BEST METAL OF 2018 | BangerTV pick our faves

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The BangerTV team reveals their fave metal albums of 2018
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Sam's picks:
Rivers of Nihil 'Where Owls Know My Name' bit.ly/2q1XzRy
Slugdge 'Esoteric Malacology' bit.ly/2lYJp12
At The Gates 'To Drink From the Night Itself' bit.ly/2PwyIPD
Blayne's picks:
Outre Tombe 'Necro Vortex' bit.ly/2LdMkif
Obliteration 'Cenotaph Obscure' bit.ly/2BhQXTJ
Panopticon 'The Scars of Man on the Once Nameless Wilderness (I and II)' bit.ly/2EiGY01
Brad's pick:
Frontierer 'Unloved' bit.ly/2uRlk13
Liisa's pick:
Tribulation 'Down Below' bit.ly/2SGrtXc
Martin's pick:
Snowy Shaw 'White is the New Black' bit.ly/2UH3QzJ
Dylan's pick:
Oceans of Slumber 'The Banished Heart' bit.ly/2ryamLA
Daniel Dekay's pick:
Satan 'Cruel Magic' bit.ly/2SKsYE0
Sarah's pick:
Dautha 'Brethren of the Black Soil' bit.ly/2CaMO5S
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[@BangerTV]

For more 2018 recommends here's a handy playlist of all the albums we rated 4.5 or 5 this year: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6OqYX-sf8R1r7M

[@Gregbaltzer]

Sorry but I'm going with Corrosion of Conformity - No Cross, No Crown. Also the new Unleased and new Gruesome. Surprised no one mentioned Judas Priest - Fire Power.

[@jacktowers7533]

When Blayne doesn't pick Sleep - The Sciences. I honestly thought that was a safe bet XD

[@CableB_]

I'm going With "Reverence" by Parkway Drive

[@authormichellefranklin]

Thank you for the list! Albums I loved this year: Devin Townsend's Ocean Machine, Striker: Play to Win, Rivers of Nihil: Where Owls Know My Name (aka Sexy Sax), LEAH: The Quest, Wolfheart: Constellation Of The Black Light, Ignea: Queen Dies, Powerwolf: Sacrament of Sin, Amorphis: Queen of Time, Heilung: Lifa, and Frozen Crown: Fallen King.

[@dennisheflin2680]

Baltzeg I had this in my honorable mentions for the year.

[@Lucols4]

Gotta love how each member of Banger is basically a metal subgenre

[@Weedeater58]

Sam Dunn a good job picking the team

[@AST-erisked]

This is why love this channel. Im tired of big music pages and magazines (rolling stone) with people talking about music they dont know/love, i trust this channel because of the different opinions of the whole crew.

[@andyfox8377]

Completely Agree the only grip last year was there was no one for Prog but now with the Amazing addition of Dylan all areas of Metal are covered!

[@Qwerty-ks8dn]

These are the best ten in a fairly weak year: 1. A Forest of Stars --- Grave Mounds & Grave Mistakes 2. Drudkh --- Їм часто сниться капіж 3. Agrimonia --- Awaken 4. VOLA --- Applause From a Distant Crowd 5. Deicide --- Overtures of Blasphemy 6. Hanzel und Gretyl --- Satanik Germanik 7. Thy Catafalque --- Geometria 8. Voivod --- The Wake 9. Monolithe --- Nebula Septem 10. Paara --- Riitti You'll find the crappy reviews on my crappy channel.

[@dead_kennedys7870]

morbidcorpse Not what he was talking about.

[@Ronny1031]

Rivers of Nihil - Sax Offenders of 2018

[@Hideousspawn13]

hahahahahaha

[@gringo7864]

Noice

[@erikberg5363]

Nothing wrong with being on the offensive though. Sax can be sick in metal

[@radekhataj1657]

hmmm

[@nothing2see315]

This joke sax

[@SolarAdrift]

There needs to be a "Rivers of Nihil" + "Ne Obliviscaris" tour called the Sax & Violins tour.

[@WeirdSchizo]

I see what you did there ^^

[@bcbitchkkv]

With Ayreon as the headliner?

[@michaelbarry2534]

They are touring Australia together next year with beyond creation and Caligula horse

[@yodaadoy2863]

If ne obliviscaris do the portal of i on that hypothetical tour, i would die happy

[@yodaadoy2863]

Though strictly speaking i am more of a death dude, love rings of saturn, within destruction, that stuff, but ne obliviscaris are just something else

[@jeffbreen2055]

1) Un - Sentiment 2) Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love 3) Hooded Menace - Ossuarium Silhouettes Unhallowed 4) Zeal & Ardor - Stranger Fruit 5) The Ocean - Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic 6) Rivers of Nihil - Where Owls Know My Name 7) Fórn - Rites of Despair 8) Thou - Magus 9) YOB - Our Raw Heart 10) UADA - Cult of a Dying Sun

[@MalaysianGov]

Great episode to finish off the year for Banger! Loved that everyone on the team got in the video, and it was great to see all kinds of metal records get attention. Can't wait for more in 2019!

