Best and Worst of 2018

And we are now near the end of 2018! I can now complete this list by putting in the best of from the other half of this year. The other post before this one features the best from earlier this year, and would be best not to repeat them here. Some new features will be added, like Best small shows because I went to a lot more shows in smaller venues.

Best New Albums:
Halestorm - Vicious
Behemoth - I Loved You at your Darkest

Worst New Albums:
Everything is Love by Beyonce' and Jay-Z. Yeah, I didn't buy this charade! Once the dust settles, he'll cheat on her again, watch!

Best new Songs:
Uncomfortable, by Halestorm. A song about being yourself instead of trying to meet in the middle for other people.
Do Not Disturb by Halestorm. A songabout the time Lzzy had a threesome in Holland with a guy and girl, just doing what the male musicians have been doing for years.
Afterlife by SHVPES. One of the songs I do like off the second album. Doesn't sound like Iron Maiden at all, but that's OK!
Voice of Tresspass by Between the Buried and Me. A mix of swing type music with metal, very interesting combo.
All Love is Lost, by Body Count. Dedicated to the ex-nameless ghouls and to Barry McCay who is the lawyer suing Steve Harris.

Best New Bands:
Siva, a not yet famous band we saw opening up for Ghost A.D. that I saw at the Slidebar Kitchen. Maybe they'll get signed, maybe they won't, but they were good.
SHVPES - The second son of Bruce Dickinson forms his own group and just released their second album, but in my opinion, I liked their first album better. He sounds nothing like his dad, but he's making it on his own!
Between the Buried and Me - technically not new this year, but I just discovered them so it's new to me.
Best Major Concerts:
Ghost - Rats on the Road, Riverside Auditorium. The first time they did an intermission between Acts one and two.
Ghost - A Pale Tour Named Death, the Forum. One of their first arena shows! But it still felt as intimate as a smaller venue. Also confirmed for me no more standing floor tickets!

Best Small Shows:
Maiden USA, Ghost A.D. at the Whisky A GoGo. I will see both bands again before New Years Eve.
Under the Sun, Black Sabbath tribute band.
A League of Extraordinary Metal Heads, a band with a total of 30 members, but do different covers from Dio to the Cranberries.
The Iron Maidens - Gaslamp, Long Beach. My first time finally seeing this officially endorsed all female tribute band!

In Memorium:
Verne Troyer, Burt Reynolds, Fast Eddie Clarke, Aretha Franklin, Jill Janus, Vinnie Paul

Best Movies:
Black Panther
Avengers: Infinity Wars
Ant-Man and The Wasp

Worst Movies:
Happytime Murders, a movie about puppets retired from a 90's kids show getting murdered one at a time. It looked stupid!
Fifty Shades Freed, thank God there won't be anymore!
God's Not Dead 3 or 4. These propaganda movies need to stop! I'm content with going to hell thank you very much!