You already know what to expect from these kinds of lists, so let's get straight to the point.

The statistics for this year's list:

- 268 albums
- Total points given: 2007,4
- Average Score: 7,49/10

- Albums with a score of 7 or above: 62,80%
- Albums with a score of 8 or above: 30,60%
- Albums with a score of 9 or above: 1,12%

- Albums with a score of 5 or below: 1,12%

- Nationalities: 45

- USA: 51 - 19,03%
- Germany: 22 - 8,21%
- Sweden: 16 - 5,97%
- UK: 16 - 5,97%
- Greece: 14 - 5,22%
- Poland: 14 - 5,22%
- Finland: 10 - 3,73%
- Spain: 10 - 3,73%
- Brazil: 9 - 3,36%
- Australia: 9 - 3,36%
- Canada: 8 - 2,99%
- France: 6 - 2,24%
- Norway: 6 - 2,24%
- Chile: 5 - 1,87%
- Hungary: 5 - 1,87%
- Argentina: 4 - 1,49%
- Austria: 4 - 1,49%
- Colombia: 4 - 1,49%
- Portugal: 4 - 1,49%
- Russia: 4 - 1,49%
- The Netherlands: 4 - 1,49%
- Bulgaria: 3 - 1,12%
- Mexico: 3 - 1,12%
- Switzerland: 3 - 1,12%
- Belgium: 2 - 0,75%
- India: 2 - 0,75%
- Japan: 2 - 0,75%
- Lithuania: 2 - 0,75%
- Slovenia: 2 - 0,75%
- Costa Rica: 1 - 0,37%
- Denmark: 1 - 0,37%
- Egypt: 1 - 0,37%
- El Salvador: 1 - 0,37%
- Iceland: 1 - 0,37%
- Iran: 1 - 0,37%
- Israel: 1 - 0,37%
- Latvia: 1 - 0,37%
- New Zealand: 1 - 0,37%
- Northern Ireland: 1 - 0,37%
- Peru: 1 - 0,37%
- Romania: 1 - 0,37%
- Scotland: 1 - 0,37%
- Serbia: 1 - 0,37%
- Turkey: 1 - 0,37%

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tominator | 31.12.2021

	1.	Raphael Weinroth-Browne - Worlds Within Live instrumental/ambient/modern classical – Canada – 9.2/10
	2.	Decimals - Symmetry instrumental/progressive metal – Spain – 9.0/10
	3.	Hwaino - We Lost Another Moon instrumental/post-rock/post-metal – Norway – 9.0/10
	4.	In Mourning - The Bleeding Veil death metal/progressive metal – 8.8/10 – Sweden
	5.	First Nation - Baraka instrumental/experimental rock/progressive rock – Turkey – 8.8/10
	6.	Oddplay - Heritage instrumental/stoner rock/doom metal – Bulgaria – 8.7/10
	7.	Iron Maiden - Senjutsu heavy metal – UK – 8.6/10
	8.	Kamyki - Sleepy Cities instrumental/stoner rock/post-rock – Poland – 8.6/10
	9.	Oddplay - Bluff instrumental/psychedelic rock/doom metal – Bulgaria – 8.5/10
	10.	Cultifact - Worshipers instrumental/post-metal/progressive metal – Poland – 8.5/10
	11.	Crescent - Carving The Fires Of Akhet death metal/black metal – Egypt – 8.5/10
	12.	Manimal - Armageddon thrash metal/power metal – Sweden – 8.5/10
	13.	Pale Summit - Prophets doom metal/sludge metal/stoner metal – Germany – 8.5/10
	14.	Helloween - Helloween power metal – Germany – 8.5/10
	15.	Thyrfing - Vanagandr viking black metal – Sweden – 8.4/10
	16.	Miscellen - Blue Ruin psychedelic metal/alternative rock – USA/UK – 8.3/10
	17.	Black Sky Giant - Falling Mothership instrumental/doom rock/stoner rock – Argentina – 8.3/10
	18.	Spaceslug - Memorial stoner metal – Poland – 8.3/10
	19.	Vulgaris - Asundre blackened heavy metal – UK – 8.3/10
	20.	Flotsam And Jetsam - Blood In The Water thrash metal – USA – 8.3/10
	21.	Mourn The Light - Suffer, Then We're Gone doom metal/heavy metal – USA – 8.3/10
