Top 10 Metal Albums of 2016

[The Butt]

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Careful. my ashes will probably give you cancer.

 

[The Ozzman]

In no real order, Metal Church's XI, Megadeth's Dystopia, Inquisition's Bloodshed across the Empyrean Altar beyond The Celestial Zenith, Testament's Brotherhood of The Snake, Deströyer 666's Wildfire, Eternal Champion's The Armor of Ire, Spellcaster's Night Hides the World, Dark Funeral's Where Shadows Forever Reign, Sodom's Decision Day, and Yngwie Malmsteen's World on Fire.

Three of these will be in my Top 10

 

[no country for old wainds]

the testament is total garbage, even the megadeth is better

 

[AlienZombie]

I'm not that active on here, so no probably cares about my top 10, but, what the hell. In no particular order, the albums from:
Destroyer 666
Urgehal
Moonsorrow
Svarttjern
Mistur
Behexen
Defeated Sanity
Fimbultyr
Brujeria
Anaal Nathrakh

 

[The Ozzman]

the testament is total garbage, even the megadeth is better

I thought Dark Roots of Earth was a better Testament album myself

 

[Victim of Deception]

1. Haken - Affinity
2. Hyperion - Seraphical Euphony
3. Be'lakor - Vessels
4. Winterhorde - Maestro
5. In Mourning - Afterglow
6. Cult of Luna and Julie Christmas - Mariner
7. Witherscape - The Northern Sanctuary
8. Periphery - III: Select Difficulty
9. Mithras - On Strange Loops
10. SubRosa - For This We Fought The Battle of Ages

 

[no country for old wainds]

there sure are a lot of random people turning up for this thread. how about some of you lurking shitlords stick around?

 

[Jimmy... Dead.]

1. Schammasch - Triangle
2. Gatecreeper – Sonoran Depravation
3. Vermin Womb – Decline
4. Cobalt – Slow Forever
5. Grave Miasma – Endless Pilgrimage
6. Skáphe - Skáphe²
7. Mithras - On Strange Loops
8. Oranssi Pazuzu – Värähtelijä
9. Blood Incantation – Starspawn
10. Bolzer – Hero

*Vektor - Terminal Redux (just starting to wrap my head around this album)

 

[Pitiless Wanderer]

1. Schammasch - Triangle
2. Gatecreeper – Sonoran Depravation
3. Vermin Womb – Decline
4. Cobalt – Slow Forever
5. Grave Miasma – Endless Pilgrimage
6. Skáphe - Skáphe²
7. Mithras - On Strange Loops
8. Oranssi Pazuzu – Värähtelijä
9. Blood Incantation – Starspawn
10. Bolzer – Hero

*Vektor - Terminal Redux (just starting to wrap my head around this album)

You know, I had Schammasch as my number 1 for like 6 months but then Mithras put out their album. Definitely cannot criticize anyone for having Triangle as AOTY. What an unbelievable record. Have you heard Contradiction?

 

[Jimmy... Dead.]

Have you heard Contradiction?

of course. Until Our Poison Devours Us and Golden Light is what got me into them. Plus I'm a big Behemoth fan; really into that blackened death - spiritual theme/occult sound they both have

 

[zerostatic]

In no order:

Mercyless - Pathetic Divinity
Destroyer 666 - Wildfire
Suicidal Angels - Division of Blood
Witchery - In His Infernal Majesty's Service
Fleshgod Apocalypse - King
Anthrax - For All Kings
Vektor - Terminal Redux
Death Angel - The Evil Divide
Vader - The Empire
Exmortus - Ride Forth

 

[The Ozzman]

Anthrax - For All Kings

This album surprised the fuck out of me

 

[no country for old wainds]

i'm gonna go ahead and assume it wouldn't surprise the fuck out of me due to me having standards.

the death angel was surprisingly ok though. the suicidal angels album is just generic and flat innit.

 

[Baroque]

This album surprised the fuck out of me

Seriously? Tempted to check it out.. it's at least better than worship music right?

 

[The Ozzman]

Seriously? Tempted to check it out.. it's at least better than worship music right?

Didn't listen to it but I wasn't interested in Anthrax until I heard it

 

[Burkhard]

1. Mortillery - "Shapeshifter"
1. Madder Mortem - "Red in Tooth and Claw"
1. Watchtower - "Concepts of Math: Book One"
4. Voivod - "Post Society"

Since no. 1 is a draw between three bands, they all get ((10 + 9 + 8) : 3 =) 9 points.

 

[Pitiless Wanderer]

I'm not that active on here, so no probably cares about my top 10, but, what the hell. In no particular order, the albums from:

Svarttjern
Mistur
Behexen
Defeated Sanity
Fimbultyr

That Mistur took me by surprise, I need to check out the rest of these. I did hear a bit of that Behexen and remember liking it.

 

[The Ozzman]

1. Mortillery - "Shapeshifter"
1. Madder Mortem - "Red in Tooth and Claw"
1. Watchtower - "Concepts of Math: Book One"
4. Voivod - "Post Society"

Since no. 1 is a draw between three bands, they all get ((10 + 9 + 8) : 3 =) 9 points.

You thought that Mortillery album was good? Her voice ruins it for me.

 

[Pitiless Wanderer]

Been listening to Vredehammer the past two days. Wow wow wow....awesome shit..can easily see how it's on top ten BM lists for 2016.

 

[nizzon]

My final list.
One album I missed that would have placed top 20 was Uada's debut.

1. Katatonia – The Fall of Hearts
   Had a hard time with this in the beginning, especially the weird vocal lines, but I love it
   
2. pg.lost - Versus
   Awesome album
3. Megadeth – Dystopia
   The surprise of the year. Its almost as good as Countdown To Extinction. Dave shows Metallica how thrash is supposed to be done.
4. Dark Tranquillity – Atoma
   Not as good as many of the reviews says, pretty standard DT album imo but its still really good quality melodeath.
5. Insomnium – Winters Gate
   Lost interest in Insomnium after Above The Weeping World (2006) but this conceptalbum is really good, and interesting for an insomnium-album. Its no Crimson but its really good.
6. Trees Of Eternity – Hour of the Nightingale
   This one has grown a lot the last few weeks, amazing album with lots of emotions and Aleahs passing makes some songs really deep and sad
7. Diabolical – Umbra (EP)
   Probably the best EP I have heardf since Unblessing The Purity.
8. TID – Fix Idé
   Somewhat of a disappointment, its too short.
9. Cauldron – In Ruin
   The best Heavy Metal I have heard in a long time.
10. Meshuggah– The Violent Sleep of Reason
    I was really disappointed with this, was hoping for more groove like obZen, but it has a few good tracks.
11. Ghost – Popestar (EP)
12. If These Trees Could Talk – The Bones of a Dying World
13. Witherscape – The Northern Sanctuary
14. Alcest – Kodama
15. Lacrimas Profundere – Hope is Here
16. Abbath – Abbath
17. Metallica – Hardwired to Self-Destruct
18. Cult Of Luna and Julia Christmas - Mariner
19. Sumerlands - Sumerlands
20. ColdWorld – Autumn
21. Mithras – On Strange Loops