HELLBOUND’S Best of 2018: Canadian metal

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As a Canadian-based music site, we here at Hellbound pride ourselves in shining the spotlight on Canadian metal when we can. Each year it seems to get easier to come up with a list of great metal releases, and harder to narrow that list down to what might be considered the best of the best.

Any such list is inevitably a product of individual tastes and also limited by which releases came to our attention and when. You’ll get a clear sense of this as we post our contributors’ individual picks over the coming days. If we missed any of the great Canadian albums rocking your lives over the past year, let us know!

The CANADIAN METAL TOP 20 of 2018 ACCORDING to HELLBOUND:

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20. The Offering

• Artist: Borealis
• Label: AFM

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19. Without New Growth Process is Bloodshed

• Artist: Astrakhan
• Label: self-released

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18. Transcanadian Anger

• Artist: Dopethrone
• Label: self-released

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17. Dread Reverence

• Artist: Blackrat
• Label: Shadow Kingdom

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16. Play to Win

• Artist: Striker
• Label: Record Breaking

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15. Illusive Golden Age

• Artist: Augury
• Label: The Artisan Era

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14. Iomair

• Artist: Iomair
• Label: Infamous Butcher

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13. No Promise of Tomorrow

• Artist: Untimely Demise
• Label: self-released

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12. Nécrovortex

• Artist: Outre-Tombe
• Label: Temple of Mystery

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11. The Spark That Moves

• Artist:Cancer Bats
• Label:Bat Skull/New Damage

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10. Way of the Road

• Artist: Skull Fist
• Label: NoiseArt Records

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9. The Sword Woman

• Artist: Smoulder
• Label: Hoove Child

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8. Iris

• Artist: Altars of Grief
• Label: Hypnotic Dirge

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7. Livin’ Oblivion

• Artist: Black Wizard
• Label: Listenable

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6. Beyond the Sky

• Artist: La Chinga
• Label: Small Stone

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5. Cast of Static and Smoke

• Artist: Vile Creature
• Label: Halo of Flies/Dry Cough

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4. New Gods

• Artist: Cauldron
• Label: The End

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3. Loved

• Artist: KEN Mode
• Label: Season of Mist

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2. Manor of Infinite Forms

• Artist: Tomb Mold
• Label: 20 Buck Spin

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1. The Wake

• Artist: Voivod
• Label: Century Media

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