Well, fellow Decibel Geeks it’s that time again and as the year draws to a close, each of the staff here at Decibel Geek Podcast/Website have compiled their list of the top ten albums, the best of 2015. With our staff having grown by quite a bit throughout 2015, we were able to welcome new writers from around the globe to the team. Decibel Geek unveiled a brand new, more extensive website and also launched the Patreon VIP sponsorship program in 2015. The weekly podcast reached new highs in the iTunes podcast charts, expanding the audience through exciting and informative weekly episodes and entertaining special guests such as Pixie Esmonde, Desmond Child, Gerry Finn, Anthony Corder, Toby Wright, Wallygator & The Meister, Billy Sheehan, Billy Hardaway, Michael Wagener, Mark Slaughter…and more!
2015 saw a whopping amount of strong releases issued in every sub-genre and with the widely varied tastes and interests of our staff you can imagine our top ten is quite widespread. Each of the staff submitted their personal top ten (each of which appears below) and the bands were assigned points depending on where they ranked in that particular list (1 point for #10 and 10 points for #1). The points were then tallied up to provide the collective top ten from all of us here at Decibel Geek Podcast. While we might not always agree on these things, one thing’s for sure: we all love music! Due to some of my colleagues picks, I personally, have been inspired to revisit some albums that did not make the cut for me, as well as explore some new ones and we hope that we can turn you onto some of the great efforts of 2015 if you haven’t been already.
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10-Kiske/Sommerville – City Of Heroes (14 pts) / The Dead Daisies – Revolucion (14 pts)- 09-Ugly Kid Joe – Uglier Than They Used Ta Be (16 pts) / Talon – Fourplay (16 pts)
- 08-Eclipse – Armageddonize (19 pts) / Europe – War of Kings (19 pts)
- 07-Iron Maiden – Book of Souls (24 pts)
- 06-Armored Saint – Win Hands Down (26 pts)
- 05-Winery Dogs – Hot Streak (29 pts)
- 04-Diemonds – Never Wanna Die (31 pts)
- 03-Saxon – Battering Ram (32 pts)
- 02-W.A.S.P. – Golgotha (37 pts)
- 01-Queensryche – Condition Human (42 pts)
Bakko (staff writer / photographer):
- 10-Blackberry Smoke – Holding All The Roses (1 pts)
- 09-Bonfire – Glorious (2 pts)
- 08-Motorhead – Bad Magic (3 pts)
- 07-All That Remains – The Order of Things (4 pts)
- 06-Danko Jones – Fire Music (5 pts)
- 05-Slayer – Repentless (6 pts)
- 04-Sweet/Lynch – Only To Rise (7 pts)
- 03-BulletBoys – Elefante (8 pts)
- 02-Bobaflex – Anything That Moves (9 pts)
- 01-Wilson – Right to Rise (10 pts)
Rich “The Meister” Dillon (website editor / staff writer)
- 10-Battle Beast – Unholy Savior (1 pts)
- 09-Shock – Forewarned (2 pts)
- 08-Raven – ExtermiNation (3 pts)
