1.Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind

2.Belzebubs - Pantheon Of The Nightside Gods

3.Grima - Will Of The Primordial

4.Vorna - Sateet Palata Saavat

5.Insomnium - Heart Like A Grave

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Another year, year of the pipe?
New record from new albums, many were old bands I knew before, some I found by my self, some thanks to Radu and Old Nick.
1 to 17 is in some how in order as I think was…

1.Grand Magus - Wolf God

2.Idle Hands - Mana

3.Amon Amarth - Berserker

4.Sun Of The Sleepless - Sun Of The Sleepless & Cavernous Gate

5.Running Wild - Crossing The Blades

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Here is a list of all the bands who received at least one write-in vote during MSA 2019.

Following the annoucement of the results, this information is lost, I post it here so you can continue to explore…

1.Babymetal - Metal Galaxy

2.Cave In - Final Transmission

3.Mother Of Millions - Artifacts

4.Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind

5.Soen - Lotus

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These are the albums I paid attention to or that stayed with me this year, got repeated listens. I did not mean to make a list here on MS but as I was doing lists elsewhere, I thought I'd combine…

1.Klone - Le Grand Voyage

2.Arch/Matheos - Winter Ethereal

3.Ray Alder - What The Water Wants

4.Retrospective - Latent Avidity

5.Goblin - The Devil Is Back

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My favorite progressive metal albums (derived/mixed genres included). Lot of stuff still missing here since I have a terrible memory I think everything here is at least 8,5/10.

Please, feel free to…

1.Dream Theater - Awake

2.Dream Theater - Images And Words

3.Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory

4.Dream Theater - Train Of Thought

5.Redemption - Snowfall On Judgment Day

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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.Soilwork - Verkligheten

2.Mono - Nowhere Now Here

3.Evergrey - The Atlantic

4.Neal Morse - The Great Adventure

5.Soen - Lotus

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**DISCLAIMER: The following list is based on my own opinions and musical diversity, and should not be taken as Metalstorm's input on any artist/record/band whatsoever.
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1.Leprous - Pitfalls

2.Insomnium - Heart Like A Grave

3.Devin Townsend - Empath

4.Týr - Hel

5.The Dark Element - Songs The Night Sings

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1.HammerFall - Dominion

2.Children Of Bodom - Hexed

3.Idle Hands - Mana

4.Magic Kingdom - Metalmighty

5.Frozen Crown - Crowned In Frost

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1.Death Angel - Humanicide

2.Acid Reign - The Age Of Entitlement

3.Aeon Zen - INVERITAS

4.Allegaeon - Apoptosis

5.Alter Bridge - Walk The Sky

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1.Gloryhammer - Legends From Beyond The Galactic Terrorvortex

2.Twilight Force - Dawn Of The Dragonstar

3.Turilli / Lione Rhapsody - Zero Gravity (Rebirth And Evolution)

4.Galneryus - Into The Purgatory

5.Wind Rose - Wintersaga

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1.Insomnium - Heart Like A Grave

2.Idle Hands - Mana

3.Darkwater - Human

4.Soilwork - Verkligheten

5.Wind Rose - Wintersaga

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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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This list contains my 16 favourite albums of the year 🤘

FUN FACT:
Went to my second Tenacious D concert this year, they played Post-Apocalypto in it's entirety.
This has become one of my favorite…

1.Soen - Lotus

2.Dream Theater - Distance Over Time

3.Eluveitie - Ategnatos

4.Cellar Darling - The Spell

5.Opeth - In Cauda Venenum

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1.Devin Townsend - Empath

2.Dream Theater - Distance Over Time

3.Turilli / Lione Rhapsody - Zero Gravity (Rebirth And Evolution)

4.Periphery - Periphery IV: Hail Stan

5.Avantasia - Moonglow

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