1.Leprous - Live At Rockefeller Music Hall

2.Meshuggah - The Violent Sleep Of Reason

3.Dark Tranquillity - Atoma

4.Textures - Phenotype

5.Haken - Affinity

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1.Cult Of Luna - Mariner [Collaboration]

2.Oranssi Pazuzu - Värähtelijä

3.Mistur - In Memoriam

4.Thy Catafalque - Meta

5.In The Woods... - Pure

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This is my Best of 2016. Obviously a work in progress. Still tons more new metal to be released this year. Right now I am going back to the early releases and making sure nothing fell through the cracks.

1.Swans - The Glowing Man

2.Sumac - What One Becomes

3.Wormed - Krighsu

4.Katatonia - The Fall Of Hearts

5.Internal Suffering - Cyclonic Void Of Power

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1.Ulcerate - Shrines Of Paralysis

2.The Dillinger Escape Plan - Dissociation

3.Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool

4.Katatonia - The Fall Of Hearts

5.Vektor - Terminal Redux

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Some black coffee, some milky atmosphere, some folk syrup and some sweet death.

No special order.

(sorry for German commenting, i reuse the text mostly on my social media later)

1.Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika

2.Myrkgrav - Takk Og Farvel Tida Er Blitt Ei Annen

3.

4.Noctem - Haeresis

5.Belenos - Kornôg

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For me more than you, as the sheer amount of music in the world has turned me into a goldfish as far as remembering what I've listened to and what I thought of it. However, if you find something cool from here, more power you my friend!

1.Cult Of Luna - Mariner [Collaboration]

2.Fallujah - Dreamless

3.Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika

4.Death Grips - The Bottomless Pit

5.Iamthemorning - Lighthouse

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SEXY stuff from 2016. Lots of prog.

Rating:

5 - Perfect
4,5 - Excellent
4 - Great
3,5 - Very good
3 - Good
2,5 - OK, but nothing special

1.Haken - Affinity

2.Fates Warning - Theories Of Flight

3.Be'lakor - Vessels

4.Witherscape - The Northern Sanctuary

5.Devin Townsend - Transcendence

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1.Borknagar - Winter Thrice

2.Fates Warning - Theories Of Flight

3.Obscura - Akróasis

4.Witherscape - The Northern Sanctuary

5.Dark Tranquillity - Atoma

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mostly prog metal, some black n prog rock, n related genres updated 26.2.16

1.23-Infinity - XXIII-8

2.Abbath - Abbath

3.Abounding - Residual (ep)

4.Abysee - I Am The Wolf

5.Abyssic - A Winter's Tale

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All albums of 2016 I've listened to, ordered from the best to the worst.

1.The Foreshadowing - Seven Heads, Ten Horns

2.Heavenwood - The Tarot Of The Bohemians

3.Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika

4.Borknagar - Winter Thrice

5.Novembre - URSA

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Welcome to my 2016 list. Most of you are aware how lists on MS work :- If the album appears at the top it's amazing (imo) and highly recommend you give it a listen... if it's featured at the bottom then I probably don't like it. If you have any recommendations for albums, feel free to leave a message in the comments section!!

1.Whispered - Metsutan - Songs Of The Void

2.Mesarthim - Pillars

3.Equilibrium - Armageddon

4.Omnium Gatherum - Grey Heavens

5.Twilight Force - Heroes Of Mighty Magic

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Essentially a sequel to my 2015 Rituals list, assuming I take the time to keep up with it this time.

Here are the albums from this year, metal or otherwise, that've most taken me on those deep, immersive journeys through the murky waters of the subconscious, plunging me "into the zone" through minimalist composition, spacey, trance-inducing atmospheres, and more. I'm focused primarily on drone, ambient, and psychedelia here, but not necessarily limited to those categories. If it feels meditative, ritualistic, and/or relaxing, it has the potential to be included.

1.Trench Devils - The Signal

2.Nonsun - Black Snow Desert

3.Atom Made Earth - Morning Glory

4.Serpent Dream - Serpent Dream

5.Manunkind - Manunkind

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My favorites of the year as they come. No order.

1.Krallice - Hyperion

2.The Black Queen - Fever Daydream

3.Deströyer 666 - Wildfire

4.After The Burial - Dig Deep

5.Abbath - Abbath

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1.Borknagar - Winter Thrice

2.Ulver - ATGCLVLSSCAP

3.Ihsahn - Arktis.

4.Katatonia - The Fall Of Hearts

5.Opeth - Sorceress

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★★★★★ - Masterpiece!
★★★★½ - Excellent!
★★★★☆ - Great!
★★★½☆ - Very Good!
★★★☆☆ - Enjoyable!
★★½☆☆ - OK, Nothing Special...
★★☆☆☆ - Mediocre/Poor
★½☆☆☆ - Don't Touch
★☆☆☆☆ - I Want My Money Back

1.Cloudscape - Voice Of Reason

2.Adam Wakeman & Damian Wilson - Weir Keeper's Tale

3.Fifth To Infinity - Omnipotent Transdimensional Soulfire

4.Dissona - Paleopneumatic

5.Bloodiest - Bloodiest

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