Not finished sorting out the albums yet, but these are the best of the year:
8 Foot Sativa - The Shadow Master
Ad Intra - Inside Us All
Aether Realm - One Chosen By The Gods
Amon Amarth - Deceiver Of The Gods
Asgard - Outworld
Atlantean Kodex - The White Goddess
Avulsed - Ritual Zombi
Beneath...