BEST OF 2015 – THE BEST RELEASES OF THE YEAR

Here’s the result of our BEST OF 2015 readers poll (thanks again to all those of you who sent in their lists)

01. CRUCIAMENTUM – Charnel Passages
02. SULPHUR AEON – Gateway To The Antisphere
03. MGLA – Exercises In Futility
04. AUTOPSY – Skull Grinder
05. PRAISE THE FLAME – Manifest Rebellion
06. GRAVE – Out Of Respect For The Dead
07. MALEVOLENT CREATION – Dead Man’s Path
08. GRUESOME – Savage Land
09. HORRENDOUS – Anareta
10. UNDER THE CHURCH – Rabid Armageddon

…and in case you’re curious to find out what the VOICES FROM THE DARKSIDE staff enjoyed the most this year, here’s some of our favorites in alphabetical order…

Alfonso Perez
ALGEBRA – Feed The Ego
CRUCIAMENTUM – Charnel Passages
EXTREME COLD WINTER – Paradise Ends Here
GRAVE – Out Of Respect For The Dead
KARYN CRISIS’ GOSPEL OF THE WITCHES – Salem’s Wounds
PARADISE LOST – The Plague Within
PRAISE THE FLAME – Manifest Rebellion
SCAB – Sounds From The Sewer
SULPHUR AEON – Gateway To The Antisphere
TOTTEN KORPS – Supreme Commanders Of Darkness

Anders Peter Jørgensen
AUTOPSY – Skull Grinder
BODYBAG – Predominance Of Insanity
CRUCIAMENTUM – Charnel Passages
ENSLAVED – In Times
EXTREME COLD WINTER – Paradise Ends Here
MALEVOLENT CREATION – Dead Man’s Path
MOTÖRHEAD – Bad Magic
PENTAGRAM – Curious Volume
UNDERGANG – Døden Læger Alle Sår
VASTUM – Hole Below

Bart Gabriel
ENFORCER – From Beyond
IRON MAIDEN – The Book Of Souls
IRONSWORD – None But The Brave
MGLA – Exercises In Futility
NIGHT DEMON – Curse Of The Damned
RAM – Svbversvm
RAVEN – Extermination
SATAN – Atom By Atom
SATAN’S HOST – Pre-dating God Part 1 & 2
W.A.S.P. – Golgotha

Carsten Lomme
BODYBAG – Predominance Of Insanity
GALVANIZER – Horrid Tales Of Death
IMPLORE – Depopulation
KRIEGSZITTERN – Kriegszittern
LIK – Mass Funeral Evocation
MARDUK – Frontschwein
UNDERGANG – Døden Læger Alle Sår
VASTUM – Hole Below
VOMIT BREATH – Confessions Of A Necrophiliac Priest
YEAR OF THE GOAT – The Unspeakable

Frank Stöver
ADVERSARIAL – Death, Endless Nothing And The Black Knife Of Nihilism
AUTOPSY – After The Cutting
CRUCIAMENTUM – Charnel Passages
DEATH’S FORSAKEN – I Evoke The Cryptic Darkness
DEGIAL – Savage Mutiny
ECTOVOID – Dark Abstraction
NAR MATTARU – Ancient Atomic Warfare
PRAISE THE FLAME – Manifest Rebellion
SADISTIK EXEKUTION – 30 Years Of Agonizing The Dead
SULPHUR AEON – Gateway To The Antisphere

Hacker
ABYTHIC – A Full Negation Of Existence
ATOMIC AGGRESSOR – Sights Of Suffering
CRUCIAMENTUM – Charnel Passages
CRYPTIC BROOD – Wormhead
KOROIDIA – Wrath Abomination
NAR MATTARU – Ancient Atomic Warfare
PRAISE THE FLAME – Manifest Rebellion
QRIXKUOR – Rehearsal 09/15
SATAN – Atom By Atom
TRIMEGISTO – Lustful Filth Bearer

