1. Persefone - Spiritual Migration

2. Amorphis - Circle

3. Nero Di Marte - Nero Di Marte

4. Riverside - Shrine Of New Generation Slaves

5. The Ocean - Pelagial

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Because I reached the word limit on the previous list, and don't want to lose my quite excellent in-depth descriptions. Those without descriptions are from my other list.

1. Sylosis - Monolith

2. Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

3. In The Silence - A Fair Dream Gone Mad

4. Abigail Williams - Becoming

5. Enslaved - RIITIIR

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One of likely hundreds of these, more for self-enjoyment (or something) above anything, but if it helps someone find a good album/albums they wouldn't've otherwise heard I'll be happy.

1. Sylosis - Monolith

2. Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

3. In The Silence - A Fair Dream Gone Mad

4. Abigail Williams - Becoming

5. Enslaved - RIITIIR

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Purely subjective list based on personal preferences for the year, unrelated to mass opinion of an album or a band's abilities (e.g. Trivium, Oranssi Pazuzu) - many albums lined up to listen to so will increase in size. Also, not entirely in order, middle order mainly just an approximation.

1. Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth

2. Protest The Hero - Scurrilous

3. Infestus - E x I s t

4. Amorphis - The Beginning Of Times

5. Ouroboros - Glorification Of A Myth

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1. Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

2. Blind Guardian - A Night At The Opera

3. Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond

4. Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

5. Blind Guardian - A Twist In The Myth

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Moves up and down depending on mood, but top 25-30 usually the same in varying order

1. Sylosis - Conclusion Of An Age

2. Machine Head - The Blackening

3. Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory

4. Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth

5. In Flames - The Jester Race

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