The Killer Instinct
by Black Star Riders
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Black Star Riders bestography
The Killer Instinct is ranked 4th best out of 5 albums by Black Star Riders on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Black Star Riders is Heavy Fire which is ranked number 21645 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 47.
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The Killer Instinct track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Killer Instinct rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 6 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 67 Music Albums of 2015 | 16/67 | 4 |
| 2025 | Gallowtree | Top 35 Music Albums of 2015 | 24/35 | 2 |
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 | 53/100 | 2 |
| 2023 | ThuramThugood | Ranked - Black Star Riders (US) - Ranked | 4/5 | - |
| 2020 | Johnnyo | Classic Rock - Albums of the year 2015 | 22/50 | - |
| 2019 | Unaguma | Top 96 Music Albums of the 2010s | 87/96 | 2 |
| 2015 | Classic Rock | Classic Rock's Best Albums Of 2015 | 22/65 | 3 |
| 2015 | eclipsed | Die besten Alben des Jahres 2015 | 75/100 | 1 |
| 2015 | Classic Rock Deutschland | Die 50 besten Alben 2015 | 27/50 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 9 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 17 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/10/2023 19:09 | LosWochos | 47,314 | 75/100 |
| ! | 02/01/2022 00:07 | Gallowtree | 645 | 77/100 |
| ! | 04/20/2020 07:33 | jeremy9 | 3,738 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/10/2019 15:41 | DTJesus | 970 | 76/100 |
| ! | 01/22/2017 19:39 | carlhose | 80 | 91/100 |
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This follows the style of the first Black Star Riders album pretty closely, being Thin Lizzy-esque hard rock with Celtic influences.
"The Killer Instinct" and "Finest Hour" are great songs, and are the highlights for me, and "Soldierstown" is also pretty good. As a whole, though, I think this album is a lot less consistent than the first album. It feels like the second half of the album is a big step down from the first half. It's not awful, but for me it's just really average stuff for the style.
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