There were plenty of amazing metal releases this year, my favourites in no particular order:
Isis - Panopticon
Blut Aus Nord - The Work Which Transforms God
Pig Destroyer - Terrifyer
Drudkh - Autumn Aurora
Deathspell Omega - Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice
Necrophagist - Epitaph
Quo Vadis - Defiant Imagination
Mastodon - Leviathan
Pelican - Australasia
Cult of luna - Salvation
Biggest disaapointment for me was the new DEP album, I liked it at first, but in retrospect its not a patch on there earlier material