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 Krys.

19. Sempiternal Dusk - Cenotaph Of Defectuous Creation

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

17. Vastum - Orificial Purge

16. Krypts - Cadaver Circulation

15. Misþyrming - Algleymi

14. Horrocious - Depleted Light And The Death Of Uniqueness

13. Inculter - Fatal Visions

12. Vacivus - Annihilism

11. Teitanblood - The Baneful Choir

10. Consummation - The Great Solar Hunter

9. Cerebral Rot - Odious Descent Into Decay

8. Blood Incantation - Hidden History Of The Human Race

7. Slow - VI - Dantalion

6. Suffering Hour - Dwell

5. Noctambulist - Atmospheres Of Desolation

Barbaric and technical onslaught of Noctambulist's debut "Atmospheres of Desolation" combines power-driven savagery of technical death metal with claustrophobic and apocalyptic landscapes drown in black textures. War of sonic elements crashes against the shores of atmospheric bliss before viciously exploding hellbent on spreading blasphemy and angst.

4. Vitriol – To Bathe From The Throat Of Cowardice

Menacing, vicious and oppressive; "To Bathe From The Throat Of Cowardice" punishes the senses with relentless death metal savagery, at times overpowering the listener with its technicality and attitude, yet always pure and spontaneous in its delivery. Vitriol strikes a perfect balance between esoteric chaos and crushing violence that pummels through the record with an unconstrained rage.

3. Tomb Mold - Planetary Clairvoyance

With "Planetary Clairvoyance" Tomb Mold emerges from the depths of the underground and delivers its most cohesive material to date. Bending the lines of technical and progressive structures without sacrificing the organic and innate power of death metal, they deliver a landmark record of carefully crafted malevolence and controlled madness. "Planetary Clairvoyance" rattles stylistic and accepted norms, pushing the band above the typical and mundane.

2. Qayin Regis - Doctrine

Full-length debut from Qayin Regis caught me by surprise with its maturity and grim atmosphere. "Doctrine" is rich with textures and cinematic sonic landscapes raging with chaos and dark, occultist aura. Cult of death and black magic scatters with every spell while placing the listener in the middle of this mysterious sacrificial ritual.

1. Nightfell - A Sanity Deranged

Nightfell rolls in an avalanche of sonic preeminence with most majestic and haunting monument of the year, "A Sanity Deranged". The atmosphere perpetrated here is build upon punishing riffage and pummeling drumming churning maelstrom of neck-breaking moments perfectly balancing aggression with impenetrable wall of aural dense wallop. An ultimate blend of hopeless and suffocating blows with epic, soul-crushing melody.