My favorite black metal album’s…

1.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

2.Akhlys - Melinoë

3.Amesoeurs - Amesoeurs

4.Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors

5.Blut Aus Nord - Hallucinogen

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Here's my AotY for each year from 1970, with a runner up (or two) following.
Pink Floyd and Yes aren't here, King Crimson is, so I'll include King Crimson…

1.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

2.Deep Purple - In Rock

3.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV

4.Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality

5.Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards

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Merry Christmas, my fellow metalheads!

I present to you my top 50 most frequently listened-to albums of the year 2023, ordered by number of full listens.

In other words, here are the albums that…

1.Electric Wizard - Dopethrone

2.Japanische Kampfhörspiele - Welt Ohne Werbung

3.Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops

4.Necrovation - Storm The Void / Starving Grave

5.Vitriolic Sage - 梦路

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These are albums that I'm currently enjoying. They may be classics that I'm revisiting or new gems I've recently discovered. (Ordered alphabetically)

- A star (⭐️) denotes a new discovery…

1.Adramelech - PsychoStasia

2.Afsky - Om Hundrede År

3.Anaal Nathrakh - The Codex Necro

4.Bloody Panda - Summon

5.Count Raven - High On Infinity

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My initial rendition was looking at the USBM scene. Next I opted to dive into where it arguably all began… Norway. My most recent exploration was into Switzerland’s scene. Rather than repeatedly coming…

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2.Elysian Blaze - Blood Geometry

3.Funeral Mourning - Drown In Solitude

4.Ill Omen - Æ.Thy.Rift

5.Woods Of Desolation - Torn Beyond Reason

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

1.So Hideous - None But A Pure Heart Can Sing

2.Metallica - Re-Load

3.Faetooth - Remnants Of The Vessel

4.Inferi - The End Of An Era

5.Midnight Odyssey - Biolume Part 1 - In Tartarean Chains

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These are the 30 albums I listened to the most in 2018. I haven't paid much attention to the albums' order. It's been a pretty good year for metal, just like every year; if you are willing…

1.Et Moriemur - Epigrammata

2.Judas Priest - Firepower

3.Varathron - Patriarchs Of Evil

4.Dee Snider - For The Love Of Metal

5.Chapel Of Disease - ...And As We Have Seen The Storm, We Have Embraced The Eye

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Heavy, Doom, Black, Death, Thrash, Prog, Power...these are my favorite 100 albums of 2018... STAY METAL!!!

25 Honorable Mentions:

Mortuous - Through Wilderness
Arkheth - 12 Winter Moons Comes the Witches…

1.Imperial Triumphant - Vile Luxury

2.Shylmagoghnar - Transience

3.Altars Of Grief - Iris

4.Horrendous - Idol

5.Sepulcher - Panoptic Horror

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All the 2018 albums I listened to this year. Just like last year I always added the specific genre/subgenre so you can get an idea what might be of interest to you.

1.Sunnata - Outlands

2.Crescent - The Order Of Amenti

3.IAH - ll

4.Rivers Of Nihil - Where Owls Know My Name

5.Riverside - Wasteland

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1.Akhenaten - Golden Serpent God

2.Akitsa - Credo

3.All My Sins - Pra Sila - Vukov Totem

4.Amorphis - Queen Of Time

5.Antlers - Beneath.Below.Behold.

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1.Necrophobic - Mark Of The Necrogram

2.Aborted - TerrorVision

3.Judas Priest - Firepower

4.Deicide - Overtures Of Blasphemy

5.Monstrosity - The Passage Of Existence

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1.Rivers Of Nihil - Where Owls Know My Name

2.Obscura - Diluvium

3.Behemoth - I Loved You At Your Darkest

4.Summoning - With Doom We Come

5.Riverside - Wasteland

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1.Drudkh - Їм Часто Сниться Капіж (They Often See Dreams About The Spring)

2.Thy Catafalque - Geometria

3.Chapel Of Disease - ...And As We Have Seen The Storm, We Have Embraced The Eye

4.Judas Priest - Firepower

5.Shining - X - Varg Utan Flock

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1.Hwwauoch - Hwwauoch

2.Evoken - Hypnagogia

3.Ars Magna Umbrae - Lunar Ascension

4.Dirge - Lost Empyrean

5.1914 - The Blind Leading The Blind

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Actually getting onto this year relatively early, let's see what it's got in store for us all.

1.Weedpecker - III

2.Amorphis - Queen Of Time

3.Slugdge - Esoteric Malacology

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

5.Aviations - The Light Years

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