1.Alcest - Kodama

2.Amon Amarth - Jomsviking

3.Be'lakor - Vessels

4.Dark Tranquillity - Atoma

5.Darkthrone - Arctic Thunder

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Scoring copied from Sword_Chant:

✮✮✮✮✮ - Incredible, possibly Album Of The Year
✮✮✮✮½ - Awesome
✮✮✮✮ - Solid release
✮✮✮½ - Good release
✮✮✮ - Not bad
✮✮ - Disappointing
✮ - Bad / very bad

1.Be'lakor - Vessels

2.Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika

3.Borknagar - Winter Thrice

4.Ihsahn - Arktis.

5.Fleshgod Apocalypse - King

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1.Fleshgod Apocalypse - King

2.Cult Of Luna - Mariner [Collaboration]

3.Anciients - Voice Of The Void

4.Devin Townsend - Transcendence

5.Dark Tranquillity - Atoma

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Most wanted albums to get right here and now. Ranked from Most to More liked +++.

1.Thy Catafalque - Meta

2.Cult Of Luna - Mariner [Collaboration]

3.Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika

4.Oranssi Pazuzu - Värähtelijä

5.Crippled Black Phoenix - Bronze

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1.Vektor - Terminal Redux

2.Be'lakor - Vessels

3.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

4.Virvum - Illuminate

5.Thy Catafalque - Meta

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Just another random guy's list of their favorite albums of the year. If it isn't on the list, either I haven't listened to it yet or just don't like it.

1.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

2.Sabaton - The Last Stand

3.Opeth - Sorceress

4.Devin Townsend - Transcendence

5.Avenged Sevenfold - The Stage

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1.Epica - The Holographic Principle

2.Asphyx - Incoming Death

3.Devin Townsend - Transcendence

4.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

5.Opeth - Still Life

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Very late starting on this one, been rather unable to keep up with releases over the summer so will try to catch up on as many cool releases as possible in the last couple of months of the year. Be prepared for pithy reviews

1.Ortega - Sacred States

2.Riverside - Eye Of The Soundscape

3.Oathbreaker - Rheia

4.Devin Townsend - Transcendence

5.Allegaeon - Proponent For Sentience

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1.Fleshgod Apocalypse - King

2.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

3.Orbit Culture - Rasen

4.Mechina - Progenitor

5.Crematory - Monument

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1.Epica - The Holographic Principle

2.Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika

3.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

4.Delain - Moonbathers

5.Be'lakor - Vessels

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My Favorite Albums Of The Year \m/

1.Onmyo-Za - 迦陵頻伽

2.Dream Theater - The Astonishing

3.Epica - The Holographic Principle

4.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

5.Opeth - Sorceress

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This list is my own personal favorite albums of all-time, which will more than likely differ from the opinions of others. I'm only doing 1 album per band, otherwise this would be "My Personal Top 10 Dream Theater Albums". This list could be updated in the event that an incredibly good album is released in the future.

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

2.Gojira - From Mars To Sirius

3.Opeth - Blackwater Park

4.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

5.Agalloch - The Mantle

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1.Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika

2.Kawir - Πάτερ 'Ηλιε Μήτερ Σελάνα

3.Scum - Garden of Shadows

4.Thy Catafalque - Meta

5.Forteresse - Thèmes Pour La Rébellion

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1.Cult Of Luna - Mariner [Collaboration]

2.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

3.Trees Of Eternity - Hour Of The Nightingale

4.Ihsahn - Arktis.

5.Haken - Affinity

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1.Meshuggah - The Violent Sleep Of Reason

2.Schammasch - Triangle

3.Oranssi Pazuzu - Värähtelijä

4.Bethlehem - Bethlehem

5.Ulcerate - Shrines Of Paralysis

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