End Of The Year List: Song Of The Year

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The second annual Audioeclectica Awards continues: The seventh category is best song. Here are the requirements to be in this category. The song must be on an album/EP or single released this year. And It doesn’t matter if the band is signed or not! With that in mind here are the nominees! Vote in the comments!!

 

Failure- Counterfeit Sky:


He Whose Ox Is Gored- Cairo:


Wild Throne- Harvest Of Darkness:


Meg Myers- Sorry:


Marilyn Manson- Warship My Wreck:


Socionic- Sanctity:


Sidewave- Pines:


Royal Thunder- Time Machine:


Baroness- Chlorine and Wine:


Disturbed- The Light:

 

End Of The Year List: Best Vocalist

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The second annual Audioeclectica Awards continues: The sixth category is best vocalist. Here are the requirements to be in this category. The nominee but have sung on an album/EP must released this year. And It doesn’t matter if the band is signed or not! With that in mind here are the nominees! Vote in the comments!!

 

Ken Andrews- Failure
Evan Mentone- Hidden Amongst Us
Lisa Mungo- He Whose Ox Is Gored
Joshua Holland- Wild Throne
Mlny Parsonz- Royal Thunder
Tim Williams- Vision Of Disorder
Michael Meinhart- Socionic
Phil Golyshko- Sidewave
Marilyn Manson
Meg Myers

End Of The Year List: Best Guitarist

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The second annual Audioeclectica Awards continues: The fifth category is best guitarist. Here are the requirements to be in this category. The nominee but have played on an album/EP must released this year. And It doesn’t matter if the band is signed or not! With that in mind here are the nominees! Vote in the comments!!

 

Ken Andrews- Failure
Brian McClelland- He Whose Ox Is Gored
Joshua Holland- Wild Throne
Angelo Miles- Wooden Nomad
Scott Evans- Kowloon Walled City
Mike Kennedy- Vision Of Disorder

End Of The Year List: Best Drummer

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The second annual Audioeclectica Awards continues: The fourth category is best drummer. Here are the requirements to be in this category. The nominee but have played on an album/EP must released this year. And It doesn’t matter if the band is signed or not! With that in mind here are the nominees! Vote in the comments!!

 

Kellii Scott- Failure
Noah Burns- Wild Throne
Morgan Rose- Sevendust
Mike Bordin- Faith No More
Tommy Lee- Smashing Pumpkins
John O’Connell- He Whose Ox Is Gored

End Of The Year List: Best Bassist

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The second annual Audioeclectica Awards continues: The third category is best bassist. Here are the requirements to be in this category. The nominee but have played on an album/EP must released this year. And It doesn’t matter if the band is signed or not! With that in mind here are the nominees! Vote in the comments!!

 

Ken Andrews- Failure
Greg Edwards- Failure
Angel Chavez- Wooden Nomad
Jeff Johnson- Wild Throne
Mike Sparks- He Whose Ox Is Gored
Matthew Denis- Socionic

End Of The Year List: Best Album Cover

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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:

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Socionic- Dividing Horizon:

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Wild Throne- Harvest Of Darkness:

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Baroness- Purple:

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Royal Thunder- Crooked Doors:

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End Of The Year List: Best Guitar Duo

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

Most Anticipated Albums of 2016

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

Most Disappointing Albums of 2015

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

Top 25 Albums Of 2015

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