Kunal Choksi
DESECRESY – Stoic Death
DOOMED – Wrath Monolith
GLOOM – Doggod
GRAVITATIONAL DISTORTION – The Void Between Worlds
GRUNT – Codex Bizarre
MINDFUL OF PRIPYAT – And Deeper I Drown, In Doom
NECROPSY – Buried In The Woods
PUTREVORE – Tentacles Of Horror
RAVENTALE – Dark Substance Of Dharma
SEWERCIDE – Severing The Mortal Cord

Marco Stebich
AUTOPSY – Skull Grinder
BEASTIALITY – Live In Stockholm
HOODED MENACE – Darkness Drips Forth
INSANE – Spiritual Possession
MACABRE OMEN – Gods Of War – At War
MOTÖRHEAD – Bad Magic
RAM – Svbversvm
SLAEGT – Beautiful And Damned
TRIAL – Vessel
VORUM – Current Mouth

Mauricio Sanchez
ANGUISH – Mountain
BARONESS – Purple
BLACK BREATH – Slaves Beyond Death
CRUCIAMENTUM – Charnel Passages
DEAFHEAVEN – New Bermuda
ENFORCER – From Beyond
GRAVEYARD – Innocence & Decadence
HORRENDOUS – Anareta
PARADISE LOST – The Plague Within
TRIBULATION – The Children Of The Night

Michael Kujawska
AMORPHIS – Under The Red Cloud
DISCREATION – Procreation Of The Wretched
ERED – Night Of Eternal Doom
GRUESOME – Savage Land
ISTAPP – Frostbiten
ORDER TO RUIN – The Book Of Nemesis
PARADISE LOST – The Plague Within
PYOGENESIS – A Century In The Curse Of Time
SKELETAL REMAINS – Condemned To Misery
SULPHUR AEON – Gateway To The Antisphere

Michael Oelschlegel
CRUCIAMENTUM – Charnel Passages
DANGEROUS – Metal Heritage
GRAVE – Out Of Respect For The Dead
GRUESOME – Savage Land
LIK – Mass Funeral Evocation
MARDUK – Frontschwein
NAR MATTARU – Ancient Atomic Warfare
SLAYER – Repentless
SULPHUR AEON – Gateway To The Antisphere
UNDER THE CHURCH – Rabid Armageddon

Michael Tak
ADVERSARIAL – Death, Endless Nothing And The Black Knife Of Nihilism
CHAPEL OF DISEASE – The Mysterious Ways Of Repetitive Art
CRUCIAMENTUM – Charnel Passages
INFERNAL WAR – Axiom
KATECHON – Coronation
MGLA – Exercises In Futility
NEX CARNIS – Obscure Visions Of Dark
PRAISE THE FLAME – Manifest Rebellion
SULPHUR AEON – Gateway To The Antisphere
TEMPLE OF BAAL – Mysterium

Mindaugas “Plix” Lapinskas
AUTOPSY – After The Cutting
GOUGE – Beyond Death
HELLBASTARD – Feral
MALEVOLENT CREATION – Dead Man’s Path
PENTAGRAM – Curious Volume
PRAISE THE FLAME – Manifest Rebellion
SLAYER – Repentless
THE ATOMIC BITCHWAX – Gravitron
UNLEASHED – Dawn Of The Nine
VENOM – From The Very Depths

Mirco Szymyslik
ANASARCA – Survival Mode Demo 2015
CHAPEL OF DISEASE – The Mysterious Ways Of Repetitive Art
DEATHRITE – Revelation Of Chaos
ENDSEEKER – Corrosive Revelation
INCULTER – Persisting Devolution
LIK – Mass Funeral Evocation
MORTAL SCEPTER – As Time Sharpens The Sentence
SULPHUR AEON – Gateway To The Antisphere
TRIUMVIR FOUL – Triumvir Foul
UNREST – Grindcore