	22.	Meresburg - A Journey Upon Ancient Lands dark folk – UK – 8.3/10
	23.	Schema - Pierwsze Zauroczenie doom metal – Poland – 8.3/10
	24.	The Black Thunder - Into The Darkness We All Fall stoner metal/doom metal – Poland – 8.3/10
	25.	Paranorm - Empyrean progressive metal/thrash metal/death metal – Sweden – 8.2/10
	26.	Ylva De Lune - I post-rock/black metal – Germany – 8.2/10
	27.	Wyrd - Vandraren black metal/doom metal – Finland – 8.2/10
	28.	Five The Hierophant - Through Aureate Void instrumental/post-metal/black metal/avantgarde metal – UK – 8.2/10
	29.	Icon Of Sin - Icon Of Sin heavy metal – Brazil – 8.2/10
	30.	Unto Others - Strength gothic metal/heavy metal – USA – 8.2/10
	31.	King Buffalo - The Burden Of Restlessness psychedelic metal/stoner metal – USA – 8.2/10
	32.	Halocraft - A Mother To Scare Away The Darkness post-rock – Greece – 8.2/10
	33.	Hard Disk Drive - Immortal Nightmare heavy metal – Greece – 8.2/10
	34.	King Weed - Slaves Of Freedom instrumental/stoner metal – France – 8.2/10
	35.	1914 - Where Fear And Weapons Meet death metal/doom metal – Ukraine – 8.2/10
	36.	Demonia Mundi - In Grembo Mater... black metal – Italy – 8.2/10
	37.	Dumbfound - Dumbfound stoner metal – Bulgaria – 8.2/10
	38.	Souls Of Diotima - Janas progressive metal/gothic metal – Italy – 8.2/10
	39.	Subterranean Masquerade - Mountain Fever psychedelic rock/progressive rock – Israel – 8.1/10
	40.	Melua - Illusions psychedelic rock – Finland – 8.1/10
	41.	King Weed - Let There Be Weed instrumental/stoner rock – France – 8.1/10
	42.	Sunnata - Burning In Heaven, Melting On Earth stoner metal/sludge metal – Poland – 8.1/10
	43.	The Fur - Sonntag instrumental/psychedelic rock/stoner rock – Belgium – 8.1/10
	44.	Redscale - The Old Colossus stoner metal – Germany – 8.1/10
	45.	Project: Roenwolfe - Edge Of Saturn thrash metal/power metal – USA – 8.1/10
	46.	Terminus - The Silent Bell Toll doom metal/stoner metal/sludge metal – USA – 8.1/10
	47.	Crashtime - Valley Of The Kings heavy metal – Switzerland – 8.1/10
	48.	King Buffalo - Acheron stoner metal – USA – 8.1/10
	49.	Rivers Of Nihil - The Work technical death metal – USA – 8.1/10
	50.	In Vain - All Hope Is Gone heavy metal – Spain – 8.1/10
	51.	The Spacelords - Unknown Species psychedelic rock/stoner rock – Germany – 8.1/10
	52.	At The Gates - The Nightmare Of Being Gothenburg metal – Sweden – 8.1/10
	53.	SnakeyeS - Playing With Armaggedon (live album) heavy metal – Spain – 8.0/10
	54.	Warrior Path - The Mad King heavy metal/power metal – Greece – 8.0/10
	55.	Hell Poison - Breathing For The Filth thrash metal/black metal/speed metal – Brazil – 8.0/10
	56.	Krypt - Enter the Krypt (EP) thrash metal – USA – 8.0/10
	57.	Around The Fire - Celestial Keepers doom metal/stoner metal – Greece – 8.0/10
	58.	Clouds Taste Satanic - The Satanic Singles Series instrumental/doom metal/stoner metal – USA – 8.0/10
	59.	Jack Harlon & The Dead Crows - The Magnetic Ridge psychedelic metal/doom metal – Australia – 8.0/10
	60.	Melltaur - The Other Forest instrumental/fantasy folk – Poland – 8.0/10
