Top 25 Metal Albums of 2015 - John

Every year I look forward to compiling my year-end, top metal albums list. It gives me a chance to reflect on my past-year acquisitions, as well as compare favorites with friends. So, I was psyched when the guys asked me to participate in their year-end Top 25 episode. There were so many good releases that I had trouble narrowing my list down to the 25 best, let alone ranking them. Nevertheless, I gave it a go and here it is – my year-end, top 25 metal releases of 2015. I’m sure there are some with which you will agree or disagree and some that will just make you shake your head. Either way, enjoy it for what it is and make sure to share your list for us all to read. - John

#25 TesseracT Polaris	#24 Swallow the Sun Songs from the North 1,2,3	#23 With The Dead With The Dead
#22 Archivist Archivist	#21 Tempel The Moon Lit Our Path	#20 Alkaloid The Malkuth Grimoire
#19 My Dying Bride Feel the Misery	#18 Immortal Bird Empress/Abscess	#17 Enslaved In Times
#16 Black Fast Terms of Surrender	#15 Sorceror In the Shadow of the Inverted Cross	#14 Leprous The Congregation
#13 Mgla Exercises in Futility	#12 Tribulation The Children of the Night	#11 Kingcrow Eidos
#10 Melechesh Enki	#9 Gorod A Maze of Recycled Creeds	#8 Mörglbl Tea Time for Punks
#7 Draconian Sovran	#6 Paradise Lost The Plague Within	#5 Amorphis Under the Red Cloud
#4 Enshine Singularity	#3 Amiensus Ascension	#2 Odetosun The Dark Dunes of Titan
	#1 Wilderun Sleep at the Edge of the Earth

HONORABLE MENTIONS

• Cavern - Outsiders
• Crypt Sermon - Out of the Garden
• Intronaut - The Direction of Last Things
• Lithium Dawn - Tearing Bacl the Veil 1: Ascension
• Sulphur Aeon - Gateway to the Antisphere