1.Avantasia - Ghostlights

2.Iced Earth - Incorruptible

3.Kamelot - The Shadow Theory

4.Soilwork - The Ride Majestic

5.Jorn Lande & Trond Holter - Dracula: Swing Of Death

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1.Iced Earth - Incorruptible

2.Soen - Lykaia

3.Firewind - Immortals

4.Moonspell - 1755

5.Beast In Black - Berserker

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1.Adagio - Life

2.Anathema - The Optimist

3.Annihilator - For The Demented

4.Anubis Gate - Covered In Black

5.Accept - The Rise Of Chaos

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1.Pain Of Salvation - In The Passing Light Of Day

2.Diablo Swing Orchestra - Pacifisticuffs

3.Bent Knee - Land Animal

4.Leprous - Malina

5.Septicflesh - Codex Omega

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1.Soen - Lykaia

2.The Faceless - In Becoming A Ghost

3.Ne Obliviscaris - Urn

4.Persefone - Aathma

5.Leprous - Malina

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Honestly, top 25 albums would probably be a more fitting name, given that I have honourable mentions, and few other categories as well. Some of them are self explanatory, while I want to clarify about the few others.
-Greatest disappointment of the year doesn't necessarily mean the worst album of that year, closer to the point would be that it is an album from which I expected a lot more than I received.

1.Myrkur - Mareridt

2.Elvenking - Secrets Of The Magick Grimoire

3.Wintersun - The Forest Seasons

4.Hallatar - No Stars Upon The Bridge

5.Vintersorg - Till Fjälls Del II

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1.Mastodon - Cold Dark Place

2.Mastodon - Emperor Of Sand

3.The Night Flight Orchestra - Amber Galactic

4.Fragile Vastness - Perception

5.Leprous - Malina

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1.Akercocke - Renaissance In Extremis

2.Leprous - Malina

3.Decapitated - Anticult

4.Archspire - Relentless Mutation

5.Wolves In The Throne Room - Thrice Woven

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1.Ayreon - The Source

2.For All We Know - Take Me Home

3.Leprous - Malina

4.Threshold - Legends Of The Shires

5.Voyager - Ghost Mile

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1.Crimfall - Amain

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3.Marty Friedman - Wall Of Sound

4.Die Apokalyptischen Reiter - Der Rote Reiter

5.Accept - The Rise Of Chaos

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1.Power Trip - Nightmare Logic

2.Analepsy - Atrocities From Beyond

3.Kreator - Gods Of Violence

4.Ulver - The Assassination Of Julius Caesar

5.Mors Principium Est - Embers Of A Dying World

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1.Arch Enemy - Will To Power

2.Kreator - Gods Of Violence

3.Wolfheart - Tyhjyys

4.Mors Principium Est - Embers Of A Dying World

5.Dagoba - Black Nova

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1.Threshold - Legends Of The Shires

2.Hallatar - No Stars Upon The Bridge

3.Persefone - Aathma

4.Anathema - The Optimist

5.Kreator - Gods Of Violence

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