Too Soon? Vince’s Best of 2015… So Far

My “Best of 2015… So Far” list is weirdly all over the place. Or maybe not so weirdly; in a year that’s so far been devoid of “major” releases from big-name bands, I’ve had more time to stretch out and find the gems from all different corners of the metalverse. Either that or I’m just old and jaded and constantly in search of progressively odder — and more varied — music. You be the judge.

The Agonist – Eye of Providence (Century Media)
Armageddon – Captivity & Devourment (Listenable)
Byzantine – To Release is To Resolve (self-releaseD)
Cattle Decapitation – The Anthropocene Extinction (Metal Blade)
Iris Divine – Karma Sown (Sensory)
Minsk – The Crash & The Draw (Relapse)
Primitive Man – Home is Where the Hatred Is (Relapse)
Rivers of Nihil – Monarchy (Metal Blade)
Royal Thunder – Crooked Doors (Relapse)
Santa Cruz – Santa Cruz (Spinefarm)
Sanzu – Painless (self-released)
Sarpanitum – Blessed Be My Brothers (Willowtip)
Secrets of the Sky – Pathways (Metal Blade)
Strung Out – Transmission.Alpha.Delta (Fat Wreck Chords)
Tribulation – The Children of the Night (Century Media)
Turnstile – Nonstop Feeling (Reaper)