Kelley Simms gives us his favorite albums from the year - lots of longstanding champions and new blood to be found here (many of which Kelley interviewed this year, too).
Time marches on, but these recent releases are worth looking back at! This week's UMR to follow tomorrow (no, really), but here's all the new metal from the past few weeks, including Sigh, Blackbraid, Conan, and more.
Currently an editor at Bandcamp, you've also seen Zoe's metal writing at Revolver, Pitchfork, CLRVYNT, and more. She stopped by to let IO know what she liked best this year.