ALBUMS OF THE YEAR, SO FAR

It's mid-June, so here's what I've heard that might wind up on my year-end list(s), so far...

JD Allen, Grace
Airbourne, Black Dog Barking*
Amon Amarth, Deceiver of the Gods
Attacker, Giants of Canaan
Michael Bates/Samuel Blaser Quintet, One From None
Black Sabbath, 13
Terence Blanchard, Magnetic
David Bowie, The Next Day
Dawn of Midi, Dysnomia
Dave Douglas Quintet, Time Travel
Endless Boogie, Long Island
Fire! Orchestra, Exit
The Gates of Slumber, Stormcrow
Hush Point, Hush Point
Immolation, Kingdom of Conspiracy
Killswitch Engage, Disarm the Descent*
Kvelertak, Meir
Mainliner, Revelation Space
Hedvig Mollestad Trio, All of Them Witches
Mostly Other People Do The Killing, Slippery Rock
Jeremy Pelt, Water and Earth
Resolution15, Svaha
Savages, Silence Yourself
Suffocation, Pinnacle of Bedlam
Wayne Shorter, Without a Net

*conflicts of interest prevent me from actually voting for these records in any year-end polls