PopMatters' 20 Best Metal Albums of 2019

The most dreaded moment of the year is when I have to sit down and figure out what my end of year favorite metal albums are.

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# 1

Syntheosis by Waste of Space Orchestra

Album • Apr 05 / 2019 Atmospheric Sludge Metal Doom Metal

# 2

A Gaze Among Them by Big Brave

Album • May 10 / 2019 Post-Metal Drone Metal

# 3

Life Metal by sunn O)))

Album • Apr 26 / 2019 Drone Metal

# 4

Sulphur English by Inter Arma

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

# 5

Gold & Grey by Baroness

Album • Jun 14 / 2019 Stoner Rock Stoner Metal

# 6

Planetary Clairvoyance by Tomb Mold

Album • Jul 19 / 2019 Death Metal

# 7

A Pyrrhic Existence by Esoteric

Album • Nov 08 / 2019 Funeral Doom Metal

# 8

Mourn the Southern Skies by Exhorder

Album • Sep 20 / 2019 Thrash Metal Groove Metal

# 9

Thrive on Neglect by Immortal Bird

Album • Jul 05 / 2019 Black Metal Death Metal

# 10

Universal Death Church by Lord Mantis

Album • Nov 22 / 2019 Sludge Metal

# 11

Hidden History of the Human Race by Blood Incantation

Album • Nov 22 / 2019 Death Metal Progressive Metal

# 12

Osiris Hayden by ENPHIN

Album • Nov 01 / 2019

# 13

Triumphant Master Of Fates by Vimur

Album • Mar 13 / 2020 Black Metal

# 14

The Doomed City by Necropanther

Album • Nov 15 / 2019 Melodic Death Metal

# 15

Rare Field Ceiling by Yellow Eyes

Album • Jun 28 / 2019 Atmospheric Black Metal Black Metal

# 16

Behold Sedition Plainsong by Dawn Ray'd

Album • Oct 25 / 2019 Black Metal

# 17

Sea of Worry by Have A Nice Life

Album • Nov 08 / 2019 Gothic Rock Post-Punk

# 18

Living Tomb by Ossuarium

Album • Feb 01 / 2019 Death Metal

# 19

La Croix de Sang by Drastus

Album • Mar 01 / 2019 Black Metal

# 20

Gazing in the Dark by Copperhead

Album • Sep 06 / 2019 Sludge Metal Noise Rock

# 21

Pyroclasts by sunn O)))

Album • Oct 25 / 2019 Drone Metal