I don't really like top (insert number) lists so I created ten awards for albums this year. I will use this frame work for other lists in the future.
I could easily talk about my choices on each of these albums but that will take far to long. So I am hopping that people make comments and we can get some music conversations going.
This list was compiled from 37 bought or downloaded (legally) albums.
Enjoy!
Metal/Hardcore album of the year:
Protest the Hero “Fortress”
Honorable Mentions: Maylene and the Sons of Disaster “II” /// Century “Black Ocean”
Rock/Alternative album of the year:
The Black Keys “Attack & Release”
Honorable Mentions: Moros Eros “Jealous Me Was Killed By Curiosity” /// Against Me “New Wave”
Folk/Country album of the year:
Blanche “Little Amber Bottles”
Honorable Mentions: The Watson Twins “Fire Songs” /// Johnny Cash “At Folsom Prison”
New Artist of the year:
Ra Ra Riot “The Rhumb Line”
Honorable Mentions: Dillinger Escape Plan “Ire Works” /// United Nations “United Nations”
Down Loaded album of the year:
Junior Kimbrough “God Knows I Tried”
Classic Album Re-bought/Rediscovered of the year:
Unkle “Psyence Fiction”
Honorable Mentions: Metallica “Master of Puppets”
Most Brutal Album of the year:
Despised Icon “The Ills of Modern Man”
Honorable Mentions: Austrian Death Machine “Total Brutal”
Most Talked About/Recommended Album of the year:
Austrian Death Machine “Total Brutal”
Artists New Band Album of the year:
Cavalera Conspiracy “Inflikted”
Honorable Mentions: Scars on Broadway “Scars on Broadway”
Album of the year:
Norma Jean “-vs- The Anti Mother”
Honorable Mentions: Protest the Hero “Fortress” /// The Black Keys “Attack & Release”
