2016 Anticipated Records

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2016 Anticipated Records

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A list by
robpal
Created
August 03, 2015
Entries
144
Endorsements
7
★★★★★ - Masterpiece!
★★★★½ - Excellent!
★★★★☆ - Great!
★★★½☆ - Very Good!
★★★☆☆ - Enjoyable!
★★½☆☆ - OK, Nothing Special...
★★☆☆☆ - Mediocre/Poor
★½☆☆☆ - Don't Touch
★☆☆☆☆ - I Want My Money Back
144.
1.
Cloudscape - Voice Of Reason
★★★☆☆ January 8 (Progressive)
144.
2.
Adam Wakeman & Damian Wilson - Weir Keeper's Tale
★★★½☆ January 8 (Acoustic)
144.
3.
Fifth To Infinity - Omnipotent Transdimensional Soulfire
January 11 (Progressive Black)
144.
4.
Dissona - Paleopneumatic
★★★★☆ January 15 (Progressive)
144.
5.
Bloodiest - Bloodiest
★★★★☆ January 15 (Sludge)
144.
6.
Ulver - ATGCLVLSSCAP
★★★½☆ January 22 (Avantgarde Electronic)
144.
7.
Abbath - Abbath
★★★½☆ January 22 (Black)
144.
8.
Steven Wilson - 4½
January 22 (Progressive)
144.
9.
Borknagar - Winter Thrice
★★★☆☆ January 22 (Proggy Folk)
144.
10.
Nordjevel - Nordjevel
January 29 (Black)
144.
11.
Dream Theater - The Astonishing
★★★☆☆ January 29 (Progressive)
144.
12.
Avantasia - Ghostlights
★★★★☆ January 29 (Symphonic Power)
144.
13.
Obscura - Akróasis
★★★½☆ February 5 (Tech Death)
144.
14.
Striker - Stand In The Fire
February 5 (Speed)
144.
15.
Fleshgod Apocalypse - King
★★★★☆ February 5 (Symphonic Death)
144.
16.
Rikard Sjöblom - The Unbendable Sleep
February 10 (Progressive Rock)
144.
17.
Anneke Van Giersbergen - Verloren Verleden [Collaboration]
February 12 (Folk)
144.
18.
Rotting Christ - Rituals
February 12 (Blackish)
144.
19.
Myrath - Legacy
★★★★☆ February 12 (Progressive Power)
144.
20.
Southern Empire - Southern Empire
★★★★☆ February 18 (Progressive Rock)
144.
21.
Omnium Gatherum - Grey Heavens
★★★½☆ ebruary 19 (Melodic Death)
144.
22.
Hypno5e - Shores Of The Abstract Line
February 19 (Something Weird)
144.
23.
Heavenwood - The Tarot Of The Bohemians: Part 1
★★★½☆ February 22 (Gothic)
144.
24.
Votum - :Ktonik:
★★★½☆ February 26 (Progressive)
144.
25.
Sunburst - Fragments Of Creation
★★★★☆ February 26 (Progressive Power)
144.
26.
Headspace - All That You Fear Is Gone
★★★½☆ February 26 (Progressive)
144.
27.
Redemption - The Art Of Loss
★★★★☆ February 26 (Progressive)
144.
28.
Church Of Misery - And Then There Were None...
March 3 (Doom)
144.
29.
Oceans Of Slumber - Winter
★★★½☆ March 4 (Extreme Progressive)
144.
30.
Dyscordia - Words In Ruin
March 5 (Progressive)
144.
31.
Obsidian Kingdom - A Year With No Summer
★★★½☆ March 11 (Progressive Rock)
144.
32.
Skuggsjá - A Piece For Mind & Mirror
March 11 (Nordic Folk Whatever)
144.
33.
Oceans Of Time - Trust
★★★½☆ March 17 (Progressive Power)
144.
34.
Poem - Skein Syndrome
★★★½☆ March 18 (Progressive)
144.
35.
Paragon - Hell Beyond Hell
March 18 (Power)
144.
36.
Circus Maximus - Havoc
★★★½☆ March 18 (Progressive)
144.
37.
InnerWish - InnerWish
★★★½☆ Match 19 (Power)
144.
38.
Defecto - Excluded
March 18 (Progressive Power)
144.
39.
Spiritual Beggars - Sunrise To Sundown
★★★★☆ March 18 (Stoner)
144.
40.
Almanac - Tsar
★★½☆☆ March 18 (Power)
144.
41.
Eternity's End - The Fire Within
★★★☆☆ March 25 (Progressive Power)
144.
42.
Iamthemorning - Lighthouse
April 1 (Progressive Rock)
144.
43.
Novembre - URSA
★★★☆☆ April 1 (Death/Doom)
144.
44.
