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:…

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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Only the 9s or 10s / 10 are here. Roughly ordered in time.

1.Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit

2.Kingcrow - Phlegethon

3.Crippled Black Phoenix - I, Vigilante

4.Igorrr - Nostril

5.Triptykon - Eparistera Daimones

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This list is meant to be an extensive, but by no means exhaustive, collection of the greatest (modern) metal albums and eps. Running the gamut from avant-garde to trve norweigan black metal. *As someone…

1.S.V.E.S.T. - Veritas Diaboli Manet In Aeternum: Le Diable Est Ma Raison

2.Sabachthani - Miserable Endings

3.Sabaoth - Les Illuminations

4.Sabaton - Carolus Rex

5.Sabbat - Dreamweaver

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An ever-growing list of albums/EPs that were just fun to listen to. They had something unique, were experimental/strange and/or had interestingly/efficiently lined up vocals and/or instruments that are…

1....? - ...!

2.!T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest)

3.6:33 - Deadly Scenes

4.Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops

5.Age Of Silence - Acceleration

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In no particular order.

I originally made a top 15 but there is just too much music to do that shit anymore.

1.Tribulation - The Children Of The Night

2.Abigail Williams - The Accuser

3.Prurient - Frozen Niagara Falls

4.Deafheaven - New Bermuda

5.Imperial Triumphant - Abyssal Gods

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I haven't listened to a lot of new music this year, but here are some of the highpoints for me. This year, my selections will be posted in no particular order aside from "The Best" and "The…

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2.Voices From The Fuselage - Odyssey: The Destroyer of Worlds

3.Earthside - A Dream In Static

4.Marriages - Salome

5.Third Ion - 13/8 Bit

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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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1.Leprous - The Congregation

2.Enslaved - In Times

3.Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase.

4.Chelsea Wolfe - Abyss

5.Mgła - Exercises In Futility

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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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As anyone who knows me well enough by now should know, I'm a sucker for drone, ambient, and psychedelic music, and anything and everything in between. I've come to really enjoy and appreciate…

1.Deveikuth - VII - π - III

2.Seirom - Mesmerized

3.Gorgantuan - Pestis

4.Tauusk - Hermit

5.Autokrator - Autokrator

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❤ Favorite
♫ Good
✔ Some music worth listening
✘ Disliked

When the date and style of music is not noted is that I plan to listen this album.
I also clarifies what is my favorite music on each album.

Enjoy…

1.Periphery - Juggernaut: Alpha & Omega

2.Between The Buried And Me - Coma Ecliptic

3.Enslaved - In Times

4.Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase.

5.Deafheaven - New Bermuda

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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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Self-explainatory list.

Used mostly for personal reminders of releases I should check.

Your recommandations & suggestions are welcome! :-)

Favorite 2015 album: "Leprous - The Congregation"…

1.Riverside - Love, Fear And The Time Machine

2.Kamelot - Haven

3.Cain's Offering - Stormcrow

4.Xandria - Fire & Ashes

5.Iron Maiden - The Book Of Souls

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Here's another list based on the albums i've enjoyed listening to most in 2015. Consider it a best to worst based on all the albums i've checked out. This list does not reflect the views…

1.Galneryus - Under The Force Of Courage

2.Wilderun - Sleep At The Edge Of The Earth

3.Orden Ogan - Ravenhead

4.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud

5.Sunless Rise - Unrevealed

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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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