Like the 6 evil Constructicons combining to form the mighty Devastator... the Metalheads Podcast has once again come together to bring you our biggest, longest cast ever - the TOP 25 METAL ALBUMS of 2019 MIDYEAR!!! So, put on a hardhat, grab a six-pack and some salty snacks, and allow us to dump some liquid-cement love into your ears.

You will GASP as we reveal the 25 LPs (released January through June) that made our lists! You shall REJOICE as we intimately describe our Top 5 Album Cover Art picks. You will SCOWL at the debut of Bitchy Matt. And you will most certainly GUFFAW as your favorite hosts get so smashed that they actually lose their ability to count. Yes, all this and more awaits you in the Metalheads Midyear gravel pit. Go.

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Metalheads Podcast Combined Top 25:

25) Waste of Space Orchestra - Syntheosis
24) Vltimas - Something Wicked Marches In
23) Soulmass - The Weakness of Virtue
22) Yellow Eyes - Rare Field Ceiling
21) Hate - Auric Gates of Veles
20) Memorian - Requiem for Mankind
19) Candlemass - The Door to Doom
18) Ossuarium - Living Tomb
T-16) Mephorash - Shem Ha Mephorash
T-16) Crowhurst - III
15) Ordos - The End
14) Devin Townsend - Empath
13) Adrift - Pure
T-10) Spirit Adrift - Divided By Darkness
T-10) Rotting Christ - The Heretics
T-10) Overkill - The Wings of War
9) Krypts - Cadaver Circulation
8) The Moth Gatherer - Esoteric Oppression
7) Ashen Horde - Fallen Cathedrals
6) Lord Dying - Mysterium Tremendum
5) Inter Arma - Sulphur English
4) Possessed - Revelations of Oblivion
3) Uhtcearu - Madness & Creation
2) Arch Matheos - Winter Ethereal
1) Pelican - Nighttime Stories

George's Top 25 Albums of 2019 Midyear

25) Hath - Of Rot and Ruin
24) Superstition - The Anatomy Of Unholy Transformation
23) Wormwitch - Heaven That Dwells Within
22) Misery Index - Rituals of Power
21) Candlemass - The Door to Doom
20) Memorian - Requiem for Mankind
19) Nocturnus AD - Paradox
18) Waste of Space Orchestra - Syntheosis
17) Basilysk - Emergence
16) Hate - Auric Gates of Veles
15) Rotting Christ - The Heretics
14) Ashen Horde - Fallen Cathedrals
13) Stellar Master Elite - Hologram Temple
12) Uhtcearu - Madness & Creation
11) Bloody Hammers - The Summoning
10) Spirit Adrift - Divided By Darkness
9) Deathspell Omega - The Furnaces of Palingenesia
8) Swallow the Sun - When a Shadow is Forced Into the Light
7) Vltimas- Something Wicked Marches In
6) Inter Arma - Sulphur English
5) Lord Dying - Mysterium Tremendum
4) Devin Townsend - Empath
3) Possessed - Revelations of Oblivion
2) Arch Matheos - Winter Ethereal
1) Mephorash - Shem Ha Mephorash

Jay's Top 25 Albums of 2019 Midyear

25) Deathspell Omega - The Furnaces of Palingenesia
24) Memorian - Requiem for Mankind
23) Trollfest - Norwegian Fairytales
22) Darkthrone - Old Star
21) Bewitcher - Under the Witching Cross
20) Krypts - Cadaver Circulation
19) Stellar Master Elite - Hologram Temple
18) Hollywood Vampires - Rise
17) Ashen Horde - Fallen Cathedrals
16) Hath - Of Rot and Ruin
15) Mephorash - Shem Ha Mephorash
14) Inter Arma - Sulphur English
13) Rammstein - Rammstein
12) Rotting Christ - The Heretics
11) Ghaalís Wyrd - Gastir - Ghosts Invited
10) Pelican - Nighttime Stories
9) Legion of the Damned - Slaves of the Shadow Realm
8) Adrift - Pure
7) Overkill - The Wings of War
6) Ordos - The End
5) Enthroned - Cold Black Suns
4) Wormwitch - Heaven That Dwells Within
3) Arch Matheos - Winter Ethereal
2) Candlemass - The Door to Doom
1) Possessed - Revelations of Oblivion

