Top 10 for 2015

TheBigBlack's Rock Top 10

Billy Gibbons And The BFG's
Perfectamundo

Rock | Album | 6 November 2015

Colin Hay
Next Year People

Rock | Album | 3 February 2015

Hollywood Vampires
Hollywood Vampires

Rock | Album | 11 September 2015

'Hollywood Vampires' is the self-titled debut studio album by Hollywood Vampires. The album's intention is to honor the music of the rock stars who died from excess in the 1970s. It features guest appearances by Paul McCartney, Robby Krieger, Orianthi, Dave Grohl, Christopher Lee, Slash, Brian Johnson, Joe Walsh, Perry Farrell, and Zak Starkey amongst others.

Everclear
Black Is The New Black

Alternative Rock | Album | 28 April 2015

Def Leppard
Def Leppard

Hard Rock | Album | 30 October 2015

Art Of Anarchy
Art Of Anarchy

Hard Rock | Album | 2 June 2015

'Art Of Anarchy' is the debut studio album by Art Of Anarchy. It is the band's only album to feature vocalist Scott Weiland, who distanced himself from the project soon after its release. This was also Weiland's final album before his death on December 3, 2015.

David Gilmour
Rattle That Lock

Rock | Album | 18 September 2015

Motorhead
Bad Magic

Hard Rock | Album | 28 August 2015

Faith No More
Sol Invictus

Alternative Rock | Album | 19 May 2015

Chris Cornell
Higher Truth

Grunge Rock | Album | 18 September 2015

TheBigBlack's Rock Honourable Mentions

The Beatles
1+ [Reissue (2015)]

Classic Rock | Album; Compilation | 6 November 2015

'1+' is a deluxe reissue of the compilation by The Beatles. Most of the tracks have been remixed from the original multi-track masters by Giles Martin, except the first three tracks, which are the original mono mixes.

The Angels
Beyond Salvation [Deluxe Edition]

Hard Rock | Album | 17 July 2015

The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Freedom, Atlanta Pop Festival

Classic Rock | Album; Live | 28 August 2015

Bob Dylan
The Bootleg Series Vol. 12, The Cutting Edge (1965-1966) [Deluxe Edition]

Classic Rock | Album; Compilation; Boxed Set | 6 November 2015

David Bowie
Five Years (1969-1973)

Classic Rock | Albums; Boxed Set; Reissue | 25 September 2015

'Five Years (1969-1973)' is a compilation boxed set by David Bowie. It summarised the period of Bowie's career from 1969 to 1973. Exclusive to the box sets is 'Re:Call 1', a new compilation of non-album singles, single versions and B-sides. The collection is the first in a series of box sets covering Bowie's entire career.

TheBigBlack's Rock Dishonourable Mentions

Kurt Cobain
Montage Of Heck, The Home Recordings (Soundtrack) [Deluxe Edition]

Grunge Rock | Album; Soundtrack | 13 November 2015

TheBigBlack's Metal Top 10

Napalm Death
Apex Predator, Easy Meat

Death Metal (Grindcore) | Album | 23 January 2015

Soulfly
Archangel

Groove Metal | Album | 14 August 2015

Drudkh
A Furrow Cut Short [??????? ??????????]

Black Metal | Album | 20 April 2015

Danzig
Skeletons

Heavy Metal | Album | 27 November 2015

Shining
IX, Everyone, Everything, Everywhere, Ends

Black Metal | Album | 21April 2015

Enslaved
In Times

Black Metal (Progressive) | Album | 6 March 2015

Forgotten Tomb
Hurt Yourself And The Ones You Love

Black Metal | Album | 17 April 2015

'Hurt Yourself And The Ones You Love' is the seventh album by Forgotten Tomb.

My Dying Bride
Feel The Misery

Doom Metal | Album | 18 September 2015

Slayer
Repentless

Thrash Metal | Album | 11 September 2015

Iron Maiden
The Book Of Souls

Heavy Metal | Album | 4 September 2015

TheBigBlack's Metal Honourable Mentions

Opeth
Deliverance & Damnation [Reissue]

Death Metal (Progressive) | Albums; Boxed Set; Reissue | 6 November 2015

If I asked you what is the most important piece of music in heavy music history, you are probably going to say the opening bars of Sepultura's 'Roots', or the solo in Black Sabbath's 'Heaven & Hell', or maybe even the moment the wall of guitars crash in at the start of Metallica's 'Battery' or when Tom Araya lets out his blood curdling scream on Slayer's 'Reign In Blood'. They are all good tries, but you are wrong on every count. The correct answer is (of course) the last four minutes of Opeth's 'Deliverance'. Every wonderful moment of those four minutes sums up everything early Opeth and these two albums were about. Both amazingly beautiful and damagingly heavy at the same time, and perfectly executed in syncopated progressive glory. It is debatable whether these albums needed to be remixed for this package (especially the lighter touches of Damnation), but Deliverance is certainly presented here with more punch and clarity, and packaging them as a singular album as originally intended is great. This is Opeth in their prime - able to switch from brutality to whimsey within moments, and Akerfeldt's voice is just sublime, whether singing or growling. The musicianship and song writing are exceptional as always, and it could be argued that they were never this heavy (or wonderful) ever again.