| Artist | Title | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devin Townsend | Jainism | Powernerd | Inside Out |
| Tzompantli | Chichimecatl | Beating the Drum of Ancestral Force | Twenty Buck Spin |
| Together to the Stars | Waiting for A Fire | The Fragile Silence | Indie |
| HOULE | Sur Les Braises Du Foyer | Ciel Cendre et Misère Noire | Indie |
| Ulcerate | Transifguration in and Out of Worlds | Cutting the Throat of God | Debemur Morti |
| Kvaen | Basilisk | The Formless Fires | Metal Blade |
| Alcest | L'Adieu | Les Chants de l'Aurore | Prophecy |
| Moor Mother | Death By Longitude | The Great Bailout | Anti- |
| ZOMBIESHARK! | Heads I Win, Tails You Lose | Die Laughing | Indie |
| Poppy | Crystallized | Negative Spaces | Sumerian |
| Cognitive | As the Light Fades | Abhorrence | Metal Blade |
| Aurora | The Dark Dresses Lightly | What Happened to the Heart? | Decca |
| Zeal & Ardor | Are You The ONly One Now? | Grief | Indie |
| Primitive Warfare | Pulpit of the Conquerer | Extinction Protocol | Indie |
| State Faults | Palo Anto | Children of the Moon | Deathwish |
| Jisei | Feel Bad Hit of the Year | Positive Affirmations | Indie |
| Hidden Mothers | Haze | Erosion/Avulsion | Church Road |
| From Dying Suns | Turn Undead | Calamity | Indie |
| Witch Bolt | Harvest | Bellow | Indie |
| Darko (US) | Death Charge | Starfire | Indie |
| Julie Christmas | Supernatural | Ridiculous and Covered in Blood | Red Crk |
| herlovebeheadsdaisies | It's Like Hoding a Ghost's Hand | Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament | Indie |
| Wooden Vessels | What Lies in Wait | What Lies in Wait | Indie |
| Negative Bliss | Sun Stain | Everything Hurts and I'm Dying | Indie |
| Ocean Sleeper | Maybe Death is All I Need | Maybe Death is All I Need | Indie |
| Agriculture | Living Is Easy | Living Is Easy | Flenser |
| Hanabie | Bucchigiri Tokyo | Bucchigiri Tokyo | Epic Records |
Program:
Episode 61 - AOTY (Part 2)
The second half of my album of the year list, PLUS the first chunk of the EP list!
See the whole list over at themarsh.ca