2015: What was your favorite & worst things about music this year?

[Haws Bah Gawd]

Top 5 overall albums of the year:

5: Adrenalin Mob - "Dearly Departed"

Spoiler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe51dozTkOM

4: Symphony X - "Underworld"

Spoiler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_z3AHbjeb1U

3: Breaking Benjamin - "Dark Before Dawn"

Spoiler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zFfRSeA1ls

2: Kamelot - "Haven"

Spoiler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDLZ6Mqy7AM

1: Jorn - "Dracula: Swing of Death"

Spoiler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvF72QFj_q4

Disappointment of the Year:
Nightwish - "Endless Forms Most Beautiful"

Biggest Surprise:
Disturbed - "Immortalize"

Breakout Band with a Great Amount of Potential:
Black Fate - "Between Vision and Lies"

 

[Skywarp!]

That last Modest Mouse album was a big disappointment.

 

[Captain of Outer Space]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo1VInw-SKc

Has there been anyone who sounds less convinced on her own lyrics than Rachel Platten? I got into a conversation about musical acts that would make this awful song sound more genuine. Acts such as:

• Anne Murray
• CeCe Peniston
• Ja Rule
• Rollins Band
• The Smiths
• Joy Division