SPIN's 20 Best Metal Albums of 2015
Continuing the domination of last year's hellish hopscotch between anarchy and orthodoxy, fortune — for 2015's best metal acts — has once again favored
Published: December 14, 2015 15:58
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| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Bermuda | Deafheaven | Oct-02-2015, Atmospheric Black Metal |
| #2 | Ygg Huur | Krallice | Aug-06-2015, Black Metal |
| #3 | Four Phantoms | Bell Witch | Apr-28-2015, Funeral Doom Metal |
| #4 | Anareta | Horrendous | Oct-30-2015, Death Metal |
| #5 | Deeper Than Sky | VHOL | Oct-23-2015, Heavy Metal |
| #6 | The Children of the Night | Tribulation | Apr-21-2015, Gothic Metal |
| #7 | Exercises in Futility | Mgła | Sep-04-2015, Black Metal |
| #8 | Released From Love / You, Whom I Have Always Hated | The Body, Thou | Jan-27-2015, Sludge Metal |
| #9 | Litany | Dead To A Dying World | Oct-16-2015, Atmospheric Sludge Metal |
| #10 | Qliphoth | Cloud Rat | May-29-2015, Grindcore |
| #11 | Aria of Vernal Tombs | Obsequiae | May-26-2015, Melodic Black Metal |
| #12 | Luminiferous | High On Fire | Jun-16-2015, Stoner Metal |
| #13 | Restarter | Torche | Feb-24-2015, Stoner Metal |
| #14 | M | Myrkur | Aug-21-2015, Atmospheric Black Metal |
| #16 | All Fours | Bosse-de-Nage | Apr-14-2015, Atmospheric Black Metal |
| #17 | The Book of Souls | Iron Maiden | Sep-04-2015, Heavy Metal |
| #18 | Revisionist | Sannhet | Mar-03-2015, Post-Rock |
| #19 | Hole Below | Vastum | Nov-03-2015, Death Metal |
Markdown
| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Bermuda | Deafheaven | Album, Oct-02-2015, Atmospheric Black Metal |
| #2 | Ygg Huur | Krallice | Album, Aug-06-2015, Black Metal |
| #3 | Four Phantoms | Bell Witch | Album, Apr-28-2015, Funeral Doom Metal |
| #4 | Anareta | Horrendous | Album, Oct-30-2015, Death Metal |
| #5 | Deeper Than Sky | VHOL | Album, Oct-23-2015, Heavy Metal |
| #6 | The Children of the Night | Tribulation | Album, Apr-21-2015, Gothic Metal |
| #7 | Exercises in Futility | Mgła | Album, Sep-04-2015, Black Metal |
| #8 | Released From Love / You, Whom I Have Always Hated | The BodyThou | Album, Jan-27-2015, Sludge Metal |
| #9 | Litany | Dead To A Dying World | Album, Oct-16-2015, Atmospheric Sludge Metal |
| #10 | Qliphoth | Cloud Rat | Album, May-29-2015, Grindcore |
| #11 | Aria of Vernal Tombs | Obsequiae | Album, May-26-2015, Melodic Black Metal |
| #12 | Luminiferous | High On Fire | Album, Jun-16-2015, Stoner Metal |
| #13 | Restarter | Torche | Album, Feb-24-2015, Stoner Metal |
| #14 | M | Myrkur | Album, Aug-21-2015, Atmospheric Black Metal |
| #16 | All Fours | Bosse-de-Nage | Album, Apr-14-2015, Atmospheric Black Metal |
| #17 | The Book of Souls | Iron Maiden | Album, Sep-04-2015, Heavy Metal |
| #18 | Revisionist | Sannhet | Album, Mar-03-2015, Post-Rock |
| #19 | Hole Below | Vastum | Album, Nov-03-2015, Death Metal |