My Album Of The Year, 1970-present

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My Album Of The Year, 1970-present

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Here's my AotY for each year from 1970, with a runner up (or two) following.
Pink Floyd and Yes aren't on Metal Storm, King Crimson is, so I'll include King Crimson, but Pink Floyd would've had 3 AotY in 73, 75, and 77
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1.
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
1970
119.
2.
Deep Purple - In Rock
1970
119.
3.
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
1971
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4.
Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
1971
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5.
Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards
1972
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6.
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Vol. 4
1972
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7.
Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy
1973
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8.
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
1973
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9.
King Crimson - Red
1974
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10.
Blue Öyster Cult - Secret Treaties
1974
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11.
Black Sabbath - Sabotage
1975
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12.
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
1975
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13.
Rainbow - Rising
1976
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14.
Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny
1976
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15.
Rush - A Farewell To Kings
1977
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16.
AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
1977
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17.
Judas Priest - Stained Class
1978
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18.
Van Halen - Van Halen
1978
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19.
Motörhead - Overkill
1979
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20.
AC/DC - Highway To Hell
1979
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21.
Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard Of Ozz
1980
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22.
Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
1980
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23.
Rush - Moving Pictures
1981
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24.
Iron Maiden - Killers
1981
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25.
Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
1982
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26.
Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance
1982
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27.
Slayer - Show No Mercy
1983
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28.
Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies
1983
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29.
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
1984
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30.
Yngwie Malmsteen - Rising Force
1984
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31.
Slayer - Hell Awaits
1985
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32.
Possessed - Seven Churches
1985
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33.
Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
1986
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34.
Slayer - Reign In Blood
1986
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35.
King Diamond - Abigail
1987
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36.
Voivod - Killing Technology
1987
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37.
Voivod - Dimension Hatröss
1988
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38.
Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
1988
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39.
Voivod - Nothingface
1989
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40.
Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness
1989
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41.
Judas Priest - Painkiller
1990
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42.
Megadeth - Rust In Peace
1990
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43.
Atheist - Unquestionable Presence
1991
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44.
Pestilence - Testimony Of The Ancients
1991
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45.
Mr. Bungle - Mr. Bungle
1991
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46.
Alice In Chains - Dirt
1992
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47.
Faith No More - Angel Dust
1992
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48.
Necrophobic - The Nocturnal Silence
1993
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49.
Morbid Angel - Covenant
1993
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50.
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
1994
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51.
Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse
1994
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52.
Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
1995
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53.
Suffocation - Pierced From Within
1995
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54.
Death - Symbolic
1995
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55.
Cryptopsy - None So Vile
1996
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56.
Edge Of Sanity - Crimson
1996
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57.
Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
1997
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58.
Necrophobic - Darkside
1997
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59.
Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth
1998
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60.
Morbid Angel - Formulas Fatal To The Flesh
1998
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61.
Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter
1999
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62.
Paysage d'Hiver - Paysage D'Hiver
1999
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63.
Lykathea Aflame - Elvenefris
2000
