Some black coffee, some milky atmosphere, some folk syrup and some sweet death.

No special order.

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1.Finsterforst - Mach Dich Frei

2.SatanaKozel - North

3.Galar - De Gjenlevende

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5.Wolfheart - Shadow World

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These are my favourite albums from the year 2015, ranked in order from my most favourite at number 1 to my least favourite.

1.Intronaut - The Direction Of Last Things

2.Between The Buried And Me - Coma Ecliptic

3.Paradise Lost - The Plague Within

4.Tribulation - The Children Of The Night

5.Melechesh - Enki

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Pardon the awful title, I thought it was funny and a play on Ahab's "The Thing That Made Search", but hey, not every joke is a winner.

Here is my list for the Top albums of 2015. No grading…

1.Ahab - The Boats Of The Glen Carrig

2.Coheed and Cambria - The Color Before The Sun

3.Enslaved - In Times

4.Leprous - The Congregation

5.Cattle Decapitation - The Anthropocene Extinction

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A list of my favorite 2015 albums. Also with my favorite tracks.

1.A Forest Of Stars - Beware The Sword You Cannot See

2.Shape Of Despair - Monotony Fields

3.Cattle Decapitation - The Anthropocene Extinction

4.Gloryhammer - Space 1992: Rise Of The Chaos Wizards

5.Misþyrming - Söngvar Elds Og Óreiðu

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Every album to catch my ear during 2015, rated, with plenty of non-metal for those of you who like to branch out and see what the whole world of music has to offer. Variety'll always be a virtue.

Numerous…

1.Death Grips - The Powers That B

2.Leprous - The Congregation

3.Clarence Clarity - No Now

4.Björk - Vulnicura

5.Envy - Atheist's Cornea

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1.Steve Von Till - A Life Unto Itself

2.Lana Del Rey - Honeymoon

3.Sunn O))) - Kannon

4.Avatarium - The Girl With The Raven Mask

5.Mgła - Exercises In Futility

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My favorites album in 2015…

1.Tempel - The Moon Lit Our Path

2.Slugdge - Dim And Slimeridden Kingdoms

3.Alkaloid - The Malkuth Grimoire

4.Cruciamentum - Charnel Passages

5.Exgenesis - Aphotic Veil

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1.Arcturus - Arcturian

2.Corpo-Mente - Corpo-Mente

3.A Forest Of Stars - Beware The Sword You Cannot See

4.Baldrs Draumar - Aldgillissoan

5.Ragnaröek - Dornig

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1.Vallenfyre - The Last Of Our Kind

2.Deadworld - Deadworld

3.Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful

4.The Gentle Storm - The Diary

5.Napalm Death - Apex Predator - Easy Meat

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2015. Best to worst. Simple as that.

1.Chelsea Wolfe - Abyss

2.Sea Witch - The Blackened Sea

3.Echoes Of Yul - The Healing

4.Chrch - Unanswered Hymns

5.Zuriaake - 孤雁

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1.Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase.

2.Arcturus - Arcturian

3.Symphony X - Underworld

4.Leprous - The Congregation

5.Soilwork - The Ride Majestic

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All the albums I've listened to in 2015, from favorite to least favorite, and a small summary.

1.Shape Of Despair - Monotony Fields

2.Swallow The Sun - Songs From The North I, II & III

3.Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase.

4.Leviathan - Scar Sighted

5.Ahab - The Boats Of The Glen Carrig

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Again... I do not aim to be the most extreme or have the quirkiest taste. It's not a massive dump-it-all-here list as I've obviously filtered out those that I doubt I'd revisit later. These…

1.Chapel Of Disease - The Mysterious Ways Of Repetitive Art

2.Naïve - Altra

3.Kontinuum - Kyrr

4.Thy Catafalque - Sgùrr

5.Enslaved - In Times

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Cos by this point it's almost mandatory. I've made a pretty slow start to the year but hopefully I'll start catching up soon enough.

1.A Forest Of Stars - Beware The Sword You Cannot See

2.Maladie - ...Still...

3.Dekadent - Veritas

4.Sylosis - Dormant Heart

5.Marriages - Salome

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1.Symphony X - Underworld

2.Iron Maiden - The Book Of Souls

3.Sorcerer - In The Shadow Of The Inverted Cross

4.Thousand Eyes - Endless Nightmare

5.Band-Maid® - New Beginning

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