1.Shylmagoghnar - Transience

2.Ostura - The Room

3.The Ocean - Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic

4.Rivers Of Nihil - Where Owls Know My Name

5.Orphaned Land - Unsung Prophets & Dead Messiahs

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Good year but a lack of more awesome stuff compared to the decade.

1.Tribulation - Down Below

2.Amorphis - Queen Of Time

3.Suotana - Land Of The Ending Time

4.Necrophobic - Mark Of The Necrogram

5.Vanhelga - Fredagsmys

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1.Ghost - Prequelle

2.Orphaned Land - Unsung Prophets & Dead Messiahs

3.Judas Priest - Firepower

4.TesseracT - Sonder

5.Haken - Vector

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1.The Ocean - Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic

2.Ihsahn - Àmr

3.Riverside - Wasteland

4.Bloodbath - The Arrow Of Satan Is Drawn

5.Haken - Vector

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Listened and liked in 2018

1.Einherjer - Norrøne Spor

2.Psycroptic - As The Kingdom Drowns

3.The Ocean - Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic

4.Haken - Vector

5.Bloodbath - The Arrow Of Satan Is Drawn

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Since this is technically not a ranking, I've made this list alphabetical. These albums are all ones I am considering for Top 50 of the year and are worth your time.

1.Aboleth - Benthos

2.Aborted - TerrorVision

3.Æpoch - Awakening Inception

4.Agrimonia - Awaken

5.Alghazanth - Eight Coffin Nails

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Autumn 2018 releases to check ... ordered by release date

1.Clutch - Book Of Bad Decisions

2.Kingcrow - The Persistence

3.Deicide - Overtures Of Blasphemy

4.Voivod - The Wake

5.A Forest Of Stars - Grave Mounds And Grave Mistakes

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These are my favourite albums from the year 2018, ranked in order from my most favourite at number 1 to my least favourite.

1.Rivers Of Nihil - Where Owls Know My Name

2.Haken - Vector

3.Alice In Chains - Rainier Fog

4.TesseracT - Sonder

5.Khemmis - Desolation

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My Favorite Albums Of The Year \m/

1.Onmyo-Za - 覇道明王

2.Judas Priest - Firepower

3.Powerwolf - The Sacrament Of Sin

4.Michael Romeo - War Of The Worlds, Pt. 1

5.Orphaned Land - Unsung Prophets & Dead Messiahs

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1.Night Verses - From The Gallery Of Sleep

2.Amorphis - Queen Of Time

3.Rivers Of Nihil - Where Owls Know My Name

4.Oceans Of Slumber - The Banished Heart

5.Architects - Holy Hell

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My personal favorite anticipated studio albums of 2018

1.Primordial - Exile Amongst The Ruins

2.Shylmagoghnar - Transience

3.Wolfheart - Constellation Of The Black Light

4.Metal Allegiance - Volume II: Power Drunk Majesty

5.Harakiri For The Sky - Arson

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