Podcasts about best metal albums

Best Metal Albums of 2024 Ending the year with our annual “Best Metal Albums of the Year” and this year is no different than last. From the mainstream impact that Bring Me The Horizon's “Next Gen” had on the industry to the underground masterpiece that is Blood Incantation's “Absolute Elsewhere”, to Fit For An Autopsy's “The Nothing That Is” which is another brilliant installment in the bands legacy to the breakout sensations Knocked Loose with their powerful “You won't go before you're supposed to”, this year was full of game changing metal albums in the industry. Oh…lots of arguments ensue… SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/N_W4x2SBySU?s... To follow our socials, tap our link right here: https://linktr.ee/Metrology If you wish to sponsor an upcoming episode of Metalology, email us at metalologypodcast@gmail@.com or DM us right now for pricing and details.

It is that time of year again where I share some of my favorite albums of 2024. This time I am joined by Erik, metalhead and contributor to the amazing online metal publication Verikuu. Will your picks be on our lists?!    https://verikuu.com

In episode 195 of Heavy Metal Philosophy, Jon Barbas breaks down his ten favorite metal albums from November 2024. Thanks to being away in Germany, we didn't do our normal weekend best new metal album episodes. This episode will make up for lost time and of course, celebrate the past month's amazing metal albums!Get Heavy Metal Philosophy Merch!https://jonbarbas-shop.fourthwall.com/Bands;The Browning - https://thebrowningofficial.bandcamp.com/album/omniQaalm - https://qaalm.bandcamp.com/album/grave-impressions-of-an-unbroken-arcDisparaged - https://apostasyrecords.bandcamp.com/album/down-the-heavensYoth Iria - https://edgedcircleproductions.bandcamp.com/album/blazing-infernoTribulation - https://centurymedia.bandcamp.com/album/sub-rosa-in-ternum-24-bit-hd-audioDefeated Sanity - https://berburudomba.bandcamp.com/album/chronicles-of-lunacyThy Catafalque - https://thycatafalqueuk.bandcamp.com/album/xii-a-gy-ny-r-lmok-ezut-n-j-nnekBedsore - https://20buckspin.bandcamp.com/album/dreaming-the-strife-for-loveM​ú​r - https://murofficialband.bandcamp.com/album/m-r-24-bit-hd-audioOpeth- https://www.opeth.com/Heavy Metal Philosophy Contact;https://heavymetalphilosophy.com/YouTube: https://youtube.com/@heavymetalphilosophyhttps://www.spreaker.com/show/heavy-metal-philosophyHeavyMetalPhilosophy@gmail.comhttps://mobile.twitter.com/heaviestdoyenhttps://www.facebook.com/HeaviestDoyenhttps://www.instagram.com/heavy_metal_philosophy/https://www.threads.net/@heavy_metal_philosophyhttps://bsky.app/profile/jonbarbas.bsky.social Metal Digest articles link;https://metal-digest.com/author/jon-barbas/#metal  #newmetal  #albumart

This week on Midnight Terrors, we are back with a discussion/top 5 list episode! Kevin is joined by his good buddy, and very good friend of the show, R. Jacob Honeybrook to talk about their love of metal music! More specifically, your co-hosts sit down to list out their top 5 metal albums that they recommend for October! They also dive into crazy metal show stories and their background with the genre as a whole! Tune in to hear what metal albums your co-hosts recommend you check out this October on episode 68 of The Midnight Terrors Podcast! Thank you to R. Jacob Honeybrook for coming on the show! Everyone be sure to go check out his work (April Awakening, Devils in the Night, Roadkill Blues, and New Year's Killin' Eve) on Amazon and give his amazing stories a read!

This week we carry on where we left off in our "Best of Metal" episode series with the best metal albums of 1984 and 1985. We talk Bathory, Destruction, Posessed, WASP, and many more great bands from these two years. Tune in to check it out. Follow us on Instagram and let us know your favorite albums from these two years.Podcast Social AccountsNoise Avocation | Ryan IG | Jeremy IG | Playlist

Continuing on from the last episode, Jeremy and I go over what we feel were the best metal albums to come out in 1982-83. Lots of classics in here and groundbreaking records for metal itself. We talk Anvil, Iron Maiden, Mercyful Fate, Venom etc. Tune in and let us know on social media your favorite albums from these 2 years.Podcast Social LinksInstagram | Ryan IG | Jeremy IG |

