Best of 2015

1) Tribulation - The Children of the Night

If there had been someone in the passenger seat of my red mustang on every trip into the crowded streets of Denver this year they’d say something along the lines of, “Tribulation… again… really?” And I’d respond, “Yeah, for realz, until the end of all things, deal with it.” Children of the Night manages to be old-school and modern at the same time, it manages to be classic rock and death metal at the same time, it manages to be melodic and dissonant, catchy and progressive, groovy and unpredictable. This is the album of the year by far and the metal album of the decade. Listening to The Children of the Night right now is making me tremble with excitement and I can think of no better way to spend the final moments of 2015.