This was a tough year to narrow it down to just 10.  This was also the year where I started to make a feeble attempt to listen to more non-metal genres (see Honorable Mentions).  I also hoped for a new Tool album in 2015 (LOL silly me).  

Best Albums of 2014:

1) Slipknot - .5: The Gray Chapter
2) Behemoth - The Satanist
3) Bloodbath - Grand Morbid Funeral
4) Haken - Restoration EP
5) Steel Panther - All You Can Eat
6) Body Count - Manslaughter
7) Babymetal - s/t
8) Destrage - Are You Kidding Me? No
9) Ne Obliviscaris - Citadel
10) Transatlantic - Kaleidoscope

Honorable Mentions:

Sockweb - Werewolf
Hiromi - Alive
Devin Townsend - Z2
Opeth - Pale Communion
Arch Enemy - War Eternal
Devin Townsend - Casualties of Cool
Flying Colors - Second Nature
At the Gates - At War With Reality
Anaal Nathrakh - Desideratum
Gridlink - Longhena
Xerath - III
Black Crown Initiate - The Wreckage of Stars
Vader - Tibi Et Igni
Anathema - Distant Satellites
Fallujah - The Flesh Prevails
​Lenny Kravitz - Strut