In my opinion this year's best releases are:

1) Origin - Omnipresent
2) Misery Index - The Killing Gods
3) Aborted - Necrotic Manifesto
4) Allegaeo - Elemenst of the Infinite
5) Modesty and Pride - Ordo ab Chao

I am basically into tech death, so this is it.

It's been an amazing year for killer metal releases... so many to choose from!
1. Ancient Bards - A New Dawn Ending
2. Triosphere - The Heart of the Matter
3. Equilibrium - Erdentempel
4. Inferi - The Path of Apotheosis
5. Аркона - Явь

Joe Perry - Joe Perry's Merry Christmas EP

1. Acid Drinkers - 25 Cent's for a riff
2. Machine Head - Bloodstone & Diamonds
3. Decapitated - Blood Mantra
4. Tankard - R.I.B.
5. Overkill - Whitе Dеvil Аrmorу
6. Mastodon - Once More 'Round The Sun

they have no special order... here's my top 5:

1. Opeth - Pale Communion
2. Monuments - the amanuensis
3. Vader - Tibi Et Igni
4. Acrania - Totalitarian Dystopia
5. In Flames - Siren Charms

Special honor for:

BLODDBATH - GRAND MORBID FUNERAL

1. Blues Pills - Blues Pills
2. Iced Earth - Plagues Of Babylon
3. Radio Moscow - Magical Dirt
4. Mastodon - Once More 'Round The Sun
5. Opeth - Pale Communion

Clouds - Doliu

High Spirits - You are Here. I friggin' love this album. Easily my favorite by a long shot.
Primordial - Where Greater Men Have Fallen
Castle - Under Siege
Darkspace - III
Nachtmystium - The World we Left Behind. I know, Blake Judd is a douche...

Hoth - Oathbreaker

Amazing album, still can't put it down.

Behemoth - The Satanist