Definitely the obscurest list so far...
Best First Listen:
The Gathering - Mandylion
Honorable: Novembre - Classica; Ides of Gemini - Women; Tomahawk - Tomahawk; Flagitious Idiosyncrasy in the Dilapidation
Weirdest
Tristan Perich - 1-Bit Symphony
Honorable: Maudlin of the Well - Leaving Your Body Map; Silvester Anfang - Kosmies Slachtafval; Flagitious Idiosyncrasy
The Esoteric Metal Corner
Maudlin of the Well - Leaving Your Body Map
Honorable: Alchemist - Austral Alien; Classica; Women
Imagined Soundscapes & Esoteric Sounds
Yosuyuki Suzuki - Kaze No Notam
Honorable: Keiko Matsui - Deep Blue; Dargaard - Eternity Rites
Wish These Were Properly Released
James Ferraro - Prince of Rain...
Honorable: Yosuyuki Suzuki - Kaze No Notam
A (Non) Guilty Pleasure:
Dragonforce - Inhuman Rampage
Honorable: The Forces of Evil - Friend or Foe?
The Disappointments:
Carnifex - The Diseased and the Poisoned
Honorable: At the Gates - Terminal Spirit Disease; Theatres Des Vampires - Anima Noir
