The Music 2015 Writers' Poll: Brendan Crabb

album of the year

1. Refused — Freedom
2. Faith No More — Sol Invictus
3. Clutch — Psychic Warfare
4. Psycroptic — Psycroptic
5. Soilwork — The Ride Majestic
6. Iron Maiden — The Book Of Souls
7. Danko Jones — Fire Music
8. Napalm Death — Apex Predator -  Easy Meat
9. Arcturus — Arcturian
10. Cattle Decapitation — The Anthropocene Extinction

song of the year

1. Soilwork — The Ride Majestic 
2. Faith No More — Matador
3. Iron Maiden — The Red and the Black
4. Deafheaven — Baby Blue
5. Halestorm — Mayhem

artist of the year

1. Faith No More
2. Iron Maiden
3. Psycroptic
4. Ghost
5. The Black Dahlia Murder

International artist Performance

1. Behemoth
2. Napalm Death
3. Faith No More
4. Ministry
5. Machine Head

Australian artist Performance

1. Psycroptic
2. High Tension
3. King Parrot
4. Lord
5. Frenzal Rhomb

top TV Show

1. Better Call Saul
2. Ray Donovan
3. Veep
4. Game Of Thrones
5. The Jinx

top Movie

1. Birdman
2. Sicario 
3. The Martian
4. Ex Machina
5. Spectre

top website 

1. Cricinfo
2. MetalSucks
3. Sydney Morning Herald
4. Metal Injection
5. The Music

2015 highlight of the year

Far too many great albums to possibly incorporate into a top ten list. 

prediction for 2016

Manly Sea Eagles to win the premiership.