Best of 2005

1) Every Time I Die - Gutter Phenomenon
2) A Wilhelm Scream - Ruiner
3) Emanuel - Soundtrack to a Headrush
4) Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabies to Paralyze
5) I Am The Avalanche - I Am The Avalanche
6) Hell Is For Heroes - Transmit Disrupt
7) Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
8) Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
9) Thrice - Vheissu
10) The Bravery - The Bravery
11) Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
12) Fall Out Boy - From Under The Cork Tree
13) Norma Jean - O' God, The Aftermath
14) The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute
15) Clutch - Robot Hive / Exodus

The order has changed about 20 times since I first started thinking about this list. The top 2 are absolutes, while the rest can be shuffled in any given order depending on my mood. This list is actually only a small segment of the albums I've purchased this year. There's been a lot of good, along with a few disappointments, but these are the 15 that really stood out to me. Basically, these are 15 outstanding albums.

What does 2006 hold? New Head Automatica, Death From Above 1979, Dillinger Escape Plan, Alexisonfire, Arcade Fire, Lostprophets, Murder By Death, Sparta, and who knows what else.