1.Ostura - The Room

2.Shylmagoghnar - Transience

3.The Ocean - Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic

4.Rivers Of Nihil - Where Owls Know My Name

5.Orphaned Land - Unsung Prophets & Dead Messiahs

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Trophy Goats for 2018 B)…

1.Beartooth - Disease

2.Alkaloid - Liquid Anatomy

3.Obscura - Diluvium

4.Bad Wolves - Disobey

5.Wolf King - Loyal To The Soil

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1.Shylmagoghnar - Transience

2.Alcest - Spiritual Instinct

3.Wilderun - Veil Of Imagination

4.Ángeles Del Infierno - Si Tú No Estás Aquí

5.Ángeles Del Infierno - Al Otro Lado Del Silencio

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1.Aborted - TerrorVision

2.Rivers Of Nihil - Where Owls Know My Name

3.Ihsahn - Àmr

4.The Ocean - Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic

5.At The Gates - To Drink From The Night Itself

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1.Dimmu Borgir - Eonian

2.Pestilence - Hadeon

3.Mantar - The Modern Art Of Setting Ablaze

4.Amorphis - Queen Of Time

5.Obscura - Diluvium

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Yet another annual top 10.. well more like top25 list. I am sure I missed something, and that I would change something depending on the mood, but it is what it is.

1.Primordial - Exile Amongst The Ruins

2.Vermilia - Kätkyt

3.Amorphis - Queen Of Time

4.Thy Catafalque - Geometria

5.Cruachan - Nine Years Of Blood

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Listened and liked in 2018…

1.Einherjer - Norrøne Spor

2.Psycroptic - As The Kingdom Drowns

3.The Ocean - Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic

4.Haken - Vector

5.Bloodbath - The Arrow Of Satan Is Drawn

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Since this is technically not a ranking, I've made this list alphabetical. These albums are all ones I am considering for Top 50 of the year and are worth your time.

1.Aboleth - Benthos

2.Aborted - TerrorVision

3.Æpoch - Awakening Inception

4.Agrimonia - Awaken

5.Alghazanth - Eight Coffin Nails

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1.Kambrium - Dawn Of The Five Suns

2.Temperance - Of Jupiter And Moons

3.Ghost - Prequelle

4.Lord Of The Lost - 10 Thorns

5.Amorphis - Queen Of Time

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This list contains my 16 favourite albums of the year 🤘

FUN FACT:
This year I went to my first ever big festival, the main attraction was Iron Maiden.

HONOURABLE MENTIONS:
Visions Of Atlantis -…

1.Judas Priest - Firepower

2.Antimatter - Black Market Enlightenment

3.Powerwolf - The Sacrament Of Sin

4.Orphaned Land - Unsung Prophets & Dead Messiahs

5.Michael Romeo - War Of The Worlds, Pt. 1

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No stars - Don't know yet
✮✮✮✮✮ - Incredible, possibly Album Of The Year
✮✮✮✮½ - Awesome
✮✮✮✮ - Solid release
✮✮✮½ - Good release
✮✮✮ - Not bad
✮✮½ - Shuffle material (probably boring as an album)
✮✮…

1.Barren Earth - A Complex Of Cages

2.Amorphis - Queen Of Time

3.Tribulation - Down Below

4.Slugdge - Esoteric Malacology

5.Madder Mortem - Marrow

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My personal favorite anticipated studio albums of 2018…

1.Primordial - Exile Amongst The Ruins

2.Shylmagoghnar - Transience

3.Wolfheart - Constellation Of The Black Light

4.Metal Allegiance - Volume II: Power Drunk Majesty

5.Harakiri For The Sky - Arson

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