1.Dimmu Borgir - Eonian

2.Pestilence - Hadeon

3.Mantar - The Modern Art Of Setting Ablaze

4.Amorphis - Queen Of Time

5.Obscura - Diluvium

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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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1.Slugdge - Esoteric Malacology

2.Yob - Our Raw Heart

3.Obscura - Diluvium

4.Innumerable Forms - Punishment In Flesh

5.Hooded Menace - Ossuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed

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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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1.Hate Eternal - Upon Desolate Sands

2.Bloodbath - The Arrow Of Satan Is Drawn

3.Pestilence - Hadeon

4.Monstrosity - The Passage Of Existence

5.De Profundis - The Blinding Light Of Faith

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1.Beyond Creation - Algorythm

2.Rivers Of Nihil - Where Owls Know My Name

3.Slugdge - Esoteric Malacology

4.Obscura - Diluvium

5.The Ocean - Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic

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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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