I was in a decidedly metal mood while compiling this week’s list, and it definitely shows. From industrial to progressive to melodic and metalcore, the Hit List this week boasts a sick number of riff-masters absolutely slaying it! And yet, there’s more than metal here; as I was going through my industrial-metal groove this week, I found myself leaning even more into the industrial and darkwave vein, and it certainly shows. The list this week feels cold and metallic, and that’s just how it wins. It’s a dreary day here in Atlanta, and the cold, calculating feel is just right. Check these people out, they’re killin it in the best way. As always, albums are in no particular order, so make sure you get all the way down! \m/

1. Save Me EP – Forever Still – 2015

2. Egressor – The Body Politic – 2015

3. The Black Swan Theory – Imber – 2015

4. Dollmination – The Inferno Doll – 2015

5. Destination – Novembervägen – 2015

6. Relentless – The Nixon Rodeo – 2015

7. Passengers – EP – The Fallen Prodigy – 2015

8. The Lost [EP] – The Beautiful Monument – 2015

9. For the Dearly Departed – The Funeral Portrait – 2014

10. F-Units EP – F-Units – 2015

11. The Black Album (EP) – AggronympH – 2015

12. Burst – Venus In Aries – 2015

13. Dead Echo Paranoia – Electric Deathbeat – 2015

14. Everything Is Relative – All Around – 2015

15. Darkwing – Dark Matter Noise – 2015

16. Propaganda – devknob – 2015

17. Rock Is Dead and I Know Where the Bodies Are Buried – Marion Crane – 2014

18. The Last Ones Left – Situations – 2015

19. Augment – Noveaux – 2015

20. The Dome – Hacking The Wave – 2015