Top 10 2015

TOP 10 of 2015

Albums / Position Vote Count 3rd Quarter Position 2nd Quarter Position 1st Quarter Position Genre
1. Mgła - Exercises in Futility 90 1 - - Black
2. Misþyrming - Söngvar elds og óreiðu 47 2 1 1 Black
3. Elder - Lore 41 6 6 5 Doom / Psych
4. Panopticon - Autumn Eternal 38 - - - Atmospheric Black
5. Leviathan - Scar Sighted 37 4 3 3 Black / Avant
6. Ghost - Meliora 36 5 - - Occult Rock
7. Cattle Decapitation - The Anthropocene Extinction 28 10 - - Death Grind
8. Sulphur Aeon - Gateway to the Antisphere 27 3 2 - Death
9. Macabre Omen - Gods of War - At War 27 12 10 - Pagan Black
10. Abyssal - Antikatastaseis 27 7 38 - Death/Black/Doom
11. Satan - Atom by Atom 25 - - - Traditional
12. Blind Guardian - Beyond the Red Mirror 24 9 4 1 Power
13. Obsequiae - Aria of Vernal Tombs 24 18 13 - Medieval Black
14. Deafheaven - New Bermuda 24 - - - Post Black
15. Enslaved - In Times 22 11 5 2 Progressive Black
16. Cruciamentum - Charnel Passages 22 15 - - Death
17. Melechesh - Enki 21 16 8 7 Black
18. Akhlys - The Dreaming I 19 14 18 - Black
19. Visigoth - The Revenant King 18 13 9 16 Power / Traditional
20. Deathhammer - Evil Power 17 20 26 - Black / Thrash
21. Vastum - Hole Below 17 - - - Death
22. Horrendous - Anareta 16 - - - Death
23. Batushka - Litourgiya 15 - - - Black / Doom
Gloryhammer - Space 1992: Rise of the Chaos Wizards 14 - - - Power
24. A Forest of Stars - Beware the Sword You Cannot See 14 36 16 8 Psychedelic Black
25. Tribulation - Children of the Night 14 19 - - Progressive Black / Death
26. Sarpanitum - Blessed Be My Brothers 14 21 - - Death
27. Revenge - Behold.Total.Rejection 14 - - - Black / Death
28. Bell Witch - Four Phantoms 13 41 14 - Funeral Doom
29. Ahab - The Boats of Glen Carrig 11 19 - - Funeral Doom
30. Enforcer - From Beyond 11 29 17 9 Speed / Heavy
31. Death Karma - The History of Death & Burial Rituals Part 1 11 37 22 10 Black / Death
32. Iron Maiden - Book of Souls 11 8 - - Traditional
33. Uncle Acid - The Night Creeper 11 28 - - Psych / Doom
34. Napalm Death - Apex Predator -- Easy Meat 10 35 19 3 Grind
35. Nile - What Should Not Be Unearthed 10 19 - - Tech Death
36. Vattnet Viskar - Settler 10 28 - - Post Black
37. Cloud Rat - Qliphoth 10 - - - Grindcore
37. Ares Kingdom - The Unburiable Dead 10 - - - Death / Thrash
37. Malokarpatan - Stridžie dni 10 - - - Black
37. Magic Circle - Journey Blind 10 - - - Traditional / Doom
38. Crypt Sermon - Out of the Garden 9 25 23 26 Traditional Doom
39. Archgoat - The Apocalyptic Triumphator 9 43 35 12 Black / Death
40. Ethereal Shroud - They Became Falling Ash 9 38 39 25 DSBM
41. High on Fire - Lumineferous 9 17 7 - Stoner Doom
42. Myrkur - M 9 28 - - Black
43. Paradise Lost - the Plague Within 9 34 - - Gothic
44. Kauan - Sorni Nai 9 - - - Doom / Post Rock
45. Ghost Bath - Moonlover 8 24 11 4 Atmospheric Black
46. Sylosis - Dormant Heart 8 30 41 6 Melodic Death / Thrash
47. Noisem - Blossoming Decay 8 27 40 - Death / Thrash
48. Nechochwen - Heart of Akamon 8 33 - - Black / Folk
49. Kamelot - Haven 7 28 - - Progressive / Power
50. Pissgrave - Suicide Euphoria 8 23 - - Death
51. Ensiferum - One Man Army 7 44 34 20 Folk / Power
52. Midnight Odyssey - Shards of Silver Fade 7 51 33 - Black / Ambient
53. Lluvia - Eternidad solemne 7 40 - - Black
53. Amorphis - Under A Red Cloud 7 40 - - Progressive / Melodic Death
53. Between the Buried and Me - Coma Ecliptic 7 40 - - Progressive
54. Downfall of Nur - Umbras de Barbagia 7 47 - - Black
55. Division Speed - Division Speed 7 - - - Thrash
55. Intronaut - The Direction of Last Things 7 - - - Progressive Sludge / Rock
55. Yellow Eyes - Sick with Bloom 7 - - - Atmospheric Black
55. Triumvir Foul - Triumvir Foul 7 - - - Death
56. Drudkh - A Furrow Cut Short 6 26 20 - Black / Pagan
57. Caedes Cruenta - Ερείπια ψυχών (2014) 6 45 28 - Black
58. Wilderun - Sleep at the Edge of the Earth 6 39 44 - Folk / Black
59. Сивый Яр (Sivyj Yar) - Burial Shrouds 6 40 - - Pagan Black
60. Khemmis - Absolution 6 52 - - Stoner Sludge
61.Genocide Shrines - Manipura Imperial Deathevokovil 6 - - - Black / Death
62. Hooded Menace - Darkness Drips Forth 6 - - - Death / Doom
63. Judicator - At the Expense of Humanity 5 31 42 - Power
64. Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful 5 47 - - Symphonic / Power
65. Bosse-De-Nage - All Fours 5 49 27 - Post Black
66. Perdition Temple - The Tempter's Victorious 5 42 - - Black / Death
67. Black Fast - Terms of Surrender 5 - - - Progressive Thrash
67. Destruktor - Opprobrium 5 - - - Black / Death
67. Peste Noire - La Chaise Dyable 5 42 - - Black / Avant
67. Slugdge - Dim & Slimeridden Kingdoms 5 - - - Blackened Death
67. Sigh - Graveward 5 - - - Black / Avant
67. Unrest - Grindcore 5 - - - Grindcore
67. Scythian - Hubris in Excelsis 5 - - - Death / Thrash