[@AggressiveTendencies]

Cheers friend!

[@kristiankrastanov5995]

Thanks for Panopticon, Blayne. Very cool.

[@Qwerty-ks8dn]

Panopticon made a huge leap this year. They improved from a one-star-per-album band to a two-star band. A 100% improvement!

[@obanibs96]

I was surprised by how little mention they got. I don’t really like Pt 2, might by why it didn’t make many lists, but that Pt. 1 tho!

[@DarkFire515]

2018 has been a good year in metal. Even better thanks to all your efforts in bringing us awesome metal videos. Keep up the great work & see you all in 2019!

[@Bloodrazor666]

BangerTV slays! You guys have reignited my love for metal. Every release of yours helps me find new bands and styles I wouldn't have even thought I would like.

[@jameslainchbury6746]

me too!

[@shaneanderson2775]

Obscura - amazes me on every listen. Perfection to my ears. Rivers of Nihil - nuff said Skeletonwitch - wasn't prepared for it to be so different, yet excellent. Oddzoo, Invaders- scratching the synth itch Manticora - scratching the melodic itch

[@KreshDraven6]

Great choices guys ! My top five is : Amorphis - Queen of Time Ungfell - Mythen, Mären, Pestilenz Immortal - Northern Chaos Gods Unleashed - The Hunt for White Christ Rivers of Nihill - Where Owls Know My Name

[@franlovelsimic8421]

Bravo for Ungfell!

[@Patrick45392]

Thank you finally some ungfell

[@93martin9]

Thank you so much for highlighting so much music. Ive heard more metal this year than i could imagine. Thank you, guys!

[@image30p]

Lots of fun! So much great metal out there. Thank you for keeping us abreast.

[@jordanmiles2195]

The people saying "You didn't hear about X?!" are hilarious. There are hundreds of metal albums released every year. The chances of yours being on the list is very small. QQ.

[@BangerTV]

That's why we have Lock Horns Best of 2018 next week for everyone else to get their say.

[@Danimal77]

@@BangerTV NICE! Is Sam hosting?

[@laporte1625]

More like thousands.

[@lordbegravelse2229]

@@BangerTV NEW SIGH ALBUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@BangerTV]

@@Danimal77 Yes, Sam, DK and Brad are the hosts.

[@arispanagiotopoulos2533]

Sarah's presentation was by far the best, she had a shout out to her favorites plus we listened to a bit of her year favorite from her vinyl, awesome! Then again Sarah is awesome anyway so...

[@BirdsElopeWithTheSun09]

1. Kalmah - Palo 2. Amaranthe - Helix 3. Judas Priest - Firepower 4. Light This City - Terminal Bloom/At The Gates - To Drink From The Night Itself 5. Brainstorm - Midnight Ghost - Favorite song: Machine Head - Heavy Lies The Crown

[@jscottvillanueva1172]

And just like always, you guys show me where the good metal is at. Merry Christmas!

[@UponThisAltar]

Yes Sam, give Slugdge the love those guys deserve!!!

[@djnekroman]

Legit one of my favorite metal bands of this decade. Loved his review, stoked to see him namedrop 'em again.

[@joetrosclair8434]

I finally got around to picking up Slugdge yesterday. Absolutely hooked

[@skijumpnose]

Rivers Of Nihil definitely and Sumac,High On Fire and Immortal!

[@obanibs96]

skijumpnose solid choices. I wish I had more of an attention span for Sumac. It’s great but I think I’d like it better if I was still partaking in the 420 lol

[@Astral_Wave]

Sumac!

[@andyfox8377]

My Top 60 albums of the year I made it a goal to listen to as much music this year as physically possible just to see how much is out there and im glad to see such amazing music is still being made. So after listening to nearly 200 albums this year i could do just a top 40 or even a top 50 It had to be a top 60 in the end. 60. Dautha - Brethren Of The Black Soil 59. Piah Mater - The Wandering Daughter 58. Angelus Apatrida - Cabaret De La Guillotine 57. Warrel Dane - Shadow Work 56. Amorphis - Queen of TIme 55. In the Woods - Cease The Day 54. Visigoth - Conqueror's Oath 53. Between the Buried and Me - Automata 52. Lovebites - Clockwork Immortality 51. Radewaste - War Within 50. Kobra and the Lotus - Prevail II 49. Polyphia - New Levels New Devils 48. Tremonti - A Dying Machine 47. The Bipolar Disorder Project - Anna 46. Axios - Erased 45. Sisare - Leaving The Land 44. Ghost - Prequelle 43. Mardelas - Mardelas III 42. YYNOT - YYNOT 41. Reign - Destitute 40. Judas Priest - Fire Power 39. Primal Fear - Apocalypse 38. Universe Effects - Desolation 37. Mythology - All the Planets Have Aligned 36. Altars Of Grief - Iris 35. Barren Earth - A Complex of Cages 34. The Oceon - Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic 33. Rivers of Nihil - Where Owls Know my Name 32. Art of Illusion- Cold War of Solipsism 31. Lord of the Lost - Thornstar 30. Riverside - Wasteland 29. High On Fire - Electric Messiah 28. Powerwolf - The Sacrament of Sin 27. Sinistro - Sague Cassia 26. Alkaloid - Liquid Anatomy 25. Subsignal - La Muerta 24. Kingcrow - The Persistence 23. Lost In Thought - Renascence 22. Sleep - The Sciences 21. Michael Romeo - War Of The Worlds Pt.1 20. The Pinneapple Thief - Dissolution 19. Slugdge - Esoteric Malacology 18. Venus In Fear - The Dot above the Eye 17. Seventh Wonder - Tiara 16. Sky Empire - The Dark Tower 15. Mind's Door - The Edge of the World 14. Spires - A Parting Gift 13. Maestrick - Espresso Della Vita: Solare 12. Funk You - Whats On Your Mind? 11. Redemption - Long Nights Journey into Day 10. Saffire - Where the Monsters Dwell 9. Tranzat - The Great Disaster 8. Band Maid - World Domination 7. Yob - Our Raw Heart 6. Earth Flight - River Dragons & Elephant Dreams 5. Southern Empire -Civilisation 4. Witherfall - A Prelude to Sorrow 3. Paragon Collapse - The Dawning 2. Orphaned Land - Unsung Prophets and Dead Messiahs 1. Ostura - The Room

