Writer's Poll - Sarah Petchell

27 December 2012 | 4:11 pm | Sarah Petchell

Sarah Petchell had a Converge, Deftones kinda year.

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

1. All We Love We Leave Behind CONVERGE
2. Koi No Yokan DEFTONES
3. Free To Rot, Free Of Sin THE BRODERICK
4. Young Man, Old Man HOODLUM SHOUTS
5. Skelethon AESOP ROCK
6. Grey Matter/White Matter SXWZD
7. Book Burner PIG DESTROYER
8. Sol Obscura IN TRENCHES
9. Get What You Give THE GHOST INSIDE
10. White Walls WHITE WALLS

MISCELLANEOUS ALBUM OF THE YEAR

1. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Soundtrack TRENT REZNOR AND ATTICUS ROSS
2. Celebration Day LED ZEPPELIN
3. Turn On The Bright Lights 10th Anniversary Reissue INTERPOL

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SONG OF THE YEAR

1. All We Love We Leave Behind CONVERGE
2. Underwater Bimbos From Outer Space EVERY TIME I DIE
3. Engine 45 THE GHOST INSIDE
4. Flowermouth (The Leech) CODE ORANGE KIDS
5. We Take Care Of Our Own BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

1. Converge
2. Hoodlum Shouts
3. The Smith Street Band
4. Refused
5. letlive

BEST WEBSITE

1. noheroesmag.com
2. twitter.com
3. boston.redsox.mlb.com
4. maximumrocknroll.com
5. questionablecontent.net

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST PERFORMANCE

1. Radiohead
2. Refused
3. letlive
4. At The Gates
5. Soundgarden

BEST AUSTRALIAN ARTIST PERFORMANCE

1. Hoodlum Shouts
2. Break Even
3. The Smith Street Band
4. Coerce
5. Totally Unicorn

BEST TV SHOW

1. The Newsroom
2. Sons Of Anarchy
3. Treme
4. Man Vs Food
5. True Blood

BEST MOVIE

1. Skyfall
3. Looper
4. Brave
5. The Avengers

2012 HIGHLIGHT

Seeing two bands I never, ever thought I would see in my lifetime live – Refused and Soundgarden.

2013 PREDICTION

Continuation of the trend of bands breaking up and getting back together six months later.