Top 25 Metal Albums of 2015 - Will

I don’t claim to be a professional album reviewer. I just like what I like. I’ve been a metal head for about 33 years now, so that is my claim of legitimacy to provide a year-end album list (and the guys asked me so I complied). My top five are pretty solid. The order of albums 6 through 25 could be rearranged with more time to delve into each album. Regardless, I love all these records. Yes, I am friends with or had personal interactions with some of the bands on this list. I know this clouds my objectivity. I heavily considered this conflict of interest, but not including some of these phenomenal albums for the same reason would be heavy metal heresy. With all these caveats, I present you with my top 25 albums of 2015. Enjoy, love, or hate. Cheers! - Will