[@livcidium]

Banger Hangar!!! You guys still use my suggestion! Love it. You guys rock! 🤘

[@AggressiveTendencies]

Great name. You rule!

[@oOdermarekOo]

That was you? If that is in fact true I gotta say: nice job man!

[@livcidium]

oOdermarekOo it was indeed! Glad ya like it

[@livcidium]

Aggressive Tendencies you rule! 🤘

[@HolyDiver098]

judas priest - firepower!!!

[@diogogomes3238]

the best metal album of the last 5 our 6 years

[@talhafatihuzun]

Obviously. Not sure why it was not in this video. Sad...

[@andyfox8377]

If Priest was your number 1 then you didn't listen to enough Metal this year. An Amazing album for Priest their best since Painkiller but theres so many better albums made this year

[@Qwerty-ks8dn]

If you're into cheese, yes.

[@TheAxeGrinder]

@@Qwerty-ks8dn No, that's Ghost.

[@Bowzilla666]

Love this channel. I get turned on to so many new bands!

[@AggressiveTendencies]

Hell yeah!

[@joerygobbels]

same here !!

[@welwitschia]

Man, Sarah is always on point! I'm always happy to hear what she says because we do share tastes quite a bit. The new Urfaust is amazing! Spectral Wound and Tomb Mold are easily the best black and death of the year, and I had no idea of either Idle Hands or Dautha, and both are now playing on repeat. Sarah, you're awesome! That said, I'm sad the new YOB didn't make it to anyone's list here. That record is just perfect in my opinion, and one of my favorite albums of the decade.

[@jannu9877]

1. Deathhammer - Chained to Hell 2. Teutonic Slaughter - Puppeteer of Death 3. Necrophobic - Mark of the Necrogram 4. Enblood - Cast to Exile 5. Kult - The Eternal Darkness I Adore 6. Deceased - Ghostly White 7. Hellish - The Spectre of Lonely Souls 8. Cultes Des Ghoules - Sinister, or Treading the Darker Paths 9. Atrocity - Okkult II 10. Black Reaper - Celestial Descension 11. Nuclear Omnicide - Nuclear Omnicide 12. Horrendous - Idol 13. Varathron - Patriarchs of Evil 14. In Purulence - Putrid Valley 15. Necros Christos - Domedon Doxomedon 16. Curse Eternal - Antichristian Ceremonial Madness 17. Wormlight - Wrath of the Wilds 18. Autokrator - Hammer of the Heretics 19. Immortal - Northern Chaos Gods 20. Sergulath - Massokisst 21. Burn Down Eden - Liberticidal 22. Primal Cult - Perennial Fire 23. Black Fast - Spectre of Ruin 24. Violent Definition - Life Sentence 25. Kalmah - Palo

[@marcogarcialeon220]

I see an ATG t-shirt and I click like. YES.

[@ericvalverderosado2046]

Marco García León ATG is damn cool and is basically The Haunted's brother

[@daltontroy26]

🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@wenxingwang7867]

I think he got that shirt from their tour with Behemoth months ago? Because I bought a hoodie with the same backprint....

[@isawem]

Outre-Tombe is my AOTY, too. What an insane ripper.

[@6St6Jimmy6]

Just going to pick that up from the post office tomorrow

[@ryantaylor102]

deathangelofdeath misread that as insane nipple

[@thesvc2006]

GREAT shoutout on Oceans of Slumber! good lord it's incredible!

[@jarrettbrown2839]

Awesome. Loved the love for Tribulation, Tomb Mold, and Panopticon. So many other good picks too!

