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10. Blood for the Master / Goatwhore
9. Resolution / Lamb of God
8. Down IV, Part 1 - The Purple EP / Down
7. Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light / Woods of Ypres
6. Book Burner / Pig Destroyer
5. L'Enfant Sauvage / Gojira
4. De Vermis Mysteriis / High on Fire
3. All We Love We Leave Behind / Converge
2. Utilitarian / Napalm Death
1. The Parallax II: Future Sequence / Between the Buried and Me

10. Dark Adrenaline / Lacuna Coil
9. King Animal / Soundgarden
8. Amarylllis / Shinedown
7. Born Villain / Marilyn Manson
6. Harakiri / Serj Tankian
5. The Strange Case of … / Halestorm
4. Yellow & Green / Baroness
3. Dead Sara / Dead Sara
2. House of Gold & Bones, Pt. 1 / Stone Sour
1. Koi No Yokan / Deftones