The Top Albums ov 2018: As Backed By Science!

The. Last. List.

The very same Advanced Mathematics℗ that has allowed me to remain perpetually on the threshold of bankruptcy my entire working life has been applied to our 2018 Top 10 Album Lists to ascertain what would be our combined AOTY among the Toilet ov Hell contributors. Basically, if an album came in as someone’s #10 it received 11 points, #9 scored 12 points, #8 scored 13 points, all the way down to our #1’s getting 20 points. Pretty fucking tech, right? I have a mortgage and support an infant. This year had a few more ties than last year, even with my slightly revised method, so we didn’t arrive with a neat Top 15. Even just getting to the 14th rank meant including 25 individual albums, so I stopped there. Any drawn/tied entries were arranged with the albums occurring on the most lists up higher, in the event that they were still tied, I arbitrarily assigned them a rank. Eat shit, listnerds.

If you haven’t at least given each one of these albums a shot during the year then what the fuck are you even doing here? Seriously, why read end of year lists? If it’s just to skim through and reaffirm your taste with silent nods to each album you already liked and comment “No [other album]?” when your pick isn’t mentioned then you should really just log off and stick to the thrilling autofellatio experience you seem to desire. For those of you who enjoy new music, should you like to read more about a certain one I’ve linked interviews/features to the band names and reviews to the album names (where applicable).

14. Ataraxy – Where All Hope Fades

13 points (Lacertilian)
13 points (Moshito)

= 26 points

13. Maggot Heart – Dusk To Dusk

15 points (Hans)
13 points (Richter)

= 28 points

12. Convulsing – Grievous

18 points (Lacertilian)
11 points (Richter)

= 29 points

=11. Obscura – Diluvium

17 points (The Conductor)
13 points (Brenocide)

= 30 points

=11. Obliteration – Cenotaph Obscure

16 points (Lacertilian)
14 points (W.)

= 30 points

=10. Horrendous – Idols

19 points (Leif Bearikson)
12 points (Brenocide)

= 31 points

=10. Rolo Tomassi – Time Will Die And Love Will Bury It

19 points (Joaquin Stick)
12 points (Moshito)

= 31 points

=10. Chapel Of Disease – …And As We Have Seen The Storm, We Have Embraced The Eye

20 points (Joe Thrashnkill)
11 points (Moshito)
= 31 points

=9. Oceans Of Slumber – The Banished Heart

17 points (365 Days Of Horror)
15  points (Spear)

= 32 points

=9. Slugdge – Esoteric Malacology

18 points (Brenocide)
14 points (Moshito)

= 32 points

=9. Gatekeeper – East Of The Sun

19 points (Sepulcrustacean)
13 points (Spear)

= 32 points

=9. Burial Invocation – Abiogenesis

20 points (Lacertilian)
12 points (Leif Bearikson)

= 32 points

=8. Tribulation – Down Below

19 points (The Conductor)
14 points (Link)

= 33 points

=8. Carpe Noctem – Vitrun

19 points (Lacertilian)
14 points (Leif Bearikson)

= 33 points

7. Mournful Congregation – The Incubus Of Karma

18 points (Sepulcrustacean)
16 points (Karhu)

= 34 points

=6. Charlie Looker – Simple Answers

20 points (Richter)
15 points (Joaquin Stick)

= 35 points

=6. Dewfall – Hermeticus

20 points (Rolderathis)
15 points (Karhu)

= 35 points

=6. Rivers Of Nihil – Where Owls Know My Name

20 points (The Conductor)
15 points (Brenocide)

= 35 points

=6. Conjurer – Mire

19 points (Rolderathis)
16 points (Joaquin Stick)

= 35 points

=6. Chaos Echœs – Mouvement

20 points (W.)
15 points (Lacertilian)

= 35 points

5. Harakiri For The Sky – Arson

20 points (Brenocide)
16 points (Link)

= 36 points

4. Zealotry – At The Nexus Of Stillborn Worlds

20 points (Sepulcrustacean)
19 points (McNulty)

= 39 points

3. MØL – Jord

17 points (Joe Thrashnkill)
14 points (Brenocide)
12 points (Joaquin Stick)

= 43 points

2. Khemmis – Desolation

20 points (Joaquin Stick)
18 points (The Conductor)
13 points (Joe Thrashnkill)
12 points (365 Days Of Horror)
= 63 points

1. Tomb Mold – Manor Of Inifinite Forms

20 points (Leif Bearikson)
17  points x3 (Lacertilian, Sepulcrustacean, Mc Nulty)

= 71 points

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