Our friends at Decibel Magazine have shared their Top 40 Metal Albums of the Year.
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40. Sodom The Arsonist
39. Ossuary Abhorrent Worship
38. Nyredolk Barndommens Hjem
37. Dead Heat Process of Elimination
36. Biohazard Divided We Fall
35. Sanguisugabogg Hideous Aftermath
34. In The Company Of Serpents A Crack In Everything
33. Morbikon Lost Within Astral Crypts
32. Agriculture The Spiritual Sound
31. Wode Uncrossing The Keys
30. Havukruunu Tavastland
29. Shearling Motherfucker, I Am Both: “Amen” and “Hallelujah”
28. Testament Para Bellum
27. Hooded Menace Lachrymose Monuments Of Obscuration
26. Nite Cult Of The Serpent Sun
25. Blut Aus Nord Ethereal Horizons
24. Terror Corpse Ash Eclipses Flesh
23. Coroner Dissonance Theory
22. (16) Guides For The Misguided
21. Species Changeling
20. Blackbraid Blackbraid III
19. Castle Rat The Bestiary
18. Haggus Destination Extinction
17. Volahn Popol Vuh
16. Decrepisy Deific Mourning
15. Eternal Darkness Eternal Darkness
14. Teitanblood From the Visceral Abyss
13. Imperial Triumphant Goldstar
12. One Of Nine Dawn Of The Iron Shadow
11. Tribunal In Penitence And Ruin
Bummer we left the last 10 albums off this list, but you can view the whole list at Decibel.