Top 30 Albums of 2018
By Coren E. McLeod
Well, I am back and I have to say 2018 did kick some major ass when it came down to releasing music this year. I got a mixture of some good, some great and some just beyond words phenomenal.
For my list this year, I am again doing the local acts, unsigned and the big names. I have been doing this whole music thing for 3 years now and I have developed a wide range of different genres I will listen to.
This year I am giving you my Top 30 and listing off what I feel are the best songs from the albums. I want you to come up with your own conclusion on why I put this in the order I did. Plus, why I chose certain songs. Oh!!!! I may have a few surprises in here which may shock a few of you!!! So, pay close attention!
So, let’s get this started and #Cheers:
30} Marwood’s Fall “Enemy in Me”
Songs: “Enemy in Me”
29} Arianna Grande “Sweetener” (Surprised???)
Songs: “God is a Woman”
“Sweetener”
28) Breaking Benjamin “Ember”
Songs: “Red Cold River”
“Save Yourself”
Breaking Benjamin and Wilson at Disney’s House of Blues Review
Breaking Benjamin – Dark Before Dawn (2015) Review
27) Alkaline Trio “Is This Thing Cursed?”
Songs: “Blackbird”
“Goodbye Friend”
26) Rachels Bully “Along for the Ride”
Songs: “Devil in Disguise”
“Southern Moon”
25} Avatar “Avatar Country”
Songs: “The King Wants You”
“Glory To Our King”
Concert Review – A Night with Vinnie Paul with Kyng, Avatar and Hellyeah!
24} Greta Van Fleet “Anthem of The Peaceful Army”
Songs: “When the Curtain Calls”
“Mountain of the Sun”
Concert Reveiw– Greta Van Fleet Live in Detroit
Welcome to Rockville Becomes a Three-Day Festival (Third in the Series)
23) Eminem “Kamikaze”
Songs: “Lucky You” Featuring Joyner Lucas
“Kamikaze”
12 Reasons Lollapalooza 2014 was Unforgettable
22) Echoes From Ashes Self Titled
Songs: “Full Disclosure”
“Victim”
21} Pop Evil Self Titled
“Crime to Remember”
“Nothing But Thieves”
Pop Evil at the Apollo Theatre in Belvidere
Judas Priest, Whitesnake, Pop Evil – The Metal Gods Never Left
Molson Ampitheatre at Toronto, Canada on July 9, 2009
Poison, Cheap Trick and Pop Evil Together At Last
Jury of Fears Opens for Pop Evil and Ded
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20) Messer Self Titled
Songs: “Fight of My Life”
“Save Yourself”
19) Burdens Within Self Titled
Songs: “Dead-end Town”
“The Great Deceiver”
Burdens Within: A View of Metal From A Little Town in Indiana
18} Ministry “AmeriKKKant”
Songs: “Wargasm”
“Game Over”
Ministry’s Al Jourgensen Celebrates 60th Birthday on October 9th and Announces North American Tour
Fix: The Ministry Movie (2011)
MINISTRY TO RELEASE 13TH STUDIO ALBUM, “FROM BEER TO ETERNITY,” ON 9/6/13
Al Jourgensen Biography, Ministry Live DVD
Chicago Open Air Festival Featuring the Heavy Metal and Alternative Artists at Best
17) Saint Tragedy “Prolonging the Agony”
Songs: “No More Religion”
“Ties That Bind”
16) Krashkarma “Morph”
Songs: “Wake Them Up”
“Bury Me Alive”
15} The First Rule “Not as Cool as I Thought I Was”
Songs: “Better Days”
“Nerd Rage”
14) Slaughter Party “Psychos in Love”
Songs: “Dumpster Kisses”
“Everyone is Dead”
13) Conway “Last Chance to Dance”
Songs: “Hell Bent”
“One in the Barrel”
12) In The Red “The New World
Songs: “The New World”
“Enemy”
11) Halestorm “Vicious”
Songs: “Do Not Disturb”
“Painkiller”
Halestorm, House of Blues Chicago
What a Night: New Years Day, In This Moment and Halestorm
10) Slaughter Party “The After Party” (Two Albums in One Year!)
Songs: “Son of Sam”
“Stitching a Friend”
9) Disturbed “Evolution”
Songs: “Are You Ready?”
“Stronger on your Own”
Disturbed Immortalized at House of Blues Chicago
Rock on the Range headlined by Chicago’s very own Disturbed
8) Thrice “Palm”
Songs: “The Grey”
“Everything Belongs”
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7) Welcome to Jonestown “Go Punk Yourself!”
Songs: “Lazy”
“We Can’t Lose”
6) Smashing Pumpkins “Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1”
Songs: “Solara”
“Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts)”
William Patrick Corgan – Ogilala Tour
5) Sunflower Dead “Coma”
Songs: “Victim”
“Let Me In”
4} City of The Weak “Pulling Teeth”
Songs: “Censor This”
“Not This Time”
Bonus: “Pulling Teeth”
City of Weak:: Debut Video for “Not This Time”
City of the Weak: Stef’s Speaks Her Mind
3} Meka Nism “The War Inside” (3rd Year in a Row on my Top Albums List)
Songs: “The War Inside”
“Trailblazer”
Meka Nism Releases “The War Inside
Interview with Jeremy Mansfield of Meka Nism: New Endorsement with DDrums
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2) Red Sun Rising “Thread”
Songs: All…..
Especially “DeathWish”
“Stealing Life”
“El Lazo”
“Fascination”
“Lonely Girl”
And the #1 spot goes to a band I have major respect for and have been a fan since 2002. This album keeps me company on my long drives to venues, has me singing along, swinging my head and just has a great overall feel to it. It is complicated, truthful and something I can listen to beginning to end without stopping….
1} Tantric “Mercury Retrograde”
Songs: “Letting Go”
“Angry”
“Lie Awake”
“Tether”
“My Forever”
“Before you Crawl…”
Well, all of them!!!!
Congrats to Tantric!!!!
Tantric: Interview with Hugo Ferreira
Until next year my people, keep it safe and #Cheers!!!
