End Of The Year Lists

2018 End Of The Year List: Best Guitarist

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Next up on Audioeclectica.com’s 2018 End Of The Year Lists, the Top 10 Guitarists. The stipulation is that, an album/EP had to have been released this year.

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) Bill Schultz- Minus Knives
02) Mike Mason- Cult Leader
03) Nick Sadler- Daughters
04) Charlie Schmid- Del Judas
05) B- Birds In Row
06) Brian McClelland- Fucked and Bound
07) Arthur Shepard- Primitive Weapons
08) Jeff Irwin- Will Haven
09) John Bryan- Dead Empires
10) Danny Marshall- Baptists

2018 End Of The Year List: Best Guitar Duo/Trio

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Next up on Audioeclectica.com’s 2018 End Of The Year Lists, the Top 10 Guitar Duos/Trios. The stipulation is that, an album/EP had to have been released this year.

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) David Kush, Andrew Ragin, Stavros Giannopoulos- The Atlas Moth
02) Dustin Kensrue & Teppei Teranishi- Thrice
03) William DuVall & Jerry Cantrell- Alice In Chains
04) William Corgan, James Iha, Jeff Schroeder- The Smashing Pumpkins
05) Josh Middleton & Adam Christianson- Architects
06) Pepper Keenan & Woody Weatherman- Corrosion Of Conformity
07) Clint Lowery & John Connolly- Sevendust
08) Jeremy Martin & Josh Butts- Vein
09) Eric Hernandez & Ryan Haft- Wrong
10) Doc Coyle & Chris Cain- Bad Wolves

2018 End Of The Year List: Best Bassist

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Next up on Audioeclectica.com’s 2018 End Of The Year Lists, the Top 10 Bassists. The stipulation is that, an album/EP had to have been released this year.

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) Ed Breckinridge- Thrice
02) Alex Klien- The Atlas Moth
03) Sam Richards- Cult Leader
04) Mike Inez- Alice In Chains
05) Samuel Walker- Daughters
06) Kevin Lewis- Minus Knives
07) Mike Dean- Corrosion Of Conformity
08) Shawn Hawryluk- Baptists
09) Q- Birds In Row
10) Eric Odness- Primitve Weapons

 

2018 End Of The Year List: Best Drummer

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Next up on Audioeclectica.com’s 2018 End Of The Year Lists, the Top 10 Drummers. The stipulation is that, an album/EP had to have been released this year.

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) Sean Kinney- Alice In Chains
02) Mike Miczek- The Atlas Moth
03) Kellii Scott- Failure
04) Jimmy Chamberlain- The Smashing Pumpkins
05) Ben Koller- The Armed
06) Jon Syverson- Daughters
07) Jon Boecklin- Bad Wolves
08) Dan Searle- Architects
09) Riley Breckinridge- Thrice
10) Casey Hansen- Cult Leader

 

 

2018 End Of The Year List: Best Album Cover

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Well, the end of the year is fast approaching and that means all the year end best of lists are coming out. So, that means mine are too.

First up on Audioeclectica.com’s 2018 End Of The Year Lists, the Top 10 Album Covers. The stipulation is that, they had to have released an album/EP this year.

Vote for your favorite Band/Album Cover 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!!!

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End Of The Year List 2017: Best Albums

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I present to you all… The Top 25 Best Albums of 2017

I encourage you to 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 IN ORDER!!!

Honorable Mention:

Brand New- Science Fiction
The Melvins- A Walk With Love and Death
Depeche Mode- Spirit
Archspire- Relentless Mutation
Ryan Adams- Prisoner
Cons- The Burden Of Knowing Why
Polkadot Cadaver- Get Possessed
Glassjaw- Material Control

25) Foo Fighters- Concrete and Gold

24) Black Wail- Chromium Homes

23) Black Map- In Droves

22) L.A. Guns- The Missing Peace

21) Black Mare- Death Magick Mother

20) Wear Your Wounds- Wear Your Wounds/Dunedevil

19) Scour- Red EP

18) Mastodon- A Cold Dark Place

17) Chelsea Wolfe- Hiss Spun

16) 10 Years- (how to live) As Ghosts

15) King Woman- Created In The Image Of Suffering

14) Trivium- The Sin and The Sentence

13) God Mother- Vilseldd

12) Darkest Hour- Godless Prophets and The Migrant Flora

11) Eighteen Visions- XVIII

10) Dead Cross- Dead Cross

09) Nine Inch Nails- Add Violence

08) Converge- The Dusk In Us

07) Royal Thunder- Wick

06) Pallbearer- Heartless

05) Less Art- Strangled Light

04) With Our Arms To The Sun- Orenda

03) Spotlights- Seismic

02) Mutoid Man- War Moans

01) Mastodon- Emperor Of Sand

End Of The Year List 2017: Best Vocalist

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Next up on Audioeclectica.com’s 2017 End Of The Year Lists, the Top 10 Vocalists. The stipulation is that, an album/EP had to have been released this year.

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) Stephen Brodsky- Mutoid Man
02) Jacob Bannon- Converge/Wear Your Wounds
03) Ben Flanagan- Black Map
04) Josh Breckinridge- With Our Arms To The Sun
05) Brett Campbell- Pallbearer
06) Phil Lewis- L.A. Guns
07) Mlny Parsonz- Royal Thunder
08) Mike Minnick- Less Art
09) Kristina Esfandiari- King Woman
10) Chelsea Wolfe- Chelsea Wolfe

End Of The Year List 2017: Best Guitarist

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Next up on Audioeclectica.com’s 2017 End Of The Year Lists, the Top 10 Guitarists. The stipulation is that, an album/EP had to have been released this year.

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) Stephen Brodsky- Mutoid Man
02) Kurt Ballou- Converge
03) Mark Engles- Black Map
04) Mario Quintero- Spotlights
05) Ryan Adams- Ryan Adams
06) Tommy Victor- Prong
07) Tom Morello- Prophets of Rage
08) Chelsea Wolfe- Chelsea Wolfe
09) Bryan Tulao- Chelsea Wolfe
10) Mike Tarlazzi- Black Wail

End Of The Year List 2017: Best Drummer

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Next up on Audioeclectica.com’s 2017 End Of The Year Lists, the Top 10 Drummers. The stipulation is that, an album/EP had to have been released this year.

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) Ben Koller- Converge/Mutoid Man
02) Brann Dailor- Mastodon
03) Chris Robyn- Black Map
04) Riley Breckinridge- Less Art
05) Evan Diprima- Royal Thunder
06) Mark Lierly- Pallbearer
07) Alex Bent- Trivium
08) Adam Jarvis- Scour
09) Aaron Harris- Spotlights
10) Roy Mayorga- Stone Sour

End Of The Year List 2017: Best Bassist

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Next up on Audioeclectica.com’s 2017 End Of The Year Lists, the top 10 bassists. The stipulation is that,  an album/EP had to have been released this year.

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) Nick Cageao- Mutoid Man
02) Nate Newton- Converge
03) Joseph Breckinridge Jr- With Our Arms To The Sun
04) Troy Sanders- Mastodon
05) Mlny Parsonz- Royal Thunder
06) Ian Miller- Less Art
07) Sarah Quintero- Spotlights
08) Joseph D. Roland- Pallbearer
09) Susan Lutin- Black Wail
10) Ben Flanagan- Black Map