The Music Writers' Poll 2014: Brendan Crabb

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

1. At The Gates - At War With Reality
2. Behemoth - The Satanist
3. Sanctuary - The Year the Sun Died
4. Killer Be Killed - Killer Be Killed
5. Mastodon - Once More ‘Round The Sun
6. Machine Head - Bloodstone & Diamonds
7. Ne Obliviscaris - Citadel
8. The Haunted - Exit Wounds
9. Goatwhore - Constricting Rage Of The Merciless
10. The Tea Party - The Ocean At The End

SONG OF THE YEAR

1. Machine Head - Ghosts Will Haunt My Bones
2. Shihad - Think You're So Free
3. Mastodon - The Motherload
4. Scar Symmetry - Limits To Infinity
5. Arch Enemy - As The Pages Burn

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

1. Behemoth
2. Devin Townsend
3. Shihad
4. The Tea Party
5. Arch Enemy

INTERNATIONAL ARTIST PERFORMANCE

1. Carcass
2. Living Colour
3. Alice In Chains
4. Kreator
5. Down

AUSTRALIAN ARTIST PERFORMANCE

1. Psycroptic
2. High Tension
3. I Exist
4. Lord
5. Segression

TOP TV SHOW

1. True Detective
2. Game Of Thrones
3. Veep
4. Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond
5. Ray Donovan

TOP MOVIE

1. Gone Girl
2. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
3. Her
4. Chef
5. The Rover

TOP WEBSITE

1. MetalSucks
2. Cricinfo
3. LeagueHQ
4. Loud Online
5. FilmInk

HIGHLIGHT OF 2014

Attending Wacken Open Air again after a five-year absence.

PREDICTION FOR 2015

The new Faith No More album to amaze and confuse in equal measures. And the Manly Sea Eagles to be 2015 premiers.