Album of the Year 2016 *Nominations*

Passenger

It’s that time of year, folks.

It’s always good seeing what other Boardsies are listening to and are rating highly so go ahead and nominate your favourite releases of 2016.

At the appropriate time I'll start a poll thread of the most nominated albums for everybody to vote for the overall winner.

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


And last years Rock/Metal Album of the Year 2015 was...

Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase. with Runner Up Slayer - Repentless

RayCon

Opeth - Sorceress
Steven Wilson - 4 1/2 (technically an EP)
Ghost - Popestar (technically an EP)
Riverside - Eye of the Soundscape

Anesthetize

Here's a suggestion: rather than have people just list albums, they should also include some sort of insight as to why they chose them. This will make the thread more interesting.

Passenger

Anesthetize wrote: »

Here's a suggestion: rather than have people just list albums, they should also include some sort of insight as to why they chose them. This will make the thread more interesting.

Yiz can if you want but it's gonna be a pain in the hole to sift through text when I'm collating the nominations. Just keep it clean and simple imho.

Lithium93_

Off the top of my head.

Megadeth - Dystopia
Dream Theater - The Astonishing
Anthrax - For All Kings
Amon Amarth - Jomsviking
Death Angel - The Evil Divide
Vektor - Charging The Void
Airbourne - Breakin' Out Of Hell
Alter Bridge - The Last Hero
Testament - Brotherhood Of The Snake
Metallica - Hardwired... To Self Destruct

Anesthetize

Passenger wrote: »

Yiz can if you want but it's gonna be a pain in the hole to sift through text when I'm collating the nominations. Just keep it clean and simple imho.

Okie doke

Liam McPoyle

Meshuggah : The Violent Sleep of Reason,

Anesthetize

Touché Amoré - Stage Four
Vektor - Terminal Redux
Alcest - Kodama
Subrosa - For This We Fought the Battle of Ages
Deathspell Omega - The Synarchy of Molten Bones

Seth Brundle

Devin Townsend Project - Transcendence - I can't get enough of this album!
Anthrax - For All Kings
Testament - Brotherhood of the Snake

Wrongway1985

Blues Pills - Lady In Gold
Evergrey - The Storm Within
A7X - The Stage
Abbath - Abbath
Gojira - Magma

devildriver

Gojira - Magma
Allegaeon - Proponent For Sentience
Metallica - Hardwired to Self Destruct

lord lucan

Metallica - Hardwired to self destruct
Anthrax - For All Kings

rednik

Last in Line - Heavy Crown
Ace Frehley - Origins Vol 1
Glenn Hughes - Resonate

Arghus

Ulcerate - Shrines of Paralysis.

machiavellianme

Amon Amarth - Jomsviking
In flames - Battles
Descendents - Hypercaffium spazzinate

wandatowell

Megadeth - Dystopia

P_1

Amon Amarth - Jomsviking
In flames - Battles

Dargull

Volbeat - Seal the Deal & Let's Boogie
Metallica - Hardwired
Monster Truck - Sittin' Heavy
Black Stone Cherry - Kentucky
Dystopia - Megadeth

GLaDOS

Both my nominations are in the post-rock/metal genre

This Will Destroy You - The Bones of this Dying World
65Daysofstatic - No Man’s Sky: Music For An Infinite Universe

Say Your Number

The Answer - Solas
Airbourne - Breakin' Outta Hell
Joe Bonamassa - Blues of Desperation
Megadeth - Dystopia
Glenn Hughes - Resonate
Black Stone Cherry - Kentucky

greedygoblin

Thrawsunblat - Metachthonia
Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika
Fleshgod Apocalypse - King
The Vision Bleak - The Unknown
Amon Amarth - Jomsviking

Rainman16

Top 5 according to...


Rolling Stone

1. Metallica - Hardwired... to Self Destruct
2. Meshuggah - The Violent Sleep of Reason
3. Sumac - What One Becomes
4. The Dillinger Escape Plan - Dissociation
5. Neurosis - Fires Within Fires

MetalSucks.

1. Babymetal - Metal Resistance
2. Vektor – Terminal Redux
3. Cult of Luna and Julie Christmas – Mariner
4. The Dillinger Escape Plan – Dissociation / Revocation – Great is Our Sin (tie)
5. Khemmis – Hunted

Metal Injection

1. Babymetal - Metal Resistance
2. Epica - The Holographic Principle
3. Metallica - Hardwired... to Self-Destruct
4. Gojira - Magma
5. Avatar - Feathers & Flesh

Consequence of Sound

1. The Body – No one deserves happiness
2. Gojira – Magma
3. Deftones – Gore
4. Alcest – Kodama
5. Mizmore – Yodh

me_irl

Rod Munch wrote: »

Meshuggah : The Violent Sleep of Reason,

+1 Crushing from start to finish.

Sugarlumps

Prong - No Absolutes.

The Cult - Hidden City

buck65

Mourning Beloveth - Rust and Bone

Passenger

Is it me or was there a dearth of great albums released this year?

PikeMatton

1. Dillinger Escape Plan-Dissociation
2. Deftones- Gore
3. Gorguts- Pleiades' Dust (tis an EP but its so brilliant i couldn't leave it off)
4. Deathspell Omega- The Synarchy Of Molten Bones
5. The Black Queen- Fever Daydream (Not metal at all but Greg from Dillinger is on vocals, if you're a Depeche Mode fan you'll find alot to like in this)

xerces

Katatonia - The Fall of Hearts

Deftones - Gore

Cult of Luna - Mariner

Alcest - Kodama

Gojira - Magma

Nea

Witherscape - The Northern Sanctuary
Ihsahn - Arktis
Opeth - Sorceress
Katatonia - The Fall of Hearts
Hail Spirit Noir - Mayhem in Blue

Mickey H

Epica - The Holographic Principle
Metallica - Hardwired... to Self-Destruct
Delain - Moonbathers
Tarja Turunen - The Shadow Self
Sirenia - Dim Days of Dolor

Passenger

Gonna lock this up tomorrow if anybody wants to get a nomination in.

BlaasForRafa

Vektor – Terminal Redux

Gonzovision

Russian Circles - Guidance
65daysofstaitic - No Man's Sky: Music for an infinite Universe
Deftones - Gore
Gojira - Magma
Alcest - Kodoma

Niall06

Megadeth - Dystopia

Albert_Camus

Vektor – Terminal Redux
Deftones - Gore
Planet of Zeus - Loyal to the Pack
Mantar - Ode to the Flame
Jesu and Sun Kil Moon - Jesu / Sun Kil Moon

Angron

Nominations completed, thread closed.