AOTY '67-'17 Picks - [Aiwaz Edition]
This was a lot harder than it seemed, especially when you have to do it twice. Here it is, enjoy! |
1 | | The Jimi Hendrix Experience Are You Experienced
1967
Honorable Mentions:
The Doors - The Doors
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold as love
Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn |
2 | | TOUCH Touch
1968
Honorable Mentions:
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
Pink Floyd - A Saucerful Of Secrets |
3 | | King Crimson In the Court of the Crimson King
1969
Honorable Mentions:
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
Grateful Dead - Aoxomoxoa |
4 | | Peter Green The End of the Game
1970
Honorable Mentions:
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother
Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
5 | | Egg The Polite Force
1971
Honorable Mentions:
Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother
Wishbone Ash - Pilgrimage
Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame |
6 | | Yes Close to the Edge
1972
Honorable Mentions:
Deep Purple - Machine Head
Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick |
7 | | Mahavishnu Orchestra Birds of Fire
1973
Honorable Mentions:
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
Bob Marley and The Wailers - Catch a Fire
Genesis - Selling England by the Pound |
8 | | Tangerine Dream Phaedra
1974
Honorable Mentions:
King Crimson - Red
King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black
Yes - Relayer |
9 | | Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here
1975
Honorable Mentions:
Tangerine Dream - Rubycon
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Visions of the Emerald Beyond
Grateful Dead - Blues for Allah |
10 | | Scorpions Virgin Killer
1976
Honorable Mentions:
Heart - Dreamboat Annie
Rush - 2112 |
11 | | Pink Floyd Animals
1977
Honorable Mentions:
Wire - Pink Flag
Jethro Tull - Songs from the Wood
Steely Dan - Aja |
12 | | Van Halen Van Halen
1978
Honorable Mentions:
Molly Hatchet - Molly Hatchet
AC/DC - Powerage |
13 | | AC/DC Highway To Hell
1979
Honorable Mentions:
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Led Zeppelin - In Through the Out Door |
14 | | Diamond Head Lightning to the Nations
1980
Honorable Mentions:
Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard Of Ozz
Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel |
15 | | Venom Welcome to Hell
1981
Honorable Mentions:
Triumph - Allied Forces
King Crimson - Discipline
Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman |
16 | | Michael Jackson Thriller
1982
Honorable Mentions:
Sonic Youth - Sonic Youth
Misfits - Walk Among Us
Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast |
17 | | Violent Femmes Violent Femmes
1983
Honorable Mentions:
Metallica - Kill 'Em All
Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies
Mercyful Fate - Melissa |
18 | | Stevie Ray Vaughan Couldn't Stand the Weather
1984
Honorable Mentions:
Metallica - Ride The Lightning
Iron Maiden - Powerslave |
19 | | Slayer Hell Awaits
1985
Honorable Mentions:
Heart - Heart
Exodus - Bonded by Blood
Megadeth - Killing is My Business...and Business is Good |
20 | | Metallica Master of Puppets
1986
Honorable Mentions:
Megadeth - Peace Sells...but Who's Buying
Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time
Slayer - Reign in Blood |
21 | | Heart Bad Animals
1987
Honorable Mentions:
Testament - The Legacy
Michael Jackson - Bad
The Cult - Electric |
22 | | Jane's Addiction Nothing's Shocking
1988
Honorable Mentions:
Slayer - South of Heaven
Kylie Minogue - Kylie
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son |
23 | | The Cult Sonic Temple
1989
Honorable Mentions:
Skid Row - Skid Row
Sepultura - Beneath The Remains
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine |
24 | | Mother Love Bone Apple
1990
Honorable Mentions:
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Ween - GodWeenSatan: The Oneness
Primus - Frizzle Fry
Pantera - Cowboys From Hell |
25 | | Ozzy Osbourne No More Tears
1991
Honorable Mentions:
