End Of The Year Lists

2025 END OF THE YEAR LISTS: BEST ALBUMS

What a great year 2025 has been for music. So many great albums, tours, songs, you name it. And now the time has come for…

The 2025 Audioeclectica End Of The Year Lists end with the list for Best Album. As always the stipulation for this is that the Album or EP had to be released in 2025.

Vote for your favorite in the comments section. At the end of the month, I will release the results of the readers poll.

Please Note: 1-15 Are In Order!

01) Idle Heirs- Life Is Violence
02) AFI- Silver Bleeds The Black Sun
03) Heavy Halo- Damaged Dream
04) Black Magnet- Megamantra
05) Blood Vulture- Die Close
06) Nine Inch Nails- Tron: Ares
07) Guiltless- Teeth To Sky
08) SOM- Let The Light In
09) Blackwater Holylight- If You Only Knew
10) Deftones- Private Music
11) Coheed And Cambria- The Father Of Make Believe
12) The Owling- You Don’t Bow, You Will Learn
13) Machinekit- Goddamn Vanity
14) Reba Meyers- Clouded World
15) The Smashing Pumpkins- Machina: The Complete Album
16) Bush- I Beat Loneliness
17) Chevelle- Bright As Blasphemy
18) Deadguy- Near Death Travel Services
19) The Anti-Groupies- Pretty Vicious
20) H09909- Tomorrow We Escape
21) The Halo Effect- March Of The Unheard
22) The Haunted- Songs Of Last Resort
23) Nine Necks- Ritual/Demise
24) Jinjer- Duel
25) Greyhaven- Keep It Quiet

2025 END OF THE YEAR LISTS: BEST PRODUCER

What a great year 2025 has been for music. So many great albums, tours, songs, you name it. And now the time has come for…

The 2025 Audioeclectica End Of The Year Lists begin with the list for Best Producer. As always the stipulation for this is that an Album or EP had to be released in 2025.

Vote for your favorite in the comments section. At the end of the month, I will release the results of the readers poll.

This list is also in NO PARTICULAR ORDER!!!

01) Josh Barber- Idle Heirs
02) Jade Puget- AFI
03) Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross- Nine Inch Nails
04) Sanford Parker and James Hammontree- Black Magnet
05) John Rojas- Machinekit
06) Steve Evetts- Deadguy
07) Jordan Olds- Blood Vulture
08) McKeever and GOSTEFFECTS- Heavy Halo
09) Sonny DiPerri- Blackwater Holylight
10) Pete/Sam Loeffler and Kemble Walters- Chevelle

2025 END OF THE YEAR LISTS: BEST VOCALIST

What a great year 2025 has been for music. So many great albums, tours, songs, you name it. And now the time has come for…

The 2025 Audioeclectica End Of The Year Lists begin with the list for Best Vocalist. As always the stipulation for this is that an Album or EP had to be released in 2025.

Vote for your favorite in the comments section. At the end of the month, I will release the results of the readers poll.

This list is also in NO PARTICULAR ORDER!!!

01) Will Benoit- SOM
02) Cassidy Fleeman- The Anti Groupies
03) Josh Graham- Guiltless
04) Davey Havok- AFI
05) Jordan Olds- Blood Vulture
06) Sunny Faris- Blackwater Holylight
07) Trent Reznor- Nine Inch Nails
08) Sean Ingram- Idle Heirs
09) Mike McKeever- Heavy Halo
10) Kal Michael- The Owling

2025 END OF THE YEAR LISTS: BEST GUITAR DUO

What a great year 2025 has been for music. So many great albums, tours, songs, you name it. And now the time has come for…

The 2025 Audioeclectica End Of The Year Lists begin with the list for Best Guitar Duo. As always the stipulation for this is that an Album or EP had to be released in 2025.

Vote for your favorite in the comments section. At the end of the month, I will release the results of the readers poll.

This list is also in NO PARTICULAR ORDER!!!

01) Will Benoit/Mike Repasch-Nieves- SOM
02) Cassidy Fleeman/Isabella Broersma- The Anti Groupies
03) Josh Graham/Dan Hawkins- Guiltless
04) Chris Traynor/Gavin Rossdale- Bush
05) Chino Moreno/Stephen Carpenter- Deftones
06) Claudio Sanchez/Travis Stever- Coheed and Cambria
07) Chris Corvino/Keith Huckins- Deadguy
08) James Hammontree/Ryne Bratcher- Black Magnet
09) Patrick Jensen/Ola Englund- The Haunted
10) Jesper Stromblad/Niclas Engelin- The Halo Effect

2025 END OF THE YEAR LISTS: BEST GUITARIST

What a great year 2025 has been for music. So many great albums, tours, songs, you name it. And now the time has come for…

The 2025 Audioeclectica End Of The Year Lists begin with the list for Best Guitarist. As always the stipulation for this is that an Album or EP had to be released in 2025.

