THE BEST The Black Queen - Fever Daydream Death Grips - Bottomless Pit Haken - Affinity Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool Slice the Cake - Odyssey to the West * Thrice - To Be Everywhere Is to Be Nowhere Vektor - Terminal Redux THE GREAT Beyoncé - Lemonade David Bowie - Blackstar Deftones - Gore Gojira - Magma * Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered. Obscura - Akróasis Slice the Cake - Odyssey to the Gallows * Sioux Falls - Rot Forever Steven Wilson - 4½ THE GOOD Dream Theater - The Astonishing Gorguts - Pleiades' Dust Ulver - ATGCLVLSSCAP THE OKAY / DISAPPONTING / BAD Drake - Views Kanye West - The Life of Pablo ANTICIPATING Black Crown Initiate - Selves We Cannot Forgive The Dear Hunter - Act V: Hymns With the Devil in Confessional * Devin Townsend Project - Transcendence Flume - Skin Katatonia - The Fall of Hearts Opeth - Sorceress * Periphery - Periphery III: Select Difficulty Mark Pritchard - Under the Sun Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3 Swans - The Glowing Man The Virginmarys - Divides TOP SONGS OF 2016 The Black Queen - Ice to Never Death Grips - Giving Bad People Good Ideas Deftones - Phantom Bride Haken - Earthrise Kendrick Lamar - untitled 6 Radiohead - Daydreaming Thrice - Hurricane Vektor - Pillars of Sand * = New Additions / Ranking Change
I've enjoyed so far: Andy Black - The Shadow Side Asking Alexandria - The Black BABYMETAL - METAL RESISTANCE Deftones - Gore Hands Like Houses - Dissonants It Lives, It Breathes - Silver Knights Panic! At The Disco - Death of a Bachelor Pierce The Veil - Misadventures The Ready Set - I Will Be Nothing Without Your Love ROAM - Backbone Simple Plan - Taking One For The Team Sleeping With Sirens - Live and Unplugged Tonight Alive - Limitless The Word Alive - Dark Matter Blink-182 - California Albums I'm anticipating Avenged Sevenfold - TBA Gemini Syndrome - Memento Mori Linkin Park - TBA Paramore - TBA VIMIC - Open Your Omen Set It Off - TBA1 Skillet - Unleashed Yellowcard - Yellowcard Sum 41 - 13 Voices
TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2016 01 DAVID BOWIE BLACKSTAR 02 RADIOHEAD A MOON SHAPED POOL 03 KENDRICK LAMAR UNTITLED. UNMASTERED. 04 TERRACE MARTIN VELVET PORTRAITS 05 DEFTONES GORE 06 PANIC! AT THE DISCO DEATH OF A BACHELOR 07 ANDERSON .PAAK MALIBU 08 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS THE GETAWAY# 09 CHANCE THE RAPPER COLORING BOOK 10 HAELOS FULL CIRCLE GREAT ALBUMS 11 KAWEHI INTERAKTIVv 12 IGGY POP POST-POP DEPRESSION 13 LIGHTS MIDNIGHT MACHINES 14 WEEZER THE WHITE ALBUM GOOD ALBUMS 15 MAYER HAWTHORNE MAN ABOUT TOWNv 16 THE FALL OF TROY OK KEY # Signifies a new entry ^ Signifies a rise in ranking, taking into account new entries v Signifies a drop in ranking, taking into account new entries
I dig the fact "Gore" is in quite a few list. My favorite of the year so far! New Radiohead and Thrice are great too.
Either you haven't listened to Bowie's Blackstar yet or you're not a fan of Bowie or the album. In any case, I feel pity for you.
Oh yeah Still gotta listen to that one. First, I was catching up with his past albums. Best for last?
