1. Gorgoroth - Quantos Possunt ad Satanitatem Trahunt
2. Funeral Mist - Maranatha
3. Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta II: Dialogue with the Stars
4. Anaal Nathrakh - In the Constellation of the Black Widow
5. Shining - VI - Klagopsalmer
6. Arckanum - ÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞ
7. Immortal - All Shall Fall
8. Katharsis - Fourth Reich
9. Deströyer666 - Defiance
10. Nazxul - Iconoclast

Finally that the following albums where not the list because of personal bias: I’m related to or close personal friends with at least one person in each band. While I believe I can be objective, I’d like to avoid any semblance of impropriety and excluded them. They are all strong albums that should make any top ten list for this year.

Canopy - Will and Perception Lifelover - Dekadens Obitus - The March of the Drones Waning - Population Control