JERRY EWING (Editor)

1 THE AMORPHOUS ANDROGYNOUS We Persuade Ourselves We Are Immortal (FSOLDIGITAL.COM)

2 SEL BALAMIR Swell (ROCKOSMOS)

3 ISILDURS BANE & PETER HAMMILL In Disequilibrium (ATARAXIA)

4 THE ANCHORESS The Art Of Losing (KSCOPE)

5 DREAM THEATER A View From The Top of The World (INSIDEOUT)

6 CARAVAN It’s None Of Your Business (MADFISH)

7 SILVER LAKE BY ESA HOLOPAINEN Silver Lake By Esa Holopainen (NUCLEARBLAST)

8 LEPROUS Aphelion (INSIDEOUT)

9 MASTODON Hushed And Grim (REPRISE)

10 STEVE HACKETT Under A Mediterranean Sky (INSIDEOUT)

11 TRANSATLANTIC The Absolute Universe (INSIDEOUT)

12 BIG BIG TRAIN Common Ground (ENGLISHELECTRICRECORDINGS)

13 LIFESIGNS Altitude (LIFESIGNSMUSIC.CO.UK)

14 FROST* Day And Age (INSIDEOUT)

15 AURI II: Those We Don’t Speak Of (NUCLEARBLAST)

16 NMB Innocence & Danger (INSIDEOUT)

17 SWALLOW THE SUN Moonflowers (CENTURYMEDIA)

18 GOJIRA Fortitude (ROADRUNNER)

19 TRIFECTA Fragments (KSCOPE)

20 LIQUID TENSION EXPERIMENT LTE3 (INSIDEOUT)

NATASHA SCHARF (Deputy Editor)

1. LEPROUS Aphelion (INSIDEOUT)

2 WARDRUNA Kvitravn (MUSICFORNATIONS)

3 AURI II: Those We Don’t Speak Of (NUCLEARBLAST)

4 THE ANCHORESS The Art Of Losing (KSCOPE)

5 STEVEN WILSON The Future Bites (CAROLINE)

6 BIG BIG TRAIN Common Ground (ENGLISHELECTRICRECORDINGS)

7 SILVER LAKE BY ESA HOLOPAINEN Silver Lake By Esa Holopainen (NUCLEARBLAST)

8 VOLA Witness (MASCOT)

9 DANNY ELFMAN Big Mess (ANTI-/EPITAPHRECORDS)

10 SWALLOW THE SUN Moonflowers (CENTURYMEDIA)

11 MASTODON Hushed And Grim (REPRISE)

12 SOEN Imperial (SILVERLININGMUSIC)

13 BLANKET Modern Escapism (MUSICFORNATIONS)

14 MONO Pilgrimage Of The Soul (PELAGIC)

15 MAYBESHEWILL No Feeling Is Final (ROBOTNEEDSHOME)

16 GOD IS AN ASTRONAUT Ghost Tapes #10 (NAPALM)

17 NYTT LAND Ritual (NAPALM)

18 MICHAŁ ŁAPAJ Are You There (MYSTIC)

19 LINDY-FAY HELLA & DEI FARNE Hildring (BYNORSE)

20 LUN Chamanes (LUN-MUSIC.BANDCAMP.COM)

RUSSELL FAIRBROTHER (Art Editor)

1 BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME Colors II (SUMERIANRECORDINGS)

2 THE ANCHORESS The Art Of Losing (KSCOPE)

3 HEDVIG MOLLESTAD TRIO Ding Dong. You’re Dead. (RUNEGRAMMOFON)

4 MASTODON Hushed And Grim (REPRISE)

5 JÜ III (RARENOISE)

6 WARDRUNA Kvitravn (MUSICFORNATIONS)

7 TOM NEWMAN A Faerie Symphony II (TIGERMOTH)

8 HEDVIG MOLLESTAD Tempest Revisited (RUNEGRAMMOFON)

9 LEPROUS Aphelion (INSIDEOUT)

10 PFM I Dreamed Of Electric Sheep (INSIDEOUT)

11 GIANT SKY Giant Sky (IMAGINARYFRIEND/GLASSVILLE)

12 THE HOLY FAMILY The Holy Family (ROCKETRECORDINGS)

13 SEL BALAMIR Swell (ROCKOSMOS)

14 J PETER SCHWALM & ARVE HENRIKSEN Neuzeit (RARENOISE)

15 TRIFECTA Fragments (KSCOPE)

16 DOWNES BRAIDE ASSOCIATION Halcyon Hymns (CHERRYRED)

17 TUESDAY THE SKY The Blurred Horizon (METALBLADE)

18 MOSTLY AUTUMN Graveyard Star (MOSTLYAUTUMNRECORDS)

19 AMANDA LEHMANN Innocence And Illusion (AMANDALEHMANN.CO.UK)

20 COSMOGRAF Rattrapante (GRAVITYDREAM)

GRANT MOON (News Editor)

1 BIG BIG TRAIN Common Ground (ENGLISHELECTRICRECORDINGS)

2 STEVEN WILSON The Future Bites (CAROLINEINTERNATIONAL)

3 FIELD MUSIC Flat White Moon (MEMPHISINDUSTRIES)

4 COSMOGRAF Rattrapante (GRAVITYDREAM)

5 THE ANCHORESS The Art Of Losing (KSCOPE)

6 MOGWAI As The Love Continues (ROCKACTION)

7 BENJAMIN CROFT Far And Distant Things (UBUNTU)

8 TOM SLATTER Escape (BADELEPHANTMUSIC)

9 POND 9 (SPINNINGTOP)

10 DREAM THEATER A View From The Top of The World (INSIDEOUT)

11 DEC BURKE Life In Two Dimensions (GRAVITYDREAM)

12 TUSMØRKE Nordsik Krim (KARISMA)

13 JACK HUES Electro-Acoustic Works 20:20 (DAWNCHORUS)

14 DOWNES BRAIDE ASSOCIATION Halcyon Hymns (CHERRYRED)

15 SEL BALAMIR Swell (ROCKOSMOS)

16 AVAWAVES Chrysalis (ONELITTLEINDEPENDENT)

17 DIAGONAL 4 (COBBLERS)

18 ELBOW Flying Dream 1 (POLYDOR)

19 BARON CRÂNE Les Beaux Jours (MRSREDSOUND)

20 GIANT SKY Giant Sky (IMAGINARYFRIEND/GLASSVILLE)

DAVE EVERLEY (Reviews Editor)

1 STEVEN WILSON The Future Bites (CAROLINEINTERNATIONAL)

2 SEL BALAMIR Swell (ROCKOSMOS)

3 JORJA CHALMERS Midnight Train (ITALIANSDOITBETTER)

4 BIG BIG TRAIN Common Ground (ENGLISHELECTRICRECORDINGS)

5 SILVER LAKE BY ESA HOLOPAINEN Silver Lake By Esa Holopainen (NUCLEARBLAST)

6 HENRY PARKER Lammas Fair (CUPANDRINGRECORDS)

7 PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING Bright Magic (PIAS)