I've written about my favorite music of 2015 several times in the last few weeks; I've listed the most surprisingly good albums, the worst albums and the best albums of the year. Now, it is time for me to compile my favorite songs of last year. Keep in mind that this is all my opinion, and my taste in music is typically rock and metal. Also, I kept a limit of one song per album in order to add some variety to the list.

50. Periphery, "Alpha"

I haven't ever been a huge fan of Periphery, and their double-album this year didn't really impress me, but the title track from Alpha is actually a very solid progressive metal song.

49. Terror, "Deep Rooted"

This isn't Terror's best work by any means, but this track is still a rather intense hardcore punk song.

48. Adrenaline Mob, "Devil Went Down to Georgia"

Adrenaline Mob is pretty good at making fun heavy metal cover songs, and this is no exception.

47. Motörhead, "Victory or Die"

"Victory or Die" is an intense hard rock opener to the band's latest album. Rest in peace Lemmy.

46. California X, "Summer Wall, Pt. 2"

California X's most recent album didn't manage to crack my top 50 albums of the year, but their track "Summer Wall, Pt. 2" is a pretty enjoyable and noisy indie rock song.

45. Blind Guardian, "Twilight of the Gods"

This was an epic power metal track from a band that doesn't usually entertain me very much.

44. Marilyn Manson, "Deep Six"

With one of the first singles from "The Pale Emperor," Marilyn Manson proved to us that he still has some of his creative energy. While the rest of the album is nice, "Deep Six" is the best.

43. Unleash the Archers, "Going Down Fighting"

It's cheesy and stereotypical power metal, but it's undeniably fun as well.

42. Ghost Bath, "Golden Number"

"Ghost Bath" delivers a very solid atmospheric blackgaze track. It's not quite as amazing as their idols from Deafheaven, but is nonetheless quite enjoyable.

41. Enforcer, "Destroyer"

Here, we have an energetic speed metal track that shows clear influences from numerous styles of metal from the 80s.

40. Shining, "Vilja & Dröm"

"Vilja & Dröm" is a soul-crashing black metal song with violent mood swings, shifting between frantic outbursts and sorrowful dirges.

39. Nile, "Call to Destruction"

Nile's "What Should Not Be Unearthed" starts off explosively with this intense and brutal death metal track.

38. Strung Out, "No Apologies"

Strung Out's fusion of pop punk and melodic hardcore is always fun to listen to, and the best track from "Transmission.Alpha.Delta" is no exception.

37. Sylosis, "Harm"

I wasn't the biggest fan of Sylosis's new album, "Dormant Heart," but this melodic death metal track is perhaps their best work to date.

36. Trivium, "Until the World Goes Cold"

I definitely prefer Trivium's thrash metal records over their more straight-forward heavy metal work. However, this single from "Silence in the Snow" shows the group at their best with their new style.

35. Kataklysm, "Breaching the Asylum"

This is a pretty great track from a rather consistent melodic death metal group, who have yet to disappoint me with any of their releases.

34. Papa Roach, "Gravity"

As a whole, Papa Roach's new album "F.E.A.R." is exactly what one would expect from a has-been nu-metal band: it's angsty, serious and oh-so-boring. However, something about their biggest single from the record "Gravity" works extremely well for me. It's definitely a guilty pleasure, but I can't deny how much I enjoy this song.

33. Silversun Pickups, "Latchkey Kids"

"Better Nature" wasn't Silversun Pickups' best effort, but this track sounds more akin to records like "Swoon" and "Carnavas," two of my favorite albums by the group.

32. The Winery Dogs, "Oblivion"

This explosive opener to "Hot Streak" is a fantastic adrenaline-pumping hard rock track, and is one of The Winery Dogs' best songs.

31. Cancer Bats, "Satellites"

"Satellites" is a groovy hardcore punk track with a hint of southern rock, and is an incredibly enjoyable listen.

30. Coheed and Cambria, "Here to Mars"

With it's funky guitar riffs, quirky vocals, and unbelievably catchy chorus, "Here to Mars" is one of Coheed and Cambria's best singles of their career.

29. Kylesa, "Crusher"

This is a brooding, mysterious, and psychedelic stoner metal track that I constantly find myself listening to again and again.

28. All That Remains, "Bite My Tongue"

Like Papa Roach's "Gravity," this All That Remains track is a guilty pleasure. I know that no individual part of this song is special, but it all comes together in a way that works unreasonably well for me.

27. Solution .45, "Perfecting the Void"

Solution .45 once again delivers an intense futuristic take on melodic death metal with my favorite track from "Nightmares in the Waking State, Part I," "Perfecting the Void."

26. Liturgy, "Quetzalcoatl"

This was a very strange listen, with odd mixes of electronic beats, black metal guitar work, and unorthodox vocals. Somehow, Liturgy's unusual style works extremely well for me, and their single from "The Ark Work" is my favorite track in their discography.

25. Mechina, "Vanquisher"

Mechina's "Acheron" is filled to the brim with atmospheric, futuristic cyber metal. "Vanquisher" is my favorite track from the record, fully exemplifying the band at their most intense and breath-taking.

24. Soilwork, "The Ride Majestic"

This is the title track to the group's latest album, and it's a highly enjoyable and proficient melodic death metal single.

23. Ensiferum, "Two of Spades"

Having never listened to Ensiferum before their latest album, "One Man Army," this was a nice introduction. "Two of Spades" is a very catchy and exciting folk metal track.

