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I see. As reviewer and stuff, it's quite usual to do for me every year. But as years come by, you always come across albums from previous years, which might be really good. Indeed, you can't never make a 'perfect' yearlist, but it's fun to do though. And sometimes you regret you put a certain album in your list, because it doesn't end up as good after a while.

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I never do a top 10. There are a bunch of new releases I like, but more that I haven't heard, and I don't like putting them in order. If I was to do a list, I suppose it would just be an alphabetical list of all the albums that came out this year that I've enjoyed. 

I never put mine in order either, but it's usually easy enough to narrow a list down to your 10 favorites of the year.

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If anyone cares to mention their favourites so we can all point, stare and generally laugh in their direction then lets do it here.  After me poo pooing (so British it hurts) someone the other day for looking at current/forthcoming releases- may have been Fenmetal? - I actually ran my blog and came up with 10 releases from this year which I am too lazy to re-type so I will blatantly link here:

http://eminentsilence.blogspot.co.uk/

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Nice write-up. I have yet to hear several of those albums. The Krallice album is one of my favorite extreme metal releases that I've heard in a while, and one of the few albums from this year that I expect will stand the test of time for me. Dug the Ad Nauseam album as well, though it's very much following in the footsteps of Ulcerate and Gorguts. I'm kind of surprised you didn't mention Immortal Bird.

I edited mine (04/01/16) to reflect what's stuck around after the honeymoon period. 

Krallice - Ygg Huur

Ad Nauseam - Nihil Quam Vacuitas Ordinatum Est

Voices - London

Cruciamentum - Charnel Passages

Obsequiae - Aria Of Vernal Tombs

Cult Leader - Lightless Walk

Tigran Hamasyan - Mockroot (not metal)

 

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So this is mine. After seeing Mgla performing a few songs from their new album, I decided to give Exercises In Futility some more chances. And well, the album is grown a lot on me during the past few weeks, resulting in a second place.

1. Swallow the Sun – Songs from the North I,II & III

2. Mgla - Exercises in Futilty

3. Der Weg Einer Freiheit – Stellar

4. Wiegedood – De Doden Hebben Het Goed

5. VI – De Praestigiis Angelorum

6. Misthyrming – Söngvar elds og óreiðu

7. Glaciation - Sur Les Falaises de Marbre

8. Acherontas – Ma​-​IoN (Formulaes of Reptilian Unification)

9. Izah – Sistere

10. Akhlys – The Dreaming I

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25 minutes ago, mikefaul said:

I didn't listen to any of those albums. Heard great things about the Bell Witch record, but I haven't been in a funeral doom mood for ages. Not big on doom in general, outside of a few bands I've been into for years.

I merged your thread with this one, but seeing as you had already found it, I got rid of it. I'm curious though, per your other post,  is this your list on your blog, or just one that you found and agreed with? 

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On 19-3-2016 at 3:35 AM, bleakreveries13 said:

Kauan - Sorni Nai

EDIT

Shape of Despair's Monotony Fields was brilliant too, as was Swallow The Sun's Songs From The North.

All three are beautiful, although Swallow the Sun really topped it for me. Releasing three different albums at the same without any weak moment? Damn. Both other albums achieved a honourable mention.

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