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November brought a lot of new albums and some quality. This is how I can describe it; the present list proves it. It is a long list. I decided to include (almost) everything I liked. A list of 20 and then another 16 that made me a good impression. I wanted to leave the 16 as a reminder to revisit because there is something in them. Slow burners? Nah, they are better in comparison to many in the huge pile. There are more records in my notebook that didn't make the cut, but it is a far too long list anyway. - Ulver delivered in the very end of the month and won over Paysage d'Hiver the album of the month prize! My love for synth Ulver is enormous and it is another magnificent album that transcends me into spaces and times.  - Paysage's new album is fantastic as well, much in the veins of Im Wald. This is the main reason I liked it so much.  - Nekus really completes the top 3 with their cavernous death doom and I can say that it is what the new Spectral Voice should have been....

I decided to make the present list in response to a list with the 50 finest Norwegian albums across time, prepared by a famous metalhead on Threads. The condition: one album per band, in alphabetical order! These are my choices of the finest heresy that I love and I often return to listen.   I started, and I listed down 80+ records. Then, instead of trimming everything down to 50 (because I am lazy about this), I made this list featuring 99 bands and albums. I am throwing everything here just for the history... Your list might be different, and that's absolutely fine.  1 1349 - Massive Cauldron of Chaos 2 Aeternus - Beyond the Wandering Moon 3 Arcturus - Aspera Hiems Symponia 4 Aura Noir - Black Thrash Attack 5 Avmakt - Satanic inversion of… 6 Blood Red Throne - Altered Genesis 7 Borknagar - Borknagar 8 Burzum - Hvis lyset tar oss 9 Cadaver - …In Pains 10 Carpathian Forest - Black Shining Leather 11 Celestial Bloodshed - Cursed, Scarred and Forever P...