Here's my list of symphonic metal albums from the bands that I know of, this list is defined by the terms of "atmospheric/bombastic sounding". This is my first time of making list on this site, so some of this might not make any sense as I'm still a bit confused myself as well, and I don't really prefer to see these in particular orders.

1.Nightwish - Dark Passion Play

2.Within Temptation - The Silent Force

3.Epica - The Divine Conspiracy

4.Xandria - Neverworld's End

5.Nightwish - Once

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Well, here I put my personal top with which to me have been the best albums of 2015. They are not all they are, but if they all are.

1.Cattle Decapitation - The Anthropocene Extinction

2.Rivers Of Nihil - Monarchy

3.Gorod - A Maze Of Recycled Creeds

4.Hate Eternal - Infernus

5.Scarab - Serpents Of The Nile

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Every album to catch my ear during 2015, rated, with plenty of non-metal for those of you who like to branch out and see what the whole world of music has to offer. Variety'll always be a virtue.

Numerous focused listens needed before rating.
Updates will (hopefully) be constant.

New Update: In order to promote exploration into albums you may not know, I've decided to include "Standout Track" segments for any album which has a track I feel you all MUST listen to. Hopefully these can help hook people with albums they're not familiar with, because chances are they instantaneously hooked me.

1.Death Grips - The Powers That B

2.Leprous - The Congregation

3.Clarence Clarity - No Now

4.Björk - Vulnicura

5.Envy - Atheist's Cornea

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New year - new list. Albums with rating not less than 8.

1.Melechesh - Enki

2.Downfall Of Nur - Umbras De Barbagia

3.Darchon - The Stygian Black Beyond

4.Paradise Lost - The Plague Within

5.Arcturus - Arcturian

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All the albums I've listened to in 2015, from favorite to least favorite, and a small summary.

1.Shape Of Despair - Monotony Fields

2.Swallow The Sun - Songs From The North I, II & III

3.Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase.

4.Leviathan - Scar Sighted

5.Ahab - The Boats Of The Glen Carrig

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Again... I do not aim to be the most extreme or have the quirkiest taste. It's not a massive dump-it-all-here list as I've obviously filtered out those that I doubt I'd revisit later. These albums are what I find aurally pleasing, and for those passing by, I hope you will find something here. Shall be updated periodically. Perhaps I'll have more time to listen to music this year.

1.Chapel Of Disease - The Mysterious Ways Of Repetitive Art

2.Naïve - Altra

3.Kontinuum - Kyrr

4.Thy Catafalque - Sgùrr

5.Enslaved - In Times

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1.Arcane - Known​/​Learned

2.Napalm Death - Apex Predator - Easy Meat

3.Blind Guardian - Beyond The Red Mirror

4.Melechesh - Enki

5.Elder - Lore

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1.Napalm Death - Apex Predator - Easy Meat

2.Periphery - Juggernaut: Alpha & Omega

3.Toundra - IV

4.Marilyn Manson - The Pale Emperor

5.Mechina - Acheron

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Cos by this point it's almost mandatory. I've made a pretty slow start to the year but hopefully I'll start catching up soon enough.

1.A Forest Of Stars - Beware The Sword You Cannot See

2.Maladie - ...Still...

3.Dekadent - Veritas

4.Sylosis - Dormant Heart

5.Marriages - Salome

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1.Acherontas - Ma-Ion (Formulas Of Reptilian Unification)

2.Ghost Bath - Moonlover

3.An Autumn For Crippled Children - The Long Goodbye

4.A Forest Of Stars - Beware The Sword You Cannot See

5.Der Weg Einer Freiheit - Stellar

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1.Fear Factory - Genexus

2.TesseracT - Polaris

3.Riverside - Love, Fear And The Time Machine

4.Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase.

5.Periphery - Juggernaut: Alpha & Omega

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