Bu yılın en zorlayıcı seçimlerinden biri kuşkusuz en iyi albümler. Dolayısıyla Ultimate Guitar yaptığı ankette sıralamayı 25`e çıkardı. Binlerce oyun sonucunda ortaya çıkan liste şöyle:
25. Katatonia – The Fall of Hearts
24. Iggy Pop – Post Pop Depression
23. Haken – Affinity
22. Anthrax – For All Kings
21. The Dear Hunter – Act V: Hymns with the Devil in Confessional
20. Animals as Leaders – The Madness of Many
19. Plini – Handmade Cities
18. Childish Gambino – Awaken, My Love!
17. The Claypool Lennon Delirium – Monolith of Phobos
16. Architects – All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us
15. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree
14. Vektor – Terminal Redux
13. Deftones – Gore
12. The Dillinger Escape – Dissociation
11. Periphery – Periphery III: Select Difficulty
10. Tremonti – Dust
9. Opeth – Sorceress
8. Devin Townsend Project – Transcendence
7. Alter Bridge- The Last Hero
6. Megadeth – Dystopia
5. Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool
4. Avenged Sevenfold – The Stage
3. David Bowie – Blackstar
2. Metallica – Hardwired… to Self-Destruct
1. Gojira – Magma
