Just an organized list of my favorite albums of the year, in order of most liked, onward.

How I rate albums has little to do with the order of this list. Obviously, I'm not going to give an album a low rating and include it (anything I rate below an "8" gets left out), but there's a sense of semblance, regardless. Also, just because I give a rating of 8+ doesn't mean I will include it. An album can be good and also be something I don't care to listen to more than a few times.

1.Insomnium - Shadows Of The Dying Sun

2.The Great Old Ones - Tekeli-Li

3.Primordial - Where Greater Men Have Fallen

4.Ne Obliviscaris - Citadel

5.Mastodon - Once More 'Round The Sun

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Same as every year, my list of 2014 albums I listen and care to give a rating to.

1.Bloodbath - Grand Morbid Funeral

2.Los Random - Pidanoma

3.The Atlas Moth - The Old Believer

4.Giant Squid - Minoans

5.Behemoth - The Satanist

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These are MY Top 250 Albums that are featured on Metal Storm in chronological order to celebrate 50 Years of Metal.

Some bands are featured on this list with more than one album, which means that they are perticulary amazing to me.

I listen to a wide spectrum of metal genres, which is why I tried to keep it diverse and not focus on one genre.

1.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

2.Deep Purple - In Rock

3.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV

4.Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards

5.Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies

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Grind is alive

1.Anaal Nathrakh - Vanitas

2.Wormrot - Dirge

3.Trap Them - Darker Handcraft

4.Weekend Nachos - Worthless

5.Rompeprop - Gargle Cummics

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1.Fallujah - The Flesh Prevails

2.Dark Fortress - Venereal Dawn

3.Winterfylleth - The Divination Of Antiquity

4.Agalloch - The Serpent & The Sphere

5.The Contortionist - Language

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Every year, hundreds of albums are written and released for people to buy and hopefully not steal. I spend most of my free time searching far and wide for new music, most of which only very few people know about. This list will contain all the albums released this year that I listened to, and what I thought of it. The rating system is as follows:
Based = Awesome, Perfect
Chill = Solid, Substantial
Dope = Good-not-great, Something I'll only listen to if I'm bored
Retarded = Mediocre, Unremarkable
Mindfucked = Complete waste of time
Also, there will be albums that aren't metal that will appear here, just cause.

1.1349 - Massive Cauldron Of Chaos

2.Abigor - Leytmotif Luzifer - The 7 Temptations Of Man

3.Aborted - The Necrotic Manifesto

4.Aenaon - Extance

5.Agalloch - The Serpent & The Sphere

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So now it's routine.

1.Ne Obliviscaris - Citadel

2.Nightingale - Retribution

3.Primordial - Where Greater Men Have Fallen

4.Ghost Brigade - IV - One With The Storm

5.Boris - Noise

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1.Behemoth - The Satanist

2.Anaal Nathrakh - Desideratum

3.Lvcifyre - Svn Eater

4.Triptykon - Melana Chasmata

5.Cannibal Corpse - A Skeletal Domain

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1.Ghost Brigade - IV - One With The Storm

2.Empyrium - The Turn Of The Tides

3.Insomnium - Shadows Of The Dying Sun

4.Ne Obliviscaris - Citadel

5.In Flames - Siren Charms

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Great year, especially when it comes to melodic stuff. So glad that At the Gates and Empyrium delivered something solid. Even happier that Vanhelga really has become a "Lifelover 2", only darker. Although I am dissapointed that Deathstars didn't release a #1 album.

1.Vanhelga - Längtan

2.Harakiri For The Sky - Aokigahara

3.Twilight Force - Tales Of Ancient Prophecies

4.Duskmourn - Legends

5.Saor - Aura

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1.Behemoth - The Satanist

2.Sólstafir - Ótta

3.Mastodon - Once More 'Round The Sun

4.Babymetal - Babymetal

5.Slugdge - Gastronomicon

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1.Machine Head - Bloodstone & Diamonds

2.Insomnium - Shadows Of The Dying Sun

3.Behemoth - The Satanist

4.More Than A Thousand - Vol.5 Lost At Home

5.Ne Obliviscaris - Citadel

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1.Triptykon - Melana Chasmata

2.Behemoth - The Satanist

3.Sabaton - Heroes

4.Winterfylleth - The Divination Of Antiquity

5.Primordial - Where Greater Men Have Fallen

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1.Septicflesh - Titan

2.Tengger Cavalry - Ancient Call

3.Avatar - Hail The Apocalypse

4.Allegaeon - Elements Of The Infinite

5.Devin Townsend - Z²

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1.Behemoth - The Satanist

2.Slipknot - .5: The Gray Chapter

3.Mors Principium Est - Dawn Of The 5th Era

4.Anaal Nathrakh - Desideratum

5.Monuments - The Amanuensis

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