The 2nd annual rando awards!
Best Song of the Year
Best Video of the Year
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu - 原宿いやほい (HARAJUKU IYAHOI)
Nothing even comes close to this one. This is far and away the winner. The video is more disturbing than any metal video you will see all year. Try to get that song out of your head. TRY!
Best Album Art
Archspire - Relentless Mutation
Tech Death mixed with Neoclassical. The art is basically how you'll feel while listening to this album.
Runner Up: Septicflesh - Codex Omega
Best Album Art with Human Body Parts
Pharmakon - Contact
That is just...really uncomfortable right there.
Runners-up:
- Celeste - Infideles
- Igorrr - Savage Sinusoid
Best Novelty Act
Galatic Empire - S/T
Star War metal covers. Troopseses.
Runner Up: Cannabis Corpse - Left Hand Pass
Best 14-16 String Guitarist
Felix Martin - Mechanical Nations
Dude glues two guitars together and be all like tappa tappa tappa.
Best Song Title
Best Album Title
Anything by Anal Trump
Choice cuts include:
- My Daughter is a Piece of Ass
- Harriet Tubman is, Like, A 3
- If I Don't Respect Women, Then How Come I Own A Beauty Pageant?
Best Album That is One Song
Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper
83 minutes of DOOOOOOOOOOOM. The album is a tribute to the memory of drummer/singer Adrian Guerra, who passed away during the writing process at the young age of 35. RIP.
Best Album with Animal Sounds
Alestorm - No Grave but the Sea for Dogs
Bonus disc which is the entire album with all the vocals replaced with dog barks. I played this album in its entirety for my dogs. They were not amused.
Best Album with Roman Numerals
Xanthochroid - Of Erthe and Axen: Act I
Xanthochroid - Of Erthe and Axen: Act II
Progressive metal album released in two acts.
Runners Up:
- Brendon Small - Galaktikon II: Becoming the Storm
- Lantern - II: Morphosis
- Amenra - Mass VI
- Bufihimat - I
Best Black Sabbath on Black Sabbath By Black Sabbath
Satan's Hallow on Satan's Hallow by Satan's Hallow
Runner(s) up:
- Here Lies Man
- Phobiatic
- Funeral Chant
- Reflections in Cosmos
Most Missed Opportuniy for Black Sabbath on Black Sabbath By Black Sabbath
Dream Evil - 6
Hey guys we have a song called Dream Evil and we are Dream evil, what should we call this album...hmmm...HMMMM.
Best Collboration Shutup and Become One Band Already
The Body / Full of Hell - Ascending a Mountain of Heavy Light
Their second collaboration, and they've toured as this combo before, just commit to each other already.
Best Remix Album
Scandroid - Dreams of Neo-Tokyo
Great remixes by great synthwave producers.
Runner Up: John Carpenter - Anthology: Movie Themes 1974-1998
Best Soundtrack
Thor: Ragnarok
A great mix of orchestral and synthwave.
Runners up:
- To the Orcas with Love
- Dunkirk
Best Album with a Gorelick
The Mantle - S/T
Kenny G's son is a metalhead. Who knew?!
Most Unnecessary Cover Album
Doom Side of the Moon
WHY?!
Best Christmas Album
Sia - Everyday is Christmas
At least they are original tunes.
Most Ridiculous Band Name
XavlegbmaofffassssitimiwoamndutroabcwapwaeiippohfffX - Gore
Stands for: Acidic Vaginal Liquid Explosion Generated By Mass Amounts Of Filthy Fecal Fisting And Sadistic Septic Syphilic Sodomy Inside The Infected Maggot Infested Womb Of A Molested Nun Dying Under The Roof Of A Burning Church While A Priest Watches And Ejaculates In Immense Perverse Pleasure Over His First Fresh Fetus
Best Band to Google for the Autocomplete
Accidentally Murdered - Bloodville
Go ahead, try it! You might end up on some sort of watch list but DO ITTTTTT!
Best 2016 Album Re-Released in 2017
Zeal and Ardor - Devil is Fine
Black metal and blues. Fascinating Genre Blend
Runner Up: Helion Prime - S/T
Best Demo From a New Band to Get Into Now So When They Release An Album or Two You Can Be a Hipster About It and Say You Only Like Their Demo
High Priestess - Demo