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64.
Immolation - Close To A World Below
2000
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65.
Weakling - Dead As Dreams
2000
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66.
Sigh - Imaginary Sonicscape
2001
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67.
System Of A Down - Toxicity
2001
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68.
Opeth - Blackwater Park
2001
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69.
Agalloch - The Mantle
2002
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70.
Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors
2002
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71.
Apotheosis - Farthest From The Sun
2002
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72.
Blut Aus Nord - The Work Which Transforms God
2003
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73.
Septicflesh - Sumerian Daemons
2003
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74.
Wintersun - Wintersun
2004
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75.
Slumber - Fallout
2004
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76.
Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal
2005
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77.
Nile - Annihilation Of The Wicked
2005
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78.
Draconian - Arcane Rain Fell
2005
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79.
Forteresse - Métal Noir Québécois
2006
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80.
Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
2006
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81.
Celtic Frost - Monotheist
2006
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82.
The Angelic Process - Weighing Souls With Sand
2007
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83.
Deathspell Omega - Fas - Ite, Maledicti, In Ignem Aeternum
2007
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84.
Primordial - To The Nameless Dead
2007
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85.
Equilibrium - Sagas
2008
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86.
The Monolith Deathcult - Trivmvirate
2008
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87.
Mastodon - Crack The Skye
2009
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88.
The Chasm - Farseeing The Paranormal Abysm
2009
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89.
Dragged Into Sunlight - Hatred For Mankind
2009
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90.
Deathspell Omega - Paracletus
2010
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91.
Gallowbraid - Ashen Eidolon
2010
119.
92.
Aquilus - Griseus
2011
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93.
Oranssi Pazuzu - Kosmonument
2011
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94.
Sigh - In Somniphobia
2012
119.
95.
Svartidauði - Flesh Cathedral
2012
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96.
Caladan Brood - Echoes Of Battle
2013
119.
97.
Altar Of Plagues - Teethed Glory & Injury
2013
119.
98.
Epica - The Quantum Enigma
2014
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99.
Anaal Nathrakh - Desideratum
2014
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100.
Akhlys - The Dreaming I
2015
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101.
Heaving Earth - Denouncing The Holy Throne
2015
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102.
Schammasch - Triangle
2016
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103.
Defeated Sanity - Disposal Of The Dead / Dharmata
2016
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104.
The Chasm - A Conscious Creation From The Isolated Domain (Phase I)
2017
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105.
Immolation - Atonement
2017
119.
106.
Amorphis - Queen Of Time
2018
119.
107.
Sulphur Aeon - The Scythe Of Cosmic Chaos
2018
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108.
Gardsghastr - Slit Throat Requiem
2019
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109.
Blood Incantation - Hidden History Of The Human Race
2019
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110.
Oranssi Pazuzu - Mestarin Kynsi
2020
119.
111.
Draconian - Under A Godless Veil
2020
119.
112.
Ethereal Shroud - Trisagion
2021
119.
113.
Veilburner - Lurkers In The Capsule Of Skull
2021
119.
114.
Immolation - Acts Of God
2022
119.
115.
Heaving Earth - Darkness Of God
2022
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116.
Blut Aus Nord - Disharmonium - Nahab
2023
119.
117.
Ὁπλίτης - Ψ​ε​υ​δ​ο​μ​έ​ν​η
2023
119.
118.
Veilburner - The Duality Of Decapitation And Wisdom
2024
119.
119.
Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere
2024
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Pretty solid picks all across the board! Nice list, glad to see some Canadian stuff in there too, like Rush, Cryptopsy, Forteresse, Voivod and First Fragment.

Overall great Tech-Death selection!

Out of curiosity what would've been your picks for Pink Floyd and Yes ?
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Thumbs up for the 70s albums in there.
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Written by Guib on 04.04.2024 at 05:09

Pretty solid picks all across the board! Nice list, glad to see some Canadian stuff in there too, like Rush, Cryptopsy, Forteresse, Voivod and First Fragment.

Overall great Tech-Death selection!

Out of curiosity what would've been your picks for Pink Floyd and Yes ?

well, DSotM would've won in 1973, and Wish You Were Here and Animals would've won in 75 and 77
Yes would've won 1972 with Close to the Edge
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I always like your taste, checking out all albums on this list that I don't know and relistening to the ones that might not have hit on the first few spins. Thanks for this \\m//
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Cool choices! I gotta check out those that I don't know. By the way, 2019 is missing, right?
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Written by chomskeet on 15.04.2024 at 04:42

I always like your taste, checking out all albums on this list that I don't know and relistening to the ones that might not have hit on the first few spins. Thanks for this \\m//

hell yeah!!!!
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Written by F3ynman on 15.04.2024 at 05:18

Cool choices! I gotta check out those that I don't know. By the way, 2019 is missing, right?

uh...oops!?! let's fix that shall we?
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