Year-end lists?

no order:

Mastodon - The Hunter
J Mascis - Several Shades Of Why
Florence + The Machine - Ceremonials
Social Distortion - Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes
Devin Townsend - Ghost
Lock Up - Necropolis Transparent
 
Jacaszek - Glimmer
Swarms - Old Raves End
Ash Borer - Ash Borer
Reverorum ib Malacht - Urkaos
A winged victory for the sullen - S/T
Blut Aus Nord - 777 - The Desanctification
Arizmenda - Without Circumferance nor Center
Kreng - Grimoire
Infestus - Exist
Rome - Confessions D'Un Voleur D'Ames

Off the top of my head, I'm sure more of my favs were released this year.
 
Haven't been able to listen to much new stuff this year but still i'll name a few in particular order...

Draconian - A Rose for the apocalypse
Decapitated - Carnival is forever
Wolfchant - Call of the black winds
Benighted - Asylum Cave
Symphony X - Iconoclast (sp?)
Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn of Events
 
Its been a crappy year indeed

Decapitated - Carnival is forever
Demonical - Death Infernal
In Flames - Sounds of a Playground Fading (yeah really :) )



Shitlist:
Opeth
The Haunted
Amorphis
Morbid Angel
 
After some (probably too much) consideration...I've finally pounded out a top ten:
1. Blut Aus Nord - 777 The Desanctification
2. Glorior Belli - The Great Southern Darkness
3. Immolation - Providence EP
4. Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth
5. Hate Eternal - Phoenix Amongst The Ashes
6. Deivos - Demiurge Of The Void
7. Black Dahlia Murder - Ritual
8. Nader Sadek - In The Flesh
9. Vader - Welcome To The Morbid Reich
10. Avichi - The Devil's Fractal

Honorable Mentions:
Opeth - Heritage
Mastodon - The Hunter
Ghost Brigade - Until Fear No Longer Defines Us
Kvelertak - Kvelertak
Absu - Abzu

I think it's actually been a pretty good year for music. Weaker than others, sure...but still quite good.
 
Xerath - II
Septic Flesh - The Great Mass
Pain - You Only Live Twice

Half good:

Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto

Haven't listened to Opeth's and Devin Townsend's yet.
 
1) Ulver - War of the Roses
2 ) Novembers Doom - Aphotic
3) immolation - providence
4) glorior belli - the great southern darkness
5) procession - destroyers of the faith
6) enslaved - the sleeping gods
7)opeth - heritage
8)ribspreader - the van murders
9) blut aus nord - the desanctification
10 ) Tsjuder -helvete


Avichi, Dream Theater, Sylosis all get honorable mentions. Doop doo.
 
1) Ulver - War of the Roses
2 ) Novembers Doom - Aphotic
3) immolation - providence
4) glorior belli - the great southern darkness
5) procession - destroyers of the faith
6) enslaved - the sleeping gods
7)opeth - heritage
8)ribspreader - the van murders
9) blut aus nord - the desanctification
10 ) Tsjuder -helvete


Avichi, Dream Theater, Sylosis all get honorable mentions. Doop doo.

Uhhhhhh Legion Helvete is soooooooo good.
 
1. Autopsy - Macabre Eternal
2. Vader - Welcome To The Morbid Reich
3. Ghost Brigade - Until Fear No Longer Defines Us
4. Benighted - Asylum Cave
5. Immolation - Providence (EP)
6. Vallenfyre - The Fragile King
7. Demisery - Hive of Mutation
8. Puteraeon - The Esoteric Order
9. Septic Flesh - The Great Mass

Eh.. I can't even assemble ten albums I really like. Only the top 7 are truly good, shit year :(