This week Jeremy and I start the first episode in a series we are going to be releasing of best metal albums from 2 year spans. We started this off in 1980-1981 which is where most Heavy Metal music started to really flourish, yea it can be debated back and forth when it really started but in the 80s is where it flourished so we decided to start there. Tune in to the episode to take a trip down memory lane of albums you are probably already familiar with and some that you may not be.Rate the episode on your favorite streaming service and follow us on all social platforms below.Instagram | Ryan IG | Jeremy IG | Spotify Playlist

Eli (Dark Hymns from the Cold North) and I got together to discuss some of our favorite releases of 2023. Additionally, we talk about some of our fave movies of 2023. Intro music in order of appearance:  Hellripper- The Hissing Marshes  Sleep Terror- Spineless En Masse Cloak- With Fury and Allegiance 

Legendary St. Louis media personality REAL ROCK TOM TERBROCK joins the show for an unforgettable tournament of pop culture.  Jason Kull and Mark Bland welcome Tom Terbrock to the QNow for some much needed discussion and a run through some of the greatest metal music of all time. Tom spent many days working at a other political radio stations with his cohort Dave Glover producing one of the best radio shows in St. Louis Broadcast history. And Tom is not a fan of discussing the politics anymore. Find out why it bothers him so much! Next up Tom brings up Prowrestling and the fact that Mark just had a match last month against Shaft for the commissionership. Mark has to explan to Tom how he was screwed over by the management of MMWA and cheated out of his rightful win! This brings up other wrestling and then eventually gets back to radio and learning how you know you are doing well or became popular in broadcasting. Tom tells a story Mark knows all too well and the two disucss their less than stellar past issues with hate in the industry. Finally Mark, Jay and Tom take a crack at the Tournament of Pop Culture: Best Metal Albums of all time. Yes Iron Maiden was in the tournament. Mark, a bit frightened byt the potential reaction, put together a lit of the best metal albums of all time. Some taken from the RollingStone list of albums, some personally thrown in there...but reagrdless, a TOPC that is designed for the guest. Did Mark do good? Is your metal album on the list? Did the album you thougth would win, actually win...We find out on this episode of the show. 

We review the Heavy Metal Hall of Fame ceremony that we attended and also give you our picks for the best metal albums of all timehttps://rocktailsshow.com#heavymetal#rocktailsEvery Friday, Live at 5PM from Los Angeles https://www.youtube.com/c/ROCKTAILSwithAhmetZappahttps://rocktailsradio.com

Captain Kaye and Nick celebrate the best of what 2022 had to offer in Metal! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/renegadepopculture/support

New Year, New Edition of ELEKTROSHOCK. In this new one you'll find the Best Metal Albums of 2021 in Spain, with the following Bands: ANGELUS APATRIDA, KOLASI, DERBI MOTORETA'S BURRITO KACHIMBA, ABSOLOM, BALA, MURDERWORKER, ANGOIXA, ESTERTOR, LORDS OF BLACK, MORPHIUM, VIOLBLAST and BARBARIAN PROPHECIES. 60 Minutes of Metal & More conducted by Marco A. Rondán.-

New Year, New Edition of ELEKTROSHOCK.In this new one you'll find the Best Metal Albums of 2021 in Spain, with the following Bands:ANGELUS APATRIDA, KOLASI, DERBI MOTORETA'S BURRITO KACHIMBA, ABSOLOM, BALA, MURDERWORKER, ANGOIXA, ESTERTOR, LORDS OF BLACK, MORPHIUM, VIOLBLAST and BARBARIAN PROPHECIES.60 Minutes of Metal & More conducted by Marco A. Rondán.-

Another crazy year...thankfully we've had some great Metal to get us through the tough times. Join us as we discuss our top 4 Metal albums of 2021!

Our top metal releases of 2021. What a year...

