1.Abyssus - Into The Abyss

2.Acephalix - Decreation

3.Ascended Dead - Abhorrent Manifestation

4.Auroch - From Forgotten Worlds

5.Auroch - Taman Shud

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1.Desolate Shrine - The Heart Of The Netherworld

2.Marduk - Frontschwein

3.Gruesome - Savage Land

4.Mgła - Exercises In Futility

5.Sulphur Aeon - Gateway To The Antisphere

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Updated 10/4/18

1.Ad Nauseam - Nihil Quam Vacuitas Ordinatum Est

2.Putridity - Ignominious Atonement

3.Iniquitous Savagery - Subversions Of The Psyche

4.VI - De Praestgiis Angelorum

5.Heaving Earth - Denouncing The Holy Throne

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1.Tribulation - The Children Of The Night

2.Slayer - Repentless

3.Leprous - The Congregation

4.Unleashed - Dawn Of The Nine

5.Kauan - Sorni Nai

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In order(from best to worst)

1.Moonspell - Extinct

2.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud

3.Paradise Lost - The Plague Within

4.Raise Hell - Written In Blood

5.Ensiferum - One Man Army

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I will update soon.

1.Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase.

2.Subterranean Masquerade - The Great Bazaar

3.Deafheaven - New Bermuda

4.Leprous - The Congregation

5.Native Construct - Quiet World

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Words are for dummies. So are arbitrary lists. This is the crap I played a lot and liked a lot. My tastes are shit.

1.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud

2.Nylithia - Hyperthrash

3.Beaten To Death - Unplugged

4.Cain's Offering - Stormcrow

5.Glaciation - Sur Les Falaises De Marbre

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Honestly if you expect something different in this list from the other 2015 lists,you will be very disappointed... Honestly,the only reason I'm doing this is because I want to keep record of my favorites from this year should this topic ever come up.
Anyway,great year for black metal,not that great for anything that is not black metal

1.Leviathan - Scar Sighted

2.Myrkur - M

3.Lamb Of God - VII: Sturm Und Drang

4.Dekadent - Veritas

5.Ghost Bath - Moonlover

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Just a list of the albums I have picked up so far this year. I will update the list throughout the year as I pick up more. Some may be pre-orders.

1.Napalm Death - Apex Predator - Easy Meat

2.Marduk - Frontschwein

3.Ensiferum - One Man Army

4.Marilyn Manson - The Pale Emperor

5.Enslaved - In Times

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