It’s been quite the year for rock music. Tool finally embraced Spotify, Bring Me The Horizon became bona fide festival headliners, Slayer retired, My Chemical Romance reformed, Slipknot unveiled their new member and Awsten Knight dyed his hair green. But what has soundtracked such a mad year? There have been some huge releases from some of the biggest bands on the planet, plus a bunch of kickass debuts from groups deep within the underground. Whether you’re a metalhead, punk, emo or ‘just like a bit of everything, really’, 2019 has had you covered. Below, some of Kerrang!’s editorial staff, writers and photographers pick their favourite albums of the past 12 months. See something you don’t know? Give it a listen! That’s what these lists a...
