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The Music 2019 Writers' Poll: Rod Whitfield

Here's what The Music's writers rated in 2019…

Album Of The Year

  1. Devin Townsend - Empath
  2. Thornhill - The Dark Pool
  3. Periphery - Periphery IV: Hail Stan
  4. Diamond Construct - Diamond Construct
  5. Voyager - Colours In The Sun
  6. Gravemind - Conduit
  7. Uneven Structure - Paragon
  8. Shadow Of Intent - Melancholy
  9. Klone - Le Grand Voyage
  10. I Built The Sky - The Zenith Rise



Song Of The Year

  1. Voyager - Entropy
  2. Thornhill - Nurture
  3. Gravemind - Volgin
  4. Devin Townsend - Singularity
  5. Periphery - Garden In The Bones



Artist Of The Year

  1. Devin Townsend
  2. Voyager
  3. Thornhill
  4. Gravemind
  5. Periphery


International Artist Live Performance Of The Year

  1. Devin Townsend
  2. Fleshgod Apocalypse
  3. Tycho
  4. Russian Circles
  5. Soilwork


Australian Artist Live Performance Of The Year

  1. Cog
  2. Karnivool
  3. The Butterfly Effect
  4. Dead Letter Circus
  5. Caligula's Horse


TV Show Of The Year

  1. Mindhunter
  2. Stranger Things
  3. The Handmaid's Tale


Movie Of The Year

  1. John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
  2. The Game Changers
  3. Joker



Highlight Of The Decade

Hawthorn three-peat. Finishing my debut novel and screenplay.

Prediction For Next Decade

Hopefully a massive turnaround from the political, social and environmental farce the world has experienced this decade.