The Music 2016 Writers' Poll: Jonty Czuchwicki

album of the year

1. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity
2. Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - Sworn Virgins
3. Gojira - Magma
4. Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - Nom De Guerre Cabal
5. Meshuggah - The Violent Sleep Of Reason
6. Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - El Bien Y Mal Nos Une
7. Gone Is Gone - Gone Is Gone
8. Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - Zapopan
9. Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - Cell Phone Bikini
10. Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - Aranas En La Sombra

song of the year

1. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Robot Stop
2. Meshuggah - Nostrum
3. Deftones - Gore
4. Gojira - The Cell
5. Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - Perdido

artist of the year

1. Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
2. Deftones
3. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
4. Meshuggah
5. Gone Is Gone

international artist performance

1. Deftones
2. Black Sabbath
3. Sunn O)))
4. Magma
5. Thundercat

australian artist performance

1. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
2. Karnivool
3. Flyying Colours
4. High Tension
5. Space Bong

top tv show

1. Luke Cage
2. Black Mirror
3. Game Of Thrones

top movie

1. Captain America: Civil War
2. Deadpool
3. Doctor Strange

top website

1. Bandcamp
2. Haulix
3. Nonagon Infinity

2016 highlight of the year

Let's toss a coin between tripping acid on tour in Indonesia or throwing down some magic mushrooms before seeing the Deftones with the boys.

prediction for 2017

Veganism becomes cool and everyone starts doing it. Recreational pot is legalised at a federal level in the States and about ten more countries switch to 100% renewable energy.