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The Music 2016 Writers' Poll: Brendan Crabb

Brendan Crabb

album of the year

  1. Meshuggah - The Violent Sleep Of Reason
  2. Gojira - Magma
  3. Nails - You Will Never Be One Of Us
  4. Opeth - Sorceress
  5. Candiria - While They Were Sleeping
  6. Devin Townsend Project - Transcendence
  7. Grand Magus - Sword Songs
  8. Be'lakor - Vessels
  9. Twelve Foot Ninja - Outlier
  10. Megadeth - Dystopia

song of the year

  1. Gojira - Magma
  2. Deftones - Doomed User
  3. Meshuggah - Monstrocity
  4. Anthrax - Evil Twin
  5. Grand Magus - Varangian

artist of the year

  1. Lady Gaga
  2. Vera Blue
  3. Montaigne
  4. Banks
  5. Leon Bridges

international artist performance

  1. Iron Maiden
  2. Queensryche
  3. Deftones
  4. Black Sabbath
  5. Soilwork

australian artist performance

  1. Twelve Foot Ninja
  2. We Lost The Sea
  3. sleepmakeswaves
  4. Orpheus Omega
  5. LORD

top tv show

  1. Game Of Thrones
  2. Better Call Saul
  3. Stranger Things

top movie

  1. The Revenant
  2. Arrival
  3. Everybody Wants Some!!

top website

  1. MetalSucks
  2. ESPN Cricinfo
  3. Loud Online

2016 highlight of the year

Attending Graspop Metal Meeting in June. Amazing festival.

prediction for 2017

Manly Sea Eagles to win the 2017 premiership.