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2018 Journey And Anticipaded Records
Another installation of famous robpal's HIGH ENERGY list! This time for the year of 2018.
Here are the rules.
No rating=haven't heard yet/not enough spins
★★★★★ - Masterpiece!
★★★★½ - Excellent!
★★★★☆…
Here are the rules.
No rating=haven't heard yet/not enough spins
★★★★★ - Masterpiece!
★★★★½ - Excellent!
★★★★☆…
| 1. | Odin's Court - Turtles All The Way Down Volume II |
| 2. | Kayak - Seventeen |
| 3. | White Wizzard - Infernal Overdrive |
| 4. | Corrosion Of Conformity - No Cross No Crown |
| 5. | Perfect Beings - Vier |
| + 140 more |
200+ Favorite Albums
Note: Tool intentionally ommitted because they don't consider themselves metal. Otherwise you'd see their first 4 albums in top 25.
Last updated: 24 Jan 2026.
Last updated: 24 Jan 2026.
| 1. | Dream Theater - Images And Words |
| 2. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 3. | Wintersun - Wintersun |
| 4. | Edge Of Sanity - Crimson |
| 5. | Vital Remains - Dechristianize |
| + 279 more |
2018: Let's Get It On! (Jul-Dec)
I'll be spending 2 months in the US so probably won't manage to beat the 130-odd albums I heard in the first half of the year, but I'll do my best.
| 1. | Dirge - Lost Empyrean |
| 2. | Ingrina - Etter Lys |
| 3. | Between The Buried And Me - Automata |
| 4. | King Buffalo - Longing To Be The Mountain |
| 5. | A Forest Of Stars - Grave Mounds And Grave Mistakes |
| + 144 more |
400+ Favorite Songs
Last updated on 17 May 2026.
| 1. | Dream Theater - Images And Words |
| 2. | Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja |
| 3. | Wintersun - Wintersun |
| 4. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 5. | Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast |
| + 486 more |
2018 Albums Worth A Re-listen
| 1. | Striker - Play To Win |
| 2. | Between The Buried And Me - Automata II |
| 3. | Soreption - Monument Of The End |
| 4. | Boss Keloid - Melted On The Inch |
| 5. | Turnstile - Time & Space |
| + 186 more |
Favorite Album Art, 2015-2019
Still in Progress, in tandem with:
Favorite Album Photography
Favorite Album Art, 1960s-1990s
Favorite Album Art, 2000s
Favorite Album Art, 2020s
Had to break up "Favorite Album Art, 2010s"…
Favorite Album Photography
Favorite Album Art, 1960s-1990s
Favorite Album Art, 2000s
Favorite Album Art, 2020s
Had to break up "Favorite Album Art, 2010s"…
| 1. | Amogh Symphony - IV.I |
| 2. | Ashbringer - Absolution |
| 3. | Bent Knee - You Know What They Mean |
| 4. | Blood Incantation - Hidden History Of The Human Race |
| 5. | Blut Aus Nord - Hallucinogen |
| + 113 more |
Top 1000 Artworks On Metal Storm
As chosen by me, of course. This is highly subjective.
In progress and in tandem with:
Favorite Album Art, 1960s-1990s
Favorite Album Art, 2000s
Favorite Album Art, 2010s
Favorite Album Art, 2020s
Favorite…
In progress and in tandem with:
Favorite Album Art, 1960s-1990s
Favorite Album Art, 2000s
Favorite Album Art, 2010s
Favorite Album Art, 2020s
Favorite…
| 1. | ...And Oceans - The Regeneration Itinerary |
| 2. | 16 - Curves That Kick |
| 3. | 16 - Blaze Of Incompetence |
| 4. | 16 - Bridges To Burn |
| 5. | 16 - Dream Squasher |
| + 1026 more |
2018 Under My Scope
I'm trying to find as many albums as I can this year, and I'm building the list day after day. It should end as a top list, but now it's under construction and I'm just tracking a couple…
| 1. | Night Verses - From The Gallery Of Sleep |
| 2. | Cauldron - New Gods |
| 3. | Imperial Triumphant - Vile Luxury |
| 4. | Messa - Feast For Water |
| 5. | OddZoo - Future Flesh |
| + 160 more |
50 Favorite Bands
The bands are in that order on purpose, from most to least favorite, but favorite nonetheless. The format is:
band | favourite album by the band | favorite song (or 2) by the band
Last updated on 4 November…
band | favourite album by the band | favorite song (or 2) by the band
Last updated on 4 November…
| 1. | Meshuggah - Nothing |
| 2. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 3. | Immolation - Close To A World Below |
| 4. | Death - Symbolic |
| 5. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| + 45 more |
2018 Album Ranking
| 1. | Amorphis - Queen Of Time |
| 2. | Vermilia - Kätkyt |
| 3. | Sulphur Aeon - The Scythe Of Cosmic Chaos |
| 4. | Zeal & Ardor - Stranger Fruit |
| 5. | Tribulation - Down Below |
| + 198 more |
The Best & Worst Metal Albums Of 2018
The best and the worst albums of 2018 in my opinion.
Few notes:
- covering death metal, goregrind, porngrind, deathgrind, grindcore, thrash metal, black metal, crossover, hardcore, stoner whatever.
Few notes:
- covering death metal, goregrind, porngrind, deathgrind, grindcore, thrash metal, black metal, crossover, hardcore, stoner whatever.
| 1. | Meat Spreader - A Swarm Of Green Flies Over The Rusty Pot |
| 2. | Judas Priest - Firepower |
| 3. | Haemorrhage / Hemdale / Meat Spreader - Fallen In Gore |
| 4. | Hooded Menace - Ossuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed |
| 5. | Cancer - Shadow Gripped |
| + 97 more |
2018's Great Listens: Contenders For The Crown
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. | Aborted - TerrorVision |
| 2. | Aborted - Terrorvision |
| 3. | Agrimonia - Awaken |
| 4. | Alghazanth - Eight Coffin Nails |
| 5. | Alkaloid - Liquid Anatomy |
| + 162 more |
Ace Frawley's Favourite Albums of 2018
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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