Actually getting onto this year relatively early, let's see what it's got in store for us all.

1.Weedpecker - III

2.Amorphis - Queen Of Time

3.Slugdge - Esoteric Malacology

4.Rolo Tomassi - Time Will Die And Love Will Bury It

5.Aviations - The Light Years

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Another installation of famous robpal's HIGH ENERGY list! This time for the year of 2018.
Here are the rules.

No rating=haven't heard yet/not enough spins

★★★★★ - Masterpiece!
★★★★½ - Excellent!
★★★★☆ - Great!
★★★½☆ - Very Good!
★★★☆☆ - Enjoyable!
★★½☆☆ - OK, Nothing Special
★★☆☆☆ - Mediocre
★½☆☆☆ - Poor

1.Odin's Court - Turtles All The Way Down Volume II

2.Kayak - Seventeen

3.White Wizzard - Infernal Overdrive

4.Corrosion Of Conformity - No Cross No Crown

5.Perfect Beings - Vier

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All the 2018 albums I listened to this year. Just like last year I always added the specific genre/subgenre so you can get an idea what might be of interest to you.

1.Sunnata - Outlands

2.Crescent - The Order Of Amenti

3.IAH - ll

4.Rivers Of Nihil - Where Owls Know My Name

5.Riverside - Wasteland

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Kamelot albums put in order of preference. Fourth Legacy will always be their best album to me and the first 2 are definitely the weakest...

1.Kamelot - The Fourth Legacy

2.Kamelot - Karma

3.Kamelot - The Black Halo

4.Kamelot - Silverthorn

5.Kamelot - Haven

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1.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

2.Disforia - The Age Of Ether

3.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

4.Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything

5.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud

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1.Angra - ØMNI

2.Barren Earth - A Complex Of Cages

3.Between The Buried And Me - Automata I

4.Borealis - The Offering

5.In Vain - Currents

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**DISCLAIMER: This list is based on my own opinion and musical taste, and should not be taken otherwise.
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Self-explainatory list that's used mostly for personal reminders of upcoming releases.
Your recommandations & suggestions are welcome! :-)
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I think it won't be a surprise if I say that my favorite album of 2018 was:
AMORPHIS - Queen Of Time !!!

1.Riverside - Wasteland

2.Conception - My Dark Symphony

3.Amorphis - Queen Of Time

4.Lunatic Soul - Under The Fragmented Sky

5.Skálmöld - Sorgir

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Heavy Metal as a way of life. From Spain with love and hate.

1.Necrophobic - Mark Of The Necrogram

2.Khemmis - Desolation

3.Dead Shape Figure - Cacoëthes

4.Amorphis - Queen Of Time

5.Powerwolf - The Sacrament Of Sin

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My personal favorite albums of 2018.

List will be updated weekly.

1.Judas Priest - Firepower

2.Deströyer 666 - Call Of The Wild [EP]

3.Avslut - Deceptis

4.Mad Hatter - Mad Hatter

5.Necrophobic - Mark Of The Necrogram

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1.Amorphis - Queen Of Time

2.Vermilia - Kätkyt

3.Sulphur Aeon - The Scythe Of Cosmic Chaos

4.Zeal & Ardor - Stranger Fruit

5.Tribulation - Down Below

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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.Kamelot - Epica

2.Kamelot - Ghost Opera

3.Kamelot - The Shadow Theory

4.Kamelot - Haven

5.Kamelot - The Black Halo

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1.Kamelot - The Shadow Theory

2.Amorphis - Queen Of Time

3.Lords Of Black - Icons Of The New Days

4.Judas Priest - Firepower

5.Seventh Wonder - Tiara

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Kamelot albums ranked and top picks from each album.

1.Kamelot - Epica

2.Kamelot - The Fourth Legacy

3.Kamelot - The Black Halo

4.Kamelot - Karma

5.Kamelot - Siége Perilous

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Yet another annual top 10.. well more like top25 list. I am sure I missed something, and that I would change something depending on the mood, but it is what it is.

1.Primordial - Exile Amongst The Ruins

2.Vermilia - Kätkyt

3.Amorphis - Queen Of Time

4.Thy Catafalque - Geometria

5.Cruachan - Nine Years Of Blood

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