[@Falxifer95]

Awesome picks from everyone, here's mine, it's a lot, this has been a great year: Svartidauði: Revelations of the Red Sword Uada: Cult of the Dying Sun Behemoth: I Loved You at Your Darkest Spectral Wound: Infernal Decadence Kriegsmaschine: Apocalypticists Lucifer's Child: The Order Valkyrja: Throne Ablaze Bloodbath: The Arrow of Satan is Drawn Skeletonwitch: Devouring Radiant Light Allfather: And All Will Be Desolation At the Gates: To Drink From the Night Itself Watain: Trident Wolf Eclipse Blood of Serpents: Sulphur Sovereigns Tribulation: Down Below Black Fast: Spectre of Ruin Chapel of Disease: ...And as We Have Seen the Storm, We Have Embraced the Eye Funeral Mist: Hekatomb Ghost: Prequelle Halestorm: Vicious Haken: Vector Firtan: Okeanos Whoredom Rife: Nid - Hymner av hat Khemmis: Desolation Horrendous: Idol Ihsan: Ámr Idles: Joy as an Act of Resistance Wolfheart: Constellation of the Black Light

[@goregrind1]

Good taste, my friend. Wolfheart and Valkyrja are in my top 10. Firtan and Uada are honorable mentions.

[@elderender]

I agree with almost all of you choices but personally I thought that this year it's when I noticed that black metal branched out to a lot of things and mixed very well with almost everything. I mean Imperial triumphant brought a lot of jazz to the formula, the UADA record picked up that traditional heavy metal and blended with black metal. I also thought about the best album myself but the more I tried to figure it out weirdly enough it was the new Deafheaven... Just so emotional and mixed with the shoegaze almost like "bleeding flowers made out from broken glass" hahaha really good

[@AdamBlue]

Good call on the BM comment. Indeed black metal has seemed to branch out into a bunch of styles this year, which is where the "Gothic" style you two bros refer to probably comes from. In fact, I'd say that Black Metal in general hasn't been to prominent on the channel this year (Immortal, but they have the optics), though nearly every video has something black metal related to it. I'd call that my 'genre' of the year without even realizing it. For instance, my favs were from THRON, Funeral Mist, Anaal Nathrakh, Anicon, and The Secret. But, it isn't any single album that I think was the best, rather SONGS from bands that are incorporating elements of BM.

[@deliciousdishes4531]

black metal has always really done that. This is not new. Black metal is the most varied of the metal subgenres

[@AdamBlue]

@@deliciousdishes4531 cool!!

[@laertesdd]

Thanks for mentioning Deafheaven. Love them.

[@benjaminhull6107]

Ivan Valadez nice to see people giving Deafheaven some props. They get a lot of shit for being "hipster" but they make great music. I wouldn't be a fan of black metal if it wasn't for them.

[@kobiban]

I haven't really listened to a lot of new stuff this year, but this is probably my 3 picks: Immortal - Northern Chaos Gods Deicide - Overtures of Blasphemy Tomb of Finland - Frozen Beneath

[@Breetalitys]

This was fantastic,thank you! - Turns out i still missed out on some great albums even tho I listened to way too many artists this year to even keep track.

[@andrewdow6623]

yooooooo idk how i missed outre tombe but thats some serious stuff right there

[@grindcoremaniac]

My top 3 are Beyond Creation's Algorythm, Axis of Despair's Contempt for Man, and Revocation's The Outer Ones.

[@DiscoStu12081983]

grindcoremaniac I saw Revocation last night, with support from Rivers of Nihil. Genuinely one of the best gigs I’ve been took

[@grindcoremaniac]

@@DiscoStu12081983 saw that tour a couple montha ago. It was one of my favorite shows of the year. Exhumed was with them too and poured blood all over me lol

[@DiscoStu12081983]

grindcoremaniac we didn’t get exhumed (bummed about that) but we did get the techy goodness of Archspire (cannot get over how good they were) and Soreption.

[@grindcoremaniac]

@@DiscoStu12081983 Archspire is awesome. I haven't caught them on tour yet but I hope to see them when they come through my city. Soreption is kinda meh to me, though. I wasn't impressed with their most recent album as much as I was with Archspire.

[@DiscoStu12081983]

grindcoremaniac Soreption were pretty cool live, I’m not too keen on their latest release either, but they put on a decent enough show to keep us all interested!! I’m still dumbfounded at the level of musicianship on that tour though. Revocation, Rivers of Nihil and Archspire are unreal

[@aaronflaa8515]

Great job interesting picks not necessarily my faves but cool nonetheless. My picks 1- Funeral Mist Hekatomb 2- Seige of Power Warning Blast 3- Monstrosity Passage of Existence

[@white95gsr]

Love these best of vids. Always give me new stuff to listen too since I don't keep up with much outside of who I really listen to. Luka Modric always has the best reviews on here lmao.

[@Nappa9000]

Hell yeah, I've been waiting for this video. Now we just need a "Worst of 2018" cuz I enjoy seeing Brad rage, and I need more than smiling from Dylan If I had to pick my top 3 best, it'd be: 3. Watain - Trident Wolf Eclipse 2. Immortal - Northern Chaos Gods 1. Behemoth - ILYAYD

[@AggressiveTendencies]

OH BABY LET ME RAGE!

