Traditionally on the 30th we aired with Rock of the Year. See inside for a recap of the year!
We went over the music released and real life events taking place in the year 2015. Here's a short recap of what was featured in the show for each month.
January
- In music:
- Papa Roach released a new album "F.E.A.R."
- The band Venom released an album.
February
- In music:
- Scorpions released their 18th album "Return To Forever".
- 36 Crazyfists released an album.
March
- In real life:
- Germanwings plane brought down in French alps by a pilot who committed a suicide.
- In music:
- The band Europe released an album "The War of Kings", which is their 10th album.
- Moonspell released an album "Extinct".
- Nightwish released their 8th studio album "Endless Forms, Most Beautiful".
- Three Days Grace released their 5th album called "Human".
April
- In real life:
- 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Nepal, killing over 9,000 people.
- In music:
- Stone Sour released an EP called "Meanwhile in Burbank".
- Apocalyptica released their 8th album called "Shadowmaker".
May
- In real life:
- Another 7.3 magnitude earthquake in Nepal, killing 218 people.
- In music:
- Whitesnake released "The Purple Album", which is their 12th album thus far.
- Faith No More also released an album.
- Helloween released an album called "The God Given Right".
June
- In real life:
- FIFA president got accused of corruption and made an announcement that he'd be resigning.
- In music:
- Breaking Benjamin released an album called "Dark Before Dawn".
- Paradise Lost released an album.
July
- In real life:
- NASA's important announcement: New Horizons spacecraft approached Pluto and took some very nice photos.
- Greek economic crisis was at its highest point when they failed to pay a dept back to IMF.
- Cuba's and USA's diplomatic relations improved after many years of no relations at all.
- In music:
- Joe Satriani released an album "Shockwave Supernova".
- Symphony X released an album "Underworld".
- Orchid released an EP called "Sign of the Witch".
August
- In music:
- Fear Factory released their 9th album "Genexus".
- Disturbed released their album "Immortalized" after coming back from a 4-year hiatus.
- P.O.D. released an album "The Awakening".
- Soilwork released an album "The Ride Majestic".
- Motörhead released "Bad Magic" album. That's the last album to feature Lemmy Kilmister.
September
- In real life:
- Liquid water found on Mars by NASA!
- Volkswagen was caught with having sold cars with rigged emission control devices, affecting around 11 million vehicles.
- In music:
- Five Finger Death Punch released the album "Got Your Six".
- Iron Maiden released the album "The Book of Souls".
- Slayer released their 12th studio album "Repentless".
- Bring Me The Horizon released an album called "That's The Spirit!"
- Stratovarius released an album.
October
- In real life:
- Russian airplane shot down in Egypt, killing 224 people on board. Responsibility claimed by ISIS.
- A 7.5 magnitude earthquake in the Hindu Kush region, killing nearly 400 people.
- In music:
- The Children of Bodom released an album called "I Worship Chaos".
- Trivium released an album called "Silence in the Snow".
- Def Leppard released an album of their own name, which is the 11th album in their list so far.
- Eagles of Death Metal released an album called "Zipper Down".
November
- In real life:
- Paris terror attacks organized by ISIS, killing 130 people.
- In music:
- Stone Sour (again) released another EP.
- Danzig released a covers album called "Skeletons".
December
- In music:
- The frontman of metal band Motörhead, Lemmy Kilmister passed away at the age of 70. Shortly after, the band announced they would no longer continue doing music.
- Billboard released a list of most sold artists in 2015. At #1 we see AC/DC with "Rock or Bust" album. Runner-up is Nickelback with "No Fixed Address". The third place belongs to Foo Fighters with "Sonic Highways".
It was an eventful year with its positive and negative things happening. Afterall, I saw AC/DC live for the first time! Hopefully our rock lovers will be back for ROCK EXPLORER next year as well -- still on Wednesday and still at 19:00 CET!
Thanks for a nice year and keep on rocking! Happy New Year!
P.S. If you missed the show, you still have a chance to hear it again on Sunday, January 3rd at 15:00 CET.
Posted on December 30th, 2015