My favorite full-lengths from last year:
VoidCeremony - Threads of Unknowing
Sulphur Aeon - Seven Crowns and Seven Seals
Cruciamentum - Obsidian Refractions
Ascended Dead - Evenfall of the Apocalypse
Serpent of Old - Ensemble Under the Dark Sun
Blood Oath - Lost in an Eternal Silence
Ulthar - Anthronomicon
Sepulchral Curse - Abhorrent Dimensions
Disguised Malignance - Entering the Gateways
Majesties - Vast Reaches Unclaimed

My favorite EPs from last year:
Undergang - De syv stadier af ford​æ​rv
Hyperdontia - Deranged
StarGazer - Bound by Spells
Lunar Chamber - Shambhallic Vibrations

This album is an obvious evolution of their sound. The prog-rock elements are going to take a little getting used to but may really shine after some more listens.

Sounds a lot like Dead Congregation, which makes sense seeing as they have the same guitarist.

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I don't think they've confirmed anything, but they mentioned a new album and played a new song when I saw them live earlier this year.

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This really does sound much more like Dead Congregation than their other releases. Really looking forward to hearing the whole album along with Dead Congregation's new one whenever they eventually release it.

Favorite full-lengths
VoidCeremony - Threads of Unknowing
Ascended Dead - Evenfall of the Apocalypse
Putrid Yell - Consuming Aberration
Astriferous - Pulsations from the Black Orb
Ulthar - Anthronomicon (black/death)
Majesties - Vast Reaches Unclaimed (melodic death)

Favorite EPs
Hyperdontia - Deranged
Lunar Chamber - Shambhallic Vibrations

If you aren't already familiar with them, check out Beyond from Germany. They definitely have a similar sound to Ascended Dead. Their guitarist went on to form Omegavortex after Beyond broke up. I'd recommend checking Omegavortex out too, although they lean a little more towards chaotic black metal than Beyond.

Some of my personal favorite modern bands similar to the Florida death metal style are Skeletal Remains, Suppression, Rude, Outre-Tombe, Astriferous, Malignant Altar, Miscreance, and Sijjin. Some of these also sound similar to Consuming Impulse era Pestilence.

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Out of the Body has one of the best opening riffs in death metal.

They took all the best parts of Necros Christos, sped it up, and eliminated all the extra interludes. I'm a huge fan of this band and am looking forward to their next release (whenever that is).

The Lord Weird Slough Feg has quite a few top tier albums, but Traveller is my personal favorite.

VoidCeremony - Threads of Unknowing

Honorable Mentions:
Ascended Dead - Evenfall of the Apocalypse
Ulthar - Anthronomicon (black/death)
Majesties - Vast Reaches Unclaimed (melodic death)

Best EPs
Hyperdontia - Deranged
Lunar Chamber - Shambhallic Vibrations

Phobophilic deserve so much credit. Enveloping Absurdity is one of my favorite albums from last year and they have been touring constantly to support it. Saw them live twice in the past year. They always put on a good show even though they have been getting stuck with the opening slot.