Today, we highlight the albums Killyourstereo.com writers have enjoyed in 2014.
Today, we highlight the albums writers have enjoyed in 2014.
Later this week we officially unveil the 2014 Killyourstereo.com Album of the Year poll results (as voted by you).
In the meantime, view what our contributors have personally considered solid records this year.
The 2014 Killyourstereo.com Album of the Year poll closes today. You can vote here.
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Kane -
Top 10 Australian:
1. Closure In Moscow – Pink Lemonade
2. Ne Obliviscaris – Citadel
3. Bateman – SMUT
4. Caged Grave – Gutless
5. Thorns – From Tears To Glory
6. Deadweight – Demo
7. Colossvs – Unholy
8. Legions – Apparition Songs
9. The Matador - Destroyer
10. Shackles – Forced To Regress
Top 10 International:
1. Code Orange – I Am King
2. Conan – Blood Eagle
3. Cult Leader – Nothing For Us Here
4. Pallbearer – Foundations of Burden
5. Behemoth – The Satanist
6. Every Time I Die – From Parts Unknown
7. Full Of Hell – Full Of Hell & Merzbow
8. Puig Destroyer – Puig Destroyer
9. Whirr – Sway
10. Homewrecker – Circle of Death
Luke -
Australian:
1. Closure In Moscow - Pink Lemonade
2. Ceres - I Don't Want To Be Anywhere But Here
3. All The Colours - Self Titled
4. Sleepmakeswaves - Love Of Cartography
5. The Smith Street Band - Throw Me In The River
6. Kingswood - Microscopic Wars
7. Hands Like Houses - Re-Imagine
8. Captives - Butterflies, Diamonds & Lightning
9. Antiskeptic - Stare Down The Ocean
10. Sun Heights - The War
International:
1. Sohn - Tremors
2. Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways
3. Pianos Become The Teeth - Keep You
4. Crosses - Self Titled
5. Taking Back Sunday - Happiness Is....
6. Alt-J - This Is All Yours
7. The Gaslight Anthem - Get Hurt
8. La Dispute - Rooms Of The House
9. Circa Survive - Descensus
10. Young Statues - Flatlands Are Your Friend
Alex -
Australian:
1. Sierra – Reality Redefined
2. Vices – We’ll Make It Through This
3. Surrender – Waste & Wisdom
4. Have/Hold – Calm Your Blood
5. Surroundings – Of Bane, Burden & Change
6. Prepared Like A Bride – Overcomer
7. Trophy Eyes – Mend, Move On
8. The Sweet Apes – A Change in the Weather
9. Sleepmakeswaves – Love Of Cartography
10. Postblue – I Hope They’re Praying For Me
International:
1. Caesars Rome – Believers
2. La Dispute – Rooms of the House
3. Architects – Lost Forever/Lost Together
4. Animals As Leaders – The Joy Of Motion
5. Haze – Clouds Surround & Breathe
6. Against Me! – Transgender Dysphoria Blues
7. Hotel Books –I’m Almost Happy Here, But I Never Feel At Home
8. Maybeshewill – Fair Youth
9. Volumes – No Sleep
10. Pianos Become The Teeth – Keep You
Arielle -
Australian:
1. Graveyard Rockstars - Doomsday
2. Vanishing Point - Distant Is the Sun
3. Aversions Crown - Tyrant
4. Ne Obliviscaris - Citadel
5. Disentomb - Misery
6. Segression - Painted In Blood
7. Envenomed - Evil Unseen
8. Darker Half - Never Surrender
9. Recoil VOR – Othello
10. Hand Of Mercy - Resolve
International:
1. Motionless in White - Reincarnate
2. In This Moment - Black Widow
3. Deathstars - The Perfect Cult
4. Machine Head - Bloodstone & Diamonds
5. Steel Panther - All You Can Eat
6. Godsmack - 1000hp
7. Slipknot - .5: The Gray Chapter
8. Sixx A.M. - Modern Vintage
9. Arch Enemy - War Eternal
10. Darkest Hour - Darkest Hour
Rob -
Australian:
1. Ball Park Music - Puddinghead
2. The Smith Street Band - Throw Me In The River
3. New Empire - In A Breath
4. Closure In Moscow - Pink Lemonade
5. Pluto Jonze - Sucker
6. DZ Deathrays - Black Rat
7. Papa Vs Pretty - White Deer Park
8. The Gifthorse - Give My Body To This Town
9. John Butler Trio - Flesh and Blood
10. Mere Women - Your Town
International:
1. Aaron West & The Roaring Twenties - We Don’t Have Each Other
2. Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways
3. Coldplay - Ghost Stories
4. Jack White - Lazaretto
5. Fireworks - Oh, Common Life
6. La Dispute - Rooms of the House
7. Switchfoot - Fading West
8. Anberlin - Lowborn
9. Yellowcard - Lift A Sail
10. You Me At Six - Cavalier Youth
Peyton -
Australian:
1. The Amity Affliction - Let The Ocean Take Me
2. The Smith Street Band - Throw Me In The River
3. In Hearts Wake - Earthwalker
4. DZ Deathrays - Black Rat
5. Vices - We'll Make It Through This
6. Pinch Hitter - When Friends Die In Accidents
7. I Killed the Prom Queen - Beloved
8. Cambridge - Create. Destroy. Rebuild.
9. Hand of Mercy - Resolve
10. Luca Brasi - By A Thread
International:
1. Architects - Lost Forever // Lost Together
2. Tigers Jaw - Charmer
3. Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties - We Don't Have Each Other
4. Iceage - Plowing Into the Field of Love
5. Joyce Manor - Never Hungover Again
6. Modern Baseball - You're Gonna Miss It All
7. La Dispute - Rooms of the House
8. Frnkiero and the Cellabration - Stomachaches
9. Say Anything - Hebrews
10. Gerard Way - Hesitant Alien
Jonty -
Australian:
1. The Amity Affliction – Let The Ocean Take Me
2. In Hearts Wake – Earthwalker
3. Aversions Crown – Tyrant
4. Outright – Avalanche
5. I Killed The Prom Queen – Beloved
6. The Bennies – Heavy Disco
7. Confession – Life and Death
8. The Smith Street Band – Throw Me In The River
9. Hand of Mercy – Resolve
10. Ne Obliviscaris - Citadel
International:
1. Slipknot - .5 The Gray Chapter
2. Architects – Lost Forever, Lost Together
3. Beartooth - Disgusting
4. The Ghost Inside – Dear Youth
5. Killer Be Killed – Self Titled
6. Suicide Silence – You Can’t Stop Me
7. Modern Baseball – You’re Gonna Miss It All
8. Everytime I Die – From Parts Unknown
9. Rise Against – The Black Market
10. Nero Di Marte - Derivae
Aaron -
(Combined)
1. Eyehategod - Eyehategod
2. Pallbearer - Foundations of Burden
3. Mindsnare - The Death (Reissue)
4. Twitching Tongues - World War Live
5. Shackles - Forced to Regress
6. Iron Reagan - Tyranny of Will
7. Luca Brasi - By A Thread
8. Behemoth - The Satanist
9. Electric Wizard - Time to Die
10. Mastodon - Once More Round The Sun