2019 is fast approaching the finish line and it's time for some year-end round-ups, but since we all have different music tastes and favorites, this year we're going to do this a little differently. Instead of one MetalBite year-end list, each of our staff members will present his own individual list based on his own criteria, preferences or whatever else stroke him fancy, we don't judge.

And without further ado, here's the Top 19 from Arek.

19. Straight Hate - Black Sheep Parade

18. Nile - Vile Nilotic Rites

17. Krypts - Cadaver Circulation

16. Cattle Decapitation - Death Atlas

15. Call Of The Void - Buried In Light

14. Target - Deep Water Flames

13. Deathspell Omega - The Furnaces Of Palingenesia

12. Hath - Of Rot And Ruin

11. Gaahls Wyrd - GastiR - Ghosts Invited

10. Capilla Ardiente - The Siege

9. Enthroned - Cold Black Suns

8. Nightfell - A Sanity Deranged

7. Hour Of Penance - Misotheism

6. Mord'A'Stigmata - Dreams Of Quiet Places

5. Panzerfaust - The Suns Of Perdition - Chapter I: War, Horrid War

The fourth album of Canadians kills. While the first albums reeked of hellish burning sulfur, this quartet spreads the magic of imminent death, a terrible death. The war cannonade shows alarming destruction to finally show its senselessness in transient sounds.

4. Vortex Of End - Ardens Fvror

The French quartet that was unknown to me before is the best example of what the darkness of the underground hides and why it is worth exploring. The ominous energy and ferocity spurts like a nicked artery but be prepared for death inflicted eight-fold. The thundering salvos of guitars and drums are intertwined with sultry slowdowns, this one is noble evil.

3. Death Wolf - IV: Come The Darke

Swedes have created such a mix of dark melodies, punk simplicity and black metal rawness that it's hard to sit still. The narcotic frills, to which they unwittingly push, you will spin within even when the music stops. There is something amazing about this album, because each melody is cloaked in devilish obscurity.

2. Slow - VI - Dantalion

This Belgian duo still amazes me with endless layers of ideas. I call them nightmare painters. You can sink in "Dantalion" like in nihilistic magma. Like a sluggish roller, but how ominous in its structure. A catastrophic picture in which hope cannot be found - it's not there!

1. Embrional - Evil Dead

On the third album, Embional forged the essence of death and evil. "Evil Dead" is a hooded demon without a face – it scares you but at the same makes you're curious. It attracts with magic to kill you with avalanche of cruel evil. Battle tested aggressive death metal. In front of the stage, it crushes and breaks necks. Such album cannot be omitted!

On March 8th, the Faroe Islands' TÝR will release their eighth full-length, Hel, via Metal Blade Records. For a preview of the album, a video for the new single 'Sunset Shore' can be viewed below.

Týr vocalist / guitarist Heri Joensen comments: “In early January, immediately after spending our holidays in the Faroes, Gunnar and I traveled to Hungary to our bandmates, Tadeusz and Attila, in Budapest. Finally it was time to shoot another video, our first since 2014, and we’re very happy to present this one to you!

“The Hungarian film production crew, Mihaszna Film, arranged the trips, starting from Budapest and going first to the Julian alps in Slovenia. In the fields and rivers of the snowy mountains we had some amazing scenery for ‘overworld’ part of the video. A few days later we traveled on to the caves of Szent-István in northern Hungary, and deep underground we found some dark and gloomy caves to be the perfect backdrop for the underworld part of this video.

“Terji wrote ‘Sunset Shore’, for our upcoming album, ‘Hel’ – to be relased on March 8th, and he plays the solo on the album version, but not in this video. We decided it was the perfect opportunity to introduce you all to the amazing talent of Attila Vörös, who recorded his own version of the solo a few days before the video shooting. The lyrics, written by me, are about how the mind can sometimes be a windswept and weatherworn landscape, and how the only thing to do, in spite of hopelessness and despair, is to aim for a better place and to work towards better times.

“We hope you enjoy the result!“

Týr - Hel
	1. Gates Of Hel 2. All Heroes Fall 3. Ragnars Kvæði 4. Garmr 5. Sunset Shore 6. Downhill Drunk 7. Empire Of The North 8. Far From The Worries Of The World 9. King Of Time 10. Fire And Flame 11. Against The Gods 12. Songs Of War 13. Álvur Kongur