Uploaded December 2016 | Updated September 2026, 17 minutes ago

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My top 50 list gets past the halfway mark, where the top albums of the year really start to separate from the rest of the pack. And remember, if you like the album, buy it!!!

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30. Phobocosm - "Ordeal" from Bringer of Drought
youtube.com/watch?v=Nz8nN6z-6Ms

29. Khemmis - Hunted
youtube.com/watch?v=0MQfTawVLeI

28. Death Fortress - Deathless March of the Unyielding
youtube.com/watch?v=j9CZ6ExUHVQ

27. Protector - "Cursed and Coronated" from Cursed and Coronated
youtube.com/watch?v=yJO_0PYzem0

26. Beastmaker - "Mask of Satan" from Lusus Naturae
youtube.com/watch?v=fPGzqslFVm4

25. Urgehal - Aeons In Sodom
youtube.com/watch?v=LcoEjmqRyPU

24. Ritual Chamber - Obscurations (To Feast on the Seraphim)
youtube.com/watch?v=u1V3vl8L1S8

23. Baptism - V: The Devil's Fire
youtube.com/watch?v=VfwjYe4LM8A

22. Temple Nightside - "Charnel Winds" from The Hecatomb
youtube.com/watch?v=HWWVDavwwrs

21. Deathspell Omega - The Synarchy of Molten Bones
youtube.com/watch?v=_pa-gruFS1Q