TOP 20 – 2018: The Staff’s Choices – Rita Limede

It’s that time of the year again! Since 2018 is coming to an end really soon, it’s about time for our staff to publish their lists regarding the best albums for the year. Like the years before, the amount of quality releases was immense, so it’s not always an easy choice, and eventually some releases of enormous quality may be forgotten – or discovered later one.

So here they are, the choices for the best releases of 2018 in the opinion of one of our editors – Rita Limede:

1 – Primordial – Exile Amongst The Ruins

2 – Árstidir – Nivalis

3 – Rivers of Nihil – Where The Owls Know My Name

4 – TesseracT – Sonder

5 – Thy Catafalque – Geometria

6 – Zeal & Ardor – Stranger Fruit

7 – Carpe Noctem – Vitrun

8 – Outre – Hollow Earth

9 – Craft – White Noise & Black Metal

10 – Svartidaudi – Revelations of the Red Sword

11 – Portal – ION

12 – In The Woods… – Cease The Day

13 – Ihsahn – Ámr

14 – XavlegbmaofffassssitimiwoamndutroabcwapwaeiippohfffX – Gore 2.0

15 – Dallian – Automata

16 – Beyond Creation – Algorythm

17 – Gaerea – Unsettling Whispers

18 – Esoctrilihum – Pandaemorthium

19 – Moonshade – Sun Dethroned

20 – Benighted – Dogs Always Bite Harder Than Their Masters

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