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It's hard to believe how fast 2014 flew by. For seeming like such a short period of time, there was a lot of great music that came out. And being the indecisive bastard I am, there was no shortage of pain sorting it out. Therefore, I'll follow a model similar to last year with a big ol', all you can eat music buffet. This includes my top 15 full lengths, top 10ish EPs (in no particular order), and about a million runner ups.

But first thing's first.. Go a head and take a gander at the rest of the team's favorite new music if you haven't already.

JOHN WHITMORE'S BEST OF 2014 // MATTIA'S BEST OF 2014 // BRADLEY D'S BEST OF 2014 // KOLBY'S BEST OF 2014 // THE VOCIFERATOR'S BEST OF 2014 // \m/EYER'S BEST OF 2014

 

TOP 15 ALBUMS

15. Intervals – A Voice Within

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Links: Facebook // Twitter // YouTube // Bandcamp

 

14. Inanimate Existence – A Never-Ending Cycle of Atonement

InanimateExistence

Links: Facebook // Twitter // Merch

 

13. Alterbeast – Immortal

Alterbeast

Links: Facebook // Bandcamp // Merch

 

12. Beyond Creation – Earthborn Evolution

BeyondCreation

Links: Facebook // Twitter // Merch

 

11. Hannes Grossmann – The Radial Covenant

TheRadialCovenant

Links: Facebook // Official Website // Bandcamp

 

10. Job For A Cowboy – Sun Eater

JobForACowboy

Links: Facebook // Official Website // Merch // iTunes

 

9. Clément Belio – Contrast

Contrast

Links: Facebook // Soundcloud // Bandcamp

 

8. Conquering Dystopia – Self-Titled

ConqueringDystopia

Links: Facebook // Official Website

 

7. Black Crown Initiate – The Wreckage of Stars

BlackCrownInitiate

Links: Facebook // Bandcamp // Merch

 

6. Skyharbor – Guiding Lights

Skyharbor

Links: Facebook // Twitter // iTunes

 

5. The Contortionist – Language

TheContortionist

Links: Facebook // Twitter // Merch

 

4. Archspire – The Lucid Collective

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Links: Facebook // Twitter // iTunes // Merch

 

3. Ne Obliviscaris – Citadel

NeObliviscaris

Links: Facebook // Bandcamp // iTunes

 

2. Animals As Leaders – The Joy of Motion

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Links: Facebook // Twitter // iTunes

 

1. Fallujah – The Flesh Prevails

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Links: Facebook // Twitter // iTunes

 

TOP 10(ISH) EPs

(In no particular order)


Cloudkicker – Little Histories

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Links: Facebook // Bandcamp

 

Jules Julio Martinez – DSM

Jules

Links: Facebook // Soundcloud // Bandcamp

 

Haamoja – Liberation

Haamoja

Links: Facebook // YouTube // Bandcamp

 

The Helix Nebula – Meridian

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Links: Facebook // Official Website // Bandcamp // iTunes

 

Noise Trail Immersion – Self-Titled

NoiseTrailImmersion

Links: Facebook // Bandcamp

 

CHON – Woohoo!

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Links: Facebook // Twitter // Bandcamp // Merch

 

Periphery – Clear

PERIPHERY

Links: Facebook // Twitter // iTunes

 

Misophonia – Vinctus

Misophonia

Links: Facebook // Bandcamp

 

Plaguebringer – Hollowed

PlagueBringer

Links: Facebook // Bandcamp

 

Pathways – Harlot

Pathways

Links: Facebook // Bandcamp

 

Anup Sastry – Titan

AnupSastry

Links: Facebook // Youtube // Bandcamp

 

Humality – Nowhere

Humality

Links: Facebook // YouTube // Bandcamp

 

Maxi Curnow – STEM

MaxiCurnow

Links: Facebook // Soundcloud // YouTube // Bandcamp

 

BUFFET

(In no particular order)


Killitorous – Party, Grind

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Cynic – Kindly Bent To Free Us

Cynic


Xerath – III

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Widek – Outside The Universe

Widek


Destrage – Are You Kidding Me? No.

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Seeming Emptiness – Conversion

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Outrun The Sunlight – Terrapin

OutrunTheSunlight


Krimh – Krimhera

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Polyphia – Muse

Polyphia


Abysmal Dawn – Obsolescence

AbysmalDawn


Spawning Abhorrence – The Cursed Earth

SpawningAbhorrence


Horrendous – Ecdysis

Horrendous


Paroxysmal Butchering – Human Smasher

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Sound Struggle – Self-Titled

SoundStruggle


Destiny Potato – Lun

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Devin Townsend – Sky Blue / Dark Matters

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Cannibal Corpse – A Skeletal Domain

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Unearth – Watchers Of Rule

Unearth


Flub – Advent

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Origin – Omnipresent

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Behemoth – The Satanist

Behemoth


Allegaeon – Elements of the Infinite

Allegaeon

Aborted – The Necrotic Manifesto

Aborted


Monuments – The Amanuensis

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Mastodon – Once More 'Round The Sun

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Alcest – Shelter

Alcest


Petrychor – Makrokosmos

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Dysphoria – The Apogee

Dysphoria

 

Nexilva – Eschatologies

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Anaal Nathrakh – Desideratum

AnaalNathrakh


Lies Of Nazca – Aleph

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Shokran – Supreme Truth

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Tankard – R.I.B.

Tankard


Infecting The Swarm – Pathogenesis

InfectingTheSwarm


Ov Hollowness – The World Ends

OvHollowness


Killer Be Killed – Self-Titled

KillerBeKilled

 

Machine Head – Bloodstone & Diamonds

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Within The Ruins – Phenomena

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ERRA – Moments Of Clarity

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Volumes – No Sleep

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Wings Denied – Mirrors For A Prince

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