EDIT: Wow, 2019 is more active for my tastes than I anticipated back in January, when I only had a few albums on the radar...
TOP:2. Tycho - Weather
(amazing)2. Avantasia - Moonglow
(amazing) (these two are duking it out for top spot)
3. Eternity's End - Unyielding
(technically released in 2018 but I got the 2019 release; amazing)4. Majestica - Above the Sky (formerly ReinXeed)
(excellent)5. Turilli/Lione Rhapsody - Zero Gravity (Rebirth & Evolution)
(very good but exhausting)6. Master Boot Record - Internet Protocol (wow)
7. Dream Theater - Distance Over Time
(good)8. Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (interesting)
9. Devin Townsend - Empath
(good but exhausting)10. ShadowStrike - Legends of Human Spirit
(decent)11. Arch/Matheos - Winter Ethereal
(tedious)12. Rhapsody of Fire - The Eighth Mountain
(bad)STILL WAITING FOR:NorthTale - Welcome to Paradise (August 2nd)
Twilight Force - Dawn of the Dragonstar (August 16th)
Sonata Arctica - Talviyö (September 6th)
Wind Rose - Wintersaga (September 27th)
Opeth - In Cauda Venenum (September 27th)
Insomnium - Heart Like A Grave (October 4th)
Blind Guardian - Legacy of the Dark Lands (November 1st)
The Dark Element - Songs The Night Sings (November 8th)
Fairyland - Osyrhianta (late 2019)
Dragonforce -
(late 2019)
BARELY/HAVEN'T HEARD:Jordan Rudess - Wired For Madness
Tyr - Hel
Myrath - Shehili
Artificial Language - Now We Sleep
Paladin - Ascension
Queensryche - The Verdict
I hope I didn't forget anything especially records I've listened to