Another hard rocking year has come to pass and that means more great music has come and gone in 2015. The best part for us writers who get the privilege to listen to a boatload of great music every year is introducing you to our favorite albums throughout the year. This year our staff of writers is sharing their top 5 favorite albums from 2015. We know everybody’s tastes are different, but I think we’ve compiled a great list of musical offerings from a broad spectrum of sub-genres. Hope you enjoy our list and here’s a toast to more killer records in 2016!!!
Denys Top List
Shinedown – Threat to Survival
Whitesnake – Purple Album
Symphony X – Underworld
Stryper – Fallen
Royal Hunt – Devil’s Dozen
Honorable Mention:
Queesnryche – Condition Human
Sevendust – Kill The Flaw
Circle II Circle – Reign of Darkness
Death Dealer – Hallowed Ground
Adrian Top List
Shinedown – Threat to Survival
Def Leppard – Def Leppard
W.A.S.P. – Golgotha
Queensryche – Condition Human
And
(Tied 5th)
Nightwish – Endless Forms Most Beautiful
Powerwolf – Blessed and Possessed
Travis Top List
Wind Rose – Wardens of the West Wind
Powerwolf – Blessed & Possessed
Dragony – Shadowplay
Civil War – Gods & Generals
Nightwish – Endless Forms Most Beautiful
Brian Top List
Joel Hoekstra’s 13 – Dying To Live
Vintage Trouble – 1 Hopeful Rd
Wasp – Golgotha
Iron Maiden – The Book Of Souls
Whitesnake – The Purple Album
Chris Top List
Everthrone – The Dawning
A Sound of Thunder – Tales From the Deadside
Nile – In Their Darkened Shrine
Blackwater Drowning – Delusionary
Kelly Keeling – Mind Radio
Thomas Top List
Scorpions – Return To Forever
Trixter – Human Era
Dracula – Swing Of Death
Free Fall – Kingdom Of Rock
Nightwish – Endless Forms Most Beautiful
Eamon Top List
Black Star Riders – The Killer Instinct
Ugly Kid Joe – Uglier Than They Used Ta Be
Operation: Mindcrime – The Key
Europe – War Of Kings
Iron Maiden – The Book Of Souls
Zenae Top List
Iron Maiden – Book of Souls
Ensiferum – One Man Army
Paradise Lost – The Plague Within
Blind Guardian – Beyond the Red Mirror
Cradle of Filth – Hammer of the Witches
Shane Top List
Mike Tramp – Nomad
Voodoo Circle -Whisky Fingers
Wasp- Golgotha
Eclipse- Armageddonize
Babylon A.D – Live @ XXV
Robert Top List
Iron Maiden -The Book of Souls
Rush -R40 -Live
Thunder -Wonder Days
Tracer -Water for Thirsty Dogs
Def Leppard -Def Leppard
David Top List
With The Dead – With The Dead
Iron Maiden – Book of Souls
Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats – Night Creeper
High on Fire – Luminiferous
Midnight Ghost Train – Cold Was the Ground
Lindsey Top List
Skindred – Volume
Nightwish – Endless Forms Most Beautiful
Knock Out Kaine – Rise of the Electric Jester
Bon Jovi – Burning Bridges
Korpiklaani – Noita
Al Top List
Lamb of God – Sturm und Drang
Clutch – Psychic Warfare
Fear Factory – Genexus
Marilyn Manson – The Pale Emperor
Disturbed – Immortalized
Karen Top List
Thundermother – Rock N Roll Disaster
Martin Barre – Back to Steel
Stonewire – As the Crow Flies
WASP – Golgotha
Motorhead – Bad Magic
Paulo Top List
W.A.S.P. – Golgotha
Moonspell – Extinct
Iron Maiden – The Book Of Souls
Draconian – Sovran
Ghost – Meliora
Marianne Top List
Clutch – Psychic Warfare
Slayer – Repentless
Iron Maiden – Book of Souls
Lamb of God – Sturm und Drang
Motorhead – Bad Magik
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