1.Aborted - Vault Of Horrors

2.Fleshgod Apocalypse - Opera

3.Gaerea - Coma

4.Opeth - The Last Will And Testament

5.Nile - The Underworld Awaits Us All

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1.Slift - Ilion

2.Sgàile - Traverse The Bealach

3.Linkin Park - Papercuts - The Single Collections

4.As The Sun Falls - Kaamos

5.Tangent Plane - The Judas Cell

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1.Borknagar - Fall

2.In Vain - Solemn

3.Dvne - Voidkind

4.Thy Catafalque - XII: A Gyönyörű Álmok Ezután Jönnek

5.Teramaze - Eli: A Wonderful Fall From Grace

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Year Currently Covered: 2024

Hey folks! Welcome to the greatly coveted Guib Awards! Instead of creating a list every year, I've decided to make a single one that will change yearly to feature…

1.Aborted - Vault Of Horrors

2.Achelous - Tower Of High Sorcery

3.Acid Mammoth - Supersonic Megafauna Collision

4.Anciients - Beyond The Reach Of The Sun

5.Apogean - Cyberstrictive

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1.Slift - Ilion

2.Cave Sermon - Divine Laughter

3.Vitriol - Suffer & Become

4.Caligula's Horse - Charcoal Grace

5.Sgàile - Traverse The Bealach

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1.Moisson Livide - Sent Empèri Gascon

2.Ecclesia - Ecclesia Militans

3.Griffon - De Republica

4.Judas Priest - Invincible Shield

5.Dance With The Dead - Dark Matter

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1.Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere

2.High On Fire - Cometh The Storm

3.Alcest - Les Chants De L'Aurore

4.Chapel Of Disease - Echoes Of Light

5.Sgàile - Traverse The Bealach

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1.Pincer Consortium - Geminus Schism

2.Ingurgitating Oblivion - Ontology Of Nought

3.Panzerfaust - The Suns Of Perdition - Chapter IV: To Shadow Zion

4.Gravenchalice - Echelon

5.Æthĕrĭa Conscĭentĭa - The Blossoming

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1.Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere

2.Akhlys - House Of The Black Geminus

3.Civerous - Maze Envy

4.Kanonenfieber - Die Urkatastrophe

5.Mother Of Graves - The Periapt Of Absence

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1.Canaan - Ai Margini

2.Obsidian ( U.S.) - Fathomless ( progressive death metal / djent ) - 8

3.Darkcluster - Stellar Tomb - 7

4.Hauntologist - Hollow

5.Slift - Ilion

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Hoping to not beat last year's total albums, but to still find the good stuff this year.

1.Vulgaris - Seat Of The Fire

2.Dvne - Voidkind

3.Persefone - Lingua Ignota: Part I

4.Eternal Storm - A Giant Bound To Fall

5.Horseburner - Voice Of Storms

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Only what I like, not everything I listen to.
I am perfectly aware of sometimes putting aside quality albums but "les goûts et les couleurs " are not always rational.
Dominant genres: Black…

1.Narbeleth - A Pale Crown

2.Forlorat - Bury Me In Winter

3.Saevus Finis - Facilis Descensus Averno

4.Cariosus - Will, Until Beauty

5.Dzhatinga - Forgotten And Lost

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Another year begins, same scenario, ranking ordered from favorite down to least favorite. The list is also edited daily so the ranking may be subject to change.

2025
2023
2022…

1.Panzerfaust - The Suns Of Perdition - Chapter IV: To Shadow Zion

2.Kanonenfieber - Die Urkatastrophe

3.Spectral Wound - Songs Of Blood And Mire

4.Lord Goblin - Lord Goblin

5.Paysage d'Hiver - Die Berge

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So it begins. 3rd year at MS, 5th year of devoted metal listening. Nothing particularly exciting coming up, but Eternal Storm looks promising, and any new Persefone is a good thing. It's early days…

1.Wintersun - Time II

2.Aquilus - Bellum II

3.Devin Townsend - PowerNerd

4.Cave Sermon - Divine Laughter

5.Illumishade - Another Side Of You

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1.Notochord - Aegis

2.Svdestada - Candela

3.Hauntologist - Hollow

4.Magnum - Here Comes The Rain

5.Narzissus - Akt III: Erl​ö​sung

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