Vote for your favorite in the comments section. At the end of the month, I will release the results of the readers poll.

This list is also in NO PARTICULAR ORDER!!!

01) Jade Puget- AFI
02) Joe Hunt- Nine Necks
03) Jordan Olds- Blood Vulture
04) Mikayla Mayhew- Blackwater Holylight
05) Mike McKeever- Heavy Halo
06) Josh Barber- Idle Heirs
07) Kal Michael- The Owling
08) Reba Meyers- Reba Meyers
09) Pete Loeffler- Chevelle
10) Roman Ibramkhalilvov- Jinjer

2025 END OF THE YEAR LISTS: BEST DRUMMER

What a great year 2025 has been for music. So many great albums, tours, songs, you name it. And now the time has come for…

The 2025 Audioeclectica End Of The Year Lists begin with the list for Best Drummer. As always the stipulation for this is that an Album or EP had to be released in 2025.

Vote for your favorite in the comments section. At the end of the month, I will release the results of the readers poll.

This list is also in NO PARTICULAR ORDER!!!

01) Adam Carson- AFI
02) Patrick Bellinger- Nine Necks
03) Dave Rosenberg- Deadguy
04) Eliese Dorsay- Blackwater Holylight
05) Billy Graves- Guiltless
06) Justin Forrest- SOM
07) Kyla Foster- The Anti Groupies
08) Moe Watson- Blood Vulture
09) Sam Loeffler- Chevelle
10) Art Quanstrom- The Owling

2025 END OF THE YEAR LISTS: BEST BASSIST

What a great year 2025 has been for music. So many great albums, tours, songs, you name it. And now the time has come for…

The 2025 Audioeclectica End Of The Year Lists begin with the list for Best Bassist. As always the stipulation for this is that an Album or EP had to be released in 2025.

Vote for your favorite in the comments section. At the end of the month, I will release the results of the readers poll.

This list is also in NO PARTICULAR ORDER!!!

01) Hunter Burgan- AFI
02) Matt Bellinger- Nine Necks
03) Jim Baglino- Deadguy
04) Sunny Faris- Blackwater Holylight
05) Sacha Dunable- Guiltless
06) Justin Forrest- SOM
07) Sydney Moore- The Anti Groupies
08) Jordan Olds- Blood Vulture
09) Kemble Walters- Chevelle
10) Zach Cooper- Coheed And Cambria

Audioeclectica’s 2024 End Of The Year Lists

Thank you all for your support through the years and especially 2024. This was a pretty strange year to say the least. Usually I do a bunch of different categories to wrap up the year but, since I took a bit of a break, I thought I’d just do a couple things to wrap things up. 2025 is going to be a great year for Audioeclectica! Stay tuned for all that is coming!

BEST ALBUMS OF 2024 (1-10 are in order, the rest are not):

01) Gouge Away- Deep Sage
02) Better Lovers- Highly Irresponsible
03) Linkin Park- From Zero
04) Jerry Cantrell- I Want Blood
05) The Smashing Pumpkins- Aghori Mhori Mei
06) Iress- Sleep Now, In Reverse
07) Kerry King- From Hell I Rise
08) Chelsea Wolfe- She Reaches Out To She…
09) The Cure- Songs Of A Lost World
10) Common Wounds- All Night Blood

11) Pearl Jam- Dark Matter
12) Drug Church- Prude
13) Planes Mistaken For Stars- Do You Still Love Me?
14) Spirit In The Room- Passengers EP
15) Unto Others- Never, Neverland
16) Cold Gawd- I’ll Drown On This Earth
17) Category 7- Category 7
18) Full Of Hell- Coagulated Bliss
19) Umbra Vitae- Light Of Death
20) Duhkha- A Place You Can Come Back From
21) Yellfire- Dear Gods
22) Darkest Hour- Perpetual Terminal
23) Erra- Cure
24) Marilyn Manson- One Assassination Under God
25) The Hope Conspiracy- Tools Of Oppression/Rule By Deception


