Another year, another top 10, or should I say top 25 of the year. Plenty of good albums, but Månegarm, Borknagar and Insomnium without a doubt top albums of the year. Villagers of Ioannina City is a revelation of the year, and while it might not be "metal" definitely one of the top albums of this year. Blind Guardian is not bad, far from it, but I expected so much more from this album hence it (un)deservedly gets to bear the shame of the letdown, although it is a decent album. Maybe I expected too much from it. One of the bands that deserve more attention this year for certain is Croatian Old Night, a real masterpiece when it comes to doom. Another recommendation would be Serbian Svartgren with their new black metal album called Divlja Vatra, or Wildfire. The rest of it pretty much boils down to personal taste and preferences. Darkwater and Bloodbound were a very pleasant surprise when it comes to progressive and power metal respectively. When it comes to symphonic and progressive metal, Wilderun was another pleasant surprise, a band I discovered recently through metalstorm website..

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RhaegarTargaryen | 21.12.2019

	1.	Månegarm - Fornaldarsagor #01
	2.	Borknagar - True North #02
	3.	Insomnium - Heart Like A Grave #03
	4.	Beast In Black - From Hell With Love #04
	5.	Swallow The Sun - When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light #05
	6.	Villagers Of Ioannina City - Age Of Aquarius #06
	7.	Elvenking - Reader Of The Runes - Divination #07
	8.	Rotting Christ - The Heretics #08
	9.	Brymir - Wings Of Fire #09
	10.	Soen - Lotus #10
	11.	Svartgren - Divlja Vatra Serbian Album of the Year
	12.	Finsterforst - Zerfall Hidden Gem of the Year
	13.	Senidah - Bez Tebe Non-Metal Album of the Year:
	14.	Blind Guardian - Legacy Of The Dark Lands Letdown of the Year
	15.	Bloodbound - Rise Of The Dragon Empire Surprise of the Year
	16.	Helloween - United Alive DVD of the Year
	17.	Schammasch - Hearts Of No Light Honourable mention
	18.	Old Night - A Fracture In The Human Soul Honourable mention
	19.	Ereb Altor - Järtecken Honourable mention
	20.	Evergrey - The Atlantic Honourable mention
	21.	Eluveitie - Ategnatos Honourable mention
	22.	Darkwater - Human Honourable mention
	23.	Wilderun - Veil Of Imagination Honourable mention
	24.	Mgła - Age Of Excuse Honourable mention
	25.	Belzebubs - Pantheon Of The Nightside Gods Honourable mention
	26.	In Mourning - Garden Of Storms Honourable mention