Below are my favorite albums of the year; hopefully my list encourages some of you to check out something that you might've overlooked, and you enjoy it. If you'd like, you can follow me on twitter here. If you decide to buy something on this list and do it through iTunes - a tiny percent goes back to me; thanks!

35. Stray From The Path - Subliminal Criminals
34. Thy Art Is Murder - Holy War
33. Periphery - Juggernaut: Alpha
32. Periphery - Juggernaut: Omega
31. Pocket Size Universe - Still Life
30. The Dear Hunter - Act IV: Rebirth In Reprise
29. Terror - The 25th Hour
28. The Ongoing Concept - Handmade
27. Parkway Drive - Ire
26. Refused - Freedom
25. Shlohmo - Dark Red
24. Bobby Raps & Corbin - Couch Potato
23. Fall Out Boy - American Beauty/American Psycho
22. Knife Party - Trigger Warning
21. Ghost - Meliora
20. Haste The Day - Coward
19. Good Tiger - A Head Full of Moonlight
18. In Her Own Words - Bad Weather
17. Muse - Drones
16. Between The Buried And Me - Coma Ecliptic
15. The World is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die - Harmlessness
14. Northlane - Node
13. Veil of Maya - Matriarch
12. Haunted Shores - Viscera
11. August Burns Red - Found In Far Away Places
10. Deafheaven - New Bermuda
9. Foxing - Dealer
8. The Saddest Landscape - Darkness Forgives
7. Turnover - Peripheral Vision
6. The Weeknd - Beauty Behind The Madness
5. Enya - Dark Sky Island
4. alone. - Somewhere In The Sierras
3. Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late
2. Bring Me The Horizon - That's The Spirit
1. Lamb of God - VII: Sturm Und Drang

Honorable Mentions:

Cloudkicker - Woum
Mestis - Polysemy
Floral - The Second Floral EP
Neck Deep - Life's Not Out to Get You
The Devil Wears Prada - Space EP
Chrvches - Every Open Eye
Turnstile - Nonstop Feeling
Dragonforce - Maximum Overload
Strawberry Girls - American Graffiti
Four Year Strong - Four Year Strong
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly
Caspian - Dusk and Disquiet
Enter Shikari - The Mindsweep
Cane Hill - Cane Hill EP
Faith No More - Sol Invictus
Intronaut - The Direction of Last Things

Best Video Games:

1. Fallout 4
2. Star Wars: Battlefront

Best Singles

1. Letting Go - Restless Hands
2. Hotline Bling - Drake
3. The Hills - The Weeknd
4. Echoes In Rain - Enya
5. Vice Grip - Parkway Drive

Best Interview:

Chris Hansen (To Catch A Predator)

Biggest News Story:

They're Only Chasing The Great Line (Underoath's Reunion)

Best Live Bands:

Glassjaw/Thrice/Lamb of God

Best Live Experience:

Wrecking Ball Festival