[@oOdermarekOo]

I first thought this was your worst of. And I saw behemoth and was like wtf. Because I think in every worst of, machine head has to be #1.

[@Nappa9000]

@@oOdermarekOo good call. Fixed it!

[@fairygrant5097]

Behemoth had one of the worst albums of the year. Ilyayd was the worst album they have ever released...

[@mlewis3871]

Solid choices my dudes. I agreed with almost all of them.

[@mlewis3871]

Chal Fish yup!

[@Qwerty-ks8dn]

So you hand out 5 stars to 90% of all releases? Either that, or we're talking about a coincidence of apocalyptic statistical magnitude.

[@JamesonJunkie]

1. The Atlas Moth - Coma Noir 2. Rivers of Nihil - Where Owls Know My Name 3. Between the Buried and Me - Automata I & II (2 parts that count as 1) 4. Behemoth - I Loved You At Your Darkest 5. Ihsahn - Amr

[@FutileGrief]

So glad you chose Oceans of Slumber!! Super underrated band! I like the variety of metal genres you picked and not just thrash and death. Much appreciated!

[@bschuler6216]

Oceans Of Slumber is pretty good. They do an incredible cover of Candlemass' Solitude.

[@nielsvanoosten]

my top 5: 1 Queen of Time - Amorphis 2 Firepower - Judas Priest 3 Avatar - Avatar Country 4 Rivers of Nihil - Where Owls Know My Name 5 Korpiklaani - Kulkija

[@pricemitchellsystemtoon3288]

Frontierer is unsettlingly heavy and I love it

[@barneypanofsky1957]

Happy holidays, guys!

[@HBunited12]

Any love for Rolo Tomassi - Time Will Die And Love Will Bury It?? Not sure if they really fit into Metal, but amazing album anyways

[@AggressiveTendencies]

Band is awesome! I actually wrote about them (and Old Wounds, Zeal & Ardor, Rivers of Nihil and Imperial Triumphant) for Exclaim!: exclaim.ca/music/article/old_wounds_zeal_and_ardor_rolo_tomassi_and_rivers_of_nihil_lead_an_experimental_year_in_metal

[@TheRealHaloLover]

"That sax was so new and risky" prog fan- *rolls eyes

[@doomusrlc]

Every person that goes "OMG a saxophone in metal!" and I just think to myself "so... Never heard Pan-Thy-Monium huh?" haha. Granted I likely only know them from fanboy-ing over Dan Swano 10-14 years ago lol

[@franlovelsimic8421]

@@doomusrlc Pan.Thy.Monium rips my dude, Dan is the fucking man but yeah, sax is nothing new, especially when Munkeby is in question hahaha

[@darwinism18]

Aborym - Psychogrotesque anyone?

[@doomusrlc]

@@darwinism18 don't know this, guess I will check it out!

[@jamiemc2313]

@@doomusrlcSolefald has been using the sax since as early as 2003 as well

[@eclatshwartzbaumcybertune2063]

I love that rivers of nihil one !! I came in expecting regular brutal but was amazed by the saxophone!.

[@dartande]

My album of the year is Yob's Our Raw heart but some pretty picks from you guys, some of them I haven't checked out yet so I'm going to listen to them soon. Shout out to Blayne and Sarah for mentioning Urfaust and Panopticon. Then, how cool is it to have my name on the credits?! You're great guys, keep going

[@xneurosiis]

Lots of great death metal this year like Tomb Mold, Of Feather and Bone, and Outer Heaven.

[@AggressiveTendencies]

Agreed! I mentioned Genocide Pact in my initial video, so check that out if you haven't yet (also the drummer's other band, Innumerable Forms), plus Hyperdontia...so much cool shit!

[@Gregbaltzer]

Just new Unleashed and Gruesome for me. I prefer Old School sounding Death metal.

[@petecanthropus9947]

Construct of Lethe - Exiler. A gem nobody seems to pay attention to . I warmly recommend you to give it a listen. That one and Horrendous - Idol are probably my 2 favorite death metal albums this year.

[@admiralackbar7079]

And on the proggier side, Horrendous - Idol.

[@adambloodfist3368]

That Tomb Mold record is fucking awesome.

[@HeavyNation]

For me, the best album of 2018 is Warrel Dane - Shadow Work, you should make a video about this album!

[@PhotogV]

Heavy Nation yes! yes! Yes! Warrel and nothing else!

[@montebarnard4802]

Keep up the great work guys! Love all these records.