We had the pleasure of interviewing Cody Quistad of Wage War over Zoom video! Florida hard rock quintet WAGE WAR — Briton Bond [lead vocals], Cody Quistad [rhythm guitar, clean vocals], Seth Blake [lead guitar], Chris Gaylord [bass], and Stephen Kluesener [drums] — have released their fourth full-length Manic on Fearless Records. The band recently shared their new single "Circle the Drain," one of the most anthemic songs in the band's catalog to date."'Circle the Drain' is a song about learning from past mistakes and accepting responsibility in a world that needs change," the band shares. "It starts with us deciding to be a part of the solution."As for the album, Wage War offer, "After a long wait, and endless hours of work, we could not be more ecstatic to announce our new album Manic. We've spent the entire last year working so hard to bring you the best Wage War yet, and we've never been more sure that we've accomplished that."The band previously shared the video for "High Horse."On Manic, the band masterfully strikes a delicate and well-crafted balance of grooves, riffs, melodies, and electronic flourishes.After amassing nearly 300 million streams and receiving widespread acclaim from Billboard, Loudwire, Modern Drummer, American Songwriter, Alternative Press, and more, the group delivered 11 anthems meant to connect through turbulence."Manic encompasses everything we've gone through as musicians in the last year-and-a-half," says Kluesener. "The whole industry halted, and we technically lost our jobs. Our scene was among the first to leave and the last to come back. The album captures the whole period."Quistad pulls back the curtain even more, saying, "Mania is a wild emotion. The last year was all severe highs and lows. We had some victories, but we've also had so many low points. We've built this thing for the last 10 years and put all of our chips into it. We've missed birthdays and funerals, but we've done some extraordinary things. Last year, we found ourselves wondering if it would ever come back. That's really what the album is about."Ultimately, Manic is a triumph and a definitive artistic statement for Wage War. It represents the apex of an intense creative journey. They built a diehard audience with Blueprints [2015] and Deadweight [2017] and through incessant touring. 2019's Pressure exploded right out of the gate. "Low" piled on 24.9 million Spotify streams with "Who I Am" at 10.7 million Spotify streams and "Me Against Myself" at 8.4 million Spotify streams. Beyond bringing their total stream tally past ­a-quarter-of-a-billion, it landed on Loudwire's "50 Best Metal Albums of 2019," while Billboard praised the album's levity. American Songwriter called attention to the evolution of the band's songwriting and sound, while New Noise Magazine awarded it 4-out-of-5 stars. Elsewhere, Alternative Press raved, "Wage War are unapologetically changing the game on all fronts on Pressure."We want to hear from you! Please email Tera@BringinitBackwards.com.www.BringinitBackwards.com#podcast #interview #bringinbackpod #WageWar #Manic #FearlessRecords #zoom Listen & Subscribe to BiBFollow our podcast on Instagram and Twitter! 

Flight and Chris run down the best metal albums of 2020 from the SECOND half of the year. Be sure to check out the Part 1 episode and also flight's Top 10 Metal Albums of 2020 overall video. It's been another big year and even though many aspects of it sucked, metal music was still going as strong as ever. What are YOUR favorite metal albums of 2020?Want more new metal album reviews and recommendations from the underground and above? Check out this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgKMfz8kCuw&list=PLGt4fzX5jyuer8BvRSmkQVpdjs0Rr8QfPJoin us on DISCORD! https://discord.gg/jjgkVQJFBecome a Supporter! https://www.patreon.com/metaltrencheshttps://www.subscribestar.com/metal-trenchesSUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER: http://eepurl.com/dogQCDConnect:https://metaltrenches.comhttps://www.minds.com/metaltrencheshttps://www.facebook.com/metaltrenches/https://metaltrenches.bandcamp.com/https://twitter.com/MetalTrencheshttps://www.instagram.com/metal.trenchesTheme Song: The Hudson Horror – “What The Moon Brings”Background art thanks in part to Kim Holm: https://denungeherrholm.smugmug.com/I do not own the rights to any of the featured song clips on this video. All credit to the artists and labels with specific permission granted. Clips are for promotional purposes only in the hopes that their use will further encourage listeners to purchase the albums. These fall under fair use based on sufficient transformation for the purpose of review, promotion, and commentary.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/metaltrenches/creators)

Skip to approximately 1hr 10min mark to get right to our picks of 2020! We have a very beefy and girthy episode, but hang in there for some awesome metal conversations and laughs. Did we mention your picks? Did we forget any albums? Also, we have Pascual give his picks at the end of podcast! To a better 2021... 

This week Ty lists the 25 best metal albums of 2020! Let us know your thoughts in the comments! What bands were in your top 25 this year?