	61.	Mann Of Gaïa - The Dance Of Nymphs (EP) orchestral/celtic/fantasy – Spain – 8.0/10
	62.	Black Soul Horde - Horrors From The Void heavy metal – Greece – 8.0/10
	63.	Sinner Guard - War Is The Father of All heavy metal – Greece/Italy – 8.0/10
	64.	Insomnium - Argent Moon (EP) melodic death metal
	65.	Bottomless - Bottomless doom metal – Italy – 8.0/10
	66.	Ancient Empire - Priest Of Stygia heavy metal – USA – 8.0/10
	67.	Opium Owl - Opium Owl psychedelic metal/stoner metal – Latvia – 8.0/10
	68.	Sleep Moscow - Of The Sun alternative rock – Sweden – 8.0/10
	69.	Indus Valley Kings - Indus Valley Kings doom metal/stoner rock – USA – 8.0/10
	70.	Vitvingod - Sonus Abyssi instrumental/post-rock – Hungary – 8.0/10
	71.	Demonztrator - Sinister Forces Of Hatred thrash metal – Finland – 8.0/10
	72.	Arde - Ancestral Cult atmospheric black metal – Germany – 8.0/10
	73.	Mastodon - Hushed And Grim sludge metal – USA – 8.0/10
	74.	Zetar - Devouring Darkness black metal/death metal – USA – 8.0/10
	75.	Caliban - Zeitgeister metalcore – Germany – 8.0/10
	76.	Tempest - Tempest (EP) thrash metal – The Netherlands – 8.0/10
	77.	Evilizers - Solar Quake heavy metal – Italy – 8.0/10
	78.	Mr. Deadly - Violentiam Vulgares southern rock/alternative rock – USA – 8.0/10
	79.	Trebuchet - Harbinger doom metal – UK – 8.0/10
	80.	Aphotic Spectre - Væneration funeral doom metal – Brazil – 8.0/10
	81.	The Bright Dark - MMXX instrumental/doom metal/stoner metal – Portugal – 8.0/10
	82.	Against Evil - End Of The Line heavy metal – India – 8.0/10
	83.	Moratory - The Old Tower Burns thrash metal – Russia – 7.9/10
	84.	Wizardthrone - Hypercube Necrodimensions symphonic death metal/melodic death metal – Sweden/USA/UK – 7.9/10
	85.	Your Inner God - Another Dimension stoner rock/psychedelic rock – Ukraine – 7.9/10
	86.	Minor Inconvenience - Hubris (EP) stoner rock/alternative rock – UK – 7.9/10
	87.	Black Hill - Slumbering winter (EP) post-rock/alternative rock – Hungary – 7.9/10
	88.	Blind Golem - A Dream Of Fantasy heavy metal/progressive rock – Italy – 7.9/10
	89.	Dragony - Viribus Unitis symphonic metal/power metal – Austria – 7.9/10
	90.	Eternity's End - Embers Of War power metal – Germany – 7.9/10
	91.	Crimson Fire - Another Dimension heavy metal – Greece – 7.9/10
	92.	Reinforcer - Prince Of The Tribes heavy metal – Germany – 7.9/10
	93.	Alda - A Distant Fire atmospheric black metal/neofolk – USA – 7.9/10
	94.	Breath Of The Cosmos - First Incantation instrumental/ambient metal – Romania – 7.9/10
	95.	Extinctcide - Woods Of Fire thrash metal – Spain – 7.9/10
	96.	Messiahvore - Messiahvore doom metal/stoner metal – USA – 7.9/10
	97.	Gasoline Guns - Motor Cult heavy metal – Ukraine – 7.9/10
	98.	Drakkar - Chaos Lord heavy metal/power metal – Italy – 7.9/10
	99.	Black Spell - The Purple Skull psychedelic rock/doom rock – Italy – 7.9/10
	100.	Seven Sisters - Shadow Of A Fallen Star Pt. 1 heavy metal – UK – 7.8/10
	101.	Green Lung - Black Harvest stoner metal – UK – 7.8/10
	102.	Tantra - Afrodisíaco heavy metal – Argentina – 7.8/10
