The second annual Audioeclectica Awards continues: The second category is best album cover. Here are the requirements to be in this category. The album/EP must have been released this year. It doesn’t matter if the band is signed or not! With that in mind here are the nominees! Vote in the comments!!
Sidewave- Glass Giant:
Socionic- Dividing Horizon:
Wild Throne- Harvest Of Darkness:
Baroness- Purple:
Royal Thunder- Crooked Doors:
The second annual Audioeclectica Awards are here. The first category is guitar duos. Here are the requirements to be in this category. Must have released an album/EP this year. Must be 2 guitar players in the band. And it doesn’t matter if the band is signed or not! With that in mind here are the nominees! Vote in the comments!!
Mark Morton and Willie Adler- Lamb Of God
Pete Adams and John Baizley- Baroness
Clint Lowery and John Connelly- Sevendust
Michael Grgas and Dave Ruiz- Hidden Amongst Us
Phil Golyshko and Bill Collins- Sidewave
After the year we just had in 2015 with new music releases, 2016 is shaping up to be one hell of a year for new music. Here are the bands with the most anticipated albums coming out in 2016.
Deftones
Tool
Metallica
Radiohead
Alice In Chains
Karnivool
With Our Arms To The Sun
Thrice
Brand New
Night Verses
Letlive
Norma Jean
The Black Queen
Superjoint
Killswitch Engage
The Last Internationale
The Cult
Corrosion Of Conformity
Ignite
Royal Blood
Gojira
Black Map
Amen
Korn
Stone Sour
The Cure
Moving Structures
Here Lies The Hero
Vagus Nerve
Hundred Suns
Ancillary Theorem
Ghost Idols
Aeges
Filter
Even amongst all the great albums that came out this year, there are a few that stand out as being pretty underwhelming and disappointing. Some of you out there might disagree with some on this list. If you think of anymore, please add them in the comments!
Refused- Freedom
Incubus- Trust Fall Side A
Muse- Drones
Slayer- Repentless
Shinedown- Threat To Survive
10 Years- From Birth To Burial
Daniel Johns- Talk
Saint Asonia- Saint Asonia
Fear Factory- Genexus
Danzig- Skeletons
Kurt Cobain- Montage Of Heck Soundtrack
This year has been a great year for music. There have been new albums by bands that have been gone for a long time. New bands have made outstanding debut albums. And then there are the other bands that are pushing forward with great new music and rediscovering themselves. This list encapsulates all of those and then some. It’s with great fondness that I present Audioeclectica’s Top 25 Albums Of 2015
25. A Light Within- Body Matter
24. Papa Roach- F.E.A.R
23. The Bloodline- We Are One
22. Anakin- Celestial Frequency Shifter
21. Kowloon Walled City- Grievances
20. Hidden Amongst Us- Ugly
19. Baroness- Purple
18. Despite The Raven- Hereinafter
17. Wooden Nomad- Pain As A Source Of Light
16. Vision Of Disorder- Razed To The Ground
15. Foo Fighters- Saint Cecilia EP
14. Meg Myers- Sorry
13. Coal Chamber- Rivals
12. Disturbed- Immortalized
11. Faith No More- Sol Invictus
10. Sevendust- Kill The Flaw
9. Sidewave- Glass Giant
8. Smashing Pumpkins- Monuments To An Elegy
7. He Whose Ox Is Gored- The Camel, The Lion, The Child
6. Socionic- Dividing Horizon
5. Lamb Of God- VII: Strum Und Drang
4. Royal Thunder- Crooked Doors
3. Wild Throne- Harvest Of Darkness
1. Marilyn Manson- The Pale Emperor
1. Failure- The Heart Is A Monster
I really enjoy making these lists. It’s quite fun. And it’s even more fun when I get to interact with all of you that read it. For this list of best comeback albums here are the details. The band had to have broken up and got back together. Doesn’t matter about how long they were broken up or on “hiatus.” If there are any I missed, add them in the comments!
This list is in NO PARTICULAR ORDER
Nine Inch Nails- Hesitation Marks
Failure- The Heart Is A Monster
Death From Above 1979- The Physical World
Smashing Pumpkins- Zeitgeist
Far- At Night We Live
Alice In Chains- Black Gives Way To Blue
Faith No More- Sol Invictus
Vision Of Disorder- The Cursed Remain Cursed
Coal Chamber- Rivals
Black Sabbath- 13
Bon Jovi- Keep The Faith
Fear Factory- Mechanize
It’s September and there have been a slew of really great albums released so far, and so many more great ones to come out soon too. Well here’s a recap of the ones that have come out so far IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER.