- 07-Satan – Atom By Atom (4 pts)
- 06-Thundermother – Road Fever (5 pts)
- 05-Talon – Fourplay (6 pts)
- 04-Ambush – Desecrator (7 pts)
- 03-Saxon – Battering Ram (8 pts)
- 02-Enforcer – From Beyond (9 pts)
- 01-Lady Beast – Lady Beast II / Diemonds – Never Wanna Die (10 pts)
Adam Cox (staff writer)
- 10-Outlaws & Moonshine – 1919 (EP, but such a good EP!) (1 pts)
- 09-The Winery Dogs – Hot Streak (2 pts)
- 08-Pop Evil – Up (3 pts)
- 07-Skindred – Volume (4 pts)
- 06-Amorphis – Under the Red Cloud (5pts)
- 05-Heart of a Coward – Deliverance (6 pts)
- 04-Sevendust – Kill The Flaw (7 pts)
- 03-Radio Exile – Radio Exile (8 pts)
- 02-Shumaun – Shumaun (9 pts)
- 01-Armored Saint – Win Hands Down (10 pts)
Blair De Abreu (staff writer)
- 10-High Heeler – Force and Finesse (1 pts)
- 09-Psychopunch – Sweet Baby Octane (2 pts)
- 08-W.A.S.P. – Golgotha (3 pts)
- 07-Hardcore Superstar – HCSS (4 pts)
- 06-Praying Mantis – Legacy (5 pts)
- 05-Michael Monroe – Blackout States (6 pts)
- 04-The Darkness – Last Of Our Kind (7 pts)
- 03-’63 Monroe/Steven R Stunning – Party Like a Rockstar/Punk Rock Soldier (8 pts)
- 02-Trixter – Human Era (9 pts)
- 01-The Answer – Raise A Little Hell (10 pts)
M. Gahafer (Instagram / staff writer)
- 10-Everclear – Black is the New Black (1 pts)
- 09-Dead Lord – Heads Held High (2 pts)
- 08-Ghost – Meliora (3 pts)
- 07-BulletBoys – Elefante (4 pts = 12 pts)
- 06-Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats – The Night Creeper (5 pts)
- 05-The Temperance Movement – The Temperance Movement (6 pts)
- 04-Farmikos – Farmikos (7 pts)
- 03-Ugly Kid Joe – Uglier Than They Used Ta Be (8 pts)
- 02-Marilyn Manson – The Pale Emperor (9 pts)
- 01-Clutch – Psychic Warfare (10 pts)
Derik Novak (Twitter / staff writer)
- 10-Devil City Angels – Devil City Angels (1 pts)
- 09-The Dead Daisies – Revolucion (2 pts)
- 08-Europe – War Of Kings (3 pts)
- 07-Furyon – Lost Salvation (4 pts)
- 06-W.A.S.P. – Golgotha (5 pts = 8 pts)
- 05-Uriah Heep – Live At Koko (6 pts)
- 04-Stryper – Fallen (7 pts)
- 03-Saxon – Battering Ram (8 pts = 16 pts)
- 02-Queensryche – Condition Human (9 pts)
- 01-Armored Saint – Win Hands Down (10 pts = 20 pts)
Billy Hardaway (Public Relations Rep / podcast resources)
- 10- George Lynch – Shadowtrain (1 pts)
- 09-Iron Maiden – Book Of Souls (2 pts)
- 08-Stryper – Fallen (3 pts = 10 pts)
- 07-Blood Red Saints – Speedway (4 pts)
- 06-Whitesnake – Purple Album (5 pts)
- 05-Ugly Kid Joe – Uglier Than They Used Ta Be (6 pts = 14 pts)
- 04-W.A.S.P. – Golgotha (7 pts = 15 pts)
- 03-Winery Dogs – Hot Streak (8 pts = 10 pts)
- 02-Eclipse – Armageddonize (9 pts)
- 01-Queensryche – Condition Human (10 pts = 19 pts)
Andy Lafon (staff writer)
- 10-Impellitteri – Venom (1 pts)
- 09-Ugly Kid Joe – Uglier Than They Used Ta Be (2 pts = 16 pts)
- 08-W.A.S.P. – Golgotha (3 pts = 18 pts)
- 07-Queensryche – Condition Human (4 pts = 25 pts)
