BravePicks 2015

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!

23) HELLOWEEN – My God-Given Right (Nuclear Blast)

The Pumpkinheads were back again with another power metal opus and their 17th full-length with My God-Given Right. 32 years into their career and the Germans are still delivering metal with the youthful vigor that fans have adored for decades.

“We did try to reflect thirty years of Helloween on the album, yes,” frontman Andi Deris told BraveWords earlier this year. “If you think you hear something like the Keeper albums or The Dark Ride or Walls Of Jericho (1985) on this album, that’s not an accident. We’re also playing to three generations of fans now, so I think we have a kind of responsibility to touch on Helloween’s history at this point. The music sounds up-to-date for 2015, but there’s definitely that ’80s feeling or vibe that we blame our producer Charlie Bauerfeind for (laughs). He did an amazing job.”

“The title should be as polarizing as possible (laughs). We always try to find something that will grab people’s and make them scratch their heads a little. I think it’s actually kind of uncool to have something that’s so predictable as a title for a metal album. I mean, this is Helloween; even the band name is a bit ridiculous but it’s a celebration, sweet or sour. And that’s the shit about it, which is having fun. I really enjoy making people stop and wonder what we’re up to, and ponder what they’re in for when they put on a Helloween album.”

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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)