The ship of Theseus is a thought experiment that goes along the lines of a ship whose wooden parts are replaced one by one until all of its original parts have been replaced. The question is then raised…

1.Quiet Riot - Road Rage

2.Napalm Death - Harmony Corruption

3.In Flames - Sounds Of A Playground Fading

4.Stratovarius - Nemesis

5.Immortal - Northern Chaos Gods

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1.Misþyrming - Algleymi

2.Cult Of Luna - A Dawn To Fear

3.Sinmara - Hvísl Stjarnanna

4.Fleshgod Apocalypse - Veleno

5.Insomnium - Heart Like A Grave

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1.Soen - Lotus

2.Ningen Isu - 新青年

3.Candlemass - The Door To Doom

4.Fleshgod Apocalypse - Veleno

5.Russian Circles - Blood Year

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The best of 2019…

1.Disillusion - The Liberation

2.Soen - Lotus

3.Cult Of Luna - A Dawn To Fear

4.Waste Of Space Orchestra - Syntheosis

5.Lacrimas Profundere - Bleeding The Stars

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(Top 130... won't make it to 200 until early next year... but I don't mind, do you? *sound of crickets* well, ok then, soliloquy over =) )

update: never got to 200, but I'm hoping the 2020's…

1.Devin Townsend - Empath

2.Finsterforst - Zerfall

3.Blut Aus Nord - Hallucinogen

4.Borknagar - True North

5.Insomnium - Heart Like A Grave

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1.Wormwood - Nattarvet

2.Insomnium - Heart Like A Grave

3.Swallow The Sun - When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light

4.Soen - Lotus

5.Brutus (Belgium Band) - Nest

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1.Soen - Lotus

2.Fleshgod Apocalypse - Veleno

3.Devin Townsend - Empath

4.Possessed - Revelations Of Oblivion

5.Deathspell Omega - The Furnaces Of Palingenesia

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1.Rotting Christ - The Heretics

2.Avantasia - Moonglow

3.Eluveitie - Ategnatos

4.Insomnium - Heart Like A Grave

5.Beast In Black - From Hell With Love

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1.Rammstein - Rammstein

2.Korn - The Nothing

3.Spirits Of Fire - Spirits Of Fire

4.Death Angel - Humanicide

5.Suicidal Angels - Years Of Aggression

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1.Evergrey - The Atlantic

2.Soen - Lotus

3.Soilwork - Verkligheten

4.Swallow The Sun - When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light

5.Beast In Black - From Hell With Love

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1.Swallow The Sun - When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light

2.Soilwork - Verkligheten

3.Flotsam And Jetsam - The End Of Chaos

4.Evergrey - The Atlantic

5.Nailed To Obscurity - Black Frost

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1.Soen - Lotus

2.Tool - Fear Inoculum

3.Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind

4.Whitechapel - The Valley

5.Soilwork - Verkligheten

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These are my favourite albums from the year 2019, ranked in order from my most favourite at number 1 to my least favourite.

1.Periphery - Periphery IV: Hail Stan

2.Alcest - Spiritual Instinct

3.Tool - Fear Inoculum

4.Cult Of Luna - A Dawn To Fear

5.Schammasch - Hearts Of No Light

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1.Born Of Osiris - The Simulation

2.Soilwork - Verkligheten

3.Swallow The Sun - When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light

4.Dust Bolt - Trapped In Chaos

5.Malevolent Creation - The 13th Beast

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Top picks from 2019 Releases: Attempts made at the top 10 in order as a best of based on how often I found myself listening to the album.

1.Wormwitch - Heaven That Dwells Within

2.Children Of Bodom - Hexed

3.Exhumed - Horror

4.Babymetal - Metal Galaxy

5.Wormwood - Nattarvet

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