lol best albums of the year so far imo:
mastodon - crack the skye
hallucinogen - in dub: live
bluetech - the divine invasion
suffocation - blood oath
devin townsend project - ki
minsk - with echoes in the movement of stone
napalm death - time waits for no slave
mournful congregation - the june frost
blut aus nord - mv2: dialogue with the stars
ava inferi - blood of bacchus
isis is still a colossal disappointment, and while mdb's new one was an improvement over "a line of deathless kings", it still can't hold a candle to gems like "songs of darkness, words of light", "the light at the end of the world" or "the angel and the dark river". anaal nathrakh's new one was fairly good too, but not top 10 worthy imo. same with god dethroned's new one
still awaiting the releases of moss, behemoth, ahab, skitliv, hopefully a new dso, etc.