1.Galneryus - Beyond The End Of Despair...

2.Galneryus - Angel Of Salvation

3.Galneryus - Advance To The Fall

4.Galneryus - Reincarnation

5.Galneryus - Resurrection

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1.Shadowquest - Armoured IV Pain

2.Powerwolf - Blessed & Possessed

3.Battle Beast - Unholy Savior

4.Cain's Offering - Stormcrow

5.Guardians Of Time - Rage And Fire

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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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1.Acid Drinkers - Amazing Atomic Activity

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Just the best albums of 2015.

1.Tribulation - The Children Of The Night

2.Vastum - Hole Below

3.Black Breath - Slaves Beyond Death

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

5.Cruciamentum - Charnel Passages

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1.Anthrax - For All Kings

2.Fleshgod Apocalypse - King

3.Cauldron - In Ruin

4.Abbath - Abbath

5.Metallica - Hardwired... To Self-Destruct

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mostly prog metal, some black n prog rock, n related genres updated 26.2.16

1.23-Infinity - XXIII-8

2.Abbath - Abbath

3.Abounding - Residual (ep)

4.Abysee - I Am The Wolf

5.Abyssic - A Winter's Tale

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All albums of 2016 I've listened to, ordered from the best to the worst.

1.The Foreshadowing - Seven Heads, Ten Horns

2.Heavenwood - The Tarot Of The Bohemians

3.Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika

4.Borknagar - Winter Thrice

5.Novembre - URSA

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One of source of entertainment in the couple of months since I've joined MS has been watching albums careen up and down the 2015 top 20. I thought it might be interesting to compile a list of every album that shows up on the 2016 top 20 list at any point during the year (modulo how often I'm actually able to observe the list) along with some statistics. Ranking on this list is ordered by peak rank, then last date at that rank, then end of year rank.

1.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

2.Trees Of Eternity - Hour Of The Nightingale

3.Aenaon - Hypnosophy

4.Dark Tranquillity - Atoma

5.Anaal Nathrakh - The Whole Of The Law

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Welcome to my 2016 list. Most of you are aware how lists on MS work :- If the album appears at the top it's amazing (imo) and highly recommend you give it a listen... if it's featured at the bottom then I probably don't like it. If you have any recommendations for albums, feel free to leave a message in the comments section!!

1.Whispered - Metsutan - Songs Of The Void

2.Mesarthim - Pillars

3.Equilibrium - Armageddon

4.Omnium Gatherum - Grey Heavens

5.Twilight Force - Heroes Of Mighty Magic

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Essentially a sequel to my 2015 Rituals list, assuming I take the time to keep up with it this time.

Here are the albums from this year, metal or otherwise, that've most taken me on those deep, immersive journeys through the murky waters of the subconscious, plunging me "into the zone" through minimalist composition, spacey, trance-inducing atmospheres, and more. I'm focused primarily on drone, ambient, and psychedelia here, but not necessarily limited to those categories. If it feels meditative, ritualistic, and/or relaxing, it has the potential to be included.

1.Trench Devils - The Signal

2.Nonsun - Black Snow Desert

3.Atom Made Earth - Morning Glory

4.Serpent Dream - Serpent Dream

5.Manunkind - Manunkind

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1.Megadeth - Dystopia

2.Vektor - Terminal Redux

3.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

4.Dark Tranquillity - Atoma

5.Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika

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My top3: Lost Soul, Infernal War and Unleashed.
Biggest surprise: Benighted with their live kick ass album!
Also find a band called Angelus Apatrida and their latest release 'Hidden Evolution' as for me the best Trash Metal last year!
I know i have added Dark Funeral even if this is a single but to me those where the best 2 Black Metal tracks i have heard in 2015 alongside to Infernal War - 'Axiom ', hoping for a massive album this year!
Anyway this is my top 20 !

1.Lost Soul - Atlantis: The New Beginning

2.Infernal War - Axiom

3.Unleashed - Dawn Of The Nine

4.Angelus Apatrida - Hidden Evolution

5.Benighted - Brutalive The Sick

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