Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 by RockyRaccoon

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Chart updated: 09/20/2022 20:15
(Created: 01/06/2015 23:31).
Chart size: 100 albums.

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Ascension Lost

Thulcandra

It's not often in black metal that you hear a lot of emotion and soul. In fact, one of the stereotypes of black metal and black metal musicians is a lack of soul really. Blasting drums, fast guitars, harsh vocals, and all of that can make some great albums, but what Thulcandra do here to really set this album apart is the power behind the guitar playing. It's soulful, it's emotional, it takes a real less-is-more approach, it's not all mindless shredding, every note in each guitar solo has meaning and purpose, and it makes those solos the highlights of virtually every song. Along with that, the riffwork is great, the production is fantastic, the whole album is great all-around. There's a good amount of variety here, it's not all mindless and the same thing over and over again (and black metal can get like that), but rather it's varied and it makes for a really interesting listen and easily one of the best metal releases to happen this year. [First added to this chart: 02/15/2015]

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From Sleep

Max Richter

[First added to this chart: 11/13/2017]

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Beyond The Red Mirror

Blind Guardian

Man, Blind Guardian have still got it. After all these years, they haven't lost a step. One of the biggest names in power metal, a band that's created some classics, you'd think after a couple decades they'd slow down, but to that, they answered a resounding "Not a chance". Everything you could want from Blind Guardian is here, the crazy guitars, the big, bombastic choruses, the theatrical feel, all of it. Hansi Kürsch's voice is just as good as it's been and Andre Olbrich can still wail on a guitar. It's fantastic stuff and if you're a power metal fan/Blind Guardian fan, you'll love this. Is it "Nightfall In Middle-Earth"? No, of course not, but that's like trying to compare a beautiful house with Versailles. It's still a great album and worth a listen. [First added to this chart: 02/21/2015]

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Lucifer I

Lucifer (DE)

It's really easy for a doom metal band to get lost in the vast landscape of retro-doom metal. There are a ton of bands out there who release albums with cool, retro album covers and sound like Black Sabbath clones, and some of them are good, some are boring, and most all just sound the same. At first glance, you might think that that's what Lucifer is, another Black Sabbath clone, but they're not. Certainly they take some influence from Sabbath (how could they not?) but they also take a lot of influence from bands like Candlemass or Electric Wizard or My Dying Bride, and what that ends up being is a really solid doom metal album that stands out from the crowd. The guitar-work is absolutely excellent, the riffs are big and lumbering and the solos are really well done. The vocals from Johanna Sedonis are great, and one might think that a woman's voice might be too high for doom metal, but that is not the case at all, Sedonis proves to be as capable as anyone. The whole album has a great atmosphere and really cool feel and is definitely one of the stronger doom releases from the year. [First added to this chart: 07/23/2015]

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Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Miguel	1	1%
Deerhunter	1	1%
Majical Cloudz	1	1%
Colin Stetson & Sarah Neufeld	1	1%
Lucifer (DE)	1	1%
Sufjan Stevens	1	1%
Black Breath	1	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	59	59%
	11	11%
	7	7%
	4	4%
	4	4%
	3	3%
	3	3%
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From Moondance 02/01/2023 21:40

Really enjoyed checking out this year chart - the effort you put in to writing up such thoughtful comments puts this chart in a realm of its own. As an observation, I think it is too US-centric. Nice to see 3 Aussie albums make the cut.