Type O Negative - Slow, Deep and Hard
Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog
Death - Human |
26 | | Faith No More Angel Dust
1992
Honorable Mentions:
Testament - The Ritual
Kyuss - Blues For the Red Sun |
27 | | Type O Negative Bloody Kisses
1993
Honorable Mentions:
Tool - Undertow
Primus - Pork Soda
Cynic - Focus
Death - Individual Thought Patterns |
28 | | Kyuss Welcome to Sky Valley
1994
Honorable Mentions:
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
Nas - Illmatic
Prong - Cleansing |
29 | | Cairo Cairo
1995
Honorable Mentions:
Death - Symbolic
GZA - Liquid Swords
Opeth - Orchid
Fear Factory - Demanufacture |
30 | | Neurosis Through Silver in Blood
1996
Honorable Mentions:
2Pac - All Eyez On Me
Edge of Sanity - Crimson
Tool - Ænima
In Flames - The Jester Race |
31 | | Ween The Mollusk
1997
Honorable Mentions:
Oasis - Be Here Now
In Flames - Whoracle
Machine Head - The More Things Change
Deftones - Around the Fur |
32 | | Opeth My Arms, Your Hearse
1998
Honorable Mentions:
Cairo - Conflict and Dreams
Anathema - Alternative 4
Death - Sound of Perseverance |
33 | | Agalloch Pale Folklore
1999
Honorable Mentions:
Neurosis - Times of Grace
Dan Swano - Moontower
Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun
AFI - Black Sails in the Sunset
Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile |
34 | | Lykathea Aflame Elvenefris
2000
Honorable Mentions:
Ulver - Perdition City
Shadows Fall - Of One Blood
Soulfly - Primitive
Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun
A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms |
35 | | Tool Lateralus
2001
Honorable Mentions:
***There are no contenders for this album this year*** |
36 | | Green Carnation Light of Day, Day of Darkness
2002
Honorable Mentions:
ISIS - Oceanic
Dark Tranquillity - Damage Done
Killswitch Engage - Alive or Just Breathing |
37 | | Opeth Damnation
2003
Honorable Mentions:
Deftones - Deftones
Michelle Branch - Hotel Paper
Ween - Quebec |
38 | | Disillusion Back to Times of Splendor
2004
Honorable Mentions:
Twista - Kamikaze
Neurosis - The Eye of Every Storm
In Flames - The Soundtrack to Your Escape
ISIS - Panopticon |
39 | | Red Sparowes At The Soundless Dawn
2005
Honorable Mentions:
Kreator - Enemy of God
Strapping Young Lad - Alien
Pelican - The Fire in our Throats will Beckon the Thaw
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Sigur Ros - Takk... |
40 | | Drudkh Blood In Our Wells
2006
Honorable Mentions:
Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain
ISIS - In The Absence of Truth
Slayer - Christ Illusion
Into Eternity - The Scattering of Ashes |
41 | | Alcest Souvenirs d'un autre monde
2007
Honorable Mentions:
Therion - Gothic Kabbalah
Type O Negative - Dead Again
Neurosis - Given to the Rising |
42 | | Cynic Traced in Air
2008
Honorable Mentions:
Opeth - Watershed
Into Eternity - The Incurable Tragedy
Eluveitie - Slania |
43 | | Isis Wavering Radiant
2009
Honorable Mentions:
Amorphis - Skyforger
Drudkh - Microcosmos
The 69 Eyes - Back in Blood |
44 | | Alcest Écailles de Lune
2010
Honorable Mentions:
Agalloch - Marrow of the Spirit
Deftones - Diamond Eyes |
45 | | Ulver Wars of the Roses
2011
Honorable Mentions:
Origin - Entity
Opeth - Heritage |
46 | | Alcest Les Voyages de l'Âme
2012
Honorable Mentions:
Drudkh - Eternal Turn of the Wheel
Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage |
47 | | Gorguts Colored Sands
2013
Honorable Mentions:
Deafheaven - Sunbather
Ulver - Messe I.X-VI.X
Ulcerate - Vermis |
48 | | Job for a Cowboy Sun Eater
2014
Honorable Mentions:
Agalloch - The Serpent and the Sphere
Origin - Omnipresent
1349 - Massive Cauldron of Chaos |
49 | | Julien Baker Sprained Ankle
2015
Honorable Mentions:
Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud
Arcturus - Arcturian |
50 | | Katatonia The Fall of Hearts
2016
Honorable Mentions:
Gojira - Magma
Deftones - Gore
Kayo Dot - Plastic House on Base of Sky |
51 | | Mount Eerie A Crow Looked At Me
2017
Honorable Mentions:
****TBA**** |
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