[@Hhhjam1975]

Love that you guys give some shine to Oceans of Slumber. They are a great band

[@papabillydeth4723]

Albums of the year 2018 Dragonlord Dominion: Awesome symphonic Black thrash mix of Testament, Children of Bodom, and Witchery Ghost Prequelle: Glammy rock album full of ear candy that gets stuck in your head. Bloodshot Dawn Reanimation: Melodic (Techy Maybe?) Death Metal that has awesome very Japanesey/videogamey delicious riffs Judas Priest Firepower: Great heavy metal from the kings, favorite new Priest record since Angel of Retribution Necrophobic Mark of the Necrogram: Fun album, more Black Metal than death metal. Different lyrical content than your typical black metal fare. There’s a song about the Tsar Bomba Homewrecker Hell Is Here Now: Most headbangingist album of the year for me. Jungle Rot Jungle Rot: Great chunky death metal, lots of Bolt Thrower/Memoriam sounds in here. They did Memoriam better than Memoriam did this year Visigoth Conqueror’s Oath: A great continuation from their first album. Traditional metal from my homeboys in Salt Lake City. Fantastic vocals Carnation Chapel of Abhorrence: Solid death metal album. Very Cannibal Corpsey Memoriam The Silent Vigil: Not as good as their first album, still some good chunky metal. Where their first album was more like getting run over by a tank, this one is more like getting slowly buried in concrete Worth mentioning Rivers of Nihil where owls know: interesting album, great studying/reading music. That is such a sexy phone. Horrendous Idol: Disappointing album for me. I love their other albums and was most excited for this albums release. Unfortunately it doesn’t do anything for me. I zone out every time I listen to it and forget what I just heard.

[@anthonyrivers1619]

Way to take the time to post that!

[@blondie8372]

Waste Land by Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats

[@Halvorsent2]

Happy new year Bangers!

[@hmetaljustin]

Excellent picks BANGER! I'm going to have to look up some of these bands. Here's my short list: 1. Judas Priest - Firepower 2. Amorphis- Queen of Time 3. Voivod- The Wake 4. Satan- Cruel Magic

[@RDchnl]

4:11 cracked me up so hard.

[@Falxifer95]

Metal Comedy FTW

[@shotgunsafayat4257]

archgoat will be no.1 hopefully

[@DJTheMetalheadMercenary]

The new Archgoat destroys! Hellyeah.

[@RaquelFiglo]

You guys rock! So much fun to watch! 🤘 keep it up!!!

[@japanate8416]

Cool. Saw Tribulation a few years back. Thanks for sharing.

[@ell46and2]

Wow Sarah's room is incredible. How many vinyl are there?

[@CountNazgul93]

The plural of vinyl is vinyl...

[@mr.potatohead6138]

I would accept an invite😁👍

[@ell46and2]

@@CountNazgul93 Good to know, thanks.

[@nantu07]

She's a DJ so that's a given.

[@amitypearson6879]

4

[@hybridvoxx3374]

Rivers of Nihil is album of the decade

[@oskar356]

Checked them out due to your comment and they were dope. Thanks

[@ScoopMeisterGeneral]

@Pseudo Absolutely. Esoteric Malacology and Insomnium's WInter's Gate, too.

[@Gatordad1717]

Dyscarnate surpasses.

[@frankthatank6671]

@@Gatordad1717 thank you

[@Madbutcher305]

I think it's pretty overrated. A lot of initial wow factor due to the tone, but not very many good riffs, long stretches of kinda uninteresting extreme sections, and some pretty bad production choices, gets kinda pumpy in the drums and guitars. It's okay and clearly has good ideas but the execution is a bit lacking. Imo one of the weaker high-profile progressive/tech death albums this year, not as strong as Augury - Illusive Golden Age, Revocation - The Outer Ones, Slugdge - Esoteric Malacology, Cryptopsy - Tome II, maybe even Psycroptic - As The Kingdom Drowns.

[@tsuyu19ku]

I will go with my top 20 : Mournful Congregation - The Incubus of Karma A Forest of Stars - Grave Mounds and Grave Mistakes Evoken - Hypnagogia Messa - Feast for Water An Autumn for Crippled Children - The Lights of September Un - Sentiment Sigh - Heir to Despair Daughters - You won't get what you want Pale - EP Convulsing - Grievous Organ: - Everything is pared down. Minimal expectations Comatose Vigil A.K. - Evangelium Nihil Progenie Terrestre Pura - StarCross Abysskvlt - Khaogenesis Paara - Ritti Storm{o} - Ere Portal - ION Selvans - Faunalia Convocation - Scars Across Bliss Signal - Bliss Signal

[@maxmattiroli7926]

This is why I think there is way too much metal to listen to nowadays. First, I didnt even realize A Forest of Stars and Sigh put out new music, and of the rest, Paara is the only one I have listened to (quite enjoyed it), ION too I think but I wasnt really into it.

[@mattaide7116]

Some pretty great pics in here! One album I don't hear enough people talking about, my AOTY, is 'Horizon Ablaze - The Weight of a Thousand Suns'. The other tops for me that were not mentioned, Parius - The Eldritch Realm, Rolo Tomassi - Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It, The Crotals - Horde, Skeletonwitch - The Devouring Mortality, Gaerea - Unsettling Whispers, Beyond Creation - Algorythm and Revocation - The Outer Ones. Yeah, I'm all over the place.

[@ericweeks8146]

Anaal Nathrakh's A New Kind of Horror is a beautiful album.

[@AggressiveTendencies]

Agreed! Hope you dug my review of it haha. Wish I could have shouted out more albums.