Zakk Wylde - Book Of Shadows II
(Rock)
144.
45.
Ihsahn - Arktis.
★★★★½ April 8 (Extreme Progressive)
144.
46.
Cult Of Luna - Mariner [Collaboration]
★★★★½ April 8 (Post)
144.
47.
Dynazty - Titanic Mass
★★★☆☆ April 15 (Power)
144.
48.
Long Distance Calling - Trips
★★★★☆ April 29 (Post Rock)
144.
49.
Fallujah - Dreamless
April 29 (Progressive/Tech Death)
144.
50.
Haken - Affinity
★★★★½ April 29 (Progressive)
144.
51.
The Morningside - Yellow
★★★½☆ May 2 (Doom/Prog)
144.
52.
Perturbator - The Uncanny Valley
May 6 (Synthwave)
144.
53.
Vektor - Terminal Redux
★★★½☆ May 6 (Progressive Thrash)
144.
54.
Grand Magus - Sword Songs
★★★☆☆ May 13 (Heavy/Doom)
144.
55.
Iron Savior - Titancraft
★★★☆☆ May 20 (Power)
144.
56.
Flotsam And Jetsam - Flotsam And Jetsam
May 20 (Thrash)
144.
57.
Katatonia - The Fall Of Hearts
★★★★☆ May 20 (Gothic Doom)
144.
58.
In Mourning - Afterglow
★★★★☆ May 20 (Progressive Death)
144.
59.
Death Angel - The Evil Divide
★★★★☆ May 27 (Thrash)
144.
60.
Yossi Sassi - Roots And Roads
May 25 (Folkish Rock)
144.
61.
Dark Funeral - Where Shadows Forever Reign
June 3 (Black)
144.
62.
Withem - The Unforgiving Road
★★★½☆ June 3 (Progressive)
144.
63.
Airbag - Disconnected
★★★★☆ June 10 (Progressive Rock)
144.
64.
Cosmograf - The Unreasonable Silence
June 13 (Progressive Rock)
144.
65.
Gojira - Magma
★★★½☆ June 17 (Progressive Death)
144.
66.
Be'lakor - Vessels
★★★★½ June 24 (Melodic Death)
144.
67.
Infinite Spectrum - Haunter Of The Dark
June 24 (Progressive)
144.
68.
Earthship - Hollowed
★★★½☆ June 24 (Sludge)
144.
69.
Kayo Dot - Plastic House On Base Of Sky
June 24 (Avantgarde/Progressive Rock)
144.
70.
Fates Warning - Theories Of Flight
★★★★★ July 1 (Progressive)
144.
71.
Wolverine - Machina Viva
★★★★☆ July 8 (Progressive)
144.
72.
Witherscape - The Northern Sanctuary
★★★★½ July 22 (Progressive Death)
144.
73.
Karmakanic - Dot
★★★½☆ July 22 (Progressive Rock)
144.
74.
Hammers Of Misfortune - Dead Revolution
July 22 (Progressive)
144.
75.
An Abstract Illusion - Illuminate The Path
July 27 (Ambient Death)
144.
76.
Thank You Scientist - Stranger Heads Prevail
July 29 (Progressive Rock)
144.
77.
Russian Circles - Guidance
August 5 (Post)
144.
78.
Attick Demons - Let's Raise Hell
★★★½☆ August 12 (Heavy)
144.
79.
Darkher - Realms
August 19 (Ambient)
144.
80.
Throes Of Dawn - Our Voices Shall Remain
August 20 (Progressive Gothic)
144.
81.
DGM - The Passage
★★★½☆ August 26 (Progressive)
144.
82.
SubRosa - For This We Fought The Battle Of Ages
★★★½☆ August 26 (Sludge)
144.
83.
Orphaned Land - Kna'an [Split]
August 26 (Proggy Folk)
144.
84.
Imminent Sonic Destruction - Triumphia
September 2 (Progressive)
144.
85.
Devin Townsend - Transcendence
★★★★½ September 9 (Progressive)
144.
86.
Damian Wilson - Built For Fighting
September 9 (solo project)
144.
87.
Oddland - Origin
September 9 (Progressive)
144.
88.
Evergrey - The Storm Within
★★★★☆ September 9 (Progressive Power)
144.
89.
Serious Black - Mirrorworld
★★★☆☆ September 9 (Power)
144.
90.
In The Woods... - Pure
September 16 (Doom/Progressive)
144.
91.
Narnia - Narnia
September 16 (Power)
144.
92.
Barishi - Blood From The Lion's Mouth
September 16 (Crazy Prog)
144.
93.
Asymmetry - Fragility
September 16 (Progressive)
144.
94.
Source (USA) - Return To Nothing
★★★½☆ September 23 (Progressive)
144.
95.
