Ordered preferentially. Kind of.

I have yet to listen to:

Knaat - Die Lichtung
Feuerseele - Erntezeit
Rhovanion - Land of the Wild

1. Dordeduh - Dar De Duh

2. Butterfly Temple - Дыхание

3. Finsterforst - Rastlos

4. Hel - Das Atmen der Erde

5. Heidevolk - Batavi

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Because I reached the word limit on the previous list, and don't want to lose my quite excellent in-depth descriptions. Those without descriptions are from my other list.

1. Sylosis - Monolith

2. Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

3. In The Silence - A Fair Dream Gone Mad

4. Abigail Williams - Becoming

5. Enslaved - RIITIIR

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While I'm slightly disappointed the world didn't end this year, I thought I'd share my musical tastes from throughout the year by arbitrarily ranking other people's art. When the year began I was really into sludge and stoner but as the year has worn on, it's been the black metal releases which by and large have won my attention and appreciation.

1. Royal Thunder - CVI

2. Ancestors - In Dreams and Time

3. Merrimack - The Acausal Mass

4. Hail Spirit Noir - Pneuma

5. Hidden Orchestra - Archipelago

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2012 running list... my version

1. Sigh - Somniphobia

2. Sutekh Hexen - Larvae

3. Lunar Aurora - Hoagascht

4. Mondstille - Seelenwund

5. Motorpsycho and Ståle Storløkken - The Death Defying Unicorn

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I don't bother myself listing albums with less than 8.

1. Faal - The Clouds Are Burning

2. Bong - Mana-Yood-Sushai

3. Process Of Guilt - Fæmin

4. The Great Old Ones - Al Azif

5. Ahab - The Giant

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1. Xandria - Neverworld's End

2. Moonspell - Alpha Noir/Ómega White

3. The Foreshadowing - Second World

4. The Gathering - Disclosure

5. The Project Hate MCMXCIX - The Cadaverous Retaliation Agenda

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A list, much like my list of good 2011 albums. Ranging from great to good. Will be subject to constant adding, trimming & editing until end of January, 2013. Mostly stuff I've reviewed.

1. Lurk - Lurk

2. Everything Went Black - Cycles Of Light

3. Murder Construct - Results

4. 3 Inches Of Blood - Long Live Heavy Metal

5. Hail Spirit Noir - Pneuma

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My list of favourites and interests for this year ordered roughly in descending order. My new years resolution is to branch out a bit and listen to new and unfamiliar genres, metal and non-metal.

Edit: Anything above about a 7/10 I'll keep here. Now with approximate rating in a .5 scale and ordered according to **replay value** i.e how often I listen to them. AND now with some comments, adding them gradually.

1. Enslaved - RIITIIR

2. Pharaoh - Bury The Light

3. Anglagard - Viljans Öga

4. Overkill - The Electric Age

5. The Foreshadowing - Second World

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One of likely hundreds of these, more for self-enjoyment (or something) above anything, but if it helps someone find a good album/albums they wouldn't've otherwise heard I'll be happy.

1. Sylosis - Monolith

2. Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

3. In The Silence - A Fair Dream Gone Mad

4. Abigail Williams - Becoming

5. Enslaved - RIITIIR

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Personally I find Black Metal to be a very difficult genre to get into, hence the meager length of my list which contains all the albums I've really enjoyed to date, in no order. Recommendations are most welcome, nay required!

Note: Be sure to let me know if any of these aren't actually Black Metal

1. Potentiam - Bálsýn

2. Grabnebelfürsten - Dynastie Oder Wie Man Herrschaft Definert

3. Deathspell Omega - Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice

4. Sigh - Hangman's Hymn- Musikalische Exequien

5. Sigh - Imaginary Sonicscape

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