Derek Ward

For this month, I’ve decided it will be all glam metal ballads. So, we start with Warrant.

I forget how I stumbled across this band, but I’m glad I did.

Good one off their new album.

I know, I know. Yet another Sabaton Metal Tuesday entry. Too f’ing bad. This is a damn good song that will stick in your head for a couple of days.

> I’ve asked The Brother to do another year in review.

Gonna be honest, this year there was a lot of good music, but nothing really caught me and kept me coming back to it over and over again. Still some excellent music, though.

Album of the Year

Ehrling – Tropical Confessions 5

My Album of the Year is an EP from an artist I discovered this year through a Minecraft YouTuber who uses it during building timelapses.

The Heavy Stuff

There was good music this year, despite nothing really hijacking my brain. Here is the heavier stuff I got my groove on to. These are listed in alphabetical order. I care not for ranking!

• Dark Tranquillity – Moment
• Fires in the Distance – Echoes from Deep November
• Noumena – Anima
• Slow Fall – Beneath the Endless Rains
• Ulcerate – Stare into Death and Be Still

No Death

And in the more rocking, but slightly less aggressive cohort, we have the following.

• 10 Years – Violent Allies
• Amaranthe – Manifest
• Garmarna – Forbundet
• Andy James – C.S.I.L.
• Katatonia – City Burials

EPs

There were other excellent EPs besides my Album of the Year and I really recommend them. They are all pretty heavy.

• Dawn of Dissolution – Divine
• Hinayana – Death of the Cosmic
• Soilwork – A Whisp of the Atlantic

Well, sort of.