- 06-Michael Monroe – Blackout States (5 pts = 11 pts)
- 05-Thunder – Wonder Days (6 pts)
- 04-Saxon – Battering Ram (7 pts = 23 pts)
- 03-House of Lords – Indestructible (8 pts)
- 02-Europe – War of Kings (9 pts = 12 pts)
- 01-Iron Maiden – Book of Souls (10 pts = 12 pts)
Phil “Rock Review Phil” Lisotti (staff writer)
- 10-Floating Bridges – Creatures of Leisure (1 pts)
- 09-Torche – Restarter (2 pts)
- 08-The Maine – American Candy (3 pts)
- 07-Breaking Benjamin – Dark Before Dawn (4 pts)
- 06-Disturbed – Immortalized (5 pts)
- 05-Blitzen Trapper – All Across This Land (6 pts)
- 04-Dead Sara – Pleasure to Meet You (7 pts)
- 03-Saint Asonia – Saint Asonia (8 pts)
- 02-Royal Thunder – Crooked Doors (9 pts)
- 01-Quiet Company – Transgressor (10 pts)
Shawn “Short-Fuse” Carter (staff writer)
- 10-Kataklysm – Of Ghosts and Gods (1 pts)
- 09-Lamb of God – VII: Sturm and Drang (2 pts)
- 08-Fit for an Autopsy – Absolute Hope Absolute Hell (3 pts)
- 07-Skinless – Only the Ruthless Remain (4 pts)
- 06-Slayer – Repentless (5 pts = 11 pts)
- 05-Nile – What Should Not Be Unearthed (6 pts)
- 04-High On Fire – Luminiferous (7 pts)
- 03-Napalm Death – The Apex Predator-Easy Meat (8 pts)
- 02-The Black Dahlia Murder – Abysmal (9 pts)
- 01-Cattle Decapitation – Anthropocene Extinction (10 pts)
Shawn “Animalize” Irwin (staff writer / photographer)
- 10-Voodoo Circle – Whiskey Fingers (1 pts)
- 09-Khymera – The Grand Design (2 pts)
- 08-Room Experience – Room Experience (3 pts)
- 07-Sirenia – The Seventh Life Path (4 pts)
- 06-Kiske/Somerville – City Of Heroes (5 pts)
- 05-Crystal Ball – LifeRider (6 pts)
- 04-Ascendia – The Lion And The Jester (7 pts)
- 03-Magnus Karlsson’s Free Fall – Kingdom Of Rock (8 pts)
- 02-Battle Beast – Unholy Savior (9 pts = 10 pts)
- 01-Leaves’ Eyes – King Of Kings (10 pts)
David “Stoic Dave” Alpizar (staff writer)
- 10-Queensryche – Condition Human (1 pts = 26 pts)
- 09-Iron Maiden – Book of Souls (2 pts = 14 pts)
- 08-Kobra and the Lotus – Words of the Prophets (3 pts)
- 07-Mike Tramp – Nomad (4 pts)
- 06-Voodoo Hill – Waterfall (5 pts)
- 05-Revolution Saints – Revolution Saints (6 pts)
- 04-Europe – War of Kings (7 pts = 19 pts)
- 03-Michael Schenker’s Temple of Rock – Spirit on a Mission (8 pts)
- 02-W.A.S.P. – Golgotha (9 pts = 27 pts)
- 01-The Scorpions – Return to Forever (10 pts)
Mikael “The Lionsheart” Svensson (staff writer)
- 10-Messiah’s Kiss – Get Your Bulls Out! (1 pts)
- 09-The Poodles – Devil in the Details (2 pts)
- 08-Def Leppard – Def Leppard (3 pts)
- 07-Crystal ball – LifeRider (4 pts = 10 pts)
- 06-Reach – Reach Out to Rock (5 pts)
- 05-Queensryche – Condition Human (6 pts = 32 pts)
- 04-Revolution Saints – Revolution Saints (7 pts = 13 pts)
- 03-The Storyteller – Sacred Fire (8 pts)
- 02-Kiske/Sommerville – City Of Heroes (9 pts = 14 pts)