	103.	Blazon Stone - Damnation heavy metal/power metal – Sweden – 7.8/10
	104.	Dream Tröll - Realm Of The Tormentör heavy metal – UK – 7.8/10
	105.	Naughty Dog - Dogs Like No Clowns heavy metal – Brazil – 7.8/10
	106.	Dream Theater - A View From The Top Of The World - progressive metal – USA – 7.8/10
	107.	Coldun - Grand Sun Ritual avantgarde-metal/psychedelic rock – Germany – 7.8/10
	108.	The Vintage Caravan - Monuments hard rock/psychedelic rock – Iceland – 7.8/10
	109.	Enslaved - Caravans To The Outer Worlds (EP) progressive black metal – Norway – 7.8/10
	110.	Konquest - The Night Goes On heavy metal – Italy – 7.8/10
	111.	Black Willows - Shemurah post-metal/doom metal – Switzerland – 7.8/10
	112.	Shepherds Crook - Mat For Månen doom metal/stoner metal – Norway – 7.8/10
	113.	Crimson Caliber - Covenant Tyrannis thrash metal – Canada – 7.8/10
	114.	Baulta - Another Second Chance instrumental/ambient/post-rock – Finland – 7.8/10
	115.	April Rain - Mirror Of Ether instrumental/post-rock – Russia – 7.8/10
	116.	The Space Huns - Interstellar Adventures Of The Space Huns (EP) instrumental/stoner rock – Hungary – 7.8/10
	117.	Amammoth - The Fire Above doom metal/stoner metal – Australia – 7.8/10
	118.	Malakhim - Theion black metal – Sweden – 7.8/10
	119.	Black Sky Giant - Planet Terror psychedelic rock/stoner rock – Argentina – 7.8/10
	120.	Cactus Flowers - Solace (EP) psychedelic rock – USA – 7.8/10
	121.	Fimir - Tomb Of God cosmic (?) doom metal – Finland – 7.8/10
	122.	Walrus - Unstoppable Force power metal/heavy metal – Switzerland – 7.7/10
	123.	Houston - IV synth rock – Sweden – 7.7/10
	124.	Lavaborne - Black Winged Gods heavy metal – USA – 7.7/10
	125.	Thunda - Enlightened heavy metal – Colombia – 7.7/10
	126.	Heavy Chains - Red Reaper thrash metal – Costa Rica – 7.7/10
	127.	Walg - Walg melodic black metal – The Netherlands – 7.7/10
	128.	Asteroid Blues - The Illusion of Design (EP) instrumental/psychedelic rock – Russia – 7.7/10
	129.	Evil - Possessed By Evil thrash metal/death metal – Japan – 7.7/10
	130.	Morbid Cruelty - Holodomor death metal – Chile – 7.7/10
	131.	Ancient Mastery - The Chosen One black metal – Austria – 7.7/10
	132.	Hylem - We Will Never Be The Same post-rock/post-black metal – Chile – 7.7/10
	133.	Sonora Ritual - Worship The Sun psychedelic rock/stoner rock – Germany – 7.7/10
	134.	Midnight Spell - Sky Destroyer heavy metal – USA – 7.7/10
	135.	Apostle Of Solitude - Until The Darkness Goes doom metal – USA – 7.7/10
	136.	Morganthus - Cells doom metal/stoner rock – USA – 7.6/10
	137.	Home Style Surgery - Brain Drill Poetry thrash metal – Finland – 7.6/10
	138.	Desconocido Interminable - Desconocido Interminable instrumental/doom metal – Peru – 7.6/10
	139.	Servants To The Tide - Servants To The Tide heavy metal – Germany – 7.6/10
	140.	Nuclear Revenge - Dawn Of The Primitive Age thrash metal – Spain – 7.6/10
	141.	Pounder - Breaking The World heavy metal – USA – 7.6/10
	142.	Castellan - Skrosdrumir ambient synth – Norway – 7.5/10
	143.	Spacelord - False Dawn stoner rock – USA – 7.5/10
