Kuala Lampur, Dec. 20 -- A year that's filled with quite a few highlights-my band Couple celebrated our 30th anniversary-has been made richer by the presence of so many good, great and even outstanding albums.

Being a guitar-oriented guy when it comes to making music myself, of course my listening habits would be dominated by guitar-oriented music, but even within this narrow scope, I fell in love with so many new albums that to even try to limit this list to 10 albums was a very tough ask.

Still, here are 10 albums that I've loved and probably listened to the most out of the many, many new albums I've discovered this year.

Maybe not the best of the year, but these are the ones that are closest to my heart.

Militarie Gun - God Save Th...