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The Music 2016 Writers' Poll: Mark Hebblewhite

Mark Hebblewhite

album of the year

  1. Ignite - A War Against You
  2. Nails - You Will Never Be One Of Us
  3. Abbath - Abbath
  4. High Spirits - Motivator
  5. Asphyx - Incoming Death
  6. NOFX - First Ditch Effort
  7. Destroyer 666 - Wildfire
  8. Descendents - Hypercaffium Spazzinate
  9. Darkthrone - Arctic Thunder
  10. Megadeth - Dystopia

artist of the year

  1. Black Sabbath
  2. Nails
  3. Descendents
  4. NOFX
  5. Ignite

international artist performance

  1. Iron Maiden
  2. Conan
  3. Raised Fist
  4. James
  5. Destroyer 666

australian artist performance

  1. Toe To Toe
  2. Mindsnare
  3. Relentless

top tv show

  1. Vikings
  2. Game Of Thrones
  3. Penny Dreadful

top movie

  1. Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them
  2. Zootopia

top website

  1. Mediaite
  2. Politico
  3. The New York Times

2016 highlight of the year

Getting the chance to sit down and talk with the mighty Tony Iommi - somewhere, teenage me is still doing cartwheels.

prediction for 2017

Not being able to go a single day without hearing the word "Trump".