I know, not hard rock/metal, but many know I have always loved this band.

Always an issue with these types of bands. A very cool album and I hope they can make time for this band around their main projects. “Adapt Or Die” has a ripping guitar solo, and “Blood Moon” should have been huge at modern rock radio. Cool songs, grooves, production and vocals. But this had enough unique stuff to make the exception.ĩ: Giraffe Tongue Orchestra- “Broken Lines”Ī supergroup of sorts that came late in 2016 featuring William Duvall of Alice In Chains, Brent Hinds of Mastodon and Ben Weinman of Dillinger Escape Plan. The only reason the album wasn’t higher is because it is all covers and I rarely do those, live albums, or EPs on my lists. The highlight here is the reunion of Paul Stanley and Ace (on the song and video for it) on the Free cover “Fire & Water” It’s the best Paul has sounded in a while vocally and Ace rips on it. Ace hit 10 years sober in 2016 and it shows in his playing and singing. And the special guests were killer as well. Cool to see him covering his own music as well as others. I really thought this was a cool idea for Ace who has done so well over the decades doing covers. Of course there was tons more music I liked, but the top 10 for me (and it was tough to keep it to 10!) for 2016 is: Feel free to post your own lists in comments on this site. All of the music in my top 10 and much more I liked from 2016 will be played in that show. Next weekend my final year end special for my FM syndicated show will be the annual year in review show. Hard to believe the year has blown by so fast. Well it’s that time of year again, time to look back and list my top 10 albums of 2016.

New volbeat album 2016