Originally Posted by Kiiii

So, here's the deal. I've made an AOTY list time and time again, and still I'm not happy with it. There are literally so many albums that I want to put on the list, and for the sake of not making them too long, I've decided to do it by genre. So I know i've made several lists, but don't blame me, blame the fact that we've had so many solid releases this year.

Anyway, here is yet another attempt at an official AOTY list, by genre:

Synthwave:
FM-84 - Atlas
Arcade High - Kingdom
Perturbator - The Uncanny Valley
Wojciech Golczewski - Reality Check
Trevor Something - Soulless Computer Boy and the Eternal Render
Vestron Vulture - Quarter-Life Crisis

Hip-Hop:
Tied for #1 spot:
Travis Scott - Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight
The Weeknd - Starboy
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 3

Kanye West - The Life of Pablo
Injury Reserve - Floss
Denzel Curry - Imperial
Kid Cudi - Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin'
Gucci Mane - WOPTOBER
Elzhi - Lead Poison
Mac Miller - The Divine Feminine
Kendrick Lamar - untitled unmastered.

Everything Else Deserving Of Mention For 2016 (And Potential AOTY):
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
pg.lost - Versus
The Pineapple Thief - Your Wilderness
Katatonia - The Fall of Hearts
Killswitch Engage - Incarnate
Opeth - Sorceress
Salad Trouble - Rigged Election
Son Of Abbot - Stuck Between The Parallels of Man & Monster
Daydream Society - The Blinding

(This will be the list that I will constantly edit if need be. But this is where I'm at right now)