Winter is here, which means it's time to blast away our seasonal depression with riffs. On this week's LAST WORDS, the gang lists their top 5 metal albums to play in the wintertime.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Flight and Chris chat about their favorite albums of 2020 so far including Beneath The Massacre, Black Curse, Code Orange, Elder, Fluisteraars, Igorrr, Krosis, Kvelertak, Loathe, Lychgate, Malokarpatan, Methwitch, Nawaharjan, Satyr, Sign Of Evil, Spell, The Hirsch Effekt, The Motion Mosaic, Xenobiotic, and Poppy. Let us know what your picks are in the comments and on our social media.If you enjoy underground metal music, whether it be death metal, black metal, grindcore, metalcore, or anything in between, be sure to SUBSCRIBE to the channel and check below to see where you can follow us on social media and get even more content. You can also check out out the Trench Talk podcast on all platforms. I am all about getting you the best and brightest new metal albums, especially from lesser known artists, and also breaking up those metal recommendations with memes, humor, interviews, and more mainstream content to shake things up and draw in more ears. But at the end of the day, it's all about these talented underground musicians.Become a Supporter! https://www.patreon.com/metaltrencheshttps://www.subscribestar.com/metal-trenchesSUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER: http://eepurl.com/dogQCDFind more over at MetalTrenches.com. Podcast also available on iTunes, Spotify, BitChute, and CastBox.Connect:https://metaltrenches.comhttps://www.minds.com/metaltrencheshttps://www.facebook.com/metaltrenches/https://metaltrenches.bandcamp.com/https://twitter.com/MetalTrencheshttps://www.instagram.com/metal.trenchesPodcast Theme Song: The Hudson Horror – “What The Moon Brings”Background art thanks in part to Kim Holm: https://denungeherrholm.smugmug.com/I do not own the rights to the song clips featured on this podcast. All credit to the artists and labels with specific permission granted. Clips are for promotional purposes only in the hopes that their use will further encourage listeners to purchase the albums.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/metaltrenches/creators)

Today we start the series to find out what are the best albums of the decade by year! this episode we go through our top 10 metal albums of 2010! Video available on youtube.com/debatedestroy and follow us on instagram for all updates @DebateDestroy

Todd Bailey and I can't go longer than a few days without talking about the tastiest jams we have on repeat so it was pretty obvious, to me, that he needed to open up the pit and throwdown on HB again as we discuss our favorite metal albums of 2019! Time to come out of mosh retirement boys and girls *cracks neck and eats some kale* Jam along with ur bois favorite songs on the Spotify machine via https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0WHMy2aly4TMsXg2ggtpOE?si=0y9p2EOVSmCbJz9TOV8d1g  We know our lists rock, but what did you think of them? Let us know your thoughts and favorites from the past year at any of the following! Facebook: Todd Bailey Instagram: thetoddmanout Twitter: thetoddmanout Instagram: hauntinglybeautifulpodcast Facebook: HauntinglyBeautifulPodcast Email: hauntinglybeautifulpodcast@gmail.com Website: hauntinglybeautifulpodcast.com Please rate, review, and subscribe to Hauntingly Beautiful so we can keep delivering the content you want to hear!

JOIN US as we stroll through some Metal News and Metal Albums of 2019.MetalNerdery.comFacebookInstagramVisit www.metalnerdery.com/podcast for more on this episodeKindly leave us a review and/or rating on the iTunes/Apple Podcasats - Spotify or your favorite Podcast app 0:00 Intro1:08 Victory Metal? Wizard Metal? Curtesy of Glory Hammer5:05 Super-Secret Adam in Alaska hunting wolverines6:23 One percent of Finland to Metallica / math lesson7:55 Blasted Metallica scares off cougar8:23 Metal makes you happy - Don't deny the power of Metal / MegaDave / Keator / Cromags9:57 "What do you mean" you want all my guitars10:53 Priest and Maiden tour - yes please12:05 Diamond Head royalties / Exodus and Death Angel / don’t call me Shirley / Sam Illiot13:31 Best Metal Albums of 2019 / Korn The Nothing / Matts favorite album of 2019 - Opeth18:32 Metal Moments of 2019 - Wayne’s World? Bongzilla22:15 Slayer the Movie - yes Matt / Mike Matt Mike23:58 Kiss played for Great White Sharks - wait what? / Slayer and Nascar26:44 Wacken for how long?28:25 Nigel Nigelson and Obvious Osborne make an appearance30:05 Matt swallows the mic30:38 Doctor Rock PhD / no more Trump Crazy Train / SNM2 #softintro / The Dark arts of Hasselhoff / Original Maiden reunites in a pub / Mercyful Fate / Magic o Metal

