Best Of 2016

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Best Of 2016

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A list by
Dark Forever
Created
January 04, 2016
Entries
107
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All albums of 2016 I've listened to, ordered from the best to the worst.
107.
1.
The Foreshadowing - Seven Heads, Ten Horns
9.3/10 - Doom/Gothic Metal
107.
2.
Heavenwood - The Tarot Of The Bohemians
9.1/10 - Gothic Metal
107.
3.
Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika
9.0/10 - Viking Metal
107.
4.
Borknagar - Winter Thrice
8.9/10 - Progressive Black Metal
107.
5.
Novembre - URSA
8.9/10 - Extreme Progressive Metal
107.
6.
Ihsahn - Arktis.
8.8/10 - Extreme Progressive/Avantgarde Metal
107.
7.
Oceans Of Slumber - Winter
8.8/10 - Extreme Progressive Metal
107.
8.
Omnium Gatherum - Grey Heavens
8.7/10 - Melodic Death Metal
107.
9.
Cult Of Luna - Mariner [Collaboration]
8.7/10 - Atmospheric Sludge Metal
107.
10.
Sinistro - Semente
8.7/10 - Post-Metal/Atmospheric Sludge
107.
11.
Winterhorde - Maestro
8.7/10 - Extreme Progressive Metal
107.
12.
Fleshgod Apocalypse - King
8.6/10 - Symphonic Death Metal
107.
13.
First Fragment - Dasein
8.6/10 - Technical Death Metal
107.
14.
Fallujah - Dreamless
8.6/10 - Progressive Death Metal
107.
15.
Beseech - My Darkness, Darkness
8.5/10 - Gothic Metal
107.
16.
Linda Martini - Sirumba
8.5/10 - Post-Rock
107.
17.
Long Distance Calling - Trips
8.5/10 - Post-Rock
107.
18.
Anneke Van Giersbergen - Verloren Verleden [Collaboration]
8.5/10 - Acoustic/Chamber Pop
107.
19.
King Goat - Conduit
8.4/10 - Psychedelic Doom Metal
107.
20.
First Breath After Coma - Drifter
8.4/10 - Post-Rock
107.
21.
Avantasia - Ghostlights
8.4/10 - Symphonic Power Metal
107.
22.
Iamthemorning - Lighthouse
8.4/10 - Acoustic/Chamber Pop
107.
23.
Obscura - Akróasis
8.4/10 - Technical Death Metal
107.
24.
Lords Of Black - II
8.4/10 - Heavy Metal
107.
25.
End Of Aeon - Through Infant Eyes
8.3/10 - Melodic Death/Doom Metal
107.
26.
Entropia (POL) - Ufonaut
8.2/10 - Post-Black Metal
107.
27.
Anthrax - For All Kings
8.2/10 - Heavy/Thrash Metal
107.
28.
Greenleaf - Rise Above The Meadow
8.2/10 - Stoner Rock
107.
29.
Rotting Christ - Rituals
8.1/10 - Ritual Black Metal
107.
30.
Deströyer 666 - Wildfire
8.1/10 - Blackened Thrash Metal
107.
31.
Megadeth - Dystopia
8.1/10 - Heavy/Thrash Metal
107.
32.
Latitudes - Old Sunlight
8.1/10 - Post-Sludge Metal
107.
33.
Evig Natt - Evig Natt
8.1/10 - Doom/Gothic Metal
107.
34.
Blood Ceremony - Lord Of Misrule
8.1/10 - Psychedelic Doom Metal
107.
35.
Vredehammer - Violator
8.0/10 - Black/Death Metal
107.
36.
David Bowie - Blackstar
8.0/10 - Art/Experimental Rock
107.
37.
Stam1na - Elokuutio
8.0/10 - Progressive Thrash Metal
107.
38.
Deftones - Gore
8.0/10 - Alternative Metal
107.
39.
Sean Riley & The Slowriders - Sean Riley & The Slowriders
8.0/10 - Alternative Folk/Indie Rock
107.
40.
Hypno5e - Shores Of The Abstract Line
8.0/10 - Experimental Progressive Metal
107.
41.
