1.Moonlight Sorcery - Horned Lord Of The Thorned Castle

2.Sacred Outcry - Towers Of Gold

3.Atavistia - Cosmic Warfare

4.Alkaloid - Numen

5.Warmen - Here For None

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"Very good" or above. The top 20 are the best of the year. Everything else ranges from 8 to 9.5 on a "10" scale.

1.Afterbirth - In But Not Of

2.Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite

3.Godthrymm - Distortions

4.Fvnerals - Let The Earth Be Silent

5.Notturno - Inside

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Not totally clean, and I had to cut some categories to stay in the 1000 lines limit.

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2.Avatar - Dance Devil Dance

3.Avenged Sevenfold - Life Is But A Dream...

4.Code Orange - The Above

5.Death Dealer Union - Initiation

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1.Dødheimsgard - Black Medium Current

2.Kauan - ATM Revised

3.Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite

4.Moonlight Sorcery - Horned Lord Of The Thorned Castle

5.Fires In The Distance - Air Not Meant For Us

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1.Fires In The Distance - Air Not Meant For Us

2.Oak - Disintegrate

3.Sermon - Of Golden Verse

4.Bizarrekult - Den Tapte Krigen

5.Soen - Memorial

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My Personal Favorites From 2023…

1.Asinhell - Impii Hora

2.Graveripper - Seasons Dreaming Death

3.Overkill - Scorched

4.Varathron - The Crimson Temple

5.Metal Church - Congregation Of Annihilation

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1.Shylmagoghnar - Convergence

2.Sacred Outcry - Towers Of Gold

3.Fires In The Distance - Air Not Meant For Us

4.Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite

5.Moonlight Sorcery - Horned Lord Of The Thorned Castle

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1.Sacred Outcry - Towers Of Gold

2.Sulphur Aeon - Seven Crowns And Seven Seals

3.VoidCeremony - Threads Of Unknowing

4.Panopticon - The Rime Of Memory

5.Afterbirth - In But Not Of

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1.Fires In The Distance - Air Not Meant For Us

2.Ne Obliviscaris - Exul

3.Hellripper - Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags

4.Sworn - A Journey Told Through Fire

5.Insomnium - Anno 1696

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1.Fires In The Distance - Air Not Meant For Us

2.Thy Catafalque - Alföld

3.Omnerod - The Amensal Rise

4.Ne Obliviscaris - Exul

5.Terminalist - The Crisis As Condition

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These are albums that I'm currently enjoying. They may be classics that I'm revisiting or new gems I've recently discovered. (Ordered alphabetically)

- A star (⭐️) denotes a new discovery…

1.Carma - Ossadas

2.Cirkeln - The Primitive Covenant

3.Dopelord - Songs For Satan

4.Essence Of Datum - Radikal Rats

5.Finsterforst - Jenseits

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1.Moonlight Sorcery - Horned Lord Of The Thorned Castle

2.Night Verses - Every Sound Has A Color In The Valley Of Night: Part 1

3.Fossilization - Leprous Daylight

4.Wolves In The Throne Room - Crypt Of Ancestral Knowledge

5.Silent Skies - Dormant

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I'm a bit late to the party this time around but here is my list once again of what I've listened to throughout the year.

1.Fvnerals - Let The Earth Be Silent

2.Vanishing Kids - Miracle Of Death

3.Oldest Sea - A Birdsong, A Ghost

4.Bees Made Honey In The Vein Tree - Aion

5.Victory Over The Sun - Dance You Monster To My Soft Song!

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Hey guys! Here are my fav albums of the year so far. Ordered from most to least favorite. You can see a taste shaping up down there (why does this phrase sound wrong?)

Any recommendations?

PS Not…

1.Moonlight Sorcery - Horned Lord Of The Thorned Castle

2.Nothingness - Supraliminal

3.Atavistia - Cosmic Warfare

4.Mental Cruelty - Zwielicht

5.Non Est Deus - Legacy

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I reckon 735 albums in the first 6 months of this year is a 6-month record I will never match, but let's see how many I get through in Q3 and Q4…

1.Bees Made Honey In The Vein Tree - Aion

2.Meridian Sun - The Curse

3.The Gorge - Mechanical Fiction

4.Earthside - Let The Truth Speak

5.Wayfarer - American Gothic

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