Pitchfork have revealed their choices for the 25 best metal albums of the year. You can read the flat list below or take in the whole enchilada over at Pitchfork, complete with write-ups for each choice.
25. Windhand – “Grief’s Infernal Flower”
24. Myrkur – “M”
23. Noisem – “Blossoming Decay”
22. Obsequiae – “Aria Of Vernal Tombs”
21. False – “Untitled”
20. Pinkish Black – “Bottom Of The Morning”
19. Vastum – “Hole Below”
18. High On Fire – “Luminiferous”
17. Kowloon Walled City – “Grievances”
16. Vhöl – “Deeper Than Sky”
15. Skepticism – “Ordeal”
14. Paradise Lost – “The Plague Within”
13. Bosse-de-Nage – “All Fours”
12. Prurient – “Frozen Niagara Falls”
11. Locrian – “Infinite Dissolution”
10. Sannhet – “Revisionist”
09. Horrendous – “Anareta”
08. Mgła – “Exercises In Futility”
07. Dead To A Dying World – “Litany”
06. Baroness – “Purple”
05. Khemmis – “Absolution”
04. Panopticon – “Autumn Eternal”
03. Bell Witch – “Four Phantoms”
02. Tribulation – “The Children Of The Night”
01. Deafheaven – “New Bermuda”
If you’re fiending for more 2015 best of’s you can also check out Apple Music‘s list, Spin‘s list and Rolling Stone‘s list.