Top 10 Metal Albums of 2016

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get your lists in if you haven't already, folks! 1 week warning.

 

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1) sorcier des glaces - north
2) panphage - drengskapr
3) lethal steel - legion of the night
4) stilla - skuggflock
5) horns and hooves - consecrate the marrow (demo)
6) mortem - deinós nekrómantis
7) angel sword - rebels beyond the pale
8) tyfon's doom - yeth hound (EP)
9) destroyer 666 - wildfire
10) seven sisters - seven sisters

gonna start counting up tomorrow if i'm not too exhausted from teh chessing. i assume everyone else is done but, y'know, if you still want to post or edit your list get a move on.

 

[Slayed Necros]

1. Panphage - Drengskapr
2. Mortem - Deinós Nekrómantis
3. Panphage / Þul - Ginnheilagr
4. Blood Incantation - Starspawn
5. Horns & Hooves - Consecrate the Marrow
6. Dead Congregation - Sombre Doom
7. Agatus - The Eternalist
8. Necromantic Worship - The Calling
9. Azaxul - The Fleshly Tomb
10. Phosphore Blanc - Modern World Obliterator

 

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nice, i must remember not to count your previous top 5 as well. glad you liked that azaxul! iirc the best songs on it were old moonblood songs but it's all good. did you check out the demoniac too?

 

[Sirjack]

Vektor
Watchtower
....

does it count if l don't have ten?

 

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sure.

 

[dwellerINTHEdark]

Coldworld Autumn
Wode Wode
Blood Incantation Starspawn
Darkthrone Arctic Thunder
Sojourner Empires of Ash
Zeal & Ardor Devil is Fine
Gevurah Hallelujah!
Sorcery Garden of Bones
Ihsahn Arktis
Hail Spirit Noire Mayhem in Blue

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Helstar - Vampiro
Ripper - Experiment of Existence
Darkthrone - Arctic Thunder
Meshuggah - The Violent Sleep of Reason
Wytch Hazel - Prelude
Fates Warning - Theories of Flight
Vektor - Terminal Redux

Nothing else is worthy of the incredible honor of being ranked by me.

EDIT: Just finished listening to Darkthrone's Arctic Thunder for the first time. Why do people hate this? Wimps. I'll add that too.

 

[CiG]

Mine for 2016:

1. Quicksand Dream - Beheading Tyrants
2. Lord Vicar - Gates Of Flesh
3. Demon Bitch - Hellfriends
4. Infant Death - Violent Rites
5. Spiritus Mortis - The Year Is One
6. Angel Sword - Rebels Beyond The Pale
7. Eternal Champion - The Armor Of Ire
8. Blood Incantation - Starspawn
9. Wytch Hazel - Prelude
10. Darkthrone - Arctic Thunder

What is your favorite Genesis song/album?

My absolute favourite Genesis album is definitely Trespass.

Holding you to this.

 

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Helstar - Vampiro
Ripper - Experiment of Existence
Darkthrone - Arctic Thunder
Meshuggah - The Violent Sleep of Reason
Wytch Hazel - Prelude
Fates Warning - Theories of Flight
Vektor - Terminal Redux

Nothing else is worthy of the incredible honor of being ranked by me.

EDIT: Just finished listening to Darkthrone's Arctic Thunder for the first time. Why do people hate this? Wimps. I'll add that too.

is this in order brah

 

[HamburgerBoy]

yeh braj

 

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in the process of tallying so this is ur last chance yo

 

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@Master_Yoda77 @paul545 gonna use your lists from the metal 2016 thread unless you post something here.

 

[Mort Divine]

Quicksand Dream - Beheading Tyrants

whoa what

 

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it's not as good as AELIN imo but it's decent.

 

[CiG]

whoa what

You didn't know? Man, get on it!

 

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GMD's Top Ten Metal Albums of 2016

10) Slow Forever by Cobalt
Feed me tragic stories through rusted metal tubes...

"Cobalt are no longer a black metal band. They are about as accessible as they can be without the sound beginning to become watered down. And that's fine. Bands change. As much as I would have loved to see the style of Eater of Birds reinterpreted with his newfound abilities, this new path delivers. While there are still the remnants of a blackened aesthetic present, the meat of the music is largely comprised of crust, hardcore and sludge. Neurosis and Tool are still heavily influential, especially when considering the drums. It seems like Erik must have gotten really into Bolt Thrower after opening for them in 2013, because there are quite a few nods to them, especially in the lead guitar. This is obviously a huge plus, because when has adding Bolt Thrower-isms actually made a band worse? There are also some straight up homages, with the excellent acoustic instrumental "Breath" coming off like Steve Von Till channeling Townes Van Zandt. The main motif in this interlude is actually taken from Van Zandt's "Nothing", a beautifully harrowing country-folk tune easily more brutal than any metal song I've ever heard. The crusty rager "Elephant Graveyard" features a riff torn straight out of Darkthrone's "Sjakk Matt Jesu Krist", while turning the punk up to 11." - dystopia 4, Metal Archives

Chosen by:
Jimmy... Dead.
Draehl
EspaDa

 

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(i plan to post the complete list with points totals at the end)

 

[EspaDa]

Nice job dude, look forward to seeing the winner

 

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9) Concepts of Math: Book One (EP) by Watchtower
So many numbers, so little time...

"Many of the tunes here were released online over the past couple years, but it's great to have them assembled onto an actual release, and there is one new song to round out the package. Frenetic, jerky progressive thrash, much like they created for 'Control and Resistance' almost 30 years ago, only slightly made-over for the modern era. You still feel that tense paranoia and musical proficiency colliding all over this, and even the more instrumental sections are really interesting." - Autothrall, RYM

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Sirjack
Burkhard
Baroque