1.Avantasia - Ghostlights

2.Iced Earth - Incorruptible

3.Kamelot - The Shadow Theory

4.Soilwork - The Ride Majestic

5.Jorn Lande & Trond Holter - Dracula: Swing Of Death

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1.Kauan - Sorni Nai

2.Wilderun - Sleep At The Edge Of The Earth

3.Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase.

4.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud

5.Dødheimsgard - A Umbra Omega

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Must Listen: The First 2

1.Soilwork - The Ride Majestic

2.Jorn Lande & Trond Holter - Dracula: Swing Of Death

3.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud

4.Kamelot - Haven

5.Civil War - Gods And Generals

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I began this decade in my final year of high school, in the early phases of my metal journey (Mastodon, Machine Head, Dream Theater, Pantera and Avenged Sevenfold were still recent discoveries). One Masters degree and one PhD later, I'm now a tax-paying Londonian, and have ploughed through what must be comfortably over 2000 new releases during the previous ten years. To commemorate the end of a turbulent decade, I've put together a list of the albums that have stuck with me throughout this decade - I wouldn't consider this to be a 'best albums' list, as there have been some truly ingenious works released in more avant-garde territories, but ultimately these are the albums that have ended up dominating my listening habits, or otherwise making a sufficient impression to make this list.

1.Sylosis - Monolith

2.Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth

3.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud

4.Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

5.Cult Of Luna - Vertikal

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I doubt that anybody cares but, this is everything I listened to from 2015 in order of my enjoyment. Any and all hate is welcome!

1.Blind Guardian - Beyond The Red Mirror

2.Iron Maiden - The Book Of Souls

3.Cain's Offering - Stormcrow

4.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud

5.Kamelot - Haven

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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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Complete with all reviews this year. Added the last review. Except for some really laaaate surprise, this year should be over.

Apologies for possible grammar error and for some repetitive leitmotiv.

Non MetalStorm band links:

Aurum Solis: http://frozenlightlabel.bandcamp.com/album/--9
Basarabian Hills: http://basarabianhills.bandcamp.com

1.Irreversible Mechanism - Infinite Fields

2.Ethereal Shroud - They Became The Falling Ash

3.Basarabian Hills - Enveloped In The Velvet Cloak Of Midnight

4.Nord Frost - Solstitium

5.Mgła - Exercises In Futility

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1.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud

2.Moonspell - Extinct

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

4.Angra - Secret Garden

5.The Gentle Storm - The Diary

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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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These are my favourite albums from the year 2015, ranked in order from my most favourite at number 1 to my least favourite.

1.Intronaut - The Direction Of Last Things

2.Between The Buried And Me - Coma Ecliptic

3.Paradise Lost - The Plague Within

4.Tribulation - The Children Of The Night

5.Melechesh - Enki

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Been a bit slow checking releases around the halfway point of the year, but should get back into it soon and hopefully flesh out this list.

1.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud

2.Horrendous - Anareta

3.Slugdge - Dim & Slimeridden Kingdoms

4.Teramaze - Her Halo

5.Regarde Les Hommes Tomber - Exile

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1.Leprous - The Congregation

2.Enslaved - In Times

3.Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase.

4.Chelsea Wolfe - Abyss

5.Mgła - Exercises In Futility

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1.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud

2.Avatarium - The Girl With The Raven Mask

3.Ghost - Meliora

4.Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful

5.Jess And The Ancient Ones - Second Psychedelic Coming: The Aquarius Tapes

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1.Soilwork - The Ride Majestic

2.Leaves' Eyes - King Of Kings

3.Between The Buried And Me - Coma Ecliptic

4.Cradle Of Filth - Hammer Of The Witches

5.Breaking Benjamin - Dark Before Dawn

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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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