(Top 130... won't make it to 200 until early next year... but I don't mind, do you? *sound of crickets* well, ok then, soliloquy over =) )

update: never got to 200, but I'm hoping the 2020's list will - or at least a top 150

1.Devin Townsend - Empath

2.Finsterforst - Zerfall

3.Blut Aus Nord - Hallucinogen

4.Borknagar - True North

5.Insomnium - Heart Like A Grave

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1.Flesh Of The Stars - Mercy

2.Soen - Lotus

3.Cult Of Luna - A Dawn To Fear

4.Frostveil - Ephemeral Visions

5.Thank You Scientist - Terraformer

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My top to bottom list of everything from 2019 I've spent time with and have also purchased either physically or digitally (which is why most of them have high ratings). Releases featured on MS only. Whole number ratings out of 10 and my personal opinions included.

NOTE: I am no longer updating this list. 2019 was a monster year for music but I am onto a 2020 list. You can check it out here: http://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=6056

1.Soen - Lotus

2.Borknagar - True North

3.Alcest - Spiritual Instinct

4.Thank You Scientist - Terraformer

5.Brymir - Wings Of Fire

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My personal picks of 2019, in no particular order (so far).

1.Advent Sorrow - Kali Yuga Crown

2.Numenorean - Adore

3.Mephorash - Shem Ha Mephorash

4.Bewitcher - Under The Witching Cross

5.Vale Of Pnath - Accursed

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Disclaimer:
This list is influenced by my genre preferences. Genres like Melodic death/doom, Post-Metal, Extreme Folk and Progressive.

1.Violet Cold - kOsmik

2.Numenorean - Adore

3.Cân Bardd - The Last Rain

4.Dead To A Dying World - Elegy

5.Downfall Of Gaia - Ethic Of Radical Finitude

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1.Misþyrming - Algleymi

2.Mgła - Age Of Excuse

3.Flotsam And Jetsam - The End Of Chaos

4.Finsterforst - Zerfall

5.Borknagar - True North

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1.Tool - Fear Inoculum

2.Devin Townsend - Empath

3.Mgła - Age Of Excuse

4.Cult Of Luna - A Dawn To Fear

5.Heilung - Futha

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Top picks from 2019 Releases: Attempts made at the top 10 in order as a best of based on how often I found myself listening to the album.

1.Wormwitch - Heaven That Dwells Within

2.Children Of Bodom - Hexed

3.Exhumed - Horror

4.Babymetal - Metal Galaxy

5.Wormwood - Nattarvet

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No stars - Don't know yet
✮✮✮✮✮ - Incredible, possibly Album Of The Year
✮✮✮✮½ - Awesome
✮✮✮✮ - Solid release
✮✮✮½ - Good release
✮✮✮ - Not bad
✮✮½ - Shuffle material (probably boring as an album)
✮✮ - Disappointing

1.Cattle Decapitation - Death Atlas

2.Wachenfeldt - The Interpreter

3.Hath - Of Rot And Ruin

4.In Mourning - Garden Of Storms

5.Ethereal Darkness - Smoke And Shadows

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1.Alcest - Spiritual Instinct

2.Insomnium - Heart Like A Grave

3.Motanka - Motanka

4.Shrezzers - Relationships

5.Saor - Forgotten Paths

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Cos Radu won't leave me alone

1.Bees Made Honey In The Vein Tree - Grandmother

2.Dreadnought - Emergence

3.Methadone Skies - Different Layers Of Fear

4.A Secret Revealed - Sacrifices

5.Cartographs - Wilt & Blossom

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Listing albums that I have listened and liked enough to rank. My tastes skew towards Death/Black Metal which means I probably give most other genres a pass. I also don't bother rating such albums unless they catch my ear.

1.Vader - Thy Messenger

2.Legion Of The Damned - Slaves Of The Shadow Realm

3.Unfathomable Ruination - Enraged & Unbound

4.Embrional - Evil Dead

5.Malevolent Creation - The 13th Beast

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The list is arranged from the most enjoyable album IMO to the less enjoyable.
All items on this list are worth to be listened though...

Legend:
O Listened and arranged (right position, may vary while not all the albums are listened)
< Currently listening
x Not listened
- Unreleased

1.Rotting Christ - The Heretics

2.Eluveitie - Ategnatos

3.Soilwork - Verkligheten

4.Amon Amarth - Berserker

5.Insomnium - Heart Like A Grave

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1.Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind

2.Belzebubs - Pantheon Of The Nightside Gods

3.Grima - Will Of The Primordial

4.Vorna - Sateet Palata Saavat

5.Insomnium - Heart Like A Grave

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1.Cult Of Luna - A Dawn To Fear

2.Wilderun - Veil Of Imagination

3.Swallow The Sun - When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light

4.Saor - Forgotten Paths

5.Alcest - Spiritual Instinct

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