Pat Buck and Joe break down their top ten metal albums of 2019. Or should we say their top ten albums with a distorted guitar. They go over twenty different albums and talk about their new (YouTube) “Off the Record” video that drops next month. Make sure to check out their Spotify playlist with their top 20 metal songs of 2019. Artist/Albums they go over.    Joe’s top 10 of 2019 that we talk about    Darkthrone - One Star  Cave In - Final Transmission Swain - negative space  Pelican - nighttime stories   King Gizzard - infest the rats nest  Full of Hell - weeping choir  Inter Arma - sulfur English  Knocked loose - a different shade of blue  Black Midi - schlagenheim  Departure Chandelier - Antichrist Rise to Power    Pats top 10 that we talk about    Tool - Fear Inoculum Swallow The Sun - When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light Abigail Williams - Walk Beyond The Dark Cattle Decap - Death Atlas Blood Incantation - Hidden history of the human race Rings Of Saturn - Gidim Cult Of Luna - Dawn To Fear Full Of Hell - Weeping Choir Fleshgod Apocalypse - Veleno  Infant Annihilator - The Battle Of Yaldabaoth   Musically Meditated 2019 best metal playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/swinesauce88/playlist/5WOImPuCQHRDjAtvMY9Oj4?si=H1BfU1_JRiaUXT3CGxUrtQ

Season 2 - BONUS EPISODE: “Best Metal Albums of 2019”_________________________________________Hosted by Anthony Esparza & Alberto LafargaOn the this special bonus episode of Metalology, Anthony and Alberto are joined by their Defy The Tyrants bandmate, Jandro Utrilla. They discuss their favorite albums of 2019, their top favorites, biggest disappointments, and the future of Metalology. 1988 will be releasing 3 bonus episodes during the winter of 2019/2020 so STAY SUBSCRIBED!- Season 3 coming in 2020...._________________________________________Follow Anthony on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anthony_defy/Follow Alberto "Iraqi" on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theiraqster/Subscribe to Metalology on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/metalology/id1443995817?mt=2Follow Metalology on Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/1c1CAykOZnoxLJpawD3I2r?si=xG6WF9k8S52afKtyNnXiJQPresented by 1988 StudiosFollow Anthony & Alberto's other podcast ROCK & COMICS on Spotify now: https://open.spotify.com/show/4D0cNKSGXUb3tCbmovDvA7?si=ay1EheyCTNaundnf3x7sNQ_________________________________________#slipknot #korn #jinjer #tool #hardrock #metal #guitar #metaltalk #metalpodcast #metalology

This week we have vocalist Tatiana Shmayluk of Jinjer on the show. We discuss the short gap between the Micro EP and new full-length album Macro, the difficulty of writing lyrics quickly as opposed to taking your time, how deadlines help motivate her, and the lyrics behind the track “Retrospection” and how it is connected with her childhood. Tati also tells us about growing up in the Ukraine as the U.S.S.R. was falling apart in the '90s, how her childhood was creative and happy despite the circumstances, her appreciation for the human element of art in the digital era, the next homecoming show that she will be performing and her idea for a massive stage show she hopes to accomplish. Petar, Brandon, and Jozalyn have another music episode in store for you guys in response to not one but two listener emails about the MetalSucks 25 Best Metal Albums of 2010 - 2019 list. Songs: “On The Top” and “Pit of Consciousness” by Jinjer

This week we chat with Cory Brandan of Norma Jean! We discuss his return to Norma Jean after releasing the Hundred Suns project, having the lifer mentality when it comes to the art form of metal, the difficult writing process for Norma Jean's new album, All Hail, how the loss of a fan inspired the creation of many songs, going through the stages of grief while creating songs, comparing the lessons learned from art to those learned to history, the essence of a “fictional reality,” and much more. Petar, Brandon, and Jozalyn also go through and breakdown the completion of The MetalSucks 25 Best Metal Albums of 2010 - 2019 poll, talk about the album we feel should never have made the list, and share our overall thoughts on each selection. Songs: Norma Jean “Safety Last” and “Landslide Defeater,” “Black Gold” by Infected Rain

Johannes Persson of the mighty Cult of Luna is our guest this week. We discuss the band's much lauded collaboration with Julie Christmas, Mariner -- which recently landed on our list of the 25 Best Metal Albums of 2010-2019 -- and its impact on Cult of Luna's new full-length, A Dawn to Fear, what it was like performing that album live due to popular demand, getting everybody back together and on the same page for A Dawn to Fear, the companion videos that became a nightmare project and how they ended up turning into a short film, his distaste for extensive touring, and a number of other subjects. Petar, Brandon, and Sylvia Alvarado (filling in for Jozalyn) tackle the comments Brandon made last week about the modern generation, the drama between The Agonist vocalist Vicky Psarakis and former singer Alissa White-Gluz, and former Anthrax vocalist Dan Nelson beating up the elderly. Songs: Cult of Luna, "The Silent Man" and "Lay Your Head To Rest"

