Sort of stumbled upon Anubis Gate. Not too often do you see the bassist as lead singer/frontman of the band. It's hard to place the specific sound of the band since they're a blend of power and…

1.Anubis Gate - Anubis Gate

2.Anubis Gate - Andromeda Unchained

3.Anubis Gate - Horizons

4.Anubis Gate - The Detached

5.Anubis Gate - A Perfect Forever

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Ningen Isu rocked in retrospect…

1.Ningen Isu - 無頼豊饒

2.Primal Fear - Delivering The Black

3.Lords Of Black - Lords Of Black

4.Epica - The Quantum Enigma

5.Primordial - Where Greater Men Have Fallen

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1.Mastodon - Once More 'Round The Sun

2.Behemoth - The Satanist

3.Allegaeon - Elements Of The Infinite

4.Revocation - Deathless

5.Soen - Tellurian

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1.Volbeat - Lola Montez

2.Evergrey - The Aftermath

3.Nightingale - Forevermore

4.Soilwork - Father And Son, Watching The World Go Down

5.Primal Fear - Born With A Broken Heart

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Must Listen: The First 3…

1.Evergrey - Hymns For The Broken

2.Primal Fear - Delivering The Black

3.Nightingale - Retribution

4.Voyager - V

5.Dynazty - Renatus

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My personal favorite studio albums of 2014…

1.Ghost Brigade - IV - One With The Storm

2.Epica - The Quantum Enigma

3.Primordial - Where Greater Men Have Fallen

4.Sólstafir - Ótta

5.Shylmagoghnar - Emergence

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1.Seven Impale - City The Sun

2.Gazpacho - Demon

3.The Pineapple Thief - Magnolia

4.Mastodon - Once More 'Round The Sun

5.Amplifier - Mystoria

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A very heavy year for progressive metal and for the first time in 10 years, an unknown band to me takes the crown.

1.Need - Orvam: A Song For Home

2.Vanden Plas - Chronicles Of The Immortals: Netherworld (Path 1)

3.RPWL - Wanted

4.Scar Symmetry - The Singularity (Phase I - Neohumanity)

5.Anubis Gate - Horizons

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These are my favourite albums of 2014. You can find this list, together with some sentences about the albums, in my blog

http://forsakenatthegates.blogspot.se/…

1.Mastodon - Once More 'Round The Sun

2.Teramaze - Esoteric Symbolism

3.Anubis Gate - Horizons

4.Delain - The Human Contradiction

5.Vanden Plas - Chronicles Of The Immortals: Netherworld (Path 1)

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My top 20 albums for the year 2014, in no particular order…

1.Vanden Plas - Chronicles Of The Immortals: Netherworld (Path 1)

2.Anubis Gate - Horizons

3.Brainstorm - Firesoul

4.Primordial - Where Greater Men Have Fallen

5.Threshold - For The Journey

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One of the most anticipated activities in MS is to decide which are
the outstanding albums of the year. In this list, some favorites are presented for this coveted award.

1.Soen - Tellurian

2.Aenaon - Extance

3.Triptykon - Melana Chasmata

4.Morbus Chron - Sweven

5.Animals As Leaders - The Joy Of Motion

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