The year isn't over, so I might edit this later, but for now: Dev - four-way tie between Casualties of Cool, Transcendence, Deconstruction and Empath Triptykon - Melana Chasmata and Eparistera Daimones Motörhead - Bad Magic David Bowie - Blackstar Charles Bradley - Changes Loss - Despond Cattle Decapitation - Monolith of Inhumanity Oceans of Slumber - Winter Nile - What Should Not Be Unearthed Ihsahn - Àmr Ahab - The Giant
UI've given this some thought but I'm sooooo bad at remembering when certain Albums came out
Devin Townsend - Transcendece, CoC, Empath Tool - Fear Inoculum Opeth - in Cauda Venenum, Heritage Behemoth - The Satanist, I loved you at your darkest A Perfect Circle - Eat the elephant Black Sabbath - 13 Squarepusher - Ufabulum Earthtone9 - IV Midlake - The courage of others Meshuggah - The violent sleep of reason Bohren & der Club of Gore - Piano Nights Deep Purple - Infinite Judas Priest - Firepower Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused To Sing, Hand. Cannot. Erase. Caligula's Horse - In Contact Ghost - Meliora Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues