THE TOP 100 ALBUMS OF 2018 TL;DR VERSION

Just the list, In countdown order; ENJOY!

100.) Black Majesty- Children of the Abyss
FFO- Power Metal

99.) Poets Of The Fall- Ultraviolet
FFO- Alternative Rock, Gothic Rock, Symphonic Rock

98.) Shattered Skies- Muted Neon
FFO- Modern Progressive Metal

97.) Orange Goblin- The Wolf Bites Back
FFO- Stoner Metal, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal

96.) Agrypnie- Grenzgaenger
FFO- Atmospheric Death Metal

95.) Skeletonwitch- Devouring Radiant Light
FFO- Blackened Atmospheric Thrash Metal

94.) Siege of Power- Warning Blast
FFO- Hardcore, Punk, Thrash

93.) Antiverse- Under The Regolith
FFO- Thrash Metal, Blackened Death Metal, Progressive Metal

92.) Alkaloid- Liquid Anatomy
FFO- Technical Metal, Progressive Metal, Death Metal

91.) Black Fast- Spectre of Ruin
FFO- Blackened Thrash Metal Progressive Metal

90.) Entransient- The Weight of Things
FFO- Dark Progressive Rock

89.) Primordial- Exile Amongst The Ruins
FFO- Celtic Black Metal

88.) Clutch- Book of Bad Decisions
FFO- Blues Rock, Stoner Rock, Hard Rock

87.) Unleashed- The Hunt for White Christ
FFO- Viking Metal, Death Metal

86.) Howling Sycamore
FFO- Technical Death Metal with Clean Vocals

85.) Dire Peril- The Extraterrestrial Compendium
FFO- Iced Earth in Space

84.) Freak Kitchen- Confusion to the Enemy
FFO- Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal

83.) Khemmis- Desolation
FFO- Doom Metal, Heavy Metal

82.) Parasite INC- Dead and Alive
FFO- Melodic Death Metal

81.) Tribulation- Down Below
FFO- Black Metal, Occult Rock, Heavy Metal

80.) Hooded Menace- Ossuarium Silhouettes
FFO- Doom Metal, Death Metal

79.) Wolvhammer- The Monuments of Ash & Bone
FFO- Black Metal, Death Metal, Post Metal

78.) Metal Allegiance- Volume II- Power Drunk Majesty
FFO- Heavy Metal of All Styles

77.) Arsis- Visitant
FFO- Technical Death Metal

76.) Terrorizer- Caustic Attack
FFO- Death-Grind

75.) The Lion's Daughter- Future Cult
FFO- Horror, Black Metal, Death Metal, 80s Synths

74.) Angra- Omni
FFO- Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Groove Metal

73.) The Night Flight Orchestra- Sometimes The World Ain't Enough
FFO- 70s-80s Classic Rock

72.) Subsignal- Le Muerta
FFO- Progressive Rock

71.) The Absence- A Gift For The Obsessed
FFO- American Melodic Death Metal

70.) THEM- Manor of the Se7en Gables
FFO- Melodic Metal, Heavy Metal

69.) Ghost- Prequelle
FFO- Blue Oyster Cult, Mercyful Fate, Top 40 Rock

68.) Striker- Play To Win
FFO- Speed Metal, Heavy Metal

67.) Deicide- Overtures of Blasphemy
FFO- Death Metal

66.) Skyharbor- Sunshine Dust
FFO- Modern Progressive Metal

65.) Mile Marker Zero- The Fifth Row
FFO- Progressive Metal, Alternative Metal

64.) Follow The Cipher- S/T
FFO- Modern Metal, Power Metal

63.) Refuge- Solitary Men
FFO- Heavy Metal, Speed Metal

62.) Manticora- To Live to Kill to Live
FFO- Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Speed Metal

61.) Satan- Cruel Magic
FFO- NWOBHM

60.) Aborted- Terrorvision
FFO- Brutal Death Metal, Deathgrind, Horror

59.) Vessel of Light- Woodshed
FFO- Heavy Metal Occult Rock

58.) Lords of Black- Icons Of The New Days
FFO- Power Metal, Heavy Metal

57.) The Sea Within- S/T
FFO- ALL Star Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal

56.) Memoriam- The Silent Vigil
FFO- Old School Death Metal

55.) Deceased- Ghostly White
FFO- Death Metal, Thrash Metal

54.) Haken- Vector
FFO- Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock

53.) Beyond Creation- Algorythm
FFO- Technical Death Metal, Progressive Death Metal

52.) Tomb Mold- Manor of Infinite Forms
FFO- Death Metal, Dark Souls/Bloodborne

51.) Orphaned Land- Unsung Prophets & Dead Messiahs
FFO- Progressive Metal, Power Metal, Folk Metal

