I've been enjoying a good amount of metal and some hard rock that's come out this year so far, so I'm going to share MY OPINION of the top 8 metal (and a few hard rock) albums of the year so far. Ideally I would have listed 10, but to be honest I couldn't really pick two additional albums that I found as memorable as these. Of course there are some exciting upcoming albums as well, and I might post a revised list towards the end of the year, but this is just based on what I've heard so far.