22. Gorod, "Temple of the Art-God"

This song fully embodies the chaotic technical death metal style of Gorod. "Temple of the Art-God," along with the rest of "A Maze of Recycled Creeds," will blow you away with it's mind-blowing intensity and complexity.

21. Sleater-Kinney, "Surface Envy"

Sleater-Kinney's latest album is loaded with great angsty indie-rock tracks, but if I had to pick just one to be their best, I would have to go with "Surface Envy."

20. Melechesh, "The Palm the Eye and Lapis Lazuli"

This perfectly exemplifies Melechesh's mystical Arabic folk-influenced black metal style, and has one of the best guitar riffs I heard in 2015.

19. Courtney Barnett, "Elevator Operator"

Courtney Barnett's quirky take on indie rock is best expressed on this track, with it's amusing story-telling lyrics and undeniably catchy chorus.

18. Corrections House, "White Man's Gonna Lose"

Despite lacking the brutal instrumentation of other genres like death metal, this is one of the most intense songs of 2015. The throat-shredding screams, combined with the incredibly dark and pessimistic vibe, make for a frightening but incredibly enjoyable listen.

17. Ghost, "Cirice"

Ghost's spooky and campy approach to heavy metal is at its best on this hit single from "Meliora," being a dark and mysterious hymn to Satan himself.

16. Steven Wilson, "Hand Cannot Erase"

This lonely yet beautiful title track from Wilson's latest release is one of his best. His influence from his work in Porcupine Tree is certainly evident, but he still adds his own personal artsy and atmospheric touch.

15. 36 Crazyfists, "Swing the Noose"

"Swing the Noose" is one of the best radio-friendly alternative metal songs I've heard in years, and truly stands out among the crowd with its fine production and smooth riffing.

14. Napalm Death, "Hierarchies"

Napalm Death provides a brutal deathgrind assault with this incredible track from "Apex Predator - Easy Meat."

13. Paradise Lost, "Cry Out"

This gothic doom metal track from "The Plague" Within is one of the most riff-heavy and head-banging songs of 2015.

12. Killing Joke, "Euphoria"

Killing Joke continues their long and consistent career with the catchiest track from "Pylon." "Euphoria" is a synth-heavy industrial rock track with smooth and hypnotic singing, and a spine-tingling chorus.

11. Carly Rae Jepsen, "Making the Most of the Night"

I love the biggest hit from "E*MO*TION," "I Really Like You," but this track is, in my opinion, an even better single from the former one-hit-wonder artist. It's incredibly fun and catchy, and I have no shame in putting this among my favorite tracks of 2015.

10. Angelus Apatrida, "First World of Terror"

This is an intense thrash metal track from the lesser-known Spanish group's latest work, "Hidden Evolution." "First World of Terror" is the best of many great songs from the album.

9. Keep of Kalessin, "The Spiritual Relief"

Keep of Kalessin's most popular track from "Epistomology" is also one of the most intense and awe-inspiring progressive black metal epics in the band's entire discography.

8. Enslaved, "Building with Fire."

I never listened to much of Enslaved's music prior to their latest work, but I may have to now that I've heard some of the best modern progressive metal in recent years with "Building with Fire."

7. Kamelot, "Veil of Elysium"

Kamelot is one of the few power metal groups that can pull off the main characteristics of the genre without being cheesy. While I didn't enjoy some tracks on their most recent record, I absolutely loved others. The most emotional, catchy, and empowering of these is "Veil of Elysium."

6. Cattle Decapitation, "Not Suitable for Life"

Cattle Decapitation's latest album is a frighteningly brutal deathgrind release. Every track is mind-blowingly fast, and has some of the best vocals I've heard in modern metal. Nowhere is this better exemplified than in my favorite track from the album, "Not Suitable for Life."

5. Leprous, "Third Law"

This track is mind-blowing, but not in the same way many other metal songs in the list are. Leprous isn't incredibly heavy, and rarely if ever employs harsh vocals. Instead, they produce a complex, trippy, and unorthodox take on progressive metal, with "Third Law" being my favorite track they've ever made.

4. Riverside, "#Addicted"

I've been a big fan of Riverside since their 2013 release, "Shrine of New Generation Slaves." Their most recent work, "Love, Fear, and the Time Machine" is yet another amazing record, with "#Addicted" embodying the breath-taking atmosphere, musical prowess, and artsy vibe that makes me love Riverside so much.

3. Fear Factory, "Protomech"

Unfortunately, Fear Factory didn't manage to top one of their first singles from "Genexus," "Protomech." Nonetheless, this track is definitely one of the best songs in the industrial metal legends' entire history.

2. Moonspell, "Breathe (Until We Are No More)"

This is perhaps the most emotional and anguish-filled metal track of the year. The combination of depressed singing and intense screaming matches the mood swings of the instrumentation perfectly. Moonspell has quickly become my favorite gothic metal band.

1. Amorphis, "Death of a King"

I checked out Amorphis's latest album, "Under the Red Cloud," very late in the year. As soon as I heard this track, I knew it would be my favorite album of the year. Likewise, this song is by far my favorite of 2015. Everything about it is absolutely perfect. The incredible mix of folk metal, mystical guitar interludes, death metal grunts, and progressive metal instrumentation makes for one of my favorite musical experiences in a very long time.