Yearlist 2015:

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Wolves In The Throne Room
Live at the Bell House 9.12.11
Score: 10/10
 
Selvans
Lupercalia
Score: 10/10
 
Mgła - Exercises in Futility
Score: 10/10
I always thought Mgła were good, but they were lacking a certain something to be truly excellent. Now they found this certain something I still cannot describe what it is, but it is excellent. Yes, most useless review ever.
 
Secrets Of The Moon
Sun
Score: 10/10
 
Midnight Odyssey
Shards of Silver Fade
Score: 10/10
 
My Dying Bride - Feel the Misery
Score: 10/10
No surprise to anyone familiar with Lost Souls Domain to see My Dying Bride here. I have been a massive fan since 1992 and have followed them ever since. And even though their latest album cannot be compared to their earlier work, it is still a solid release, especially the first few tracks.
 
Kalmankantaja / Vardan
Split
Score: 10/10
 
Monolithe - Epsilon Aurigae
Score: 10/10
Solid, heavy, dark and slow. Monolithe always delivers dark and depressive funeral doom with enough speed ups to keep things interesting. Unlike previous releases this album actually has a title and 3 separate tracks, but otherwise it's the same crushing doom.
 
Hermóðr / Is
When the Frost Has Stopped the Time

Score: 10/10
 
Hermóðr / Kalmankantaja
Split

Score: 10/10
 
Zuriaake
Guyan

Score: 10/10
 
Melechesh - Enki
Score: 10/10
Melechesh can perfectly blend middle eastern melodies with blasting death metal, and this album is especially successful at blasting you away. Looks like the new drummer set out to prove he could live up to Proscriptor and Xul, and he succeeds amazingly. Best release since Djinn.
 
Fortíð - 9
Score: 9.5/10
I guess you can't really review Fortíðs style of technical riffs and mixed black and clean vocals without referencing Enslaved. But unlike them, Fortíð finds the perfect equilibrium of technique, atmosphere and aggression to captivate the listener for the duration of the full album.
 
Satyricon - Live At The Opera
Score: 9.5/10
I'm a big fan of Satyricon, of good live albums, and of blending black metal with classical music. So it's hard to mess up the combination of the three. The orchestra never overpowers or changes the original Satyricon compositions too much, but instead is the perfect addition. Of course it would have been better if there were more older songs but that's just an old metal head complaint.
 
Ennui - Falsvs Anno Domini
Score: 9.5/10
Ennui was my big discovery last year, and the proof that good music can really come from anywhere in the world: The tiny country of Georgia is not exactly known for its flourishing metal scene. Their latest release blows away most of the more well-established bands in the funeral doom scene though.
 
Kampfar - Profan
Score: 9.5/10
Kampfar is quickly turning into my guilty pleasure band. Each release it seems they go further away from the grim+trve black metal and closer to a sing+drink along kind of metal. But I love to sing along to them. Although not out loud. That would be weird.
 
Nocternity
Harps of the Ancient Temples
Score: 9.5/10
 
Rotting Christ - Lucifer Over Athens
Score: 9.5/10
Nothing like a good live album to remind you the more-than-25-years spanning discography of an awesome band like Rotting Christ. Everything is covered: Their cult sound of the early nineties, their what-were-they-thinking period late nineties and their excellent comeback afterwards.
 
Les Chants De Nihil - Armor
Score: 9.5/10
Les Chants De Nihil is a reasonably new addition to the French black metal scene. Rich in atmosphere like many of their country mates, but for some reason only one of the few who actually sing in their native language. I think this does add a cool factor, except it does sometimes remind me of Julien Doré in Pop Redemption.
 
Himinbjorg
Wyrd
Score: 9.5/10
 
21Drudkh
Borozna Obirvalasja (A Furrow Cut Short)
Score: 9.5/10
 
Aethernaeum
Naturmystik
Score: 9.5/10
22
 
23Shallow Rivers
The Leaden Ghost
Score: 9.5/10
 
Downfall Of Nur
Umbras de Barbagia
Score: 9.5/10
24
 
25Anomalie
Refugium
Score: 9.5/10
 
Vreid
Sólverv
Score: 9.5/10
26
 
27Forgotten Tomb
Hurt Yourself and the Ones You Love

Score: 9/10
 
Wolfheart
Shadow World
Score: 9/10
28
 
29Havukruunu
Havulinnaan
Score: 9/10
 
Swallow The Sun
Songs from the North I, II & III
Score: 9/10
30
 
31Der Weg Einer Freiheit
Stellar
Score: 9/10
 
Graveworm
Ascending Hate

Score: 9/10
32
 
33Celtachor
Nuada of the Silver Arm
Score: 9/10
 
Regarde Les Hommes Tomber
Exile
Score: 9/10
34
 
35Chapel Of Disease
The Mysterious Ways Of Repetitive Art
Score: 9/10
 
Wederganger
Halfvergaan Ontwaakt
Score: 9/10
36
 
37Shape Of Despair
Monotony Fields
Score: 9/10
 
Graveyard Of Souls
Infinitum Nihil
Score: 9/10
38
 
39Zgard
Totem

Score: 9/10
 
Imperious
Tales Of Woe - The Journey Of Odysseus - Part I: From Ilion To Hades
Score: 9/10
40
 