Failure- The Heart Is A Monster
Marilyn Manson- The Pale Emperor
Royal Thunder- Crooked Doors
Faith No More- Sol Invictus
Coal Chamber- Rivals
Papa Roach- F.E.A.R.
Lamb Of God- VII: Strum Un Drang
Noel Gallaghar’s High Flying Birds- Chasing Yesterday
The Bloodline- We Are One
Dekades- Dekades EP
Anakin- Celestial Frequency Shifter
Vanishing Life- Vanishing Life 7″
Before The Mourning- Etherial End
Wooden Nomad- Pain As A Source Of Light
Coming Soon:
Deftones
Team Sleep
Wild Throne
Sidewave
Sevendust
When a band replaces a singer in the band, it usually doesn’t hold a candle to what the original singer did. Sometimes though it completely reinvigorates the band and they go on to flourish. Below is a list of bands who replaced their first singers and went on to become really awesome bands. In No Particular Order!!
Pantera: Terry Glaze/Philip Anselmo
ACDC: Bon Scott/Brian Johnson (Bon Scott was great though, had he not died, who knows what would have happened)
Slipknot: Anders Colsefni/Corey Taylor
Norma Jean: Josh Scogin/Cory Brandon
Shadows Fall: Phil Labonte/Brian Fair
Black Flag: Keith Morris/Henry Rollins
In Flames: Mikael Stanne/Anders Friden
Alice In Chains: Layne Staley/ William DuVall
Black Sabbath: Ozzy Osbourne/ Ronnie James Dio
Deep Purple: Ian Gillan/ Rod Evans
Iron Maiden: Paul DiAnno/ Bruce Dickinson
Genesis: Peter Gabriel/ Phil Collins
Judas Priest: Al Atkins/Rob Halford
Anthrax: Neil Turbin/Joey Belladonna
Faith No More: Chuck Mosley/Mike Patton
Well it’s June and there have been a slew of really great albums released so far, and so many more great ones to come out soon too. Well here’s a recap of the ones that have come out so far IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER.
1. Marilyn Manson- The Pale Emperor
2. Royal Thunder- Crooked Doors
3. Faith No More- Sol Invictus
4. Coal Chamber- Rivals
5. Papa Roach- F.E.A.R.
6. Sleater- Kinney- No Cities To Love
7. Noel Gallaghar’s High Flying Birds- Chasing Yesterday
8. The Bloodline- We Are One
9. Dekades- Dekades EP
10. Anakin- Celestial Frequency Shifter
11. Vanishing Life- Vanishing Life 7″
Coming Soon:
Failure
Refused
Deftones
Fidlar
Team Sleep
Wild Throne
Sidewave
Live albums can be a great thing to listen to at home especially if you have a great stereo system or the albums are on vinyl. So I thought why not make a list of the best live albums. Keep in mind these are in no particular order.
1. Nine Inch Nails- And All That Could Have Been
2. Creedence Clearwater Revival- In Concert
3. Kiss- Alive
4. Kiss- Alive II
5. Metallica- Live Shit: Binge and Purge
6. Metallica- S & M
7. Alice In Chains- Unplugged
8. Nirvana- Unplugged
9, Nirvana- From The Muddy Banks Of The Wishikah
10. Neurosis- Live At Roadburn 2007
11. The Doors- Live At Hollywood Bowl
12. Black Flag- Live 84
13. Snot- Alive
14. Machine Head- Hellalive
15. Led Zeppelin- How The West Was Won
16. Led Zeppelin- The Song Remains The Same
17. Portishead- Roseland Ballroom
18. Mad Season- Live At The Moore
19. Slayer- Decade Of Aggression
20. Thin Lizzy- Live and Dangerous
21. Neil Young- Young Mans Fancy
22. Neil Young- Time Fades Away
23. Johnny Cash- Live at Folsom Prison
24. Cream- Wheels Of Fire
25. The Band- The Last Waltz
26. The Velvet Underground- Live At Max’s
27. MC5- Kick Out The Jams
28. Rage Against The Machine- Live At The Grand Olympic
29. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band- 1975-85
30. The Clash- From Here To Eternity
31. The Doors- Absolutely Live
32. Rolling Stones- Get Your Ya- Ya’s Out
33. Bob Dylan- Hard Rain
34. Radiohead- I Might Be Wrong
35. David Bowie- Bowie Live
36. Woodstock- 1969 Live
37. Bon Jovi- One Wild Night
38. Down- Diary Of A Mad Band
39. Foo Fighters- Skin and Bones
40. Incubus- Live at Red Rocks
41. Mastodon- Live at Aragon
42. Pantera- Official Live 101 Proof
43. Pearl Jam- Live At Orpheum
44. Queens Of The Stone Age- Over The Woods…
45. Slipknot- Live 9.0
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