Metal Hammer's 50 Best Albums of 2019

As 2019 draws to a close, Metal Hammer magazine name Tool’s long-awaited Fear Inoculum their album of the year

Published: December 10, 2019 09:31 Source

# 1

Fear Inoculum by TOOL

Album • Aug 30 / 2019 Progressive Metal

# 2

Rammstein by Rammstein

Album • May 17 / 2019 Neue Deutsche Härte

# 3

We Are Not Your Kind by Slipknot

Album • Aug 09 / 2019 Alternative Metal

# 4

Empath by Devin Townsend

Album • Mar 29 / 2019 Progressive Metal Avant-Garde Metal

# 5

Samsara by Venom Prison

Album • Mar 15 / 2019 Deathcore Death Metal

# 6

CALIGULA by Lingua Ignota

Album • Jul 19 / 2019 Death Industrial

# 7

Eternal Forward Motion by Employed To Serve

Album • May 10 / 2019 Metalcore

# 8

Birth of Violence by Chelsea Wolfe

Album • Sep 13 / 2019 Singer-Songwriter Gothic Country Dark Folk

# 9

Gold & Grey by Baroness

Album • Jun 14 / 2019 Stoner Rock Stoner Metal

# 10

A Dawn to Fear by Cult Of Luna

Album • Sep 20 / 2019 Atmospheric Sludge Metal Post-Metal

# 11

When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light by Swallow the Sun

Album • Jan 25 / 2019 Doom Metal

# 12

In Cauda Venenum by Opeth

Album • Sep 27 / 2019 Progressive Rock

# 13

Spiritual Instinct by Alcest

Album • Oct 25 / 2019 Post-Metal Blackgaze

# 14

Hearts of No Light by Schammasch

Album • Nov 08 / 2019 Black Metal Avant-Garde Metal

# 15

The Heretics by Rotting Christ

Album • Feb 15 / 2019 Melodic Black Metal

# 16

Weeping Choir by Full of Hell

Album • May 17 / 2019 Deathgrind

# 17

Atonement by Killswitch Engage

Album • Aug 16 / 2019 Melodic Metalcore

# 18

Mana by Unto Others

Album • May 10 / 2019 Heavy Metal Gothic Metal

# 19

Renaissance Men by The Wildhearts

Album • May 03 / 2019 Hard Rock Power Pop

# 20

Futha by Heilung

Album • Jun 28 / 2019 Nordic Folk Music Neo-Pagan Folk Dark Folk

# 21

The Nothing by Korn

Album • Sep 13 / 2019 Nu Metal

# 22

Hallucinogen by Blut Aus Nord

Album • Sep 19 / 2019 Atmospheric Black Metal

# 23

Age of Excuse by Mgła

Album • Sep 02 / 2019 Black Metal

# 24

Hidden History of the Human Race by Blood Incantation

Album • Nov 22 / 2019 Death Metal Progressive Metal

# 25

Planetary Clairvoyance by Tomb Mold

Album • Jul 19 / 2019 Death Metal

# 26

The Course of Empire by Atlantean Kodex

Album • Sep 13 / 2019 Heavy Metal Epic Doom Metal

# 27

Death Atlas by Cattle Decapitation

Album • Nov 29 / 2019 Technical Death Metal

# 28

Sulphur English by Inter Arma

Album • Apr 12 / 2019 Atmospheric Sludge Metal Death Doom Metal

# 29

Dawn of Infinite Fire by Asagraum

Album • Sep 13 / 2019 Black Metal

# 30

Mourn the Southern Skies by Exhorder

Album • Sep 20 / 2019 Thrash Metal Groove Metal

# 31

Gastir – Ghosts Invited by Gaahls Wyrd

Album • May 24 / 2019 Black Metal

# 32

STRENGTH IN NUMB333RS by FEVER 333

Album • Jan 18 / 2019 Rap Metal Alternative Metal

# 33

Old Star by Darkthrone

Album • May 31 / 2019 Black Metal Heavy Metal

# 34

Black Anima by Lacuna Coil

Album • Oct 11 / 2019 Alternative Metal Gothic Metal

# 35

Twin Temple (Bring You Their Signature Sound.... Satanic Doo-Wop) by Twin Temple

Album • Jul 13 / 2018

# 36

Wolf God by Grand Magus

Album • Apr 19 / 2019 Heavy Metal

# 37

The Language of Injury by Ithaca

Album • Feb 01 / 2019 Metalcore Mathcore

# 38

Saint Vitus by Saint Vitus

Album • Feb 01 / 1984 Traditional Doom Metal

# 39

New Organon by The Lord Weird Slough Feg

Album • Jun 14 / 2019 Heavy Metal

# 40

The Valley by Whitechapel

Album • Mar 29 / 2019 Deathcore Metalcore

# 41

The Wings of War by Overkill

Album • Feb 22 / 2019 Thrash Metal

# 42

The Goat by Puppy

Album • Jan 25 / 2019 Alternative Metal

# 43

The Gereg by The Hu

Album • Sep 13 / 2019 Folk Rock

# 44

amo by Bring Me The Horizon

Album • Jan 25 / 2019 Pop Rock Alternative Rock Electropop

# 45

Daemon by Mayhem

Album • Nov 08 / 2019 Black Metal

# 46

Mordial by Car Bomb

Album • Sep 27 / 2019 Mathcore Djent

# 47

Walk The Sky by Alter Bridge

Album • Oct 18 / 2019 Alternative Metal Hard Rock

# 48

Astronoid by Astronoid

Album • Feb 01 / 2019 Post-Metal

# 49

Distance Over Time by Dream Theater

Album • Feb 22 / 2019 Progressive Metal

# 50

The Door to Doom by Candlemass

Album • Feb 22 / 2019 Epic Doom Metal Doom Metal