Will's Top 25 Albums of 2019 Midyear

25) Mo'ynoq - Dreaming in a Dead Language
24) Candlemass - The Door to Doom
23) Witchtrial - Witchtrial
22) Fetid - Steeping Corporeal Mess
21) Wretched Fate - Fleshletting
20) Legion of the Damned - Slaves of the Shadow Realm
19) Ossuarium - Living Tomb
18) Critical Defiance - Misconception
17) Vltimas- Something Wicked Marches In
16) Pelican - Nighttime Stories
15) Memorian - Requiem for Mankind
14) Nucleus - Entity
13) Basilysk - Emergence
12) Possessed - Revelations of Oblivion
11) Slomatics - Canyons
10) Overkill - The Wings of War
9) Soulmass - The Weakness of Virtue
8) Ordos - The End
7) Rotting Christ - The Heretics
6) Krypts - Cadaver Circulation
5) Uhtcearu - Madness & Creation
4) Inter Arma - Sulphur English
3) Onirophagus - Endarkenment (Illumination Through Putrefaction)
2) Hate - Auric Gates of Veles
1) Thronehammer - Usurper of the Oaken Throne

John's Top 25 Albums of 2019 Midyear

25) Maestus - Deliquesce
24) Nucleus - Entity
23) Mord'A'Stigmata - Dreams of Quiet Places
22) Dream Theater - Distance Over Time
21) Uhtcearu - Madness & Creation
20) Inter Arma - Sulphur English
19) Krypts - Cadaver Circulation
18) Kull - Exile
17) Ashen Horde - Fallen Cathedrals
16) Dreadnought - Emergence
15) Soulmass - The Weakness of Virtue
14) Hannes Grossmann - Apophenia
13) Ossuarium - Living Tomb
12) Saor - Forgotten Paths
11) Memorian - Requiem for Mankind
10) Devin Townsend - Empath
9) Target - Deep Water Flames
8) Stormhaven - Liquid Imagery
7) Spirit Adrift - Divided By Darkness
6) Glare of the Sun - Theia
5) Pelican - Nighttime Stories
4) The Moth Gatherer - Esoteric Oppression
3) Waste of Space Orchestra - Syntheosis
2) Lord Dying - Mysterium Tremendum
1) Arch Matheos - Winter Ethereal

Matt's Top 25 Albums of 2019 Midyear

25) Herod - Sombre Dessain
24) Eluveitie - Ategnatos
23) Sâver - They Came With Sunlight
22) Swallow the Sun - When a Shadow is Forced Into the Light
21) Soulmass - The Weakness of Virtue
20) Numenorean - Adore
19) Sordide - Hier Deja Mort
18) Venom Prison - Samsara
17) Overkill - The Wings of War
16) Uhtcearu - Madness & Creation
15) Crowhurst - III
14) Misery Index - Rituals of Power
13) Ashen Horde - Fallen Cathedrals
12) Shabti - Trembling and Shorn
11) Ossuarium - Living Tomb
10) Saor - Forgotten Paths
9) Pelican - Nighttime Stories
8) Yellow Eyes - Rare Field Ceiling
7) Windswept - The Onlooker
6) Dead to a Dying World - Elegy
5) The Moth Gatherer - Esoteric Oppression
4) Mo'ynoq - Dreaming in a Dead Language
3) Altarage - The Approaching War
2) Kaleikr - Heart of Lead
1) Downfall of Gaia - Ethic of Radical Finitude

Markisan's Top 25 Albums of 2019 Midyear

25) Ossuarium - Living Tomb
24) Frosthelm - Pyrrhic
23) Vltimas - Something Wicked Marches In
22) Candlemass - The Door to Doom
21) Hath - Of Rot and Ruin
20) The Moth Gatherer - Esoteric Oppression
19) Idle Hands - Mana
18) Pulchra Morte - Divina Autem Et Aniles
17) Spirit Adrift - Divided By Darkness
16) Ashen Horde - Fallen Cathedrals
15) Varaha - A Passage for Lost Years
14) Uhtcearu - Madness & Creation
13) Krypts - Cadaver Circulation
12) Black Sites - Exile
11) Lord Dying - Mysterium Tremendum
10) Yellow Eyes - Rare Field Ceiling
9) Helevorn - Aamamata
8) Vanum - Ageless Fire
7) Labirinto - Divino Afflante Spiritu
6) Illimitable Dolor - Leaden Light
5) Critical Defiance - Misconception
4) Gravefields - Embrace the Void
3) Pelican - Nighttime Stories
2) Adrift - Pure
1) Crowhurst - III