2019 TOP 30 METAL ALBUMS
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
2019 continued the exponential climb on the upward trajectory of the most recent years, in the ever expending realm of underground rock and metal. The black metal, including the growing array of "blackened" crossover styles, continued to dominate the underground. As I've predicted over an year ago, we also witnessed a rise of the more traditional heavy metal, with strong offerings from both, veterans of the scene and newcomers alike. Personally, I was as excited by the music released this year, as I perhaps was back in the mid to late 1980s when I first pledged my allegiance to the Gods of metal. Times might have changed, but our collective love for quality music seems to have only grown stronger! Without further ado, these are the thirty titles summing up my 2019 Top 30 Metal Albums:
30.
HUNTER
Hunter
Released on April 27, 2019
Heavy Metal
Belgium
29.
ITHEIST
Itheist
Released on June 21, 2019
Black/Death Metal
UK
28.
DIVINER
Realms of Time
Released on June 7, 2019
Heavy Metal
Greece
27.
CULT OF SORROW
Invocation of the Lucifer
Released on September 20, 2019
Doom Metal
USA
26.
TANITH
In Another Time
Released on May 24, 2019
Heavy Rock
(Hard Rock/Proto Metal)
USA
25.
IRON FIRE
Beyond the Void
Released on March 8, 2019
Heavy/Power Metal
Denmark
24.
DIABOLIC NIGHT
Beyond the Realm
Released on November 15, 2019
Black/Speed Metal
Germany
23.
STORMLORD
Far
Released on May 24, 2019
Epic/Symphonic Black/Power Metal
Italy
22.
MIDNIGHT PREY
Uncertain Times
Released on November 8, 2019
Heavy/Speed Metal
Germany
21.
DIALITH
Extinction Six
Released on August 16, 2019
Symphonic/Power Metal
USA
20.
USURPER
Lords of the Permafrost
Released on March 22, 2019
Black/Thrash Metal
USA
19.
OPPROBRIUM
The Fallen Entities
Released on February 22, 2019
Death/Thrash Metal
USA
18.
LORD DYING
Mysterium Tremendum
Released on April 26, 2019
Progressive Sludge Metal
USA
17.
IDLE HANDS
Mana
Released on May 10, 2019
Heavy Metal/Gothic Rock
USA
16.
TWISTED TOWER DIRE
Wars in the Unknown
Released on March 15, 2019
Heavy Metal
USA
15.
CRYPT SERMON
The Ruins of Fading Light
Released on September 13, 2019
Epic Doom Metal
USA
14.
FATAL CURSE
Breaking the Trance
Released on April 19, 2019
Heavy Metal
USA
13.
WIDOWER
Cataclysmic Sorcery
Released on May 24, 2019
Black/Thrash Metal
USA
12.
BOOZE CONTROL
Forgotten Lands
Released on February 22, 2019
Heavy Metal
Germany
11.
ARCTOS
Beyond the Grasp of Mortal Hands
Released on September 20, 2019
Melodic Black Metal
Canada
10.
HYPNO5E
A Distant (Dark) Source
Released on November 22, 2019
Avant-garde Extreme Metal
France
9.
UNENDLICH
Thanatophobia
Released on February 1st 2019
Black Metal
USA
8.
MAESTUS
Deliquesce
Released on February 8, 2019
Black/Doom Metal
USA
7.
ARSTIDIR LIFSINS
Saga á tveim tungum I: Vápn ok viðr
Released on April 26, 2019
Pagan Black Metal
Iceland/Germany
6.
MIDNIGHT PRIEST
Aggressive Hauntings
Released on May 10, 2019
Heavy Metal
Portugal
5.
ATLANTEAN KODEX
The Course of Empire
Released on September 13, 2019
Epic Heavy/Doom Metal
Germany
4.
MONASTERIUM
Church of Bones
Released on May 6, 2019
Epic Doom Metal
Poland
3.
NECROPANTHER
The Doomed City
Released on November 15, 2019
Thrash/Death Metal
USA
2.
FRENZY
Blind Justice
Released on February 4, 2019
Heavy Metal
Spain
Album of the Year
REVEL IN FLESH
The Hour of the Avenger
Released on December 6, 2019
Death Metal
Germany
Delivering perhaps the best (pure form) death metal album of 2019, Deathkult masters REVEL IN FLESH cemented their name at the top of the death metal food chain! Not only fans of bands like Dismember, Entombed or Bloodbath, will appreciate "The Hour Of The Avenger", but it may also appeal to fans of Memoriam and Wolfheart. This album bites your fucking head off and spits it the fuck out! Fucking vicious! D&L Review
© 2019 by Emil Chiru