It's Xmas time, but more importantly, it's AOTY for metal / hardcore and we are counting down our albums of the year.

All music videos used in the list:

Celestial Sanctuary - Glutted With Chunder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWhJZudkqz4

Blackbraid - Moss Covered Bones on the Altar of the Moon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrVgiqoGr_g

Thy art is murder - Blood Throne: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beC-BADSeio

Blood command - The Plague On Both Your Houses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcDyDii-Low

Sunami - Y.S.A.B.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1P-pZGQdS0

Drain - Living Proof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32M7MCfTXlQ

Never Ending Game - Tank on E: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g6XLoa5ogE

Gel - Attainable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtClECC-7Y8

Buggin - Snack Run: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz_sXzcRkKQ

Fuming Mouth - The Silence Beyond Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pP-PgOu8WE

Frozen soul - Morbid Effigy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07wp-yDNzdc

Coffin mulch - Into The Blood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOke7TGlADo

Pain of truth - Not Through Blood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXT6qgf317g

Harms way - Undertow feat. King Woman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kywiRTI06ZQ

Sleep Token - The summoning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJNbtYdr-Hg

In Flames: Foregone Pt. 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZFJU5zr_jc

Code Orange - Take Shape (feat. Billy Corgan): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-C5ug_-u-8

Sylosis - A Sign Of Things To Come: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OegFzj1q50c

Burner - Hurt Locker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0-fmdKH5t4

Special thanks to Chad (Frozen Soul), Hudson (Trog), Harry (Burner), Dylan (Godeth) for the video submissions!