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Best of 2019: A Year In Review

This year went by quick; lots of great albums, movies, games, etc came out. The staff at Kill The Music have posted their individual lists which is compiled here. Hopefully our lists encourage some of you to check out something that you might've overlooked!

Editor’s Note: If you decide to buy something on this list and do it through iTunes - a tiny percent goes back to us; thanks!

Jordan Mohler (Editor-in-Chief)

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Albums of the Year

15. Hesitation Wounds - Chicanery

14. Mark Morton - Anesthetic

13. The Devil Wears Prada - The Act

12. Secret Band - LP2

11. Motionless In White - Disguise

10. Periphery - Hail Stan

9. After The Burial - Evergreen

8. Korn - The Nothing

7. Tegan and Sara - Hey, I'm Just Like You

6. Killswitch Engage - Atonement

5. As I Lay Dying - Shaped by Fire

4. Despised Icon - Purgatory

3. Shadow of Intent - Melancholy

2. Bring Me The Horizon - amo

1. Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind

Singles of the Year

10. Paradise - Elohim

9. Members Only - Veil of Maya

8. Disembodied Phenomena - Hollow Prophet

7. All My Friends Are Dead - The Amity Affliction

6. Chemicals - Halestorm

5. Death Stranding - Chvrches

4. Let Me In - Code Orange

3. Black Brick - deafheaven

2. Ludens - Bring Me The Horizon

1. Violence (ft. i_o) - Grimes

Songs of the Year

10. Embracing Nocturnal Damnation - Shadow of Intent

9. Wave of Youth - The Devil Wears Prada

8. Snake In The Grass - Despised Icon

7. Graveyard - Halsey

6. Paragons of Virtue - Hesitation Wounds

5. Blood Eagle - Periphery

4. Cross Off (ft Chester Bennington) - Mark Morton

3. Solway Firth - Slipknot

2. The Signal Fire - Killswitch Engage

1. heavy metal (ft. Rahzel) - Bring Me The Horizon

Caeman Amelio (Contributor)

Top Albums of 2019:

15. Abigail Williams - "Walk Beyond The Dark"

14. Fever 333 - "Strength In Numb333rs"

13. Bring Me The Horizon - "Amo"

12. Awake At Last - "The Change"

11. Venom Prison - "Samsara"

10. The Agonist - "Orphans"

09. Killswitch Engage - "Atonement"

08. Papa Roach - "Who Do You Trust?"

07. Korn - "The Nothing"

06. Motionless In White - "Disguise"

05. Jinjer - "Macro"

04. New Years Day - "Unbreakable"

03. Volbeat - "Rewind, Replay, Rebound"

02. Tool - "Fear Inoculum"

01. Slipknot - "We Are Not Your Kind"

Top 10 Songs of the Year:

10. Beast In Black - "Sweet True Lies"

09. Ozzy Osbourne - "Under The Graveyard"

08. New Years Day - "Come For Me"

07. Bring Me The Horizon - "Ludens"

06. Mötley Crüe - "The Dirt (Est. 1981)" (feat. Machine Gun Kelly)

05. Killswitch Engage - "The Signal Fire"

04. Volbeat - "Pelvis On Fire"

03. Ghost - "Kiss The Go-Goat"

02. Tool - "7empest"

01. Slipknot - "Unsainted"

Top 10 Singles (non-album tracks):

10. Incubus - "Into The Summer"

09. Alexisonfire - "Familiar Drugs"

08. Blink-182 - "Not Another Christmas Song"

07. Sabaton - “Bismarck”

06. Diamante - "When I'm Not Around"

05. Marilyn Manson - "God's Gonna Cut You Down" (cover of traditional folk song)

04. Fever 333 - "Kingdom"

03. Evanescence - "The Chain" (Fleetwood Mac cover)

02. Bring Me The Horizon - "Ludens"

01. Ghost - "Kiss The Go-Goat"