In no particular order…

1.Devin Townsend - Transcendence

2.Cult Of Luna - Mariner [Collaboration]

3.Astronoid - Air

4.Borknagar - Winter Thrice

5.Messa - Belfry

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Better never than late, right? Order is not particular.

1.Vektor - Terminal Redux

2.Dark Tranquillity - Atoma

3.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

4.Uada - Devoid Of Light

5.Be'lakor - Vessels

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1.Twelve Foot Ninja - Outlier

2.Riverside - Eye Of The Soundscape

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

4.Opeth - Sorceress

5.Ihsahn - Arktis.

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The choice was though, not only because there were some very good albums out there, but also because as you get older, life fucks you up, and you never have enough time to listen to all the albums you…

1.Borknagar - Winter Thrice

2.Dark Tranquillity - Atoma

3.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

4.Trees Of Eternity - Hour Of The Nightingale

5.Delain - Moonbathers

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1.Witherscape - The Northern Sanctuary

2.Throes Of Dawn - Our Voices Shall Remain

3.The Foreshadowing - Seven Heads, Ten Horns

4.Trees Of Eternity - Hour Of The Nightingale

5.Epica - The Holographic Principle

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1.Be'lakor - Vessels

2.Twelve Foot Ninja - Outlier

3.Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika

4.David Bowie - Blackstar

5.Gojira - Magma

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A lot of great albums from different genres this year. Ereb Altor released the best cover album of all time.

1.Borknagar - Winter Thrice

2.Netherbird - The Grander Voyage

3.Equilibrium - Armageddon

4.Twilight Force - Heroes Of Mighty Magic

5.Katatonia - The Fall Of Hearts

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1.Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika

2.Throes Of Dawn - Our Voices Shall Remain

3.Vektor - Terminal Redux

4.Borknagar - Winter Thrice

5.Omnium Gatherum - Grey Heavens

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Apologies for possible grammar error and for some repetitive leitmotiv.

Non Metalstrom Bands

Alastor (AUT): http://www.reverbnation.com/alastoraut
Anicon: https://gileadmedia.bandcamp.com/album/exegeses
Deviant…

1.Vale Of Pnath - II

2.Saor - Guardians

3.Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika

4.Deviant Process - Paroxysm

5.Vektor - Terminal Redux

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1.Netherbird - The Grander Voyage

2.Novembre - URSA

3.Ordog - The Grand Wall

4.Pretty Maids - Kingmaker

5.Primal Fear - Rulebreaker

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1.Vredehammer - Violator

2.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

3.Witherscape - The Northern Sanctuary

4.Anthrax - For All Kings

5.Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika

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1.Mantar - Ode To The Flame

2.Temple Of Gnosis - De Secretis Naturae Alchymica

3.Uada - Devoid Of Light

4.Vanhelgd - Temple Of Phobos

5.Witherscape - The Northern Sanctuary

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1.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

2.Gojira - Magma

3.Twilight Force - Heroes Of Mighty Magic

4.Dark Oath - When Fire Engulfs The Earth

5.40 Watt Sun - Wider Than The Sky

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1.Cult Of Luna - Mariner [Collaboration]

2.Oranssi Pazuzu - Värähtelijä

3.Mistur - In Memoriam

4.Thy Catafalque - Meta

5.In The Woods... - Pure

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1.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

2.Dark Tranquillity - Atoma

3.Avantasia - Ghostlights

4.Alter Bridge - The Last Hero

5.Abbath - Abbath

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