TOP 10 PRODUCERS OF 2024:

01) Jack Shirley- Gouge Away: Deep Sage
02) Will Putney- Better Lovers: Highly Irresponsible
03) Mike Shinoda- Linkin Park: From Zero
04) Joe Baressi & Jerry Cantrell- Jerry Cantrell: I Want Blood
05) Billy Corgan- The Smashing Pumpkins: Aghori Mhori Mei
06) Alex Estrada- Iress: Sleep Now, In Reverse
07) Dave Sitek- Chelsea Wolfe: She Reaches Out To She…
08) Josh Wilbur- Kerry King: From Hell I Rise
09) Robert Smith & Paul Corkett- The Cure: Songs Of A Lost World
10) Zach Rippy & Scott Evans- Common Wounds: All Night Blood

TOP SHOWS OF 2024:

01) Linkin Park @ Forum
02) Lamb Of God, Mastodon and Kerry King @ Forum
03) Better Lovers @ Regent
04) Hatebreed, Carcass, Harm’s Way and Crypta @ Wiltern
05) Gouge Away @ 1720
06) Slipknot @ Intuit Dome
07) Korn and Gojira @ BMO Stadium
08) Poison The Well, Will Haven and Hopesfall @ Belasco
09) David Gilmour @ Hollywood Bowl
10) All Cobalt Presents Shows

2023 End Of The Year Lists: Results

Thank you all for making 2023 a great year for Audioeclectica. I hope you all found new and old bands to love and delve into. As 2024 begins, there will be new things coming to Audioeclectica including the long awaited return of The Audioeclectica Podcast as well as Radio Show, also coming are new topics, a revamp to the look of the site and many more surprises. Also don’t forget, I am putting on shows with The Cobalt Presents (aka The Cobalt Cafe), so if your band is coming through the greater Los Angeles area, reach out to me and let’s see if we can’t make a show happen!

And now… The Results Of The 2023 End Of The Year Lists (the results are based on readers votes):

01) Best Drummer: Glenn Chu- Iress & Sebastian Thomson- Baroness

02) Best Bassist: Nick Jost- Baroness & Michael Maldonado- Iress

03) Best Guitar Duo: John Baizley/Gina Gleason- Baroness & Graham Walker/Michelle Malley- Iress

04) Best Producer/Mixer: Paul Fig- Filth Is Eternal & Alex Estrada- Iress

05) Best Guitarist: Brian McClelland- Filth Is Eternal

06) Best Vocalist: Michelle Malley- Iress & Lis Di Angelo- Filth Is Eternal

07) Best Album: Iress- Solace & Filth Is Eternal- Find Out

Thank you all who voted!!!

2023 End Of The Year List: Best Albums

The 2023 Audioeclectica End Of The Year Lists now end with the list for Best Album/EP. As always the stipulation for this is that an Album or EP had to be released in 2023.

Vote for your favorite in the comments section. At the end of the month, I will release the results of the readers poll.

Albums 1-10 are in order, the rest are in no particular order. Also, these are just my favorite albums of 2023. I’m sure I missed some that came out. If I did, drop me a message and I’ll be sure to check out your album! Thanks for reading!



2023 Best Albums:

01) Iress- Solace EP
02) Filth Is Eternal- Find Out
03) Loma Prieta- Last
04) Turbid North- The Decline
05) Will Haven- VII
06) Baroness- Stone
07) Better Lovers- God Made Me An Animal EP
08) Ex Everything- Slow Change Will Pull Us Apart
09) Harm’s Way- Common Suffering
10) Crosses- Good Night, God Bless, I Love You, Delete.
11) Venera- Venera
12) Mutoid Man- Mutants
13) Depeche Mode- Memento Mori
14) Arc Angles- Daisy
15) Lived In- Everything Is Just Money Anyway
16) MAL- Come To Light
17) Common Wounds- Common Wounds EP
18) END- The Sin Of Human Frailty
19) Dave Lombardo- Rites Of Percussion
20) The Ocean- Holocene
21) Metallica- 72 Seasons
22) Rival Cults- Indoctrination
23) Full Of Hell & Nothing- When No Birds Sang
24) Rancid- Tomorrow Never Come
25) Unearth- The Wretched / The Ruiness
26) Stress Positions- Harsh Reality
27) Great Falls- Objects Without Pain
28) The Smashing Pumpkins- ATUM
29) Spotlights- Alchemy For The Dead
30) Noel Gallagher- Council Skies