wolfheart - Constellation Of The Black Light
Cosmic Church - Täyttymys
Judicator - The Last Emperor
Madder Mortem - Marrow
Windhand - Eternal Return
Cruachan - Nine Years of Blood
Ævangelist - Matricide in the Temple Of Omega
Metal Church - Damned If You Do
Selvans - Faunalia
A Forest Of Stars - Grave Mounds And Grave Mistakes
Whipstriker - Merciless Artillery
Ihsahn - Àmr
Eternal Candle - The Carved Karma
Powerwolf - The Sacrament Of Sin
Seven Sisters - The Cauldron and the Cross
Ostura - The Room
Violent Definition - Life Sentence
Distorted Harmony - A Way Out
Dream Child - Until Death Do We Meet Again
Ataraxy - Where All Hope Fades
Avslut - Deceptis
Orator - Kallipolis

Created by: CLITORIUX | 04.01.2019



1. Imperial Triumphant - Vile Luxury
Avant-garde/Technical Black/Death Metal
2. Shylmagoghnar - Transience
Progressive/Melodic Black/Death Metal
3. Altars Of Grief - Iris
Black/Funeral Doom Metal
4. Horrendous - Idol
Progressive Death Metal
5. Sepulcher - Panoptic Horror
Death/Thrash Metal
6. Imago Mortis - LSD
Epic Doom/Progressive Metal
7. Yob - Our Raw Heart
Stoner/Doom Metal
8. Portal - ION
Experimental Death Metal
9. Mournful Congregation - The Incubus Of Karma
Funeral Doom Metal
10. Solstice - White Horse Hill
Epic Doom Metal
11. Sear Bliss - Letters From The Edge
Atmospheric Black Metal
12. Primordial - Exile Amongst The Ruins
Celtic Folk/Black Metal
13. The Antichrist Imperium - Volume II Every Tongue Shall Praise Satan
Progressive Black/Death Metal
14. Cor Scorpii - Ruin
Melodic Black Metal
15. Sulphur Aeon - The Scythe Of Cosmic Chaos
Death Metal
16. Amorphis - Queen Of Time
Melodic Heavy Metal/Rock
17. Vermilia - Kätkyt
Atmospheric Pagan/Black Metal
18. Seventh Wonder - Tiara
Progressive/Power Metal
19. Voivod - The Wake
Progressive/Thrash Metal
20. Phlebotomized - Deformation Of Humanity
Avant-garde Death/Doom Metal
21. Haken - Vector
Progressive Metal
22. Evoken - Hypnagogia
Funeral Doom/Death Metal
23. Satan - Cruel Magic
NWOBHM/Heavy Metal
24. Sigh - Heir To Despair
Black/Avant-garde Metal
25. Judas Priest - Firepower
NWOBHM/Heavy Metal
26. Obscura - Diluvium
Progressive/Technical Death Metal
27. Chapel Of Disease - ...And As We Have Seen The Storm, We Have Embraced The Eye
Death Metal
28. Tribulation - Down Below
Death/Gothic Metal
29. Blackslash - Lightning Strikes Again
Heavy Metal
30. Necrophobic - Mark Of The Necrogram
Death/Black Metal
31. 1914 - The Blind Leading The Blind
Blackened Death/Doom Metal
32. Varathron - Patriarchs Of Evil
Black Metal
33. Iron Void - Excalibur
Doom Metal
34. Weedpecker - III
Psychedelic Stoner Rock/Metal
35. Khemmis - Desolation
Doom Metal
36. The Eternal - Waiting For The Endless Dawn
Doom/Gothic Metal
37. Alkaloid - Liquid Anatomy
Progressive Death Metal
38. Tomb Mold - Manor Of Infinite Forms
Death Metal
39. Panopticon - The Scars Of Man On The Once Nameless Wilderness
Atmospheric Black/Folk Metal
40. Unleashed - The Hunt For White Christ
Death Metal
41. Dawn Of Winter - Pray For Doom
Doom Metal
42. Sleep - The Sciences
Stoner/Doom Metal
43. Funeral Mist - Hekatomb
Black Metal
44. Immortal - Northern Chaos Gods
Black Metal
45. Black Wizard - Livin' Oblivion
Stoner/Doom/Thrash Metal
46. Riverside - Wasteland
Progressive Metal
47. Sworn - Dark Stars And Eternity
Melodic Black Metal
48. Sargeist - Unbound
Black Metal
49. Deceased - Ghostly White
Death/Thrash/Heavy Metal
50. Khôrada - Salt
Atmospheric/Progressive Post-Metal
51. Witherfall - A Prelude To Sorrow
Heavy/Progressive Power Metal
52. Hooded Menace - Ossuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed
Death/Doom Metal
53. Michael Romeo - War Of The Worlds, Pt. 1
Progressive/Neoclassical Metal
54. Hamferð - Támsins Likam
