Lists by nikarg
Old Nick's Top-23 Of 2023
My favourite and most played albums of 2023. Any of the first four could have ended up taking my #1 spot, but, in the end, it had to be Heavy Load's Riders Of The Ancient Storm due to the countless…
| 1. | Heavy Load - Riders Of The Ancient Storm |
| 2. | Sermon - Of Golden Verse |
| 3. | Dødheimsgard - Black Medium Current |
| 4. | Avenged Sevenfold - Life Is But A Dream... |
| 5. | Horizon's End - The Great Destroyer |
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Old Nick's Top-24 Of 2024
These are my favourite and most played albums of 2024. It was almost impossible to choose between Invincible Shield and Echoes Of Light for #1, so I went with my favourite band of all time, releasing one…
| 1. | Judas Priest - Invincible Shield |
| 2. | Chapel Of Disease - Echoes Of Light |
| 3. | Ponte Del Diavolo - Fire Blades From The Tomb |
| 4. | Marche Funèbre - After The Storm |
| 5. | Orgone - Pleroma |
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Old Nick's Top-30 Of 2018
These are the 30 albums I listened to the most in 2018. I haven't paid much attention to the albums' order. It's been a pretty good year for metal, just like every year; if you are willing…
| 1. | Et Moriemur - Epigrammata |
| 2. | Judas Priest - Firepower |
| 3. | Varathron - Patriarchs Of Evil |
| 4. | Dee Snider - For The Love Of Metal |
| 5. | Chapel Of Disease - ...And As We Have Seen The Storm, We Have Embraced The Eye |
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Old Nick's Top-101 Of The '10s
One band, one album in alphabetical order. No EPs, demos, etc.
Favourite album: Mgła - With Hearts Toward None
Favourite song: Schammasch - "Above The Stars Of God"
Favourite album: Mgła - With Hearts Toward None
Favourite song: Schammasch - "Above The Stars Of God"
| 1. | 1914 - The Blind Leading The Blind |
| 2. | Abbath - Abbath |
| 3. | Accept - Blood Of The Nations |
| 4. | Aenaon - Hypnosophy |
| 5. | Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit |
| + 96 more |
Old Nick's Top-20 Of 2021
My best and most played stuff from 2021. The order of preference is as accurate as it can be.
Best EP: Melancholia - Static Church.
Best demo: Mace ‘N’ Chain - Upon The Anvil Formed.
Best video: Iron…
Best EP: Melancholia - Static Church.
Best demo: Mace ‘N’ Chain - Upon The Anvil Formed.
Best video: Iron…
| 1. | Soen - Imperial |
| 2. | Ethereal Shroud - Trisagion |
| 3. | Unto Others - Strength |
| 4. | Lake Of Tears - Ominous |
| 5. | Lucifer's Fall - III - From The Deep |
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Old Nick's Top-30 Of 2020
The title is pretty much self explanatory. This is the list of albums released in 2020 that I listened to the most in the past year. The first five are in strict order of preference, the rest are a bit…
| 1. | Anaal Nathrakh - Endarkenment |
| 2. | Psychotic Waltz - The God-Shaped Void |
| 3. | Sweven - The Eternal Resonance |
| 4. | Hail Spirit Noir - Eden In Reverse |
| 5. | Dool - Summerland |
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Old Nick's Top-22 Of 2022
The albums released in 2022 that I listened to the most.
Best EP: Bergfried - Romantik I
Best demo: Roots Of The Old Oak - Blot
Best video: Judicator - “The High Priestess”
Best album artwork: Might -…
Best EP: Bergfried - Romantik I
Best demo: Roots Of The Old Oak - Blot
Best video: Judicator - “The High Priestess”
Best album artwork: Might -…
| 1. | Darkest Era - Wither On The Vine |
| 2. | Messa - Close |
| 3. | Fer De Lance - The Hyperborean |
| 4. | Satan - Earth Infernal |
| 5. | Iron Griffin - Storm Of Magic |
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Old Nick's Top-20 Of 2017
This is my Top-20 list of the albums I listened to obsessively this year. Apart from #1 the rest are in no particular order. Feel free to comment.
Other albums that I enjoyed a lot, but didn't make…
Other albums that I enjoyed a lot, but didn't make…
| 1. | Wormwood - Ghostlands - Wounds From A Bleeding Earth |
| 2. | Venenum - Trance Of Death |
| 3. | Sun Of The Sleepless - To The Elements |
| 4. | Paradise Lost - Medusa |
| 5. | Kreator - Gods Of Violence |
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Old Nick's Top-25 Of 2025
These are the albums from 2025 that kept me the best company.
Best EP: Rattlesnakes - Deeper Shades Of Torment
Best demo: Graven Cross - Prognostic
Best split: Malauriu / Sinoath - Scuru / Symphony…
Best EP: Rattlesnakes - Deeper Shades Of Torment
Best demo: Graven Cross - Prognostic
Best split: Malauriu / Sinoath - Scuru / Symphony…
| 1. | Arrows - Yearning Arrows; Cloven Suns |
| 2. | Hexvessel - Nocturne |
| 3. | Völur - Breathless Spirit [Collaboration] |
| 4. | Messa - The Spin |
| 5. | Opia - I Welcome Thee, Eternal Sleep |
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Old Nick's Top-30 Of 2019
This is the list of albums I had on heavy rotation during 2019. If an album was very good but way too long or demanding to listen to it more than twice, you won't see it here (e.g. Esoteric). I have…
| 1. | Atlantean Kodex - The Course Of Empire |
| 2. | Idle Hands - Mana |
| 3. | Diamond Head - The Coffin Train |
| 4. | Flotsam And Jetsam - The End Of Chaos |
| 5. | Numenorean - Adore |
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