Album of the Year 2015 *Nominations*

Passenger

Yup, it's that time of year, folks. A number of good albums released this year.

So go ahead and nominate your favourite albums of 2015 and at the appropriate time I'll start a poll thread of the most nominated albums for everybody to vote for the overall winner.

*Try keep your nominations to in or around 5 releases for the interest of quality.


And last years Rock/Metal Album of the Year 2014 was...

Mastodon - Once More ‘Round the Sun with runner Up Behemoth - The Satanist

lord lucan

Faith No More - Sol Invictus

Slayer - Relentless

Motorhead - Bad Magic

rock whore

Paradise lost - The Plague Within is my favourite this year. Possibly the best album they've made. Though Draconian times might just pip it.

GLaDOS

Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase.
Ahab - The Boats of the Glen Carrig

machiavellianme

I quite enjoyed ghost - meliora but my album of the year was desaparecidos - payola.

Mushy

Steven Wilson with Hand.Cannot.Erase
Clutch with Psychic Warfare

Anesthetize

Thy Catafalque - Sgùrr
Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase.
Riverside - Love, Fear and the Time Machine
Tempel - The Moon Lit Our Path
Tribulation - The Children of the Night

devildriver

Melechesh - Enki
Visigoth - The Revenant King
Antimatter - The Judas Table
No Spill Blood - Heavy Electricity
Entrails - Obliteration

I'm giving my honourable mention to Slayer for Repentless as it's a decent album.

Say Your Number

Huntress - Static
Chris Cornell - Higher Truth
Amorettes - Game On
Joe Satriani - Shockwave Supernova
Seasick Steve - Sonic Soul Surfer (if he counts)

hellyeah

Paradise lost the plague within for me.

greedygoblin

Wilderun - Sleep at the Edge of the Earth
The Gentle Storm - The Diary
The Night Flight Orchestra - Skyline Whispers
Avatarium – The Girl With the Raven Mask
Gazpacho - Molok

Lithium93_

Trivium - Silence In The Snow
Children Of Bodom - I Worship Chaos
The Winery Dogs - Hot Streak
Faith No More - Sol Invictus
Slayer - Repentless

scudzilla

Album of the year for me by far is Motorhead - Bad Magic

Knifey Spoony

"The Boats of Glen Carrig" - Ahab
"Living Bridges" - Shardborne

StaticAge11

For me it's
Silence in the Snow - Trivium

Dargull

Clutch - Psychic Warfare
Iron Maiden - Book of Souls
Paradise Lost - The Plague Within
Motörhead - Bad Magic

RayCon

There is only one winner ....

Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase.


Honorable mentions to :

• Ghost - Meliora
• Anekdoten - Until All The Ghosts Are Gone
• Nordic Giants - A Séance of Dark Delusions

Nea

Wilderun - Sleep at the Edge of the Earth
Tribulation - The Children of the Night
Sigh - Graveward
Enforcer - From Beyond
Ghost - Meliora

ride-the-spiral

Horrendous - Anareta is a very good death metal album
Iron Maiden - Book of Souls
Amorphis - Under the Red Cloud
Cradle of Filth - Hammer of the Witches
Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful

mikeweed

Primordial - Where greater men have fallen
Slayer - Repentless
Cradle Of Filth - Hammer of the witches

Anesthetize

mikeweed wrote: »

Primordial - Where greater men have fallen

This was released last year.

blackwave

Steven Wilson - Hand Cannot Erase

Hockney

Paradise Lost -The Plague Within for me.

Stands up there with anything they've done. Now if only they can get round to adding at least a half hour to their live setlist!

Somnus

All ready here, but I'll nominate

Hand.Cannot.Erase - Steven Wilson
The Boats of Glen Carrig - Ahab

Nephilim Wolf

My main nomination is:

Iron Maiden - The Book of Souls

Very honourable mentions toAmorphis - Under The Red Cloud
Arcturus – Arcturian
Moonspell - Extinct
Paradise Lost - The Plague Within
Tribulation - The Children of The Night
Keep of Kalessin - Epistemology
Battle Beast – Unholy Savior
Draconian - Sovran
Swallow The Sun – Songs from the North
Ghost - Meliora
Faith No More – Sol Invictus
To Die For - Cult
Roger Waters - The Wall
Thulcandra – Ascension Lost
Therapy - Disquiet

hellyeah

Can I also add Fear factory Genexus :-)

Lithium93_

Can't edit my original post, but Kataklysm's Of Ghost And Gods is a damned brilliant album.

tattykitty

Paradise Lost's The Plague Within for me.

Fab live show in the Academy this year, too.

Angron

Almost missed this.

Cattle Decapitation - The Anthropocene Extinction
Ahab - The Boats of the Glen Carrig
Napalm Death - Apex Predator - Easy Meat

Gonzovision

Deafheaven - New Bermuda
Obsequiae - Aria of Vernal Tombs

endasmail

Paradise Lost- 'The Plague within'
Clutch- 'Psychic Warfare'

Passenger

Some great nominations there, folks. Some releases this year that I forgot about, some that I just didn’t get around to and others I just didn’t know about that I’ll be checking out in due course. Keep ‘em coming.

Anyhoo, of the new releases that I checked out this year, here are a few that stuck with me...

Steven Wilson – Hand. Cannot. Erase
Moonspell – Extinct
Faith No More – Sol Invictus
Swallow The Sun - Songs From The North I, II & III
Amorphis – Under The Red Cloud
Symphony X - Underworld