[@W00DSMAN]

My 5 picks in no order are: Sectioned - Annihilated Malthusian - Across Deaths Voices - Frightened Abyssal/Carcinoma - Apanthropinization Split. Svalbard - It's Hard To Have Hope

[@FantasticDimensions]

New subscriber here! Thanks to Oceans of Slumber for sending me this way! You guys have a great looking channel, and I only knew about one of these records you all picked (because I'm perpetually years behind on music it seems). So far I've jammed out Panopticon (twice), Snowy Shaw, and working on Rivers of Nihil now... and all are good!

[@randyeppyt]

Hit up that Outre Tombe. So damn good. templeofmystery.bandcamp.com/album/n-crovortex

[@giulienk]

The band that stood out the most from this "Best of". Going to their bandcamp now!

[@trem6205]

They should touring with Steven Wilson

[@suatozcan1813]

METAl is ALIVE!

[@BibFortuna88]

Where do i get that flag though?!

[@CrabJuice83]

Disturbing lack of Black Metal considering how insane the year has been for Black Metal.

[@welwitschia]

True. Care to share your favorites?

[@CrabJuice83]

@@welwitschia Sure will. Kriegsmaschine, Funeral Mist, Mare, Helrunar, Watain, Ováte, Clandestine Blaze, UADA, Misotheist, Outre - Not in order, but these were my favourites so far. Still have about 8-10 albums I need to listen to including Aethyrick, and Voodus.

[@CrabJuice83]

@jussi __ I have not, but I'll see if I can get round to it before too long. Sounds intriguing.

[@CrabJuice83]

@jussi __ Thanks man, will do.

[@welwitschia]

@@CrabJuice83 Thanks! I heard a couple of these, but haven't checked the others. Some of my favorites this year--not on your list or the video--were the new ones by: The Lion's Daughter, Panegyrist, Ultha, Tractatus, Ails, Gaylord, Selvans and Unreqvited. They're a bit more left-field than the ones you mentioned, but all of them of exceptional quality.

[@somberlainnn9883]

Top 5 albums of this year 5) Portal - Ion 4) At The Gates - To Drink From The Night Itself 3) Rivers of Nihil - Where Owls Know My Name 2) Sleep - The Sciences 1) Horrendous - Idol

[@jensman67]

Great choices brothers! Especially agree with Dylan. Oceans of Slumber are so underrated. Also, a very unique live experience.

[@Malkav65]

Listen to Ihsahn’s After for awesome sax-infused metal

[@deliciousdishes4531]

it's all over the place rn. Arkheth as well this year. Last year there were a few as well. It seems like especially black metal likes that gimmick

[@nicholasromig5506]

he can't stop releasing great metal that does wild shit.

[@Malkav65]

DeliciousDishes I dunno if I’d call it a gimmick since it tends to work so damn well, but it’s definitely a trend

[@Malkav65]

Nicholas Romig I know! I fucking love Ihsahn

[@mikaelhauk]

Red Scalp also has some sax going on the Lost Ghosts album. They're more of a Stoner band, but still a fantastic album.

[@necro_9578]

this year is black metal year like uada outre black reaper ....etc

[@terratrodder]

Love Uada's album, so good.

[@deliciousdishes4531]

every year is black metal year, since everybody and their dog has a black metal band nowadays.

[@MoSweiti666]

It's a death metal year .

[@marquespintonuno]

Gotta love Dylan... First guy to bring the name of ne obliviscaris to the show. First to mention my current fav band oceans of slumber. And he is wearing an awesome leprou t as well. Kudos Mr Dylan well done.

[@moribnd]

Thank you, Dylan! Surprised me with that choice!

[@enjoijoshua6042]

I thought veins errorzone record was pretty solid

[@Gatordad1717]

Enjoi Joshua aoty

[@donshamblin55]

Totally agree!

[@gtaglia779]

Besides At the Gates, I don't know any of these bands! I'm so out of the loop

[@rocioiribe5841]

Good thing for Overkill Reviews so you can get in the loop! 🙌😈

[@harvesteroftone5473]

They were just going out of their way to be obscure and edgy. Metal for wankers.

[@joshharasty838]

Best albums for me in no particular order: Harms Way - Posthuman Rivers of Nihil - Where Owls Know My Name Panopticon - The Scars Of Man on the Once Nameless Wilderness Zeal And Ardor - Stranger Fruit Wolf King - Greater Power Sojourner - The Shadowed Road Night Verses - Phoenix IV: Levitation Wayfarer - World's Blood Unreqvited - Stars Wept To The Sea Fit for A King - Dark Skies

[@Lyrici17]

Solid choices overall. Didn't know that Outre-Tombe, thanks!

[@scotthermansen9607]

What, no Voivod?

[@Mothlover69]

Scott Hermanson I love them too, their new album is up their with Nothingface

[@scotthermansen9607]

@@Mothlover69 definitely, The Wake is awesome. I'm surprised they didn't pick it.

[@arturfilipecastanha580]

No one picked judas priest s firepower? Heresy

[@andrearruda7871]

You didn't notice the ppl from Banger hate Judas Priest. The Priest "special" they made when Firepower was released was only jokes and mockery.

