The Music 2019 Writers' Poll: Alasdair Belling

Album Of The Year

1. Tool - Fear Inoculum
2. The National - I Am Easy To Find
3. Sleep Token - Sundowning
4. Girlpool - What Chaos Is Imaginary
5. Opeth - In Cauda Venenum
6. Half Moon run - Blemish In The Great Light
7. Northlane - Alien
8. Amon Amarth - Berserker
9. Cousin Tony's Brand New Firebird - New Romancer
10. Dream Theatre - Distance Over Time

Song Of The Year

1. Sleep Token - The Offering
2. DIIV - Skin Game
3. Tool - Fear Inoculum
4. Northlane - Bloodline

Artist Of The Year

1. Adam Jones
2. Josh Homme
3. Steven Wilson
4. The Middle East
5. Ainslie Wills

International Artist Live Performance Of The Year

1. Girlpool
2. Behemoth
3. Anberlin
4. Underoath
5. Slaves

Australian Artist Live Performance Of The Year

1. Kate Miller-Heidke
2. Ainslie Wills
3. You Am I
4. High Tension
5. Didirri

TV Show Of The Year

1. Killing Eve
2. The Handmaid's Tale
3. Jane The Virgin

Movie Of The Year

1. Aladdin
2. Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood
3. Breaking Bad: El Camino

Highlight Of The Decade

Huge thing to make a call on, but I would have to say the trend of bands asking people to put their phones away at gigs has made a huge difference to how I enjoy live music.

Prediction For Next Decade

I think that the metal-pop crossover, both fashion, and genre-wise, is going to peak in the next five or so years.