So as the year comes to an end it's that time where everyone picks what they think are the top 10/20/whatever albums of the year. I though think that's too easy and a bit of a cop-out. Picking a top 10 is easy most of the time, determining how every new release you listen to stacks up against one another though is a bit more difficult of a challenge. So like last year, I present my complete list of albums released over the past year organized from worst to first (minus EP's, compilations, live albums, etc. because if I did, the complete 'Neverender' boxset by
Coheed and Cambria would take #1 by itself because of it's total and complete amazingness). Unlike last year though where I had the relatively low number of 112 albums to compare, this year had almost double the number albums to sort through, so either click back or brace yourself cause this might take a while to get through (and as always agree/complain/whine/whatever down in the comments. Useless trolling though will get you nowhere).
204.
Burden of a Day – OneOneThousand
203.
Neaera – Omnicide: Creation Unleashed
202.
Emmure – Felony
201.
Suicide Silence – No Time to Bleed
200.
Apoptygma Berzerk – Rocket Science
199.
Red – Innocence & Instinct
198.
Carbon Leaf – Nothing Rhymes With Woman
197.
Nightmare of You - Infomaniac
196.
Crooked X – Crooked X
195.
Eyes Set to Kill – The World Outside
194.
The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
193.
311 – Uplifter
192.
American Me – Siberian Nightmare Machine
191.
Blue October – Approaching Normal
190.
Heartless Bastards – The Mountain
189.
Hide The Knives – Savior For Sale
188.
The Used – Artwork
187.
Static-X – Cult of Static
186.
The Autumn Offering – Requiem
185.
Weezer – Raditude
184.
Burn Halo – Burn Halo
183.
Kill Hannah – Wake Up the Sleepers
182.
We Came As Romans – To Plant a Seed
181.
Marilyn Manson – The High End of Low
180.
Oceana – Birth Eater
179.
Papa Roach – Metamorphosis
178.
Our Lady Peace – Burn, Burn
177.
The Almost – Monster Monster
176.
Blackened – This Means War
175.
The Devil Wears Prada – With Roots Above and Branches Below
174.
HORSE the band – Desperate Living
173.
DÅÅTH – The Concealers
172.
Breaking Benjamin – Dear Agony
171.
The Dangerous Summer – Reach For the Sun
170.
The Mars Volta – Octahedron
169.
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead – The Century of Self
168.
The Blackout – The Best In Town
167.
Burnt by the Sun – Heart of Darkness
166.
Chickenfoot – Chickenfoot
165.
Hatebreed – Hatebreed
164.
Kasabian – West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
163.
Leathermouth - XO
162.
Drop Dead, Gorgeous – The Hot N’ Heavy
161.
A Plea For Purging - Depravity
160.
PsyOpus – Odd Senses
159.
It Dies Today – Lividity
158.
Trophy Scars – Bad Luck
157.
Foundation – Hang Your Head
156.
Julien-K – Death to Analog
155.
Franz Ferdinand – Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
154.
3 – Revisions
153.
Thy Will Be Done – In Ancient of Days
152.
Confession – Cancer
151.
The Dead Weather – Horehound
150.
Job for a Cowboy – Ruination
149.
Winds of Plague – The Great Stone War
147.
Big Business – Mind the Drift
147.
The Red Chord – Fed Through the Teeth Machine
146.
Chimaira – The Infection
145.
The Black Atlantic – Reverence For Fallen Trees
144.
Cursive – Mama, I’m Swollen
143.
Five Finger Death Punch – War is the Answer
142.
Memphis May Fire – Sleepwalking
141.
As Cities Burn – Hell or High Water
140.
Say Anything – Say Anything
139.
Silverstein – A Shipwreck in the Sand
138.
Architects – Hollow Crown
137.
within the ruins – Creature
136.
Farewell to Freeway – Only Time Will Tell
135.
Earth Crisis – To the Death
134.
Throwdown – Deathless
133.
Showbread – The Fear of God
132.
Lacuna Coil – Shallow Life
131.
These Green Eyes – Relapse to Recovery
130.
Evans Blue – Evans Blue
129.
The Prodigy – Invaders Must Die
128.
Texas in July – I Am
127.
Narrows – New Distances
126.
Divine Heresy – Bringer of Plagues
125.
Puscifer – "C" Is For (Please Insert Sophomoric Genitalia Reference Here)
124.
The Fall of Troy – In the Unlikely Event
123.
Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown
122.
Placebo – Battle For the Sun
121.
Rancid – Let the Dominoes Fall
120.
Salt The Wound - Ares
119.
Sick Puppies – Tri-Polar
118.
Coalesce – OX
117.
Porcupine Tree – The Incident
116.
Flyleaf – Memento Mori
115.
You Say Party! We Say Die! – XXXX
114.
Ace Enders And A Million Different People – When I Hit the Ground
113.
Closure In Moscow – First Temple
112.
The Sleeping – What it Takes
111.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz!
110.
Telefon Tel Aviv – Immolate Yourself
109.
mewithoutYou – It’s All Crazy! It’s All False! It’s All a Dream! It’s Alright
108.