[@arturfilipecastanha580]

@@andrearruda7871 More heretical becomes.

[@martymartin2894]

True and better than all that cookie monster shite.

[@norgnt]

Best metal album of 2018 by far

[@terriblecertainity]

its because it sucks

[@mark_of_the_damned75]

My top 4 Kreator - Gods of Violence Arsis - Visitant Svavelvinter - Morkrets Tid At the Gates - To Drink From the Night Itself

[@Frink77]

I loved Idol by Horrendous! Maybe my fav, but will check out your picks!

[@Lucas777God]

Hey guys, it's "Oceans of Slumber" not "The Ocean" 😉

[@BangerTV]

Fixed!

[@guitardog7414]

If Jungle Rot is not on the list.... check it out \m/ Great Channel

[@ndzick718]

If?

[@guitardog7414]

@@ndzick718 I commented before watching the vid assuming they wouldn't be on anyone's list.

[@michaelbarry9038]

They are on my list I love Jungle Rot and I was waiting for this one

[@semiserioussam]

You guys are friendly, I appreciate that.

[@seer2503]

I just knew Oceans of Slumbers, and it is one of the best of 2018...more for me: Dragonlord - Dominion, Erra - Neon, Subsignal - La Muerta, Khemmis - Desolation, Borealis - The Offering, Susperia - The Lyricist, Beyond Creation - Algorythm, Kalmah - Palo...Dimmu Borgir and Behemoth as well..

[@obi-wannabekennotbi2418]

Gruesome - Twisted Prayers

[@Joffrey-Baratheon]

Such an underrated band. This album is sooo good

[@Dudeatrix]

The new at the gates had a wack sound

[@bschuler6216]

Recycled, Rinsed & Repeated to the point that all my enthusiasm and love for AtG has faded away.

[@effes514]

Really shitty. No bass at all.

[@vladsnape6408]

Good pick Liisa. I've had the pleasure of seeing Tribulation perform in Sydney - they rocked. So glad I went. Gothic + black + melodic + great musicianship + great performers. An awesome band! More people need to have a listen to their great music.

[@frontstage7091]

That wasa really interesting selection! FrontStage will soon release its crew's favorite albuns of 2018. Hope you guys enjoy it too. Best regards!

[@blitzenwisnia1938]

Behemoth - Loved you at your darkest

[@jackofblades1135]

Seriously how has the new inferi completely passed you by?

[@Steven34072]

That rules. No doubt.

[@michaelbarry9038]

Crisix - Against the odds. Great fun thrash metal Nervosa - Downfall of mankind. Music to murder to, fantastic band and I finally got to see them live Tenger cavalry - Cian bi. I overlooked this until recently but after giving it a second chance I love it Jungle rot - Jungle rot. Old school death metal that still feels fresh I do love me some jungle rot Exmortus - The sound of steel. Power meets thrash amazing chugging riffage with a soaring dueling top end this is probably number one but at least got the most plays. Thanks Banger for a great year. Not only am I supporting an institution in metal but i finally got to take a journey, Sam originally inspired, to holy land of Wacken as well as party san and summer breeze. Thanks again and keep up the good work.

[@talsayar]

My top 3: 1. The Ocean - Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic 2. Barren Earth - A Complex of Cages 3. Panopticon - The Scars of Man on the Once Nameless Wilderness, Part 1

[@stonevisionmedia]

Banger always reminds me of why I don't listen to modern metal. It's either overly tech with death vocals or someone copying what's already been done been.

[@nahianhasan1611]

I think you are right. Most of the modern metal bands are out there and they are pretty good. But the problem is I wanna hear something new. There are lots of Death and Gorguts copy band. Metal world is blooming that's true but there are now less and less bands which has a deeper influence.

[@aceragnarok9451]

Clearly doesn't listen to any actual modern metal

[@BongwaterJones]

Serious lack in good doom guys. WHERE IS SLEEP?!? WHERE IS BONGRIPPER???

[@Gregbaltzer]

Beastmaker dropped a shit load of Eps this year two which are gold. And although not Doom the new Corrosion of Conformity is a beast of the album, and everything someone could hope for with the return of Pepper.

[@bschuler6216]

Probably in the basement steamboxing the reefer.

[@andrewdomonic6603]

Yob

[@Weedeater58]

Dopethrone? Acid Witch?

[@franlovelsimic8421]

New Sleep is so overrated

[@deerock3350]

Thanks for the 411 on Oceans of Slumber! I never heard of them until now. What amazing vocals, I actually got goosebumps and I never get them. I bought there album right after. 👍👍

[@thenorthernwitch501]

My favorite album this year is certainly Striker - Play to win ! My favorite genre of music is Melodic Death but damn that Play to win was awesome ! Incredible sounds, really huge 80's feel, feels like you can ride your care, windows open in the heat of summer while blasting Summoner or On The Run. Great find !

[@BangerTV]

Cool. Have you seen our interview with Tim from Striker? kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4SZZYiuq6ejkNE