album of the year
- Thrice - To Be Everywhere Is to Be Nowhere
- Haelos - Full Circle
- The Dillinger Escape Plan - Dissociation
- Every Time I Die - Low Teens
- The Black Queen - Fever Daydream
- Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
- Oathbreaker - Rheia
- Norma Jean - Polar Similar
- David Bowie - Blackstar
- Letlive - If I'm The Devil
song of the year
- Jenny Hval - Female Vampire
- Haelos - Separate Lives
- Every Time I Die - The Coin Has A Say
- Balance & Composure - Postcard
- Jimmy Eat World - Sure & Certain
artist of the year
- Myrkur
- The Dillinger Escape Plan
- Thrice
- Every Time I Die
- Behemoth
international artist performance
- The Cure
- Black Sabbath
- Deafheaven
- Rolo Tomasi
- Millencolin
australian artist performance
- Totally Unicorn
- The Jezabels
- High Tension
- Hellions
- Departe
live comedy act
- Sam Simmons
- Sammy J & Randy
- Arj Barker
top tv show
- Vikings
- Please Like Me
- Game Of Thrones
top movie
- The Revenant
- Room
- The Witch
top website
- Swellnet
- Blunt Mag
- Heavy Mag
2016 highlight of the year
Jess Pimentel in Orange Is The New Black and her band Alekhine's Gun.
prediction for 2017
Radiohead tour.





