Another year of killer releases, with each feeling like they deserve to be called best of the year. There will be one extra on my list this year because one jumped in last second. Alright so here are my favorites for 2018 and like I always say, these might not be the best but they were my favorites for the year.
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Don't see your favorite on the list? Fuck Off!!
31. Hulder
"Ascending the Raven Stone"
(Stygian Black Hand)
30. Cerebral Rot
"Cessation of Life"
(Parasitic Records)
29. Curse Eternal
"Antichristian Ceremonial Madness"
(Till You Fukkin Bleed)
(Flesh Vessel Records)
28. Sarinvomit
"Malignant Thermonuclear Supremacy"
(Deathrune Records)
27. Phlegein
"Devotion"
(Northern Heritage Records)
26. Terrestrial Hospice
"Universal Hate Speech"
(Helter Skelter Productions)
(Shadow Records)
25. Rotted
"Pestilent Tomb"
(Headsplit Records)
(Dark Blasphemies Records)
24. Transilvania
"The Night of Nights"
(Into Dungeons Records)
23. Mayhemic
"No Life"
(Evil Steel Records)
22. ...From the Abyss
"The Rise of the Ancient Nightmare"
(Independent)
21. Eroded
"Necropath"
(F.D.A. Records)
20. Varathron
"Patriarchs of Evil"
(Agonia Records)
19. Human Serpent
"For I, the Misanthropist"
(Ogmios Underground)
18. Master
"Vindictive Miscreant"
(Transcending Obscurity Records)
17. Churchacide
"Bilesoaked Blades"
(Independent)
16. Ruin
"Human Annihilation"
(Memento Mori)
15. Torture Rack
"Malefic Humiliation"
(20 Buck Spin)
(Parasitic Records)
14. Shakma
"House of Possession"
(Duplicate Records)
13. Morgengrau
"Blood Oracle"
(Unspeakable Axe Records)
12. Trenchant
"Martial Chaos"
(Independent)
11. Omegavortex
"Promo 2018"
(Independent)
10. Pious Levus
"Beast of the Foulest Depths"
(Warfare Noise Productions)
9. Cultus Profano
"Sacramentum Obscurus"
(Debemur Morti Productions)
8. Crucifier
"Thy Sulfur Throne on High"
(Deathrune Records)
7. Abigor
"Höllenzwang (Chronicles of Perdition)"
(Avantgarde Music)
6. Terrorist
"Left in Desolation"
(Independent)
5. Archgoat
"The Luciferian Crown"
(Debemur Morti Productions)
4. Bastardizer
"Dawn of Domination"
(Evil Spell Records)
3. Deiquisitor
"Downfall of the Apostates"
(Night Shroud Records)
(Dark Descent Records)
2. Siege Column
"Inferno Deathpassion"
(Nuclear War Now! Productions)
1. Cardiac Arrest
"A Parallel Dimension of Despair"
(Memento Mori)
(Headsplit Records)
Here's some other killer releases that didn't make the list you should check out.
click on band name for bandcamp link
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