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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

I've heard some of you aren't really fans of song covers, but I think there are some other members of this site (such as myself) who are tired of hearing the same boring radio pop frappe practically everywhere. So I found a couple YouTube playlists of some of the best metal covers of pop songs. These covers are the best (at least for me) because now you get to hear some of the most popular songs in the world in a genre you really love like metal, and like I said before, NOT the song's original style. The first playlist is for metalheads in the "Epic Side", and the second playlist is for those in the "Island of the Revolution" (metalcore) and the "Rebel Sea" (post-hardcore/screamo):

COVERS (POP to METAL): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdtc350h7ULOz4-56IEfbFWABeMJTzi24

Best metal covers of pop songs: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-eqYqo4XkD8_laSN7ENp6n7qFPOGo0Hk

Metal Academy clan map (if you don't know what I'm talking about when describing the playlists): https://metal.academy/forum/25/thread/25?page=1#topic_1144

If there's a metalized pop song cover you like that isn't in one of the two playlists, please let me know. Enjoy!

Glad you like them! Anthrax and the W.A.S.P. was the main reason I made all this. I was writing a list of songs from popular metal bands as a metal playlist for a movie or something, and the first two bands listed were Anthrax and W.A.S.P. Hence the Metal Cinematic Universe!