I've bought a few albums this year so far and the only one where I like more than just a few tracks is Flume's album, "Skin". Still waiting on these: ScHoolboy Q: "Blank Face LP" - July 8 Clams Casino: "32 Levels" - July 15 Phantogram: "Three" - September 16
THE BEST The Black Queen - Fever Daydream Blood Orange - Freetown Sound * Death Grips - Bottomless Pit Haken - Affinity Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool Slice the Cake - Odyssey to the West Thrice - To Be Everywhere Is to Be Nowhere Vektor - Terminal Redux THE GREAT Beyoncé - Lemonade David Bowie - Blackstar Deftones - Gore Gojira - Magma Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered. Obscura - Akróasis Slice the Cake - Odyssey to the Gallows Sioux Falls - Rot Forever Steven Wilson - 4½ THE GOOD Dream Theater - The Astonishing Gorguts - Pleiades' Dust Ulver - ATGCLVLSSCAP THE OKAY / DISAPPONTING / BAD Drake - Views Kanye West - The Life of Pablo ANTICIPATING Black Crown Initiate - Selves We Cannot Forgive The Dear Hunter - Act V: Hymns With the Devil in Confessional Devin Townsend Project - Transcendence Flume - Skin Katatonia - The Fall of Hearts Opeth - Sorceress Periphery - Periphery III: Select Difficulty Mark Pritchard - Under the Sun Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3 Swans - The Glowing Man The Virginmarys - Divides TOP SONGS OF 2016 The Black Queen - Ice to Never Death Grips - Giving Bad People Good Ideas Deftones - Phantom Bride Haken - Earthrise Kendrick Lamar - untitled 6 Radiohead - Daydreaming Thrice - Hurricane Vektor - Pillars of Sand * = New Additions / Ranking Change
Top Albums of the Year 1. Frank Ocean- Blonde* 2. Chevelle- The North Corridor * 3. Moose Blood- Blush* 4. Kanye West- The Life of Pablo 5. Beartooth- Agressive 6. Red Hot Chili Peppers- The Getaway 7. Saosin- Along The Shadows 8. Crown the Empire- Retrograde* 9. Frank Ocean- ENDLESS* 10. Dierks Bentley- Black 11. Cole Swindell- You Should Be Here 12. Kendrick Lamar- Untitled, Unmastered 13. Asking Alexandria- The Black 14. Ariana Grande- Dangerous Woman 15. Daughter- Not to Disappear 16. Kygo- Cloud Nine 17. Cassadee Pope- Summer 18. Cash Cash- Blood, Sweat, and 3 Years 19. Birdy- Beautiful Lies 20. Keith Urban- Ripcord 21. The Joy Formidable- Hitch 22. Real Friends- The Home Inside My Head 23. Flume- Skin 24. Explosions In the Sky- Wilderness 25. The World Alive- Dark Matter 26. The Summer Ser- Stories For Monday 27. Pinegrove- Cardinals 28. Basement- Promise Everything 29. Lacey Sturm- Life Screams 30. Chance The Rapper- Coloring Book 31. Simple Plan- Taking One For The Team 32. Rouge Wave- Delusions of Grand Fur 33. A Reason to Breathe- An Ocean Inside Me 34. Steven Wilson- 4 1/2 35. Rihanna- ANTI 36. Dan + Shay- Obsessed 37. I See Stars- Treehouse 38. Mike Snow- iii 39. Jennifer Nettles- Playing With Fire 40. Frankie Ballard- El Camino 41. Blake Shelton- If I'm Honest 42. Issues- Headspace 43. Sick Puppies- Fury 44. Smile Empty Soul- Shapshifter 45. Dire Fire- Two Worlds 46. Like Pacific- Chasing Shadows 47. Peirce The Veil- Misadventures 48. Angels and Airwaves- Chasing Shadows 49. M83- Junk
THE BEST The Black Queen - Fever Daydream Blood Orange - Freetown Sound Death Grips - Bottomless Pit Haken - Affinity Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool Slice the Cake - Odyssey to the West Thrice - To Be Everywhere Is to Be Nowhere Vektor - Terminal Redux THE GREAT Beyoncé - Lemonade Black Crown Initiate - The Wreckage of Stars * David Bowie - Blackstar Deftones - Gore Dream Theater - The Astonishing * John Carpenter - Lost Themes II * Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered. Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein - Stranger Things, Vol. 1 * Obscura - Akróasis Periphery - Periphery III: Select Difficulty * Slice the Cake - Odyssey to the Gallows Steven Wilson - 4½ THE GOOD Beyoncé - Lemonade * Gojira - Magma * Gorguts - Pleiades' Dust Sioux Falls - Rot Forever * Ulver - ATGCLVLSSCAP THE OKAY / DISAPPONTING / BAD Drake - Views Kanye West - The Life of Pablo ANTICIPATING Bon Iver - 22, A Million * The Dear Hunter - Act V: Hymns With the Devil in Confessional Devin Townsend Project - Transcendence Bon Iver - 22, A Million Flume - Skin Katatonia - The Fall of Hearts Opeth - Sorceress Plini - Handmade Cities * Mark Pritchard - Under the Sun Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3 Swans - The Glowing Man The Virginmarys - Divides * = New Additions / Ranking Change
