I can't believe we're already at the part of the year where we start looking back at our favorite albums of the year, but Decibel Magazine is the first out of the gate. Seeing as though they need to get their print deadlines in, they have already unveiled their top 40.
In past years, there's always the joke about how there are a lot of albums from obscure bands on the list, and I have to say, this is the first year where I've actually heard the majority of the albums. How many of these have you heard?
- 40. Panopticon – “The Scars Of Man On The Once Nameless Wilderness I And II“
- 39. Hate Eternal – “Upon Desolate Sands“
- 38. Cosmic Church – “Tattymys“
- 37. KEN mode – “Loved“
- 36. Monster Magnet – “Mindfucker“
- 35. Wake – “Misery Rites“
- 34. Thou – “Magus“
- 33. Zeal And Ardor – “Stranger Fruit“
- 32. Devouring Star – “The Arteries Of Heresy“
- 31. Corrosion Of Conformity – “No Cross No Crown“
- 30. Sepulcher – “Panoptic Horror“
- 29. Svalbard – “It’s Hard To Have Hope“
- 28. Horrendous – “Idol“
- 27. Abhorrence – “Megalohydrothalassophobic“
- 26. Visigoth – “Conqueror’s Oath“
- 25. Mortuous – “Through Wilderness“
- 24. Portal – “Ion“
- 23. Mournful Congregation – “The Incubus Of Karma“
- 22. Sleep – “The Sciences“
- 21. Funeral Mist – “Hekatomb“
- 20. Outer Heaven – “Realms Of Eternal Decay“
- 19. Varathron – “Patriarchs Of Evil“
- 18. The Atlas Moth – “Coma Noir“
- 17. Tomb Mold – “Manor Of Infinite Forms“
- 16. Satan – “Cruel Magic“
- 15. Chapel Of Disease – “…And As We Have Seen The Storm, We Have Embraced The Eye“
- 14. Deafheaven – “Ordinary Corrupt Human Love“
- 13. Voivod – “The Wake“
- 12. Haunt – “Burst Into Flames“
- 11. At The Gates – “To Drink from the Night Itself“
- 10. Pig Destroyer – “Head Cage“
- 9. Khemmis – “Desolation“
- 8. Immortal – “Northern Chaos Gods“
- 7. Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats, – “Wasteland“
- 6. Skeletonwitch – “Devouring Radiant Light“
- 5. Judas Priest – “Firepower“
- 4. Evoken – “Hypnagogia“
- 3. UADA – “Cult Of A Dying Sun“
- 2. Tribulation – “Down Below“
- 1. YOB – “Our Raw Heart“