50.) Skull Fist- Way of the Road
FFO- Speed Metal, Heavy Metal

49.) Against The Grain- Cheated Death
FFO- Heavy Metal, Rock and Roll

48.) The Crown- Cobra Speed Venom
FFO- Melodic Death Metal, Thrash Metal

47.) Warrel Dane- Shadow Work
FFO- Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Dark Metal

46,) Alice In Chains- Rainier Fog
FFO- Heavy Metal, Sludge Metal

45.) Horrendous- Idol
FFO- Old School Death Metal, Progressive Death Metal

44.) The Atlas Moth- Coma Noire
FFO- Atmospheric Metal, Sludge Metal, Post Metal

43.) Glass Lungs- Imperenance
FFO- Post Rock, Dream Pop, Shoegaze, Progressive Rock

42.) Mournful Congregation- The Incubus of Karma
FFO- Funeral Doom Metal

41.) Kataklysm- Meditation
FFO- Melodic Death Metal

40.) Riverside- Wasteland
FFO- Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal, Experimental

39.) In Vain- Currents
FFO- Progressive Death Metal, Modern Metal

38.) Light The Torch- Revival
FFO- Heavy Metal, Hard Rock

37.) At The Gates- To Drink From The Night Itself
FFO- Melodic Death Metal

36.) Gruesome- Twisted Prayers
FFO- Death

35.) Amorphis- Queen of Time
FFO- Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal

34.) Between The Buried And Me- Automata (I & II)
FFO- Adult Contemporary Progressive Death Metal

33.) Corrosion of Conformity- No Cross, No Crown
FFO- Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Stoner Metal, Hardcore

32.) Obscura- Diluvium
FFO- Progressive Death Metal, Technical Death Metal

31.) Wolfheart- Constellation of the Black Light
FFO- Melodic Death Metal

30.) LIK- Carnage
FFO- Old School Swedish Death Metal

29.) Harakiri for The Sky- Arson
FFO- Blackgaze

28.) The Ocean- Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic
FFO- Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal, Post Metal

27.) We Sell The Dead- Heaven Doesn't Want You and Hell is Full
FFO- Hard Rock, Gothic Rock, Heavy Metal

26.) Slugdge- Esoteric Malacology
FFO- Death Metal, Progressive, Technical, Many Other Styles

25.) Lux Terminus- The Courage To Be
FFO- Instrumental, Progressive Rock, Fusion

24.) Seventh Wonder- Tiara
FFO- Progressive Metal, Power Metal

23.) Anaal Nathrakh- A New Kind Of Horror
FFO- Sounds of the Apocalypse

22.) Journal- Chrysalis Ordalias
FFO- Majestic Epic Technical Mathcore

21.) Magic Dance- New Eyes
FFO- 80s AOR, Hard Rock

20.) Yob- Our Raw Heart
FFO- Doom Metal, Post Metal, Sludge Metal

19.) Cauldron- New Gods
FFO- Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, 80s Metal

18.) Ihsahn- 'Amr
FFO- Ihsahn

17.) In The Woods...- Cease The Day
FFO- Progressive Metal, Black Metal

16.) Long Distance Calling- Boundless
FFO- Progressive Post Metal

15.) Wills Dissolve- The Heaven's Are Not On Fire...
FFO- Progressive Death Metal, Post Metal

14.) The Antichrist Imperium- Vol II: Every Tongue Shall Praise Satan
FFO- Extreme Metal

13.) The Moor- Jupiter's Immigrants
FFO- Dark Progressive Metal

12.) Revocation- The Outer Ones
FFO- Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal, H.P. Lovecraft

11.) Bloodbath- The Arrow of Satan is Drawn
FFO- Old School Swedish Death Metal

10.) Oceans of Slumber- The Banished Heart
FFO- Progressive Metal, Doom Metal, Black Metal

9.) Redemption- Long Night's Journey Into Day
FFO- Dark Progressive Metal

8.) Omnium Gatherum- The Burning Cold
FFO- Melodic Death Metal

7.) Panopticon- The Scars of Man on the Once Nameless Wilderness (I and II)
FFO- North American Folk Metal, Black Metal

6.) Head With Wings- From Worry To Shame
FFO- Progressive Rock, Post Rock, Alternative Rock

5.) Ghostbound- All is Phantom
FFO- Post Metal, Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal

4.) Distorted Harmony- A Way Out
FFO- Modern Progressive Metal

3.) Zeal & Ardor- Stranger Fruit
FFO- African American Spirituals meets Black Metal, Experimental

2.) Rivers of Nihil- Where Owls Know My Name
FFO- Progressive Death Metal

1.) Witherfall- A Prelude To Sorrow
FFO- Progressive Metal, Power Metal, Dark Metal