1.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

2.Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika

3.Witherscape - The Northern Sanctuary

4.Ihsahn - Arktis.

5.Alcest - Kodama

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Some excellent records this year, it was sometimes really difficult to choose in what order I wanted to rank them.

I based this list on the scores I would give each album. When it's a tie between…

1.Iron Mask - Diabolica

2.Heavenwood - The Tarot Of The Bohemians: Part 1

3.Fractal Cypher - The Human Paradox

4.Stone Magnum - Holy Blessings To None

5.In The Woods... - Pure

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Just another random guy's list of their favorite albums of the year. If it isn't on the list, either I haven't listened to it yet or just don't like it.

1.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

2.Sabaton - The Last Stand

3.Opeth - Sorceress

4.Devin Townsend - Transcendence

5.Avenged Sevenfold - The Stage

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Very late starting on this one, been rather unable to keep up with releases over the summer so will try to catch up on as many cool releases as possible in the last couple of months of the year. Be prepared…

1.Ortega - Sacred States

2.Riverside - Eye Of The Soundscape

3.Oathbreaker - Rheia

4.Devin Townsend - Transcendence

5.Allegaeon - Proponent For Sentience

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1.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

2.Dark Tranquillity - Atoma

3.Meshuggah - The Violent Sleep Of Reason

4.Opeth - Sorceress

5.Devin Townsend - Transcendence

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1.Circus Maximus - Havoc

2.Haken - Affinity

3.Periphery - Periphery III: Select Difficulty

4.Devin Townsend - Transcendence

5.Fates Warning - Theories Of Flight

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1.Borknagar - Winter Thrice

2.Ulver - ATGCLVLSSCAP

3.Ihsahn - Arktis.

4.Katatonia - The Fall Of Hearts

5.Opeth - Sorceress

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I first got into Opeth when my friend bought Ghost Reveries from HMV in London when we went to see Iron Maiden at Twickenham stadium in 2008. I borrowed the album to find out what the music was like and…

1.Opeth - Blackwater Park

2.Opeth - Still Life

3.Opeth - Ghost Reveries

4.Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse

5.Opeth - Deliverance

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Same as before, just adding as I revisit my collection…

1.Cult Of Luna - Mariner [Collaboration]

2.David Bowie - Blackstar

3.Katatonia - The Fall Of Hearts

4.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

5.An Abstract Illusion - Illuminate The Path

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here another top for a band that have a huge impact in my life.

1.Opeth - Ghost Reveries

2.Opeth - Blackwater Park

3.Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse

4.Opeth - Deliverance

5.Opeth - Still Life

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1.Opeth - Blackwater Park

2.Opeth - Ghost Reveries

3.Opeth - Damnation

4.Opeth - Still Life

5.Opeth - Deliverance

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1.Textures - Phenotype

2.Twelve Foot Ninja - Outlier

3.Ihsahn - Arktis.

4.Panic! at the Disco - Death of a Bachelor

5.Madder Mortem - Red In Tooth And Claw

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1.Leprous - Live At Rockefeller Music Hall

2.Meshuggah - The Violent Sleep Of Reason

3.Dark Tranquillity - Atoma

4.Textures - Phenotype

5.Haken - Affinity

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Based on which tracks I enjoy listening to the most…

1.Opeth - Still Day Beneath The Sun

2.Opeth - Deliverance

3.Opeth - Ghost Reveries

4.Opeth - Blackwater Park

5.Opeth - Still Life

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1.King Diamond - Halloween

2.Rammstein - Feuer Frei

3.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

4.Ghost - Cirice

5.Opeth - Sorceress

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