Insomnium - Winter's Gate
★★★★☆ September 23 (Melodic Death)
144.
96.
Kryptos - Burn Up The Night
September 23 (Heavy)
144.
97.
Charred Walls Of The Damned - Creatures Watching Over The Dead
★★★☆☆ September 23 (Power)
144.
98.
Neurosis - Fires Within Fires
★★★★☆ Septhember 23 (Post)
144.
99.
Marillion - F E A R (F*** Everyone And Run)
★★★★☆ September 23 (Progressive Rock)
144.
100.
Kansas - The Prelude Implicit
September 23 (Progressive Rock)
144.
101.
Seventh Wonder - Welcome To Atlanta Live 2014
September 23 (Progressive)
144.
102.
RavenEye - Nova
September 23 (Hard Rock/Metal)
144.
103.
Allegaeon - Proponent For Sentience
September 25 (Technical/Melodic Death)
144.
104.
Iron Mask - Diabolica
September 30 (Power)
144.
105.
Opeth - Sorceress
★★★★☆ September 30 (Progressive)
144.
106.
GosT - Non Paradisi
★★★½☆ September 30 (Synthwave)
144.
107.
Alcest - Kodama
★★★½☆ September 30 (Postish blackish gaizsh)
144.
108.
Kylver - The Island
October 6 (Post Rock)
144.
109.
Meshuggah - The Violent Sleep Of Reason
October 7 (Math)
144.
110.
Norah Jones - Day Breaks
October 7 (Pop)
144.
111.
Mono - Requiem For Hell
★★★½☆ October 14 (Post)
144.
112.
Anciients - Voice Of The Void
★★★★☆ October 14 (Prog/Death)
144.
113.
Katie Melua - In Winter
October 14 (Pop)
144.
114.
40 Watt Sun - Wider Than The Sky
October 14 (Doom)
144.
115.
Riverside - Eye Of The Soundscape
★★★½☆ October 21 (Progressive)
144.
116.
Blind Ego - Liquid
★★★½☆ October 21 (Progressive Rock)
144.
117.
Khemmis - Hunted
★★★★☆ October 21 (Doom/Stoner/Sludge)
144.
118.
Blindead - Ascension
October 21 (Post)
144.
119.
Black Yet Full Of Stars - Black Yet Full Of Stars
October 22 (Progressive)
144.
120.
Testament - Brotherhood Of The Snake
★★★★☆ October 28 (Thrash)
144.
121.
Theocracy - Ghost Ship
★★★½☆ October 28 (Progressive Power)
144.
122.
Noveria - Forsaken
October 28 (Progressive Power)
144.
123.
Vader - The Empire
November 4 (Death)
144.
124.
Dark Tranquillity - Atoma
★★★★☆ November 4 (Melodic Death)
144.
125.
Birds Of Tokyo - Brace
November 4 (Popish)
144.
126.
Glenn Hughes - Resonate
★★★½☆ November 4 (Hard Rock)
144.
127.
Starkill - Shadow Sleep
November 4 (Melodic Death)
144.
128.
Crippled Black Phoenix - Bronze
November 4 (Post/Prog Rock)
144.
129.
Neal Morse - The Similitude Of A Dream
★★★★☆ November 11 (Progressive Rock)
144.
130.
Enslaved - The Sleeping Gods - Thorn
November 11 (Progressive Black)
144.
131.
Hemina - Venus
November 11 (Progressive)
144.
132.
Trees Of Eternity - Hour Of The Nightingale
November 11 (Gothic/Doom)
144.
133.
Eternal Deformity - No Way Out
November 18 (Progressive/Doom)
144.
134.
Meller Gołyźniak Duda - Breaking Habits
November 18 (Rock)
144.
135.
Maschine - Naturalis
★★★½☆ November 18 (Progressive)
144.
136.
Herman Frank - The Devil Rides Out
Noveber 18 (Heavy)
144.
137.
Metallica - Hardwired?To Self-Destruct
★★★½☆ November 18 ("Thrash")
144.
138.
Enbound - The Blackened Heart
November 18 (Hard Rock/Melodic Metal)
144.
139.
Words Of Farewell - A Quiet World
November 18 (Melodic Death)
144.
140.
Nightmare - Dead Sun
★★★½☆ November 25 (Power)
144.
141.
Burning Point - The Blaze
November 25 (Power)
144.
142.
Aenaon - Hypnosophy
November 25 (Progressive Black)
144.
143.
Eternal Idol - The Unrevealed Secret
December 2 (Symphonic Power)
144.
144.
Crossbones - Rock The Cradle
★★★½☆ December 2 (Heavy)
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14.01.2016 - 18:30

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The majority of these records will be on my list : http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=4478 (please thumb up if you like)
2016 will be great for sure
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