It’s December, which means that, for the most part, the year in music is over. Almost everything that’s going to come out has already, as the music industry focuses on the holiday shopping rush by pushing everything that’s come out in the first 11 months of the year. It’s also a good time to take stock of what has come out so far this year, and while you’ll be getting our picks in due time, we wanted to first turn things over to some of the people making that music. To that end, here are In Flames’ Anders Friden, Swedish band Spiders, Leon Del Muerte of Murder Construct, Impaled and former Exhumed member, and Jamie Madrox of Twizted. Stay tuned throughout the week as we continue to bring you more artists’ picks for the year.
Anders Friden of In Flames
1) Mastodon, Once More ’Round The Sun
2) Slipknot, .5: The Grey Chapter
3) King 810, Memoirs of a Murder
4) Korn, The Paradigm Shift
5) Truckfighters, Universe
6) Opeth, Pale Communion
7) Architects, Lost Forever // Lost together
8) Behemoth, The Satanist
9) Evergrey, Hymns for the Broken
10) ENGEL, Raven Kings
Spiders
1) Lee Fields & The Expressions, Still Get Me Down
2) Morbus Chron, Aurora In The Offing
3) Heavy Tiger, Saigon Kiss
4) Goat, Hide From The Sun
5) The Black Keys, Fever
6) Deadheads, Rock’n’roll
7) Nina Persson, Clip Your Wings
8) Franska Trion, Du Måste Förlora
9) Nick Waterhouse, This Is A Game
10) The Maharajas, Hands of Tyme
Leon Del Muerte of Murder Construct, Impaled, Ex-Exhumed
1) Secret Chiefs 3: Ishraqiyun, Perichoresis
2) Exhausted Prayer, Ruined
3) Atomic Ape, Swarm
4) Cretin, Stranger
5) Gath Smane, Capillaries Of Augury
6) Flying Lotus, You’re Dead
7) The Budos Band, Burnt Offering
Jamie Madrox of Twizted [In No Particular Order]
Slipknot, .5 The Gray Chapter
Seether, Isolate and Medicate
My Chemical Romance, May Death Never Stop You
Blaze Ya Dead Homie, Gang Rags : Reborn
Chris Brown, X
Rittz, Next to Nothing
Mastodon, Once More ‘Round the Sun
Tech N9ne, Strangeulation
The Black Keys, Turn Blue
Jack White, Lazaretto
