I feel like my overall favorites list is getting too long. I'm splitting it up by rating.

1.Thy Catafalque - Meta

2.Sepulcros - Vazio

3.Kassad - Faces Turn Away

4.Nibiru - Anamorphosis

5.Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings

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1.Between The Buried And Me - Colors II

2.Between The Buried And Me - Coma Ecliptic

3.Between The Buried And Me - Colors

4.Between The Buried And Me - Automata I

5.Between The Buried And Me - The Parallax II: Future Sequence

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Favourite albums of 2018 (including only those which I would rate 7+)…

1.Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love

2.Slugdge - Esoteric Malacology

3.Rolo Tomassi - Time Will Die And Love Will Bury It

4.Between The Buried And Me - Automata I

5.Berried Alive - Bearies Alive

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So like albums that have a clear tie between them, were recorded around about the same time and were clearly intended together, as opposed to a sequel coming years after. Some of these have actually been…

1.Opeth - Deliverance

2.Opeth - Damnation

3.Metallica - Load

4.Metallica - Re-Load

5.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I

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1.Between The Buried And Me - Automata I

2.Between The Buried And Me - Coma Ecliptic

3.Mono - Transcendental [Split]

4.The Ocean - Aeolian

5.The Ocean - Anthropocentric

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1.Slugdge - Esoteric Malacology

2.The Ocean - Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic

3.Ghost - Prequelle

4.Amorphis - Queen Of Time

5.Hamferð - Támsins Likam

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Well, here I put my personal top with which to me have been the best albums of 2018. They are not all they are, but if they all are.

1.Rivers Of Nihil - Where Owls Know My Name

2.Obscura - Diluvium

3.Slugdge - Esoteric Malacology

4.Judas Priest - Firepower

5.Necrophobic - Mark Of The Necrogram

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2018 albums repos…

1.Tribulation - Down Below

2.Anna Von Hausswolff - Dead Magic

3.Orphaned Land - Unsung Prophets & Dead Messiahs

4.Therion - Beloved Antichrist

5.The Atlas Moth - Coma Noir

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1.Angra - ØMNI

2.Barren Earth - A Complex Of Cages

3.Between The Buried And Me - Automata I

4.Borealis - The Offering

5.In Vain - Currents

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2018 sucks so far, and there hasn't been that much great music I've listened to. Let's see what I liked.
Listed in order of liking (1. is best, the lower on the list the least I like it…

1.The Ocean - Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic

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3.Nadja - Sonnborner

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5.Elysian Blaze - The Virtue Of Suffering

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1.TesseracT - Sonder

2.Red Bee - Silent Enemy

3.Slugdge - Esoteric Malacology

4.Between The Buried And Me - Automata I

5.Unprocessed - Covenant

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2018 is far from being over, but there are some excellent albums out there already. This is my personal opinion, and I like to discuss opinions, and unbiased ones, not likings ok? So if you think there…

1.Amorphis - Queen Of Time

2.On Thorns I Lay - Aegean Sorrow

3.Thy Catafalque - Geometria

4.Euphoreon - Ends Of The Earth

5.Necrophobic - Mark Of The Necrogram

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In no order, music isn't enjoyed in that particular way to me.

1.Oceans Of Slumber - The Banished Heart

2.Rivers Of Nihil - Where Owls Know My Name

3.Poem - Unique

4.Letters From The Colony - Vignette

5.Shining - X - Varg Utan Flock

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These are my favourite albums from the year 2018, ranked in order from my most favourite at number 1 to my least favourite.

1.Rivers Of Nihil - Where Owls Know My Name

2.Haken - Vector

3.Alice In Chains - Rainier Fog

4.TesseracT - Sonder

5.Khemmis - Desolation

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1.Haken - Vector

2.Angra - ØMNI

3.TesseracT - Sonder

4.Arsafes - The Silk Road Experience Pt . 1

5.Night Verses - From The Gallery Of Sleep

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