	144.	Gus G. - Quantum Leap instrumental/power metal – Greece – 7.5/10
	145.	KK's Priest - Sermons Of The Sinner heavy metal – UK – 7.5/10
	146.	Planet Cruiser - Riders Of The Edge (EP) stoner rock – Canada – 7.5/10
	147.	Gangrened - Deadly Algorithm doom metal/sludge metal – Finland – 7.5/10
	148.	Thurnin - Menhir darkfolk – The Netherlands – 7.5/10
	149.	The Crown - Royal Destroyer death metal/thrash metal – Sweden – 7.5/10
	150.	Pandemic Outbreak - Skulls Beneath The Cross death metal/thrash metal – Poland – 7.5/10
	151.	Kabbalah - The Omen doom metal/stoner metal/psychedelic metal – Spain – 7.5/10
	152.	Nocebo - Atmospheric Depressions Destroy The Ambience stoner rock – Spain – 7.5/10
	153.	This Summit Fever - Doubt (EP) stoner metal/doom metal – UK – 7.5/10
	154.	Gallileous - Fosforos progressive rock/psychedelic rock – Poland – 7.5/10
	155.	Merope - Salos chamber folk – Belgium/Lithuania – 7.5/10
	156.	Witch Hunt - Rock N' Roll heavy metal – Colombia – 7.5/10
	157.	Aleph - Kairos post-metal/psychedelic rock – Poland – 7.5/10
	158.	Coronary - Sinbad heavy metal – Finland – 7.5/10
	159.	Viral - Viral heavy metal – Sweden – 7.5/10
	160.	MONONOKE - Nostalgia Stigmata psychedelic rock/doom rock – France – 7.5/10
	161.	Darkthrone - Eternal Hails...... black metal/heavy metal – Norway – 7.4/10
	162.	Acid Age - Semper Pessimus thrash metal – Northern Ireland – 7.4/10
	163.	Emerald Rage - High King power metal/heavy metal – USA – 7.4/10
	164.	Black Hill - Maze In The Dark Forest post-rock – Hungary – 7.4/10
	165.	The Crimson Vibes - Canned Thoughts For The Emotionally Challenged alternative rock – Greece – 7.4/10
	166.	Holy Monitor - Southern Lights psychedelic rock/space rock – Greece – 7.4/10
	167.	ADS - Son Of Mayhem heavy metal – Colombia – 7.4/10
	168.	Bloodbound - Creatures Of The Dark Realm power metal – Sweden – 7.3/10
	169.	Starlight Ritual - Sealed In Starlight heavy metal – Canada – 7.3/10
	170.	Dark Blues Project - Darkness Precedes Light stoner rock – Australia – 7.3/10
	171.	Shadowland - The Necromancers Castle heavy metal – USA – 7.3/10
	172.	Maniak Cop - Maniak Cop (EP) heavy metal – USA – 7.3/10
	173.	Phrenetix - Exuviae thrash metal – Lithuania – 7.3/10
	174.	Culak - Quiescent ambient/neoclassical – USA – 7.3/10
	175.	Tang - Colors Of The Creature Through The Parallax Crystal - psychedelic rock/stoner rock – USA – 7.3/10
	176.	Soul Harvest - Soul Harvest thrash metal – UK – 7.3/10
	177.	Hollow Drifter - Echoes Of Things To Come stoner rock/progressive rock – The Netherlands – 7.3/10
	178.	Steel Rath - Steel Rath heavy metal – Brazil – 7.3/10
	179.	Silent Winter - Empire Of Sins heavy metal – Greece – 7.3/10
	180.	Rascal - Headed Towards Destruction (EP) heavy metal – Poland – 7.3/10
	181.	Tower Hill - Fighting Spirits (Demo) heavy metal – Canada – 7.3/10
	182.	Lunar Shadow - Wish To Leave heavy metal – Germany – 7.3/10
	183.	Maha Sohona - Endless Searcher fuzz rock – Sweden – 7.3/10
	184.	Rey Antílope - El Fin De La Humanidad stoner metal – Chile – 7.3/10
	185.	Walden - Flimmern folk – Germany – 7.2/10