Pete and CK sit down to discuss their favorite metal albums of all-time in a bonus episode that is sure to entertain and school listeners at the same time. They go into several different genres of metal, such as death, thrash, old school, and more. It's a cool, chill episode during a down week while the new Horns High Studios is completed.For merch, news, and more go to MurderMetalMayhem.com - also subscribe to our YouTube channel and like us on Facebook.

This week on our final show of 2018 we give you a special double episode as we celebrate some of the great music that left an impression on us in 2018, counting down our top 15 albums of the year. The poetry of sadness, the lovely brutality of our senses and the essence of joy and peace that heavy metal brings people like us daily -- we cover it all and gladly present our list of genuine and beautiful music that defined this year. Special guests Jori Apedaile (Eneferens), Will Walker (Graveshadow), Henry Derek Elis, Isaiah Mitchell (Earthless) and Stavros Giannopoulos (The Atlas Moth) join us for quick chats. 

Val here thrashing it up with my boy Jacob banging our heads to the sounds of the metal gods and sharing our top metal albums. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/Pop-CultureFanatics/support

In this episode we discuss Power Trip’s “Nightmare Logic” and Code Orange’s “Forever”, two album’s that made it to the top of Loudwire’s “25 Best Metal Albums of 2017! Our Indie Spotlight for this week is the melodic death metal band Tides of Kharon! Their EP “Coins Upon Our Eyes” was released in July, 2017. Tides […]

In Episode 64 the guys come together to countdown our 11 Best Metal Albums of 2017 so far. There’s also some news, new releases and all the things we’ve been listening to since the last episode. The new Skullcrushers segment debuts, as well as brand new intro and outro music.

This is an article we stumbled upon on StereoGum for their Top 40 Metal Albums of 2016. Before the author gets down with the actual countdown he gets dark on the state of metal in general and it makes a good topic for today. The link to the article is here for all those interested in checking it out: http://www.stereogum.com/1914718/the-40-best-metal-albums-of-2016/franchises/2016-in-review/   We encourage you to send in any questions / comments you may have for us and the podcast and you can email me at AskBlasko@Gmail.com.     Follow Blasko on Twitter and Instagram: @Blasko1313 Follow Mike Mowery on Twitter and Instagram: @mikeoloop   Get Mike's "Music Management Primer - The Business of Being an Artist” at OuterloopCoaching.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Episode 58, George, Buke, Jay, Will and John are joined by Joel Violette of Thrawsunblat to count down the 25 Best Metal Albums of 2016.

This week we take a look at the best metal albums of 2016 so far. Of course we see it differently from one another but we lay out what this year has offered and what it really means in the scope of metal history and the rest of the year to come. We also invite Rob Pasbani of Metal Injection and the Metal Injection Livecast to offer a different perspective on this year's releases. He fills us in on his new-car jams and takes a look ahead at which albums might be on the slate for the top of the year overall. We talk about Gojira's new album Magma as well as other highly anticipated albums of 2016 and how they have measured up to expectations, as well as some albums that've surprised us. Rob also tells us about the coolest listening party in history: a small gathering of journalists and friends at Gojira's new Silver Cord Studios to hear Magma in its entirety. What does he think of one of the most anticipated metal albums of 2016? We spin four of the year's best tracks on this episode instead of the normal two. Songs: Primitive Weapons - "Ashes or Paradise" Zeal and Ardor - "Devil Is Fine" Mantar – "Era Borealis" Fallujah – "The Void Alone"

They wrote them out for you, and now they spend this episode of The MetalSucks Podcast discussing the Best Metal Albums of 2014! Chuck and Godless received your Tweets and comments, and break down their picks versus yours as well as those of other MS staff members and critics. They also talk about what kind of year it's been for metal against what a stellar year it was in 2013, and they look at some of the releases they missed, plus jam a few extra tunes. Songs:Black Crown Initiate - "Great Mistake"Fallujah - "Carved From Stone"Wovenwar - "Matter of Time"The Hell - "Everybody Dies"