Rafael Bracero
DANTESCO – Venancio
DEAFHEAVEN – Bermuda
GHOST – Meliora
OBSEQUIE – Aria Of Vernal Tombs
PANOPTICON – Autumn Eternal
QUEENSRYCHE – Condition Human
SWALLOW THE SUN – Songs Fron The North I II III
THULCANDRA – Ascension Lost
TRIBULATION – The Children Of The Night
ZAFAKON – Release

Ralf Hauber
BLACK OATH – To Below And Beyond
DEAD LORD – Heads Held High
FERAL – Where Dead Dreams Dwell
GOUGE – Beyond Death
HORRENDOUS – Anareta
LIK – Mass. Funeral. Evocation
TRIBULATION – The Childeren Of The Night
UNDER THE CHURCH – Rabid Armageddon
UNDERGANG – Døden Læger Alle Sår
WOMBBATH – Downfall Rising

Richard Osmond
ADVERSARIAL – Death, Endless Nothing And The Black Knife Of Nihilism
ARCHGOAT – The Apocalyptic Triumphator
CUT UP – Forensic Nightmares
DECADES / FAILURES – G00DBY3
FIN – The Furrows Of Tradition
MACABRE OMEN – Gods Of War – At War
MGLA – Exercises In Futility
PISSGRAVE – Suicide Euphoria
SLAYER – Repentless
WARFIRE – Heralds Of Eternal Order

Rodrigo Jiménez
BEWITCHED – In Via Increatea Lux
CONSUMED – Dehumanize To Demonize
DISRUPTED – Morbid Death
GORGOROTH – Instinctus Bestialis
HADES ALMIGHTY – Pyre Era Black
PENTAGRAM CHILE / UNAUSSPRECHLICHEN KULTEN – Split EP
PRAISE THE FLAME – Manifest Rebellion
SIGH – Graveward
TOTTEN KORPS – Supreme Comanders Of Darkness
UNDER THE CHURCH – Rabid Armageddon

Sergei Pismeny
TRIBULATION – Children Of The Night
MALOKARPATAN – Strid¸ie Dni
ENFORCER – From Beyond
TANGORODRIM – Defunct Pluto Mythology
GOAT SEMEN OFFICIAL – Ego Sum Sathanas
IRON MAIDEN – The Book Of Souls
BLACK HAMMER – Witnessless Triumph
HELLSODOMY – Sodomy Is Nigh
ARCHGOAT – The Apocalyptic Triumphator
EVIL ARMY – Violence And War

Spitzl
AMESTIGON – Thier
ANTLERS – Into The Abyss
CRUCIAMENTUM – Charnal Passages
DEPHOSPHORUS / HAAPOJA – Collaboration
GRAVEYARD – The Coffin Years
HUMAN BODIES / LEATHER CHALICE – Split 2015
MALTHUSIAN – Below The Henigform
SVÄRTA – Sepultus
UNGFELL – Demolition
VALDUR – Pathetic Scum

Steven Willems
AMORPHIS – Under The Red Cloud
AVATARIUM – The Girl With The Raven Mask
KILLING JOKE – Pylon
LANA DEL REY – Honeymoon
MACABRE OMEN – Gods Of War – At War
MGLA – Exercises In Futility
MY DYING BRIDE – Feel The Misery
MYRKUR – M
SULPHUR AEON – Gateway To The Antisphere
TRIBULATION – The Children Of The Night

Thomas Meyer
ARMAMENT – First Strike
IRON MAIDEN – Books Of Souls
KRIEGSZITTERN – Kriegszittern
MGLA – Exercises In Futility
NAPALM DEATH – Apex Predator / Easy Meat
NEGATIVE VORTEX – Tomb Absolute
NOTORIUS – Rage And Fail
REVEL IN FLESH / ZOMBIEFICATION – Eyeless Ghoulish Horror
SULPHUR AEON – Gateway To The Antisphere
TAPHOS NOMOS – West Of Everything Lies Death