2015 was the edge, the cliff, the abyss looking back at us... and we jumped... oh yes we did...

Top 50 of my 8+ ratings

Enjoy! or not I don't really care

Album count: 155
Average rating: 7.15

1.Shape Of Despair - Monotony Fields

2.Arcturus - Arcturian

3.Panopticon - Autumn Eternal

4.Kauan - Sorni Nai

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

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1.Kauan - Sorni Nai

2.Wilderun - Sleep At The Edge Of The Earth

3.Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase.

4.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud

5.Dødheimsgard - A Umbra Omega

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Going backwards in time still, here's the 2015 list. Let me know what I missed!

1.Abhorrent - Intransigence

2.Abyssal - Antikatastaseis

3.Acrania - Fearless

4.Æpoch - Æpochalypse

5.Ahab - The Boats Of The Glen Carrig

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Stuff that got me hooked in the course of the years, from my very first blurred memories as a toddler to the present day.
Lots of catchy tunes, some cheese, very few flowers.
Songs that had a big impact on me and influenced my taste in music.
Stuff to let it all hang out, songs for campfire sing-alongs and soundtracks to slit your wrists to.
Love at first sight listen.

This is part II of II, covering the years since 2001.

Despite of the list's personal character, suggestions are very welcome.
After all I'm old and I may just have forgotten lots of stuff that did make my day.



Great albums that didn't make it on the list as they can only be enjoyed in their entirety, rather than by picking individual songs:

Thirdmoon - Sworn Enemy: Heaven (Death, 2004)
Defleshed - Reclaim The Beat (Death/Thrash, 2005)
Tyranny - Tides Of Awakening (Funeral Doom, 2005)
Mourning Beloveth - A Murderous Circus (Doom/Death, 2005)
Rotting Christ - Kata Ton Daimona Eaytoy (Black, 2013)

1.Alastis - Unity

2.Diablerie - Seraphyde

3.Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia

4.Emperor - Prometheus: The Discipline Of Fire & Demise

5.Hollenthon - With Vilest Of Worms To Dwell

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1.Symphony X - Underworld

2.Pressure Points - False Lights

3.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud

4.Phantasma (NED) - The Deviant Hearts

5.Draconian - Sovran

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1.Tribulation - The Children Of The Night

2.Slayer - Repentless

3.Leprous - The Congregation

4.Unleashed - Dawn Of The Nine

5.Kauan - Sorni Nai

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1.Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful

2.Avatarium - The Girl With The Raven Mask

3.Ensiferum - One Man Army

4.Slayer - Repentless

5.Melechesh - Enki

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I will update soon.

1.Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase.

2.Subterranean Masquerade - The Great Bazaar

3.Deafheaven - New Bermuda

4.Leprous - The Congregation

5.Native Construct - Quiet World

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1.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud

2.Avatarium - The Girl With The Raven Mask

3.Ghost - Meliora

4.Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful

5.Jess And The Ancient Ones - Second Psychedelic Coming: The Aquarius Tapes

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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.Enslaved - In Times

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3.Frantic Amber - Burning Insight

4.The Gentle Storm - The Diary

5.Moonspell - Extinct

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1.Enslaved - In Times

2.The Gentle Storm - The Diary

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4.Barren Earth - On Lonely Towers

5.Armageddon - Captivity & Devourment

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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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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 albums are what I find aurally pleasing, and for those passing by, I hope you will find something here. Shall be updated periodically. Perhaps I'll have more time to listen to music this year.

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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