The Riverboat Gamblers – Underneath the Owl
107.
AFI – Crash Love
106.
Wilco – Wilco (The Album)
105.
Sabertooth Zombie – …And Your Fathers Are Dead in the Ground
104.
Miss May I – Apologies Are For the Weak
103.
The Kris Norris Projekt – Icons of the Illogical
102.
DevilDriver – Pray For Villains
101.
Metric - Fantasies
100.
God Forbid – Earthsblood
99.
Mudvayne – Mudvayne
98.
The Lonely Island – Incredibad
97.
Rodrigo y Gabriela – 11:11
96.
Taking Back Sunday – New Again
95.
Moneen – The World I Want to Leave Behind
94.
Three Days Grace – Life Starts Now
93.
Killswitch Engage – Killswitch Engage
92.
Death by Stereo – Death Is My Only Friend
91.
Dance Gavin Dance – Happiness
90.
The Black Dahlia Murder – Deflorate
89.
Dead by Sunrise – Out of Ashes
88.
Great Northern – Remind Me Where the Light Is
87.
The Sounds – Crossing the Rubicon
86.
Mew - No More Stories…
85.
Manchester Orchestra – Mean Everything to Nothing
84.
Stray From the Path – Make Your Own History
83.
The Killer and the Star – The Killer and the Star
82.
Emery – …In Shallow Seas We Sail
81.
Megadeth – Endgame
80.
Bury Your Dead – It’s Nothing Personal
79.
Death Before Dishonor – Better Ways to Die
78.
Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
77.
Hester Prynne – The Goswell Divorce
76.
Therefore I Am – The Sound of Human Lives
75.
For the Fallen Dreams – Relentless
Essential Track: Two Twenty Two
74.
Paramore – Brand New Eyes
Essential Track: Ignorance
73.
Baroness – Blue Record
Essential Track: War Wisdom and Rhyme
72.
iwrestledabearonce – It’s All Happening
Essential Track: I’m Cold and There Are Wolves After Me
71.
The Number Twelve Looks Like You – Worse Than Alone
Essential Track:…If They Holler Don’t Let Go
70.
Tegan and Sara – Sainthood
Essential Track: Red Belt
69.
Rammstein – Liebe ist für alle da
Essential Track: Rammlied
68.
Dream Theater – Black Clouds & Silver Linings
Essential Track: The Shattered Fortress
67.
32 Leaves – Panoramic
Essential Track: Erase All Memory
66.
Them Crooked Vultures – Them Crooked Vultures
Essential Track: Caligulove
65.
Forever In Terror – The End
Essential Track: Overboard
64.
ZAO – Awake?
Essential Track: Entropica
63.
Sleep Serapis Sleep – The Dark Awakening
Essential Track: Destiny is Met on the Path That Betrays It
62.
Raised Fist – Veil of Ignorance
Essential Track: Friends and Traitors
61.
Isis – Wavering Radiant
Essential Track: Stone to Wake a Serpent
60.
Zeromancer – Sinners International
Essential Track: Doppelgänger I Love You
59.
Parabelle – A Summit Borderline/A Drop Oceanic
Essential Track: Are You Alaramed?
58.
Propagandhi – Supporting Caste
Essential Track: Potemkin City Limits
57.
Heartsounds – Until We Surrender
Essential Track: Highway Robbery
56.
Bomb the Music Industry! – Scrambles
Essential Track: 25!
55.
Saosin – In Search of Solid Ground
Essential Track: The Alarming Sound of a Still Small Voice
54.
NOFX – Coaster
Essential Track: The Quitter Download
53.
Take It Back! – Atrocities
Essential Track: Hollow Eyes
52.
Gallows – Grey Britain
Essential Track: Queensberry Rules
51.
Hurt – Goodbye to the Machine
Essential Track: Fighting Tao
50.
Billy Talent – Billy Talent III
Essential Tracks: Rusted From the Rain, The Dead Can’t Testify
49.
Poison the Well – The Tropic Rot
Essential Tracks: Celebrate the Pyre, Without You and One Other I Am Nothing
48.
Austrian Death Machine – Double Brutal
Essential Tracks: I Need Your Clothes Your Boots and Your Motorcycle, It’s Simple If it Jiggles It’s Fat
47.
He Is Legend – It Hates You
Essential Tracks: Party Time!!!, Cult of She
46.
Celesty – Vendetta
Essential Tracks: Greed & Vanity, Legacy of Hate Pt. 3
45.
Enter Shikari – Common Dreads
Essential Tracks: Step Up, Antwerpen
44.
Atreyu – Congregation of the Damned
Essential Tracks: Stop! Before it's Too Late and We've Destroyed it All, Bleeding is a Luxury
43.
Endwell – Consequences
Essential Tracks: Avoidant: Ghost Will Haunt, As Low as a Life Can Get: Jumping the Shark
42.
Polar Bear Club – Chasing Hamburg
Essential Tracks: Boxes, Light of Local Eyes
41.
Alexisonfire – Old Crows/Young Cardinals
Essential Tracks: Midnight Regulations, Emerald Street
40.
Dethklok – Dethalbum II
Essential Tracks: The Gears, Burn the Earth
39.
