lol@all the DGD votes, mothership is their worst in ages. way too poppy and random. and I love every other record from them haha.
tl;dr: my top 10 ->
1. Invent, Animate - Stillworld
2. Thrice - To Be Everywhere Is To Be Nowhere
3. The Devil Wears Prada - Transit Blues
4. Sianvar - Stay Lost
5. Architects - All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us
6. Autechre - elseq 1-5
7. Erra - Drift
8. Hail The Sun - Culture Scars
9. Saosin - Along The Shadow
10. I See Stars - Treehouse
Runner-Ups 11-40 (in order): The Black Queen, Norma Jean, Moose Blood, FJORT, Thank You Scientist, Adept, After The Burial, Hands Like Houses, Greaver, Breakdown of Sanity, Killswitch Engage, Dayshell, Placebo, Russian Circles, Panic! At The Disco, Silent Planet, Surhysa, I Prevail, Forevermore, Frameworks, TTNG, Napoleon, O'Brother, Normandie, Ghost/Aeon, Circle Of Contempt, Balance And Composure, Night Verses, Fit For A King, Polaris.
EPs:
1. Halfpace - Me Against I
2. Kurt Travis & Paul Travis - Split
3. Northlane & In Hearts Wake - Equinox
4. Heirsound - Merge
5. Stick To Your Guns - Better Ash Than Dust
6. PVRIS - Deezer Acoustic Session
7. Circa Survive/mewithoutyou - Split
8. badxchannels - WHYDFML
9. Wolf & Bear X Adventurer - selftitled Split
10. Angels & Airwaves - Chasing Shadows
still unheard but might make it: The Hotelier, Animals as Leaders, Kvelertak, Zao, Wolves at the Gate.
personal disappointments: Textures, Aaron Gillespie, Twelve Foot Ninja, blink-182, Outline in Color, Artifex Pereo.