Top albums of 2015

Just curious to see what everyone's top albums were of the past year.
Here are mine
1. Enslaved - "In Times"
2. Kamasi Washington - "The Epic"
3. Iron Maiden - "The Book of Souls"
4. Kendrick Lamar - "To Pimp a Butterfly"
5. Steven Wilson - "Hand.Cannot.Erase."
6. Tom Holkenburg - "Mad Max: Furry Road soundtrack"
7. Panopticon - "Autumn Eternal"
8. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - "Asunder! Sweet and other Distress"
9. Midnight Odyssey - "Shards of Silver Fade"
10. The Dear Hunter - "Act IV: Rebirth in Reprise"
11. Deafheaven - "New Bermuda"
12. The Aristocrats - "Tres Caballeros"
13. Symphony X - "Underworld"
14. Spectral Lore - "Gnosis"
15. Riverside - "Love, Fear, and the Time Machine"

Fave albums for 2015 for me would be:
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1. Sirenia - The Seventh Life Path



This would be album of the year for me.

A beautiful combination of Gothic Metal and Symphonic Metal, with undertones of Melodic Death Metal. This album captured my attention right away when I first bought it back in May. Right after my birthday, so it was kinda like a belated birthday present to myself. I was wondering then if it would stack up to be album of the year or not ... and I was right. Each time I come back to the platter of Gothic Metal goodness and taste the crispy apples of Symphonic Metal delight, I am hooked deeper and deeper by this monster. Anyway - good album.

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2. Cradle of Filth - Hammer of the Witches

I concur with my friend Thomas on this one. This album is very very good!!! I almost voted it as my album of the year, save for the fact that I love the new Sirenia SO much - I just could not bring myself to do it. Anyway - this album is very good. Symphonic Black Metal of the finest quality. Undergirded by Gothic Metal and Melodic Black Metal (lots of melodic territory on this one), this album just sets out to SLAUGHTER!!!


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3. Chant - Brave New Apocalypse

This is a good and solid Industrial Rock album. Pretty underground release. I doubt anyone here as heard of it - unless they are in the current Industrial scene. I saw this band open up for KMFDM last summer - and they KILLED! Excellent show - and I bought this album at that show. Sure enough ... the album really nails it too. Great studio recording and great live band!


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4. Cattle Decapitation - The Anthropocene Extinction

This is a really good Deathgrind album. If that genre suits you - then look into this one! It's very intricate throughout. There are some songs that are very Technical Death Metal oriented, but they always go somewhere - instead of just wanking around like a lot of Technical Death Metal does. Recommended. Solid album.