Slayer – World Painted Blood
Essential Tracks: Unit 731, Psychopathy Red
38.
Mute Math – Armistice
Essential Tracks: Spotlight, Armistice
37.
Strike Anywhere – Iron Front
Essential Tracks: South Central Beach Party, First Will and Testament
36.
Reign Supreme – Testing the Limits of Infinite
Essential Tracks: Mother Superior, Crushed by the Weight
35.
August Burns Red – Constellations
Essential Tracks: Ocean of Apathy, Marianas Trench
34.
The Eyes Of A Traitor – A Clear Perception
Essential Tracks: Escape These Walls, Misconceptions
33.
Strung Out – Agents of the Underground
Essential Tracks: The Fever and the Sound, Jack Knife
32.
Set Your Goals – This Will Be the Death of Us
Essential Tracks: Gaia Bleeds (Make Way For Man): Our Ethos: A Legacy to Pass On
31.
Kylesa – Static Tensions
Essential Tracks: Scapegoat, Running Red
30.
The Ghost of a Thousand – New Hopes, New Demonstrations
Essential Tracks: Moved as Mountains Dreamt of by the Sea, Running on Empty
29.
Catherine – Inside Out
Essential Tracks: Fresh Air, Meaning
28.
Arsonists Get All The Girls – Portals
Essential Tracks: The 42nd Ego, Saturnine
27.
Shadows Fall – Retribution
Essential Tracks: My Demise, King of Nothing
26.
CKY – Carver City
Essential Tracks: Imaginary Threats, Old Carver’s Bones
25.
Dead and Divine – The Machines We Are
Essential Tracks: The Sugar Sickness, Chemical Valley, D.R.U.G.S.
24.
Lamb of God – Wrath
Essential Tracks: In Your Words, Contractor, Everything to Nothing
23.
Born of Osiris – A Higher Place
Essential Tracks: Now Arise, A Descent, Faces of Death
22.
Street Sweeper Social Club – Street Sweeper Social Club
Essential Tracks: 100 Little Curses, Clap For the Killers, Promenade
21.
Alice in Chains – Black Gives Way to Blue
Essential Tracks: Check My Brain, Your Decision, Acid Bubble
20.
30 Seconds to Mars – This is War
Essential Tracks: Night of the Hunter, Hurricane, Stranger in a Strange Land
19.
Silversun Pickups – Swoon
Essential Tracks: There’s No Secrets This Year, It’s Nice to Know You Work Alone, Panic Switch
18.
A Day to Remember – Homesick
Essential Tracks: My Life For Hire, I’m Made of Wax Larry What Are You Made Of?, Holdin’ it Down For the Underground
17.
Maylene and the Sons of Disaster – III
Essential Tracks: Settling Scores by Burning Bridges, Step Up (I’m On It), Oh Lonely Grave
16.
Every Time I Die – New Junk Aesthetic
Essential Tracks: The Marvelous Slut, After One Quarter of a Revolution, Buffalo 666
15.
The Chariot – Wars and Rumors of Wars
Essential Tracks: Impress., Never I, Daggers
14.
Evergreen Terrace – Almost Home
Essential Tracks: Enemy Sex, Hopelessly Hopeless, I’m a Bulletproof Tiger
13.
Thrice – Beggars
Essential Tracks: The Weight, Doublespeak, At the Last
12.
Hexes – White Noise/Black Sound
Essential Tracks: Eyes Like Knives, Sirhan Sirhan Sirhan, Lipgloss Ghosts
11.
Darkest Hour – The Eternal Return
Essential Tracks: The Tides, Transcendence, Into the Grey
10.
Brand New – Daisy
Essential Tracks: Bed, At the Bottom, Sink, Bought a Bride
9.
Chevelle – Sci-Fi Crimes
Essential Tracks: Sleep Apnea, Mexican Sun, A New Momentum, This Circus
8.
dredg – The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion
Essential Tracks: Gathering Pebbles, Information, I Don’t Know, Quotes
7.
Muse – The Resistance
Essential Tracks: Undisclosed Desires, Unnatural Selection, MK Ultra, Exogenesis: Symphony Part 2 (Cross-Polination)
6.
Thursday – Common Existence
Essential Tracks: Friends in the Armed Forces, Beyond the Visible Spectrum, Love Has Led Us Astray, You Were the Cancer
5.
Mastodon – Crack the Skye
Essential Tracks: Oblivion, The Czar, Ghost of Karelia, The Last Baron
4.
Animals as Leaders – Animals As Leaders
Essential Tracks: Tempting Time, Soraya, CAFO, Inamorata
3.
Between the Buried and Me – The Great Misdirect
Essential Tracks: Obfuscation, Disease Injury Madness, Desert of Song, Swim to the Moon
2.
It Prevails – Capture and Embrace
Essential Tracks: Today is Yesterday’s Tomorrow, Brothers to the Flames, Trial and Tribulation, A Martyr’s Journey
1.
Converge – Axe to Fall
Essential Tracks: Dark Horse, Reap What You Sow, Wishing Well, Cutter
The Autumn Offering
