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 2023: Black Medium (A Year Behind Being) Current

My favourite album of 2023 was found in 2024. A little late to the party, but 12 selections I feel are worth your time.

1.Dødheimsgard - Black Medium Current
2.Valdrin - Throne Of The Lunar Soul
3.Enslaved - Heimdal
4.Sulphur Aeon - Seven Crowns And Seven Seals
5.Wayfarer - American Gothic

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Created by Chobo_jokeR on 16.06.2024



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 2024: A Cut Above (The Throat Of God)

A year behind as I managed to not get around to a 2023 list (so far). With a new Ulcerate album out I couldn’t not do one this year. Caught them live for the second time in November 2023. Aiming to catch…

1.Ulcerate - Cutting The Throat Of God
2.Replicant - Infinite Mortality
3.Whoredom Rife - Den Vrede Makt
4.Hail Spirit Noir - Fossil Gardens
5.Dvne - Voidkind

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Created by Chobo_jokeR on 09.06.2024



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 Black Metal: The Expansion Pack

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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Created by Chobo_jokeR on 30.12.2022



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 2022: The Plague, War And You

Looks like we get to go around the sun for another year. So far...not off to a great start, but may as well continue this decade of garbage with another list. As always, recommendations welcome.

1.Arizmenda - Spiders Lust In The Dungeon’s Dust
2.Djevel - Naa Skrider Natten Sort
3.Imperial Triumphant - Spirit Of Ecstasy
4.Artificial Brain - Artificial Brain
5.Negative Plane - The Pact

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Created by Chobo_jokeR on 04.04.2022



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 2020+1 or: how I learned to stop worrying and love avant-garde black

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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Created by Chobo_jokeR on 29.05.2021



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 JokeR's Top Hunnid From 2010 - 2019

To commemorate the top 100 albums of 2010 - 2019 I thought I would follow suit and make a list of my own. This has been a very challenging task to say the least. As I reflected on the releases from the…

1.Ulcerate - The Destroyers Of All
2.Esoteric - A Pyrrhic Existence
3.Un - Sentiment
4.Mournful Congregation - The Incubus Of Karma
5.Ulcerate - Shrines Of Paralysis

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Created by Chobo_jokeR on 17.05.2020



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 2020 - Stare Into Social Distancing And Be Still

The best of 2020 - reduced down to 25, which was no easy feat. This is still somewhat a work in progress, but far closer to a finished product.

1.Ulcerate - Stare Into Death And Be Still
2.Enslaved - Utgard
3.Of Feather And Bone - Sulfuric Disintegration
4.Vassafor - To The Death
5.〇 - Entity

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Created by Chobo_jokeR on 23.04.2020



2018: A Sentiment-al Year

A little behind, but looking back on 2018 there were some absolute gems. Limited to my top 10.

1.Un - Sentiment
2.Mournful Congregation - The Incubus Of Karma
3.Infernal Coil - Within A World Forgotten
4.Svartidauði - Revelations Of The Red Sword
5.Tomb Mold - Manor Of Infinite Forms

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Created by Chobo_jokeR on 19.07.2019



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 2019

It may have been a slow start to 2019, but May and June have started to kick things into high gear. I recently decided to start collecting vinyl, which has lead me to start a list. It's been a couple…

1.Esoteric - A Pyrrhic Existence
2.Haunter - Sacramental Death Qualia
3.Schammasch - Hearts Of No Light
4.Blood Incantation - Hidden History Of The Human Race
5.Cult Of Luna - A Dawn To Fear

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Created by Chobo_jokeR on 12.06.2019



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 2016: Accounting For The Top Releases

Last year I was a little late to the party...busy studying for a professional exam and all. This year I thought I would try and stay on top of a list and hopefully follow it through to the end. I'm…

1.Asphalt Graves - The New Primitive
2.Vektor - Terminal Redux
3.Grave Miasma - Endless Pilgrimage
4.Lycus - Chasms
5.Glorior Belli - Sundown (The Flock That Welcomes)

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Created by Chobo_jokeR on 29.02.2016



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 2015: The List That Made Happy

Pardon the awful title, I thought it was funny and a play on Ahab's "The Thing That Made Search", but hey, not every joke is a winner.

Here is my list for the Top albums of 2015. No grading…

1.Ahab - The Boats Of The Glen Carrig
2.Coheed and Cambria - The Color Before The Sun
3.Enslaved - In Times
4.Leprous - The Congregation
5.Cattle Decapitation - The Anthropocene Extinction

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Created by Chobo_jokeR on 08.09.2015



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 Chobo's Choices For Top 25 Favourite Albums

Here is a list of my favourite albums of all time (that are on Metalstorm). I have limited it to one album per band. The albums are ordered in alphabetical order. The list is subject to change over time,…

1.Agalloch - The Mantle
2.Ahab - The Divinity Of Oceans
3.Amon Amarth - Versus The World
4.Cult Of Luna - Somewhere Along The Highway
5.Death - Symbolic

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Created by Chobo_jokeR on 13.10.2014



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 2014: From Professor JokeR's Perspective

I'll start off by saying that I wasn't planning on doing a list so early on in the year, but I've come across numerous albums that I'd like to share with people who enjoy my lists (or…

1.Beyond Creation - Earthborn Evolution
2.Artificial Brain - Labyrinth Constellation
3.Ophis - Abhorrence In Opulence
4.Ghost Brigade - IV - One With The Storm
5.Infestus - The Reflecting Void

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Created by Chobo_jokeR on 08.02.2014



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 Bringing It All Together: 2013

2013 has come and gone. I just wanted to share some of my favourite albums from the year, as there have been several strong albums that have creeped into my favourite albums. If you enjoyed my "Crushing?"…

1.Ulcerate - Vermis
2.Station Dysthymia - Overhead, Without Any Fuss, The Stars Were Going Out
3.Woebegone Obscured - Marrow Of Dreams
4.Rivers Of Nihil - The Conscious Seed Of Light
5.Castevet - Obsian

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Created by Chobo_jokeR on 24.12.2013



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 Crushing (Not For The Faint Of Heart)

A little list of albums that have been kicking my ass as of late. Some albums on this list may appear to be "odd" choices, but "crushing" in this context does not necessarily mean heavy.

1.Esoteric - The Pernicious Enigma
2.Ahab - The Divinity Of Oceans
3.Agalloch - The Mantle
4.Warning - Watching From A Distance
5.Ulcerate - The Destroyers Of All

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Created by Chobo_jokeR on 03.02.2012