7. Troll - Trollstorm Over Nidingjuv & Drep de Kristne Trending topic now is Old Man's Child since Galder left Dimmu after 25 years. But let's not forget the early years of the former member Nagash, that had this solo project when he was still under age. We can forget The Kovenant instead.

8. Vemod - The Deepening I guess that a big issue with albums released in January is that most of the people will forget about it by the time of ranking the best releases of the year. This one might not get into my top 10, but still, what an incredible piece of Norwegian Black Metal we have here.