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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These are my top 100 favorite new releases of 2022

Genre stats:
Black: 22
Death: 18
Doom: 15
Stoner: 9
Sludge: 8
Heavy: 7
Post: 5
Thrash: 5
Prog / Avant-garde: 4
Alternative: 2
Gothic: 1
Folk:…

1.Lune - Hymns To The Lunar Realm

2.Famyne - II: The Ground Below

3.Umbra Conscientia - Nigredine Mundi

4.Angrrsth - W Czeluść

5.Devil Master - Ecstasies Of Never Ending Night

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1.Verberis - Adumbration Of The Veiled Logos

2.Blut Aus Nord - Disharmonium - Undreamable Abysses

3.Deathspell Omega - The Long Defeat

4.Dysgnostic - Scar Echoes

5.Artificial Brain - Artificial Brain

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What seems the most important albums for me in chronological order.
I wish I could carry the list year after year to see how my tastes changed and new findings.
I can help but notice that old albums immediately…

1.Frank Zappa - Freak Out

2.The Who - Tommy

3.Frank Zappa - Uncle Meat

4.Frank Zappa - Hot Rats

5.King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King

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Limited only to the albums I rate higher than 7.
Suggestions are extremely welcomed.

1.Theologian - Nonextant

2.She Spread Sorrow - Hunters

3.Choir - Songs For A Tarnished World

4.Five The Hierophant - Through Aureate Void

5.Fragment King - Retreat

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Here are albums (ordered by subgenre) that I want to listen to, but haven't yet.
For some albums, I've heard one or two songs, but not the entire album. Therefore, these albums still await…

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2.God Is An Astronaut - All Is Violent, All Is Bright

3.Fórn - The Departure Of Consciousness

4.Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing

5.Spiritual Beggars - Ad Astra

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Some of the best metal albums ever released have been by bands that only had one full length release.
List is (and probably always will be) a constant work-in-progress.
If you know of a "one-and-done"…

1.Weakling - Dead As Dreams

2.Caladan Brood - Echoes Of Battle

3.Lykathea Aflame - Elvenefris

4.Timeghoul - 1992-1994 Discography

5.Thorns - Thorns

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My favourite EPs -- well, not that many after all, I am just not too much into EPs in general.
But these few would probably qualify as my favourite ones of all time, listed in order of preference.

1.Slayer - Haunting The Chapel

2.Mercyful Fate - Mercyful Fate

3.Anathema - The Crestfallen EP

4.My Dying Bride - The Manuscript

5.Savatage - The Dungeons Are Calling

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A couple of years ago I was still at the point where the IPA Gods had not bestowed the appreciation of that type of beer upon me. Then. One fateful night in Denver, CO I had a Voodoo Ranger and it changed…

1.Mortiferum - Preserved In Torment

2.Ustalost - Before The Glinting Spell Unvests

3.Krallice - Demonic Wealth

4.The Temple (NZL) - The Temple

5.Worm - Foreverglade

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All write-in votes from Metal Storm Awards 2020…

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3.Amaranthe - Manifest

4.Avatar - Hunter Gatherer

5.El Lobo En Tu Puerta - Santana Bendita

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I don't think these are necessarily the best 30 albums of this year, but they're the ones that have I guess endured in my psyche and inspiried revisits more than most others. I was tempted to…

1.Psychonaut - Unfold The God Man

2.Elder - Omens

3.Enslaved - Utgard

4.Regarde Les Hommes Tomber - Ascension

5.Pure Reason Revolution - Eupnea

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This list is meant to be an extensive, but by no means exhaustive, collection of the greatest (modern) metal albums and eps. Running the gamut from avant-garde to trve norweigan black metal. *As someone…

1.Aara - En Ergô Einai

2.Aarni - Bathos

3.Aaskereia - Dort, Wo Das Alte Böse Ruht

4.Aastraal - Tuba mirum spargens sonum per sepulcra regionum, coget omnes ante thronum

5.AATHMA - Avesta

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Descriptions will probably be added/edited a few times as I always write this stuff pretty quickly and sometimes can't find the right words to describe somehting so abstract as music. A lot of my…

1.Gnaw Their Tongues - L'Arrivée De La Terne Mort Triomphante

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3.Murmuüre - Murmuüre

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5.The Meads Of Asphodel - The Murder Of Jesus The Jew

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This is a work in progress. Not official until around January 1, 2020. Most of these albums were listened to in August as I lost interest during March. I did not really listen to anything between then…

1.Pensées Nocturnes - Grand Guignol Orchestra

2.Inculter - Fatal Visions

3.Ossuarium - Living Tomb

4.Anti-Hero - Rolling Thunder

5.Suffering Hour - Dwell

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Self explanatory. Favorite covers by metal bands of both metal and nonmetal songs. Had been wanting to do this for a while.

Alphabetical order by band. No limit to how many covers per band, as some bands…

1.Blut Aus Nord - Mighty Trust Krusher (Godflesh cover)

2.Candlemass - Don't Fear The Reaper (Blue Oyster Cult cover)

3.Church Of Misery - Cities On Flame With Rock And Roll (Blue Oyster Cult cover)

4.Crowhurst - Oops I Did It Again (Britney Spears cover)

5.Emperor - A Fine Day To Die (Bathory cover)

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