Decibel's Top 40 Albums of 2014

Metal mag Decibel has published their Top 40 Albums of 2014 list in their newest issue, which you can check out in more detail if you’re a subscriber. And thanks to Stereogum who transcribed it, you can also browse the full thing below. Though Decibel have tended to lean towards veterans for their top spot, a much newer band takes the #1 album this year. And if you’re into modern metal, their choice is pretty hard to argue. Those big veteran comeback albums show up soon after though, with At the Gates taking #2 and Godflesh coming in at #5. There’s plenty more on there too — see for yourself below.

At the Gates, related band Vallenfyre (#8 on this list), and 2012 winners Converge will head out on the 2015 Decibel tour next year. As discussed, that hits NYC on April 12 at Webster Hall. Tickets for that one are still available.

Decibel’s Top 40 Albums of 2014 below…

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Decibel’s Top 40 Albums of 2014
01. Pallbearer – Foundations Of Burden
02. At The Gates – At War With Reality
03. Horrendous – Ecdysis
04. Triptykon – Melana Chasmata
05. Godflesh – A World Lit Only By Fire
06. Thou – Heathen
07. YOB – Clearing The Path To Ascend
08. Vallenfyre – Splinters
09. Panopticon – Roads To The North
10. Morbus Chron – Sweven
11. Dead Congregation – Promulgation Of The Fall
12. Machine Head – Bloodstone & Diamonds
13. Woods Of Desolation – As The Stars
14. Tombs – Savage Gold
15. Krieg – Transient
16. Iron Reagan – The Tyranny Of Will
17. Cult Of Fire – मृत्यु का तापसी अनुध्यान
18. Gridlink – Longhenna
19. The Oath – The Oath
20. Behemoth – The Satanist
21. Agalloch – The Serpent & The Sphere
22. Autopsy – Tourniquets, Hacksaws And Graves
23. Primordial – Where Greater Men Have Fallen
24. Beyond Creation – Earthborn Evolution
25. Wreck & Reference – Want
26. Teitanblood – Death
27. Trap Them – Blissfucker
28. Young And In The Way – When Life Comes To Death
29. Mastodon – Once More ‘Round the Sun
30. Eyehategod – Eyehategod
31. Cretin – Stranger
32. Midnight – No Mercy For Mayhem
33. Thantifaxath – Sacred White Noise
34. Lord Mantis – Death Mask
35. Mayhem – Esoteric Warfare
36. Cannibal Corpse – A Skeletal Domain
37. Solstafir – Otta
38. Execration – Morbid Dimensions
39. Incantation – Dirges Of Elysium
40. Floor – Oblation