Another Rock year has come and gone, reviews and critiques done and dusted. It seems like very year we receive even more promotional music and is extremely hard to listen to bulk of it. As with everything in life, it’s a challenge. We feel priviliged to keep doing this and keep helping the bands, the PR and the labels feed the Rock and Metal to the masses. Every little bit helps. I say it every year, but 2020 is already shaping up to be HUGE!!!
Keep with us, support the cause and “Let There Be Rock” for yet another year!!!
With that said, enjoy our staff’s TOP 5 albums of the year!!!
Adrian Hextall
1 .The Wildhearts – Renaissance Men
2. Queensryche – The Verdict
3. Papa Roach – Who Do You Trust
4. Backyard Babies – Sliver & Gold
5. Beast in Black – From Hell With Love
Jeremy Nelson
1. Leprous – Pitfalls
2. Devin Townsend – Empath
3. Tool – Fear Inoculum
4. Rammstein – Rammstein
5. Korn – The Nothing
Markus Wiedenmann
1. Blind Guardian ‘Legacy of the Dark Lands’
2. Arch/Matheos ‘Winter Ethereal’
3. Sacred Reich ‘Awakening’
4. Opeth ‘In Cauda Venenum’
5. Possessed ‘Revelation of Oblivion’
Travis Green
1. Sabaton – The Great War
2. Opera Magna – Del amor y Otros demonios
3. Astralium – Land of Eternal Dream
4. Rhapsody of Fire – The Eighth Mountain
5. Ancient Bards – Origine: The Black Crystal Sword Saga Part 2
Dave Burke
1. The Raconteurs – Help Us Stranger
2. Magpie Salute – High Water ll
3. CJ Ramone – The Holy Spell
4. Crobot – Motherbrain
5. The Darkness – Easter Is Cancelled
Katerina Paisoglou
1.Death Angel – Humanicide
2.Destruction – Born To Perish
3.Hammerfall – Dominion
4.Opeth – In Cauda Venenum
5.Overkill – The Wings Of War
Stefan Putwain
1. Tool – Fear Inoculum
2. Despised Icon – Purgatory
3. Killswitch Engage – Atonement
4. In Flames – I, The Mask
5. Cattle Decapitation – Death Atlas
David Lockler
1. Pelican-“Nighttime Stories”
2. Bellrope-“You Must Relax”
3. Earth-“Full Upon Her Burning Lips”
4. Witchthroat Serpent-“Swallow The Venom”
5. Tool-“Fear Inoculum”
Zenae Zukowski
1. Insomnium – Heart Like a Grave
2. Borknagar – True North
3. Novembers Doom – Nephilim Grove
4. Swallow the Sun – When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light
5. Rotting Christ – The Heretics
David Bell
1. Mg?a – Age of Excuse
2. Batushka
3. Darkthrone – Old Star
4. Misþyrming – Algleymi
5. Sinmara – Hvísl Stjarnanna
Mark Schaff
1. L7 – Scatter The Rats
2. Lightning Born – Lightning Born
3. Monolord – No Comfort
4. Nebula – Holy SHit
5. Tool – Fear Inoculum
Brendan O’Mahony
1. Baroness- Gold & Grey
2. Opeth- In Cauda Venenum
3. Devin Townsend- Empath
4. Full of Hell- Weeping Choir
5. Slipknot- We Are Not Your Kind
Simon Kneller
1. Wayward Sons – The Truth Ain’t What It Used To Be
2. Opeth – In Cauda Venenum
3. Steven Battelle – Midnight Between Months
4. Killswitch Engage – Atonement
5. The Dark Element – Songs The Night Sings
Denys
1. Within Temptation – Resist
2. Rival Sons – Feral Roots
3. Lance King – ReProgram
4. Queensryche – The Verdict
5. Bring Me The Horizon – Amo
Francijn Suermondt
1. Airbourne ‘Boneshaker
2. Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown ‘Truth & Lies’
3. Stray Cats ’40’
4. Beth Hart ‘Live At The Royal Albert Hall
5. Whitesnake ‘Flesh & Blood’
Karen Hetherington
1. Rival Sons – Feral Roots
2. Jack J Hutchinson – Who Feeds the Wolf?
3. Electric Mary – Mother
4. Piston – Piston
5. Tanith – In Another Time
Chris Martin
1. Work of Art- Exhibits
2. Myrath- Shehili
3. Ray Alder- What the Water Wants
4. Arch/Matheos- Winter Ethereal
5. Lance King- Reprogram
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