	186.	Percival - Riders of the Sun heavy metal – Argentina – 7.2/10
	187.	Paladine - Entering The Abyss power metal – Greece – 7.2/10
	188.	Acid Mammoth - Caravan doom metal/stoner metal – Greece – 7.2/10
	189.	Ritual Divination - Here Lies Man stoner rock/afrobeat – USA – 7.2/10
	190.	Captives Of The Void - Captives Of The Void instrumental/psychedelic rock – UK – 7.2/10
	191.	Smith/Kotzen - Smith/Kotzen hard rock – USA/UK – 7.2/10
	192.	The Lucid Furs - Damn! That Was Easy alternative rock/blues rock – USA – 7.2/10
	193.	Significant Point - Into The Storm heavy metal – Japan – 7.2/10
	194.	Aztlan - Legión Mexica folk metal/melodic death metal – Mexico – 7.2/10
	195.	Kryptos - Force Of Danger heavy metal/thrash metal – India – 7.2/10
	196.	Knife - Knife thrash metal – Germany – 7.2/10
	197.	Witches Hammer - Devourer Of The Dead thrash metal – Canada – 7.1/10
	198.	King Mountain - Kingdom Of Shadows stoner rock/heavy metal – Greece – 7.1/10
	199.	Shem - II psychedelic rock/space rock – Germany – 7.1/10
	200.	Black Aspirin - Awakening stoner rock – Russia – 7.1/10
	201.	Hellspike - Dynasties Of Decay heavy metal – Portugal – 7.1/10
	202.	Accept - Too Mean To Die heavy metal – Germany – 7.0/10
	203.	Theatres Des Vampires - In Nomine Sanguinis gothic metal – Italy – 7.0/10
	204.	Super Fat Ginger Cat - MAW stoner metal/psychedelic metal – Italy – 7.0/10
	205.	Obscurity - Skogarmaors folk metal/viking black metal – Germany – 7.0/10
	206.	Vinjo - Ninja In The Sky (EP) heavy metal/stoner rock – France – 7.0/10
	207.	Crystal Viper - The Cult heavy metal – Poland/Germany/Sweden – 7.0/10
	208.	Chains - Musica Macabra doom metal/drone – Slovenia – 7.0/10
	209.	Perfect Paradox - Perfect Fractals instrumental/post-rock – Iran – 7.0/10
	210.	The Angelus - Why We Never Die stoner rock/doom rock – USA – 7.0/10
	211.	Miss Lava - Doom Machine stoner metal – Portugal – 7.0/10
	212.	Crystal Throne - Crystal Throne heavy metal – France – 7.0/10
	213.	The Stolen Orchestra - Quiet Surrender, Vol.1 ambient drone – Australia – 7.0/10
	214.	Heave Blood And Die - Post People post-metal/psychedelic rock/alternative rock – Norway – 7.0/10
	215.	Pharaoh - The Powers That Be heavy metal – USA – 6.9/10
	216.	Valerio Di Maggio - The Last Pharaoh (EP) progressive rock – Italy – 6.9/10
	217.	Long Shadows Dawn - Isle Of Wrath hard rock/heavy metal – Scotland/Sweden – 6.9/10
	218.	Atomic Drop - Pick Your Hill To Die On thrash metal – USA – 6.9/10
	219.	Golden Blood - Serpent Chariot thrash metal – Austria – 6.9/10
	220.	Liquid Steel - Mountains Of Madness heavy metal – Austria – 6.9/10
	221.	Cognitive - Malevolent Thoughts Of A Hastened Extinction technical death metal – USA – 6.9/10
	222.	Oxblood Forge - Decimator heavy metal – USA – 6.9/10
	223.	Svarga - Under The Black Spell stoner metal/doom metal/sludge metal – Serbia – 6.9/10
	224.	Nova Era - The Curse heavy metal – Spain – 6.9/10
	225.	The Absolute End Of The World - Somewhere Else instrumental/ambient/post-rock – Italy – 6.9/10
	226.	The Black Heart Death Cult - Sonic Mantras psychedelic rock – Australia – 6.9/10
