Whew! If you are still playing along- thank you! The purpose of doing this expansive list was not to exhaust myself, but to really highlight all of the excellent releases. The amount of quality albums in the rock and metal realm this year was far beyond my expectations, making this final list very tough to narrow down. Please support these bands and purchase this music whenever possible since that is what keeps them working! Thanks!
51. CRAFT – Void (Southern Lord)
52. SUBROSA – No Help For the Mighty Ones (Profound Lore)
53. TODAY IS THE DAY – Pain Is A Warning (Black Market Activities)
Review: http://www.metal-army.com/?p=24403
54. PESTILENCE – Doctrine (Mascot Records)
Review: http://www.metal-army.com/?p=21404
55. FALL OF THE ALBATROSS – Entanglement (Self-Released)
Review: http://www.metal-army.com/?p=21969
56. KYNG – Trampled Sun (REALID Records)
Review: http://www.metal-army.com/?p=27476
57. ALL PIGS MUST DIE – God Is War (Southern Lord)
58. GLORRIOR BELLI – The Great Southern Darkness (Metal Blade)
59. MACABRE – Grim Scary Tales (Willowtip)
http://www.metal-army.com/?p=16616
60. PRIMORDIAL – Redemption At The Puritan’s Hand (Metal Blade)
61. BLACK TUSK – Set The Dial (Relapse)
http://www.metal-army.com/?p=27285
62. KEN MODE – Venerable (Profound Lore)
63. SOURVEIN – Black Fangs (Candelight)
64. EXHUMED – All Guts, No Glory (Relapse)
65. SKELETONWITCH – Forever Abomination (Prosthetic)
Review: http://www.metal-army.com/?p=26580
66. A STORM OF LIGHT – As The Valley Of Death Becomes Us…. (Profound Lore)
67. CRONE – Endless Midnight (Translation Loss/Waylon Recordings)
Review: http://www.metal-army.com/?p=21887
68. LANDMINE MARATHON – Gallows (Prosthetic)
Review: http://www.metal-army.com/?p=24569
69. RED FANG – Murder The Mountains (Relapse)
70. JUNGLE ROT – Kill On Command (Victory)
http://www.metal-army.com/?p=20525
71. BRAND NEW SIN – United State ( Goomba Music)
Review: http://www.metal-army.com/?p=27222
72. STRAIGHT LINE STITCH – The Fight Of Our Lives (eOne Metal)
73. AUTOPSY – Macabre Eternal (Peaceville)
Review: http://www.metal-army.com/?p=20576
74. DARK CASTLE – Surrender To All Life Beyond Form (Profound Lore)
75. AMON AMARTH – Surtur Rising (Metal Blade)
76. EARTH – Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light I (Southern Lord)
77. FALLOCH – Where Distant Spirits Remain (Candelight)
78. HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE- 17th Street (Metal Blade)
79. LOCK UP – Necropolis Transparent (Nuclear Blast)
http://www.metal-army.com/?p=21819
80. BLACK COBRA – Invernal (Southern Lord)
81. SARAH JEZEBEL DEVA – The Coruption of Mercy (Listenable Records)
Review: http://www.metal-army.com/?p=21528
82. IN FLAMES – Sounds of A Playground Fading (Century Media)
Review: http://www.metal-army.com/?p=21056
83. COMMORANT- Dwellings (Self-Released)
84. RUSSIAN CIRCLES – Empros (Sargent House)
85. VADER – Welcome To The Morbid Reich (Nuclear Blast)
86. PAIN- You Only Live Twice (Nuclear Blast)
Review: http://www.metal-army.com/?p=20772
87. FYRNASK – Bluostar (Temple of Torturous)
88. DESTRUCTION – Day of Reckoning (Nuclear Blast)
89. EVILE – Five Serpents Teeth (Earache)
Review: http://www.metal-army.com/?p=24100
90. BLACK SEPTEMBER – The Forbidden Gates Beyond (Prosthetic)
Review: http://www.metal-army.com/?p=21711
91. KORN- Path of Totality (Roadrunner)
92. DEVILDRIVER- Beast (Roadrunner)
93. VILDHJARTA- Måsstaden (Century Media)
Review: http://www.metal-army.com/?p=27750
94. DIR EN GREY – Dum Spiro Spero (Firewall/Sony)
Review: http://www.metal-army.com/?p=23270
95. CAVALERA CONSPIRACY – Blunt Force Trauma (Roadrunner)
96. DEICIDE – To Hell With God (Century Media)
Review: http://www.metal-army.com/?p=17445
96. WHITE ARMS OF ATHENA – Astrodrama (Prosthetic)
Review: http://www.metal-army.com/?p=23445
97. RETURN TO EARTH – Automata (Metal Blade)
Review: http://www.metal-army.com/?p=23242
98. HATE ETERNAL – Phoenix Amongst The Ashes (Metal Blade)
99. LEPROUS – Bilateral (Insideout Music)
Review: http://www.metal-army.com/?p=24191
100. INSOMNIUM – One For Sorrow (Century Media)
Review: http://www.metal-army.com/?p=27204
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TEXTURES
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BRUCE LAMONT
DISMA
40 WATT SUN
BRUTAL TRUTH
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DARKEST ERA
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