41Cradle Of Filth
Hammer of the Witches

Score: 9/10
 
Wallachia
Live At Dark Bombastic Evening VI 2015 (digital)
Score: 9/10
42
 
43Mesarthim
Isolate

Score: 9/10
 
Akhlys
The Dreaming I
Score: 9/10
44
 
45Doomed
Wrath Monolith
Score: 9/10
 
Macabre Omen
Gods of War - At War
Score: 8.5/10
46
 
47A Forest Of Stars
Beware the Sword You Cannot See
Score: 8.5/10
 
Panopticon
Autumn Eternal
Score: 8.5/10
48
 
49Morgoth
Ungod

Score: 8.5/10
 
Ne Obliviscaris
Hiraeth
Score: 8.5/10
50
 
51Osculum Infame
Axis of Blood
Score: 8.5/10
 
Thulcandra
Ascension Lost
Score: 8.5/10
52
 
53Wilderun
Sleep at the Edge of the Earth
Score: 8.5/10
 
Helrunar
Niederkunfft

Score: 8.5/10
54
 
55Thormesis
Freier Wille - Freier Geist
Score: 8.5/10
 
Kalmankantaja / Worthless Lament
Split

Score: 8.5/10
56
 
57Lacrimosa
Hoffnung

Score: 8.5/10
 
Borgne
Règne des Morts
Score: 8.5/10
58
 
59Eïs
Bannstein

Score: 8.5/10
 
Kali Yuga
Kali Yuga
Score: 8.5/10
60
 
61The Arcane Order
Cult of None
Score: 8.5/10
 
Wolves Den
Deus Vult
Score: 8.5/10
62
 
63Deafheaven
New Bermuda
Score: 8.5/10
 
Morast
Demo
Score: 8.5/10
64
 
65Kroda
Ginnungagap Ginnungagaldr Ginnungakaos
Score: 8.5/10
 
Ixion
Enfant de la Nuit
Score: 8.5/10
66
 
67Hiisi
Suden Hetki
Score: 8.5/10
 
Eye Of Solitude / Faal
Split
Score: 8/10
68
 
69Keep Of Kalessin
Epistemology
Score: 8/10
 
Negură Bunget
Tău

Score: 8/10
70
 
71Shining
IX - Everyone, Everything, Everywhere, Ends

Score: 8/10
 
Svartelder
Askebundet
Score: 8/10
72
 
73Kalmankantaja
Metsänkulkija

Score: 8/10
 
Is
When the Frost Has Brought the Silence (digital)
Score: 8/10
74
 
75Misþyrming
Söngvar Elds Og Óreiðu
Score: 8/10
 
Various
Split CD
Score: 8/10
76
 
77Matalobos
Matalobos (demo)
Score: 8/10
 
Reinhardt
Novella (digital)
Score: 8/10
78
 
79Odious
Skin Age
Score: 8/10
 
Sulphur Aeon
Gateway to the Antisphere
Score: 8/10
80
 
81Fluisteraars
Luwte
Score: 8/10
 
Black Breath
Slaves Beyond Death
Score: 8/10
82
 
83Amestigon
Thier
Score: 8/10
 
Aosoth / Order Of Orias
Split
Score: 8/10
84
 
85Tribulation
The Children Of The Night

Score: 8/10
 
Verjnuarmu
1808
Score: 8/10
86
 
87Kalmankantaja / V-Khaoz
Split

Score: 8/10
 
Devathorn
Vritra
Score: 7.5/10
88
 
89Wallachia
Carpathia Symphonia (digital)
Score: 7.5/10
 
Rivers Of Nihil
Monarchy
Score: 7.5/10
90
 
91Månegarm
Månegarm
Score: 7.5/10
 
Hermóðr
What Once Was Beautiful

Score: 7.5/10
92
 
93Draconian
Sovran
Score: 7.5/10
 
Death Temple
Dominion Of The Night
Score: 7.5/10
94
 
95Hermóðr
The Scent of Autumn (digital)
Score: 7.5/10
 
Heimdalls Wacht
Ut de graute olle Tied (Deel Twee) - Land der Nebel
Score: 7.5/10
96
 
97Old Forest
Dagian
Score: 7.5/10
 
Hooded Menace
Darkness Drips Forth
Score: 7.5/10
98
 
99Various
Of Poison and Grief - Four Litanies for the Deceased
Score: 7.5/10
 
High On Fire
Luminiferous
Score: 7.5/10
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