Overall Best Of 2019 Lists

Daniel
Daniel
The Fallen The Horde The North The Pit
First Post December 21, 2019 09:03 AM
Post #1643

Post your overall top 10 lists for 2019 here regardless of clan.

Sonny
Sonny
The Fallen The Horde The North The Pit
December 21, 2019 10:53 AM
Post #1647

As  a massive fan of doom metal, my list is heavily weighted towards releases from The Fallen.

Here it is anyway:

#1 Esoteric - A Pyrrhic Existence

#2 Inter Arma - Sulphur English

#3 Epitaphe - I

#4 Waste of Space Orchestra - Syntheosis

#5 Witches of God - Into the Heart of Darkness

#6 Gorge - Land Bridge

#7 Totengott - The Abyss

#8 False - Portent

#9 Slow - VI-Dantalion

#10 Werian - Animist

#11 Lord Vicar - The Black Powder

#12 Mayhem - Daemon

#13 Saor - Forgotten Paths

#14 Departure Chandelier - Antichrist Rise to Power

#15 Ataraxie - Résignés

#16 The Red Widows - Fuzzifixion

#17 Coffins - Beyond the Circular Demise

#18 Blood Incantation  - Hidden History of the Human Race

#19 Spirit Adrift - Divided by Darkness

#20 Palmistry - Behold!

#21 Neige et noirceur - Interstellar Enigmatic Throne

#22 Violet Cold - kOsmik

#23 Angel Witch - Angel of Light

#24 Vastum - Orificial Purge

#25 Smoulder - Times of Obscene Evil and Wild Daring

Sorry, I couldn't stick to a mere top ten in such a great year for metal releases as this!

Ben
Ben
The Fallen The Horde The North The Pit
December 21, 2019 11:13 AM
Post #1650

I'm determined to listen to enough new metal in 2020 to be able to contribute a list like this.

The new Esoteric is indeed amazing Sonny92!

Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
Shadowdoom9 (Andi)
The Gateway The Infinite The Revolution The Sphere
December 21, 2019 12:41 PM
Post #1652

My top 5 best of 2019 (don't have enough for a top 10):

#5: In Flames - I, the Mask

#4: Oh Sleeper - Bloodied/Unbowed

#3: Betraying the Martyrs - Rapture

#2: Born of Osiris - The Simulation

#1: DragonForce - Extreme Power Metal (from my small epic metal comeback)

Xephyr
Xephyr
The Guardians The Infinite The North
December 23, 2019 05:38 PM
Post #1677

I listened to about 260 albums from 2019 so expect many more releases in the Clan specific top 10's. 2019 was such a fantastic year for new metal in all sub-genres.

1. Inter Arma – Sulphur English

2. Devin Townsend – Empath 

3. Wilderun – Veil of Imagination 

4. Avantasia – Moonglow

5. Cult of Luna – A Dawn to Fear

6. Funereal Presence – Achatius

7. Twilight Force – Dawn of the Dragonstar

8. Runemagick – Into Into Desolate Realms

9. Weeping Sores – False Confession

10. Blood Incantation – Hidden History of the Human Race