Andy Synn alleges that he still intends to deliver his annual list of favorite songs, but with that exception, I think our 2015 edition of LISTMANIA has finally drawn to a close. Unless I’ve forgotten something, in which case we’ll have to supplement the series with whatever I’ve forgotten. We’re not running a very well-oiled machine here.
But however rusty it may be, we’re damned sure running a list-making machine here. Our 2015 series of lists was more extensive than in any previous year — we posted more than 50 lists (!) with accompanying commentary this time.
As usual, some of these were lists that appeared at “big platform” web sites and print magazines, and others were prepared by our own cadre of writers. But once again the largest group of list posts came from NCS readers, band members, and assorted other guests, including fellow metal bloggers/writers. Plus, we’ve also received many lists in reader comments on THIS POST.
In this article I’m collecting links to all of the 2015 year-end lists that we published, divided into categories and listed within each category in the order of their appearance. For people who are looking for the best metal that 2015 had to offer, I think these lists provide a tremendous resource.
Thanks again to everyone who contributed to 2015 LISTMANIA and to everyone who made time to read what we pulled together.
P.S. About that not-so-well-oiled-machine that we run here, if we posted your list and you don’t see it below, it’s because I forgot to tag it with “Listmania 2015” when I posted it. Just leave a comment below or e-mail me with the words “You Fucking Moron” in the subject line, and I’ll fix the oversight.
MAGAZINES AND “BIG PLATFORM” SITES
BAND MEMBERS
Cretos Filthgrinder (A Band of Orcs)
Ken Sorceron (Abigail Williams)
Michael Gonçalves (Windfaerer)
NCS STAFF AND OTHER REGULAR NCS CONTRIBUTORS
KevinP – “You’re the Best Around”
Andy Synn – The Disappointing Albums
Andy Synn – The Critical Top 10
Andy Synn – The Personal Top 10
Wil Cifer (experimental/progressive)
FELLOW BLOGGERS
OTHER FRIENDS
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What a compendium @.@ This could probably last me through all of 2016 as well 😉
The following is my current result from all the posted lists… It figures that I will be checking out albums well into February or even March.
It also shows that the combined power of NCS posts is capable of impressive amounts of album recommendations. Thank you all.
Check
Alkaloid – The Malkuth Grimoire
Sarpanitum – Blessed Be My Brothers…
FIN – The Furrows of Tradition
Blaze of Perdition – Near Death Revelations
Finsterforst – Mach Dich Frei
Wilderun – Sleep at the Edge of the Earth
Regarde Les Hommes Tomber – Exile
Firespawn – Shadow Realms
Psycroptic – Psycroptic
Red Moon Architect – Fall
Prion – Uncertain Process
Winds of Genocide – Usurping the Throne of Decease
Maruta – Remain Dystopian
Howls of Ebb – The Marrow Veil
Slugdge – Dim and Slimeridden Kingdoms
Isvind – Gud
Alda – Passage
Thulcandra – Ascension Lost
Desolate Shrine – The Heart of the Netherworld
Infected Chaos – The Wake of Ares
Sapraemia – Disintegration of Permanent Atoms
Hypermass – Clouded Visions
Atlas Entity – Enceladus
Lever of Archimedes – Triptych Disentanglement
Exovoid – Psychotic Shift
The Abstract – The Abstract
Dendritic Arbor – Romantic Love
The Fine Constant – Woven in Light
Chronostasis – Cosmagida
Sickening – The Beyond
Visceral Decay – Implosion Psychosis
Encenathrakh – Encenathrakh
Extreme Cold Winter – Paradise Ends Here
Agos – Irkalla Transcendence
Awe – Providentia
Monolord – Vaenir
Fog Of War – Here Lies Humanity
Nightrage – The Puritan
A Loathing Requiem – Acolytes Eternal
Theories – Regression
The Ritual Aura – Laniakea
Good
Mgla – Exercises in Futility
Rivers of Nihil – Monarchy
Vallendusk – Homeward Path
Der Weg Einer Freiheit – Stellar
Nadiwrath – Circle of Pest
Bad
Akhlys – The Dreaming I
Protolith – Dark
Leviathan – Scar Sighted
Terzij de Horde – Self
Deluge – Aether
Turbid North – Eyes Alive
I am really curious to see how this plays out.
Ha, awesome. Six of my favourites:
Akhlys – The Dreaming I
Protolith – Dark
Leviathan – Scar Sighted
Terzij de Horde – Self
Deluge – Aether
Turbid North – Eyes Alive
The lack of Inculter – Persisting Devolution on any of these year end list saddens me. I think I looked at all of them, but maybe I missed a few.
I still never saw Inculter on any lists and that’s a badass record. My favorite of the year.
Maybe I should contribute my year end list? 🙂
Inculter was on Professor Grover’s list.
Batushka’s Litourgiya didn’t get enough attention thanks to being released in December. Definitely makes it into my top 10 for the year.