BravePicks 2015 - GRAVE's Out Of Respect For The Dead #6

All the votes are in and the compiling is done after days and countless hours of digging through all the piles of molten metal from 2015! So who will be #1? You’ll find out as we count down to the BravePick Of 2015 throughout December! And once again our devout scribes put their collective metal minds together to build the ultimate lists including individual Top 20s (new studio albums ONLY), Top 5 Brave Embarrassments, Top 3 Concerts, What/Who Needs To Stop In 2016? and Metal Predictions For 2016. All will be showcased come the New Year!

Tis the season to commence the good, bad and ugly of 2015! Let’s rock!

6) GRAVE – Out Of Respect For The Dead (Century Media)

Extreme metal legends Grave keep death-marching on with Out Of Respect For The Dead, a startling dose of brutality and emotion. An ambush of pure death metal, the Swedes take no prisoners with an inspired sound that shows the band not resting on their laurels and putting out top shelf material 11 albums into their career.

BraveWords’ David Perri shared praise with the album saying, “Out Of Respect For The Dead begins with the fire-on-fire of its first three songs (‘Flesh Before My Eyes”s intro solo is especially impactful), while its title track is among the most egregiously effective four minutes this band has infected the metal world with. And talk about a back-loaded record: ‘Redeemed Through Hate’ is yet another example of the Sunlight Studios sound in its summit moments, while each of ‘Deified’, ‘Trail Of Ungodly Trades’ and ‘Grotesque Glory’ don’t care that they’re in the close-off position on Out Of Respect For The Dead – they’re here to do the work and heavy lifting, no questions asked.”

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6) GRAVE – Out Of Respect For The Dead (Century Media)
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8) NILE – What Should Not Be Unearthed (Nuclear Blast)
9) CRYPTOPSY – The Book Of Suffering – Tome 1 (Defen Society 3000)
10) TRIBULATION – The Children Of The Night (Century Media)
11) ENFORCER – From Beyond (Nuclear Blast)
12) FEAR FACTORY – Genexus (Nuclear Blast)
13) CRADLE OF FILTH – Hammer Of The Witches (Nuclear Blast)
14) AMORPHIS – Under The Red Cloud (Nuclear Blast)
15) MELECHESH – Enki (Nuclear Blast)
16) NAPALM DEATH – Apex Predator – Easy Meat (Century Media)
17) GHOST – Meliora (Loma Vista Recordings)
18) MOTÖRHEAD – Bad Magic (UDR)
19) MARDUK – Frontschwein (Century Media)
20) LAMB OF GOD – VII: Sturm Und Drang (Epic)
21) SYMPHONY X – Underworld (Nuclear Blast)
22) HELLOWEEN – My God-Given Right (Nuclear Blast)
23) MICHAEL SCHENKER’S TEMPLE OF ROCK – Spirit On A Mission (Inakustik)
24) SAXON – Battering Ram (UDR)
25) KAMELOT – Haven (Napalm Records)
26) VENOM – From The Very Depths (Spinefarm)
27) CHILDREN OF BODOM – I Worship Chaos (Nuclear Blast)
28) KATAKLYSM – Of Ghosts And Gods (Nuclear Blast)
29) EUROPE – War Of Kings (UDR)
30) MY DYING BRIDE – Feel The Misery (Peaceville)