Not Listed are the 130 unique albums that did not recive 5 or more votes. They will be posted later.

Mod Lists

/u/severedfragile

  • Mastery - Valis
  • Cloud Rat - Qliphoth
  • Seeds In Barren Fields - Let The Earth Be Silent After Ye
  • Death Karma - The History Of Death & Burial Rituals part I
  • Mgła - Exercises in Futility
  • Vastum - Hole Below [
  • Awe - Providentia
  • Batushka - Litourgiya
  • Imperial Triumphant - Abyssal Gods
  • Sarpanitum – Blessed Be My Brothers…

EPs/Demos

  • Fell Ruin - Devices
  • Slægt - Beautiful and Damned
  • JØTNARR - Burn and Bury
  • Hybrid Nightmares - The First/Second/Third/Fourth Age
  • GraveCoven - Coughing Blood Demo
  • Human Improvement Process - Enemies of the Sun
  • Blood Incantation - Interdimensional Extinction

/u/deathofthesun

  • Megiddo - The Holocaust Messiah
  • Witchcross - Crypt of the Undead
  • Under the Church - Rabid Armageddon
  • Sacral Rage - Illusions in Infinite Void
  • Terminus - The Reaper's Spiral
  • Caedes Cruenta - Ερείπια ψυχών
  • Ares Kingdom - The Unburiable Dead
  • Cruciamentum - Charnel Passages
  • Macabre Omen - Gods of War - At War
  • Malokarpatan - Stridžie Dni

Honorable mentions: Scythian, Gouge, Aktor, Gnosis, Hooded Menace, Katavasia, The Spirit Cabinet, Satan, Mgła, Witchtrap, Nightmare (COL), Black Trip, Vigilance, Demon Eye, Valkyrie, Skeletal Remains

EPs/splits/demos/etc.:

  • Ithaqua - Initiation to Obscure Mysteries
  • Teuton - Promo/Full On Power/whatever-the-fuck-they're-calling-it
  • Autopsy - Skullgrinder
  • Tentation - s/t
  • Wormridden - Festering Glorification
  • Vorum - Current Mouth
  • Terminal - Satanski Naročila/Črna Smrt
  • Satan's Hallow - The Horror/Satan's Hallow
  • Infant Death - Funeral Massacre
  • Harbinger/Zuul - split

/u/ne7split

  • Mgła - Exercises in Futility
  • Revenge - Behold.Total.Rejection
  • Ares Kingdom - The Unburiable Dead
  • Malokarpatan - Stridžie Dni
  • Downfall of Nur - Umbras de Barbagia
  • Vastum - Hole Below
  • Hooded Menace - Darkness Drips Forth
  • Leviathan - Scar Sighted
  • Сивый Яр - Burial Shrouds
  • Ahab - The Boats of the Glen Carrig

/u/kaptain_carbon

Honarable mentions go to a big majority of the top 10 list since I probally listened to most of it and enjoyed it. Mgla, Sulphur Aeon, Leviathan, Cruciamentum, Nocternity, Lluvia, Ghost, and Misþyrming was played frequently. My top 10 is based on the albums I reviewed for the Tape Wyrm 15.

  • Awe - Provendetia
  • Triumvir Foul – Triumvir Foul
  • Shroud of the Heretic - Unorthodox Equilibrium
  • Ur Draugr - With Hunger Dying
  • Creeping – Revenant
  • Wederganger – Halfvergaan Ontwaakt
  • Ecferus – Prehistory
  • Utstøtt - Hjørungavågr
  • Genevieve - Escapism
  • Alucarda - Raw Howls

Eps & Demos

  • Venefixion – Defixio
  • Funeste – MMXV
  • Horns Of Domination – Demo 2015
  • Veiled – Omniscient Veil
  • Blood Incantation – Interdimensional Extinction
  • Kutná Hora – Assign the Rebels
  • Lubbert Das – Deluge
  • Possession – 1585-1646
  • Luminous Vault – Communion
  • Sunsunmoon - Pagans in Medieval times

Notes

I will be updating this all day on Saturday. I will be away from a computer on Sunday and will not update the list until Sunday night. Voting will close on Monday morning.

Shreddit Demo / EP / Split After Party

On Monday December 28th we will be holding a similar vote for best demo/EP/Split of 2015. I know there will be considerably less participation there BUT there will be cocaine.

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