Nile – Ithyphallic
Dew-Scented – Incinerate

Pig Destroyer – Phantom Limb

Behemoth – The Apostasy

Ensiferum – Victory Songs

Today Is The Day – Axis Of Evil

Malevolent Creation – Doomsday X

Machine Head – The Blackening

Exodus – The Atrocity Exhibition: Exhibit A

Clutch – From Beale Street To Oblivion

The following releases deserve mention as well:

Arch Enemy – The Last Tyrant

Watain – Sworn To The Dark

Avichi  - The Divine Tragedy

Blood Red Throne – Come Death

Sigh – Hangman’s Hymn

Svartsot – Ravenenes Saga

Bigelf – Hex

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