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Band: Buck-O-Nine Album: Libido Release Date: March 16, 1999 Genre: Ska Punk Expectation: 7.0/10 Reality: 5.6/10

Band: The Knife Album: Deep Cuts Release Date: January 13, 2003 Genre: Experimental Electronic Expectation: 7.5/10 Reality: 7.9/10

Time for the Top 25 best songs of 2015! This is Part One! 25) Therapy? - Tides Album: Disquiet Disquiet was Therapy's back-to-basics album and Tides shows the Northern Irish trio at its best: amazing lyrics and memorable melodies especially in the chorus. 24) Computer Magic - Mindstate Album: Mindstate The title track from one of the two CD's that Computer Magic released this year is so peaceful that you could listen to it in an infinite loop. 23) Soulfly - Titans Album: Archangel The older Max Cavalera gets, the heavier his music gets. Titans begins instantly with a monstrous riff, gets to an epic chorus with chorals backing Max's gutural voice and ends with another monstrous riff. 22) Destroyer - Times Square Album: Poison Season Think of David Bowie with extra flourishes, like strings, percussions and jazz horns and you have this beautiful music. 21) Ghost - Cirice Album: Meliora If all songs in Meliora were like Cirice, ...

Band: Altar of Plagues Album: Teethed Glory and Injury Release Date: April 30, 2013 Genre: Black Metal/Post Metal/Experimental/Industrial Expectation: 6.3/10 Reality: 7.5/10

Band: Cattle Decapitation Album: The Anthropocene Extinction Release Date: August 7, 2015 Genre: Death Metal/Grindcore Expectation: 7.2/10 Reality: 6.0/10

Another good year in music is (almost) gone. I wish I could say it was an excellent year in music but I can't. I mean, there were pretty goods records in 2015 but none of them really stood off like Yeezus in 2013 or Transgender Dysphoria Blues and RTJ2 in 2014. Given this homogeneity, I've had a really good time thinking about and making this list because it was hard to select only 10 records, many missed making the cut. This is my Top 10 Albums right now but maybe in a month I would change two or three records and put Myrkur's M or Publicist U.K's Forgive Yourself or Riverside's Love, Fear and the Time Machine or Tenement's Predatory Headlights... Like last year's list I'll update the "reality" of the albums. Anyway, enjoy and tell us your Top 10! Also check out our Top 25 Best Songs of the year  here  and  here ! 10) Millencolin - True Brew Release Date: April 28, 2015 Genre: Punk Rock Reality: 6.7/10 New Reality: 8.1/10 Wow, looki...

Band: Cold World Album: Dedicates to Babies Who Came Feet First Release Date: July 22, 2008 Genre: Hardcore/Rap Metal Expectation: 6.9/10 Reality: 6.3/10

Band: Afrika Bambaataa Album: Dark Matter Moving at the Speed of Light Release Date: September 28, 2004 Genre: Funk/Electronic/Hip Hop/Rap/Dance Expectation: 6.0/10 Reality: 7.9/10

Band: The Music Album: The Music Release Date: September 2, 2002 Genre: Indie Rock/Britrock Expectation: 5.8/10 Reality: 6.5/10

Band: Baroness Album: Purple Release Date: December 18, 2015 Genre: Sludge Metal/Post Metal/Progressive Metal Expectation: 8.8/10 Reality: 7.2/10