The Wimpsandposers.com Best of 2019 List!
It’s time once again for the annual WimpsandPosers.com “Top 25” list. 2019 delivered a ton of great melodic rock and metal releases, so getting down to just the best 25 was not easy. Here’s the best of the best:
Top 25 Albums of 2019

- Voyager: Colours In The Sun
- Eclipse: Paradigm
- Avantasia: Moonglow
- Within Temptation: Resist
- Pretty Maids: Undress Your Madness
- Beast In Black: From Hell With Love
- Insomnium: Heart Like A Grave
- Work Of Art: Exhibits
- Starbreaker: Dysphoria
- Borknagar: True North
- Atlantean Kodex: The Course Of Empire
- W O L F C L U B: Frontiers
- Fortune: II
- Volbeat: Rewind, Replay, Rebound
- Soilwork: Verkligheten
- Angel Witch: Angel Of Light
- Twisted Tower Dire: Wars In The Unknown
- Michael Oakley: Introspect
- Iron Savior: Kill Or Get Killed
- Lunar: Eidolon
- CoreLeoni: II
- Eloy: The Vision, The Pyre And The Sword (Part II)
- The Defiants: Zokusho
- Deaf Rat: Ban The Light
- The Ferrymen: A New Evil

And because 25 just isn’t enough, here’s some honorable mentions:
- Leprous: Pitfalls
- Sweet Oblivion: Sweet Oblivion
- Leverage: DeterminUs
- Hollow Haze: Between Wild Landscapes And Deep Blue Seas
- Herman Frank: Fight The Fear

And the Top 5 Reissues of 2019
- Pretty Maids: A Blast From The Past
- Vanden Plas: The Epic Works 1991-2015
- Shy: Excess All Areas and Brave The Storm
- Magic Dance: Vanishings
- Heavenward: A Future Worth Talking About?