- 01-Eclipse – Armageddonize (10 pts = 19 pts)
Wally “Wallygator” Norton (staff writer)
- 10-Iron Maiden – Book of Souls (1 pts = 15 pts)
- 09-Five Finger Death Punch – Got Your Six (2 pts)
- 08-Black Star Riders – Killer Instinct (3 pts)
- 07-Winery Dogs – Hot Streak (4 pts = 14 pts)
- 06-The Dead Daisies – Revolucion (5 pts = 7 pts)
- 05-Adrenaline Mob – Dearly Departed (6 pts)
- 04-Def Leppard – Def Leppard (7 pts = 10 pts)
- 03-Diemonds – Never Wanna Die (8 pts = 18 pts)
- 02-Devil City Angels – Devil City Angels (9 pts = 10 pts)
- 01-W.A.S.P. – Golgotha (10 pts = 37 pts)
Brian Ronald (photographer / staff writer)
- 10-Disturbed – Immortalized (1 pts = 6 pts)
- 09-Voodoo Circle – Whiskey Fingers (2 pts = 3 pts)
- 08-Magnus Karlsson’s Free Fall – Kingdom Of Rock (3 pts = 11 pts)
- 07-Room Experience – Room Experience (4 pts = 7 pts)
- 06-Shinedown – Threat to Survival (5 pts)
- 05-Praying Mantis – Legacy (6 pts = 11 pts)
- 04-Winery Dogs – Hot Streak (7 pts = 21 pts)
- 03-Diemonds – Never Wanna Die (8 pts = 26 pts)
- 02-Saxon – Battering Ram (9 pts = 32 pts)
- 01-Talon – Fourplay (10 pts = 16 pts)
David Glynn (staff writer)
- 10-Devil City Angels – Devil City Angels (1 pts = 11 pts)
- 09-We Are Harlot–We Are Harlot (2 pts)
- 08-Def Leppard – Def Leppard (3 pts = 13 pts)
- 07-Michael Schenker’s Temple of Rock – Spirit on a Mission (4 pts = 12 pts)
- 06-Diemonds – Never Wanna Die (5 pts = 31 pts)
- 05-Armored Saint – Win Hands Down (6 pts = 26 pts)
- 04-The Dead Daisies – Revolucion (7 pts = 14 pts)
- 03-Winery Dogs – Hot Streak (8 pts = 29 pts)
- 02-Iron Maiden – Book of Souls (9 pts = 24 pts)
- 01-Motor Sister – Ride (10 pts)
Kate “Metal Kate” Campbell (staff writer)
- 10-Like a Storm – Awaken the Fire (1 pts)
- 09-Three Days Grace – Human (2 pts)
- 08-Lamb of God – VII: Sturm and Drang (3 pts = 5 pts)
- 07-Bullet For My Valentine – Venom (4 pts)
- 06-Disturbed – Immortalized (5 pts = 11 pts)
- 05-Five Finger Death Punch – Got Your Six (6 pts = 8 pts)
- 04-Tremonti – Cauterize (7 pts)
- 03-Halestorm – Into the Wild Life (8 pts)
- 02-Breaking Benjamin – Dark Before Dawn (9 pts = 13 pts)
- 01-Queensryche – Condition Human (10 pts = 42 pts)
BJ Kahuna (staff writer)
- 10-The Darkness – Last of Our Kind (1 pts = 8 pts)
- 09-Imperial State Electric – Honk Machine (2 pts)
- 08-Turbo Fruits – No Control (3 pts)
- 07-Ash – Kablammo (4 pts)
- 06-Warm Soda – Symbolic Dream (5 pts)
- 05-Cheerleader – The Sunshine of Your Youth (6 pts)
- 04-Young Guv – Ripe 4 Luv (7 pts)
- 03-Backyard Babies – Four By Four (8 pts)
- 02-Biters – Electric Blood (9 pts)
- 01-Ginger Wildheart – Year of the Fanclub (10 pts)
With some of the releases already announced for 2016, we say bring it on! Check out some of the list: “New Release”
Cheers from all of us here at The Decibel Geek Podcast!
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