★★★ 01 | David Bowie - Blackstar 02 | Frank Ocean - Blonde 03 | Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool 04 | Koi Child - Koi Child 05 | Moderat - III 06 | HAELOS - Full Circle 07 | Red Hot Chilli Peppers - The Getaway 08 | Flume - Skin 09 | Deftones - Gore 10 | DMA's - Hills End ★★ Kendrick Lamar - Untitled Unmastered Frank Ocean - Endless Thrice - To Be Everywhere Is to Be Nowhere James Blake - The Colour In Anything Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book Mark Pritchard - Under The Sun Beacon - Escapements Anderson .Paak - Malibu De Staat - O Poliça - United Crushers M83 - Junk LISTENING TO De La Soul - And The Anonymous Nobody ANTICIPATING Mogwai - Atomic Phantogram - LP 3 Linkin Park - LP 7 Nine Inch Nails - LP 9 (?) Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 3 The XX - LP 3 Massive Attack - LP 6 Mura Masa - LP 1
THE BEST The Black Queen - Fever Daydream Blood Orange - Freetown Sound Death Grips - Bottomless Pit Haken - Affinity Plini - Handmade Cities * Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool Slice the Cake - Odyssey to the West Thrice - To Be Everywhere is to Be Nowhere Vektor - Terminal Redux THE GREAT Beyoncé - Lemonade Black Crown Initiate - The Wreckage of Stars David Bowie - Blackstar Deftones - Gore Dream Theater - The Astonishing John Carpenter - Lost Themes II Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered. Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein - Stranger Things, Vol. 1 Obscura - Akróasis Periphery - Periphery III: Select Difficulty Slice the Cake - Odyssey to the Gallows Steven Wilson - 4½ THE GOOD Beyoncé - Lemonade Gojira - Magma Gorguts - Pleiades' Dust Sioux Falls - Rot Forever Ulver - ATGCLVLSSCAP THE OKAY / DISAPPONTING / BAD Drake - Views Kanye West - The Life of Pablo ANTICIPATING Bon Iver - 22, A Million Carly Rae Jepsen - E•MO•TION: Side B * The Dear Hunter - Act V: Hymns With the Devil in Confessional Devin Townsend Project - Transcendence Bon Iver - 22, A Million Flume - Skin Katatonia - The Fall of Hearts Opeth - Sorceress Mark Pritchard - Under the Sun Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3 Swans - The Glowing Man The Virginmarys - Divides * = New Additions / Ranking Change
Best Bon Iver - 22, A Million Blood Orange - Freetown Sound Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool Vektor - Terminal Redux Chance the Rapper - Coloring Book Good Frank Ocean - Blonde David Bowie - Blackstar Beyoncé - Lemonade Kanye West - the Life of Pablo Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered. Average James Blake - the Colour in Anything Death Grips - Bottomless Pit Deftones - Gore Rihanna - ANTI Flume - Skin Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman Disappointing Drake - Views M83 - Junk Best Songs Beyoncé - Formation Radiohead - Daydreaming James Blake - Modern Soul Frank Ocean - Nights Deftones - Phantom Bride Ariana Grande - Into You Kanye West - Ultralight Beam Flume - Wall Fuck Vektor - Liquid Crystal Disease David Bowie - Blackstar Post Malone - Deja Vu Chance the Rapper - Angels Death Grips - Giving Bad People Good Ideas Rihanna - Kiss it Better Bon Iver - 33 "GOD" Blood Orange - Augustine
★★★ 01 | David Bowie - Blackstar 02 | Frank Ocean - Blonde 03 | Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool 04 | Koi Child - Koi Child 05 | Moderat - III 06 | HAELOS - Full Circle 07 | clipping - Splendor & Misery 08 | Red Hot Chilli Peppers - The Getaway 09 | Deftones - Gore 10 | DMA's - Hills End ★★ Flume - Skin Green Day - Revolution Radio De La Soul - And The Anonymous Nobody Kendrick Lamar - Untitled Unmastered Frank Ocean - Endless Thrice - To Be Everywhere Is to Be Nowhere James Blake - The Colour In Anything Chance The Rapper - Coloring Book Mark Pritchard - Under The Sun Beacon - Escapements Anderson .Paak - Malibu De Staat - O Poliça - United Crushers M83 - Junk LISTENING TO Bon Iver - 22, A Million ANTICIPATING Mogwai - Atomic Phantogram - LP 3 Linkin Park - LP 7 Nine Inch Nails - LP 9 (?) Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 3 The XX - LP 3 Massive Attack - LP 6 Mura Masa - LP 1
For the longest time, I was only really looking forward to/anticipating one album, and the title was announced only recently. It's "Types and Shadows" by Wolves At The Gate. Earlier this week, that changed. I am now very much looking forward to "Deathgrip" by Fit For A King, a band I just started listening to this week! Both albums are dropping soon, with "Deathgrip" out at midnight tonight! The other album releases in November. Oh, I fairly enjoyed Skillet's "Unleashed", which I did not listen to until at least a month after it released. A solid album, but too repetitive and predictable at times. Only about 1/3 of the tracks stand out to me. Most Anticipated 2016 Releases 1. Fit For A King - Deathgrip 2. Wolves At The Gate - Types and Shadows Good/Decent Albums 1. Skillet - Unleashed Special Mention 1. RED - End of Silence 10th Anniversary Edition (and Remaster) -> This was a re-release of a decade-old album, so this really isn't "new". However, previously unreleased songs were included in this "remaster", and they really delivered. I wish I had some other picks, but that's it for now.