Doom/Death Metal
55. Blackwülf - Sinister Sides
Stoner/Doom/Heavy Metal
56. Thy Catafalque - Geometria
Avant-garde Metal
57. Rebel Wizard - Voluptuous Worship Of Rapture And Response
Black/Heavy Metal
58. Pale Divine - Pale Divine
Doom Metal
59. Panegyrist - Hierurgy
Avant-garde Black Metal
60. Einherjer - Norrøne Spor
Viking Metal
61. Hoth - Astral Necromancy
Melodic Death/Black Metal
62. Mike LePond's Silent Assassins - Pawn And Prophecy
Power Metal
63. Riot V - Armor Of Light
Heavy/Power/Speed Metal
64. Antimatter - Black Market Enlightenment
Atmospheric/Prog Rock/Metal
65. Atra Vetosus - Apricity
Melodic Black Metal
66. A Sound Of Thunder - It Was Metal
Heavy/Power Metal/Hard Rock
67. Monstrosity - The Passage Of Existence
Death Metal
68. White Wizzard - Infernal Overdrive
Heavy Metal
69. Harakiri For The Sky - Arson
Post-Black Metal
70. Manticora - To Kill To Live To Kill
Progressive Power/Speed Metal
71. Aura Noir - Aura Noire
Black/Thrash Metal
72. Angelus Apatrida - Cabaret De La Guillotine
Thrash Metal
73. In The Woods... - Cease The Day
Avant-garde/Progressive Rock/Metal
74. Convulsing - Grievous
Black/Death Metal
75. Uada - Cult Of A Dying Sun
Melodic Black Metal
76. Wombbath - The Great Desolation
Death Metal
77. Slugdge - Esoteric Malacology
Blackened Death/Sludge Metal
78. Shining - X - Varg Utan Flock
Black Metal
79. Warrel Dane - Shadow Work
Progressive/Groove Metal
80. Orphaned Land - Unsung Prophets & Dead Messiahs
Middle Eastern Folk/Progressive Metal
81. Skeletal Remains - Devouring Mortality
Death Metal
82. Gaerea - Unsettling Whispers
Black Metal
83. Barren Earth - A Complex Of Cages
Progressive Melodic Death/Doom Metal
84. Vallendusk - Fortress Of Primal Grace
Atmospheric Black Metal
85. Augury - Illusive Golden Age
Progressive Death Metal
86. Visigoth - Conqueror's Oath
Power/Heavy Metal
87. Svartidauði - Revelations Of The Red Sword
Black Metal
88. Haunt - Burst Into Flame
Heavy Metal
89. Omnium Gatherum - The Burning Cold
Melodic Death Metal
90. Outre-Tombe - Nécrovortex
Death Metal
91. King Goat - Debt Of Aeons
Progressive Doom Metal
92. Castle - Deal Thy Fate
Heavy/Doom Metal
93. Revocation - The Outer Ones
Technical Death/Thrash Metal
94. Voices - Frightened
Progressive Black/Death Metal
95. Angra - ØMNI
Power/Progressive Metal
96. The Crown - Cobra Speed Venom
Melodic Death/Thrash Metal
97. King Witch - Under The Mountain
Heavy/Doom Metal
98. Nervosa - Downfall Of Mankind
Thrash Metal
99. Lucifer - Lucifer II
Heavy/Doom Metal/Rock
100. Convocation - Scars Across
Funeral Doom/Death Metal



Disclaimer: All top lists are unofficial and do not represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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11.01.2019 - 09:19
Great list,.20 of my Top 30 are on it, Queen Of Time-Amorphis was my #1,.MONSTER ALBUM!,.I admit I haven't heard about 25% of your list,.i felt albums by Kalmah, Gotsu Gotsu Kotsu, De Profundis & Beyond Creation were grossly overlooked on many year end list,.all 4 were in my Top 10,.kudos to recognition of new Sear Bliss,.often over looked,..peace
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19.01.2019 - 14:58
CLITORIUX
Written by Edgeofsanity22 on 11.01.2019 at 09:19

Great list,.20 of my Top 30 are on it, Queen Of Time-Amorphis was my #1,.MONSTER ALBUM!,.I admit I haven't heard about 25% of your list,.i felt albums by Kalmah, Gotsu Gotsu Kotsu, De Profundis & Beyond Creation were grossly overlooked on many year end list,.all 4 were in my Top 10,.kudos to recognition of new Sear Bliss,.often over looked,..peace

I just listen to Gotsu-Totsu-Kotsu's album, and it is amazing! Thank you for that, dude!
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