10. As the Stars - Woods of Desolation (Depressive Black Metal)
9. Misery - Disentomb (Brutal Death)
8. The Flesh Prevails - Fallujah (Progressive Death)
7. Something Supernatural - Crobot (Hard Rock)
6. Different Shades of Blue - Joe Bonamassa (Blues)
5. The Serpent & the Sphere - Agalloch (Progressive Black)
4. Pale Communion - Opeth (Progressive Metal)
3. The Joy of Motion - Animals as Leaders (Progressive Metal)
2. Shadows of the Dying Sun - Insomnium (Melodic Death)
1. Z2 - Devin Townsend Project (Progressive Metal)
The other best albums of the year in no order:
The Singularity - Scar Symmetry (Melodic Death)
No Peace - Trash Talk (Hardcore Punk)
Inked in Blood - Obituary (Death Metal)
Ominously Reigning Upon the Intangible - Relics of Humanity (Brutal Death)
Hornwood Fell - Hornwood Fell (Black Metal)
Massive Cauldron of Chaos - 1349 (Black Metal)
Nedom og Nord - Iskald (Black Metal)
Oathbreaker - Hoth (Black Metal)
Dirges of Elysium - Incantation (Death Metal)
Faen I Helvete - Den Saakalde (Black Metal)
Tibi et Igni - Vader (Death Metal)
Elder Giants - Sun Worship (Black Metal)
Urzeigeist - Raunacht (Black Metal)
Venereal Dawn - Dark Fortress (Black Metal)
Cthulhu - Ceremonial Castings (Progressive Black)
Fimbulwinter - Satanic Warmaster (Black Metal)
Best EPs and Demos of the year in no order:
Abandoned [EP] - Fuck the Facts (Grindcore)
Kulde [EP] - Taake (Black Metal)
Demo 2014 - Numenorean (Black Metal)
WORST albums of the year in no order:
Eternal Enemies - Emmure (Deathcore)
Issues - Issues (Metalcore)
Siren Charms - In Flames (Alternative?)
Redeemer of Souls - Judas Priest (Heavy Metal)
Babymetal - Babymetal (Progressive Metal)
Life Through a Window - Structures (Metalcore)
Guilty Pleasure - Attila (Deathcore)
Putreseminal Morphodysplastic Virulency - Epicardiectomy (Brutal Death)
Feeding the Crawling Shadows - Sargeist (Black Metal)
Best/Most memorable songs of the year in no order:
War Eternal - Arch Enemy
Tooth and Claw - Animals as Leaders
Another Year - Animals as Leaders
Morning Hoarfrost - Basarabian Hills
Corduroy - Bones
March of the Poozers - Devin Townsend Project
Silent Militia - Devin Townsend Project
Celtos - Eluveitie
Carved from Stone - Fallujah
Feels like Forever - Of Mice & Men
River - Opeth
Sweet Tea - Polyphia
Where Angels Weep - Vader
Heartache Follows Wherever I Go - Joe Bonamassa
Arise and Purify - Sanctuary
The Devil in I - Slipknot
Well Run Dry - Phat Phunktion
Devil Man - Blues Pills