	227.	Demon Head - Viscera gothic rock/doom rock – Denmark – 6.9/10
	228.	Graveyard Rebelss - Ütter Steel Inferno! (EP) thrash metal – El Salvador – 6.9/10
	229.	Lucifungus - Clones stoner metal/doom metal – Australia – 6.8/10
	230.	Espada - Caleu heavy metal – Chile – 6.8/10
	231.	Orion, The Fallen - The Druid & The Herbalist doom metal/stoner metal – Portugal – 6.8/10
	232.	I Hear Thud - Great Plain desert rock/alternative rock – USA – 6.8/10
	233.	Goat Shaman - Goat Shaman (EP) stoner metal – Australia – 6.8/10
	234.	Twelve Foot Ninja - Vengeance djent – Australia – 6.7/10
	235.	Kommand - Stubborn Arsenal thrash metal – USA – 6.7/10
	236.	Sunrise - Equilibria power metal – Ukraine – 6.7/10
	237.	Blackoutt - Madman instrumental/stoner rock-ish – Slovenia – 6.7/10
	238.	An Ancient Legend, Long Forgotten - Kingdom symphonic metal/heavy metal – USA – 6.6/10
	239.	Raging War - The Last Tree (EP) thrash metal – Brazil – 6.6/10
	240.	Killing Fields - When Nuclear Nightmare Turns Real (EP) thrash metal – Brazil – 6.6/10
	241.	Daeodon - Head On A Wheel post-rock – USA – 6.5/10
	242.	Wallachian Cobwebs - Night Sobbed A Potion Diseased - dark synth – USA – 6.5/10
	243.	Anatobian - On The Shoulders Of Giants stoner rock – Australia – 6.5/10
	244.	Kohó - A Dance With The Holy Mushroom - stoner rock – Hungary – 6.5/10
	245.	Lucifer's Hammer - The Trip heavy metal – Chile – 6.5/10
	246.	Evil Hunter - Lockdown heavy metal/power metal – Spain – 6.4/10
	247.	Threads. - Akasha post-rock/alternative rock – Germany – 6.4/10
	248.	The White Fly - Aeromexico low-fi/stoner rock – Brazil – 6.4/10
	249.	Hellway Train - Lockdown Reborn (EP) heavy metal – Brazil – 6.4/10
	250.	Gengis Khan - Colder Than Heaven heavy metal – Italy – 6.4/10
	251.	Liquify - Lost in Time psychedelic rock – USA – 6.3/10
	252.	SexMag - Sex Metal (EP) thrash metal – Poland – 6.2/10
	253.	Morgul Blade - Fell Sorcery Abounds heavy metal/black metal – USA – 6.1/10
	254.	Planet Of The Dead - Pilgrims sludge metal – New Zealand – 6.0/10
	255.	Jerico - Trip To Death And Back doom metal/stoner rock – Finland – 6.0/10
	256.	Säcrificer - The First Offering heavy metal – Poland – 6.0/10
	257.	Mountain Of Smoke - Gods Of Biomechanics 1.5 avant-garde metal/sludge metal – USA – 6.0/10
	258.	Dunerider - Ruins doom metal/sludge metal – France – 5.9/10
	259.	Aphrodite - Orgasmic Glory heavy metal – Canada – 5.9/10
	260.	Sadistic Force - Black Moon Sadism black metal/thrash metal – USA – 5.9/10
	261.	Hexenklad - Heathenheart black metal/folk metal – Canada – 5.5/10
	262.	The Night Eternal - Moonlit Cross heavy metal – Germany – 5.5/10
	263.	Turris Eburnea - Turris Eburnea death metal – USA – 5.5/10
	264.	Hellsound - The Demo thrash metal – Mexico – 5.5/10
	265.	Valfor - Is Just The Beginning (EP) heavy metal/thrash metal – Colombia – 5.4/10
	266.	On Atlas' Shoulders - Hyperion heavy metal – Germany – 5.0/10
	267.	Wicked Trip - Wicked Trip psychedelic metal/doom metal – USA – 4.9/10
	268.	The Great Red Dragon - The Great Red Dragon psychedelic rock – Mexico – 4.5/10