THE 100 ALBUMS OF THE YEAR
The top picks from the ranks of team Hammer and our writers
as picked by Metal Hammer’s writers. There were tears. There was bloodshed. But which band took the Number one spot? Find out here.
MERLIN ALDERSLADE 1 MYRKUR
Mareridt
2 CODE ORANGE
Forever
3 MASTODON
Emperor Of Sand
4 WHILE SHE SLEEPS
You Are We
5 POWER TRIP
Nightmare Logic
ELEANOR GOODMAN 1 MARILYN MANSON
Heaven Upside Down
2 MASTODON
Emperor Of Sand
3 MYRKUR
Mareridt
4 CODE ORANGE
Forever
5 WHILE SHE SLEEPS
You Are We
JONATHAN SELZER 1 GRAVE PLEASURES
Motherblood
2 AMENRA
Mass VI
3 CONVERGE
The Dusk In Us
4 NICOLE SABOUNÉ
Miman
5 ROYAL THUNDER
Wick
VANESSA THORPE 1 GRAVE PLEASURES
Motherblood
2 MARILYN MANSON
Heaven Upside Down
3 MYRKUR
Mareridt
4 ROYAL THUNDER
Wick
5 SÓLSTAFIR
Berdreyminn
LEWIS SOMERSCALES 1 MASTODON
Emperor Of Sand
2 WHILE SHE SLEEPS
You Are We
3 CODE ORANGE
Forever
4 ZEAL & ARDOR
Devil Is Fine
5 STONE SOUR
Hydrograd
LUKE MORTON 1 CONVERGE
The Dusk In Us
2 MASTODON
Emperor Of Sand
3 CODE ORANGE
Forever
4 WHILE SHE SLEEPS
You Are We
5 MYRKUR
Mareridt
DOM LAWSON 1 INTEGRITY Howling, For The Nightmare Shall Consume
2 THRESHOLD
Legends Of The Shires
3 SATYRICON
Deep Calleth Upon Deep
4 ENSLAVED
E
5 DISPERSE
Foreword
OLIVIER BADIN 1 THE OBSESSED
Sacred
2 GRAVE PLEASURES
Motherblood
3 HERE LIES MAN
Here Lies Man
4 PAGANIZER
Land Of Weeping Souls
5 PARADISE LOST
Medusa
DEAN BROWN 1 PALLBEARER
Heartless
2 CONVERGE
The Dusk In Us
3 REBIRTH OF NEFAST
Tabernaculum
4 SPECTRAL VOICE
Eroded Corridor Of Unbeing
5 ENSLAVED
E
CHERYL CARTER 1 PALLBEARER
Heartless
2 BELL WITCH
Mirror Reaper
3 GRAVE PLEASURES
Motherblood
4 AOSOTH
V: The Inside Scriptures
5 AMENRA
Mass VI
JOE DALY
1 PARADISE LOST
Medusa
2 WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM
Thrice Woven
3 MYRKUR
Mareridt
4 MASTODON
Emperor Of Sand
5 THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER
Nightbringers
MALCOLM DOME 1 PARADISE LOST
Medusa
2 ARCH ENEMY
Will To Power
3 ENSLAVED
E
4 ACCEPT
The Rise Of Chaos
5 ANATHEMA
The Optimist