2016 Your Favorite Albums Of This Year

Blake wrote:I've seen Wovenhand mentioned but all I can find on them is some "alternative country" band with goth undertones called Wovenhand. Is there another wovenhand? And are they a Christianband? It seems some are not sure

I LOVE Wovenhand.  Nope, there's only one band with that name; you found the right one.  I've seen them labeled as "gothic americana," "alt-country," and others.  And yes they are definitely a Christian band - far more boldly proclaiming Christianity in their lyrics than most bands these days (even in the metal scene).

Blake wrote:Nobody mentioned the new Renascent?

I'm waiting for the physical release on it. I have a hard time listening to albums without a physical copy in hand with lyrics.

MK58 wrote:

I'm waiting for the physical release on it. I have a hard time listening to albums without a physical copy in hand with lyrics.

Me too.  Call me old school but I read inserts - lyrics, liner notes, thank you's.  There are plenty of albums I don't have because I'm waiting/hoping for CD release (and no, vinyl is useless to me so I pass on those too).

My tentative list:
Theocracy - Ghost Shop
Michael Sweet - One Sided War
Neal Morse - Similitude of a Dream
Disciple - Long Live the Rebels

The list may change with repeated listens and there are a few others I just haven't listened to enough yet to judge where they fall (S91 for instance).  Maybe now would be a good time to ask me about 2015?

For Christmas I got Wytch Hazel's album Prelude and it's a good'un!  Definitely in my favorites list for this year.  I highly recommend.

(The lyrics, from what I've read so far, are very "Christian" though not all the members are Christian so I'm not sure if it should be counted in this list or not.)

Michael Sweet One Sided War
Skillet Unleashed
Disciple Long Live the Rebels

FWIW, I did the massive poll the past 2 years for Christian Metal Realm and a few other Christian metal websites... I am just getting started on assembling the list of albums for the year if anyone wants to do it again this year.. I think last year, there were a few online radio stations that ended up publishing the list, too.