GREAT ALBUMS Ignite - A War Against You Red Hot Chilli Peppers - The Getaway Sum 41 - 13 Voices GOOD ALBUMS Turbostaat - Abalonia Massendefekt - Echos Billy Talent - Afraid Of Heights Green Day - Revolution Radio OK ALBUMS FJØRT - Kontakt Royal Republic - Weekend Man ANTICIPATING Metallica - Hardwired To Self Destruct
THE BEST The Black Queen - Fever Daydream Blood Orange - Freetown Sound Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition * Death Grips - Bottomless Pit Devin Townsend Project - Transcendence * Haken - Affinity Plini - Handmade Cities Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool Vektor - Terminal Redux THE GREAT David Bowie - Blackstar Bon Iver - 22, A Million * The Dillinger Escape Plan - Dissociation * Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered. Opeth - Sorceress * Periphery - Periphery III: Select Difficulty Preocupations - Preoccupations * Slice the Cake - Odyssey to the Gallows Slice the Cake - Odyssey to the West * Thrice - To Be Everywhere is to Be Nowhere Steven Wilson - 4½ THE GOOD Beyoncé - Lemonade Deftones - Gore * Dream Theater - The Astonishing * Frank Ocean - Blonde* Gojira - Magma Gorguts - Pleiades' Dust John Carpenter - Lost Themes II * Meshuggah - The Violent Sleep of Reason * Obscura - Akroasis * Sioux Falls - Rot Forever Ulver - ATGCLVLSSCAP THE OKAY / DISAPPONTING / BAD Black Crown Initiate - The Wreckage of Stars * Drake - Views Kanye West - The Life of Pablo ANTICIPATING Carly Rae Jepsen - E•MO•TION: Side B The Dear Hunter - Act V: Hymns With the Devil in Confessional Flume - Skin Katatonia - The Fall of Hearts Mark Pritchard - Under the Sun Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3 Swans - The Glowing Man The Virginmarys - Divides * = New Additions / Ranking Change
Best Top 10 so far (in no particular order) Architects - All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool Thrice - To Be Everywhere Is To Be Nowhere The Dillinger Escape Plan - Dissociation Converge - You Fail Me (Redux) Every Time I Die - Low Teens The Devil Wears Prada - Transit Blues Norma Jean - Polar Similar Heaven Shall Burn - Wanderer Breakdown Of Sanity - Coexistence __________ honorable mentions: Defeated Sanity - Disposal Of The Dead / Dharmata Wormed - Krigshu Brian Fallon - Painkillers Insomnium - Winter's Gate Bury Tomorrow - Earthbound Great Killswitch Engage - Incarnate Silent Planet - Everything Was Sound Fit For A King - Deathgrip Despised Icon - Beast Amon Amarth - Jomsviking Abnormality - Mechanisms of Omniscience Walls Of Jericho - No One Can Save You From Yourself Fleshgod Apocalypse - King Kvelertak - Nattesferd The Browning - Isolation Forevermore - Integral Hope For The Dying - Legacy Black Crown Initiate - Selves We Cannot Forgive Kase.O - El Círculo Liquid & Maniac - Slang Funk Slam Dunk After The Burial - Dig Deep Crimson Moonlight - Divine Darkness Vulvodynia- Psychosadistic Design Good Opeth - Sorceress The Bouncing Souls - Simplicity Knuckledust - Songs Of Sacrifice Broken Teeth HC - At Peace Amongst Chaos Expire - With Regret Ed Scissortongue & Lamplighter - Tell Them It's Winter Keeno - Futurist Logistics - Electric Sun Fred V & Grafix - Oxygen Metrik - Life / Thrills Katalepsy - Gravenous Hour Ocean Wisdom - Chaos 93' Hatebreed - The Concrete Confessional Billy Talent - Afraid Of Heigths Young Guns - Echoes Rival Choir - I Belief, Help My Unbelief Lionheart - Love Don't Live Here Dabbla - Year Of The Monkey Noisia - Outer Edges* EP's Everything In Slow Motion - Laid Low Stick To Your Guns - Better Ash Than Dust Affiance - Gaia Poured Out - Blind Heart My Epic - Viscera My Heart To Fear - The Draft To Speak Of Wolves - New Bones Alyssa Marie - Louder Than Words (though I'm not sure if this counts as an EP or Album) Anticipating : Metallica - Hardwired ... To Self-Destruct Wolves At The Gate - Types & Shadows Dark Tranquillity - Atoma In Flames - Battles Memphis May Fire - This Light I Hold Run The Jewels - 3 Fliptrix - Patterns Of Escapism Rafael Lechowski - Quarcissus, El Arte De Desamar* Rapsusklei - Origami* Those Who Fear - State Of Mind* *newly added