Metal Church - XI
8.0/10 - Heavy/Thrash Metal
107.
42.
Bossk - Audio Noir
8.0/10 - Atmospheric Sludge Metal
107.
43.
The Body - No One Deserves Hapiness
7.9/10 - Experimental Sludge Metal
107.
44.
Motus Tenebrae - Deathrising
7.9/10 - Gothic Metal
107.
45.
Myrath - Legacy
7.9/10 - Oriental Progressive Metal
107.
46.
Sunburst - Fragments Of Creation
7.9/10 - Progressive Power Metal
107.
47.
Hexvessel - When We Are Death
7.9/10 - Psychedelic Rock
107.
48.
Dissona - Paleopneumatic
7.9/10 - Avantgarde Metal
107.
49.
Universe217 - Change
7.9/10 - Experimental Doom Metal
107.
50.
Immensity - The Isolation Splendour
7.9/10 - Atmospheric Doom Metal
107.
51.
Amon Amarth - Jomsviking
7.8/10 - Melodic Death Metal
107.
52.
Paus - Mitra
7.8/10 - Experimental Post-Rock
107.
53.
InnerWish - InnerWish
7.8/10 - Power Metal
107.
54.
Dissvarth - Between The Light And The Moon
7.8/10 - Ambient/Darkwave
107.
55.
Sulphur - Omens Of Doom
7.8/10 - Black/Death Metla
107.
56.
Dyscordia - Words In Ruin
7.8/10 - Progressive Metal
107.
57.
Ulver - ATGCLVLSSCAP
7.8/10 - Electronic Avantgarde
107.
58.
Redemption - The Art Of Loss
7.8/10 - Progressive Metal
107.
59.
Old Jerusalem - A Rose Is A Rose Is A Rose
7.8/10 - Acoustic Folk
107.
60.
The Infernal Sea - The Great Mortality
7.7/10 - Black Metal
107.
61.
Abbath - Abbath
7.7/10 - Black Metal
107.
62.
Entombed A.D. - Dead Dawn
7.7/10 - Death Metal
107.
63.
Obsidian Kingdom - A Year With No Summer
7.7/10 - Extreme Progressive Metal
107.
64.
Spiritual Beggars - Sunrise To Sundown
7.7/10 - Stoner Rock
107.
65.
Bleib Modern - Vale Of Tears
7.7/10 - Coldwave/Post-Punk
107.
66.
The Cult - Hidden City
7.6/10 - Hard Rock
107.
67.
Twin Transistors - Sun Of Wolves
7.6/10 - Psychedelic Rock
107.
68.
The 69 Eyes - Universal Monsters
7.6/10 - Gothic/Hard Rock
107.
69.
Plebeian Grandstand - False Highs, True Lows
7.6/10 - Black Metal/Hardcore
107.
70.
Artillery - Penalty By Perception
7.6/10 - Thrash Metal
107.
71.
Église - Église
7.6/10 - Post-Hardcore
107.
72.
Textures - Phenotype
7.5/10 - Progressive Math Metal
107.
73.
Inactive Messiah - Dark Masterpiece
7.5/10 - Melodic Death Metal
107.
74.
Dream Theater - The Astonishing
7.5/10 - Progressive Metal
107.
75.
Pogavranjen - Jedva Čekam Da Nikad Ne Umrem
7.5/10 - Avantgarde Black Metal
107.
76.
Todtgelichter - Rooms
7.5/10 - Avantgarde Metal
107.
77.
Mechina - Progenitor
7.4/10 - Industrial Death Metal
107.
78.
Witchcraft - Nucleus
7.4/10 - Stoner Metal
107.
79.
The Zenith Passage - Solipsist
7.4/10 - Technical Death Metal
107.
80.
Wöljager - Van't Liewen Un Stiäwen
7.4/10 - Neofolk
107.
81.
Ragnarok - Psychopathology
7.4/10 - Black Metal
107.
82.
Places Around The Sun - Still Here
7.4/10 - Alternative Rock
107.
83.
Mantar - Ode To The Flame
7.3/10 - Sludge Metal
107.
84.
Graves At Sea - The Curst That Is
7.3/10 - Atmospheric Sludge Metal
107.
85.
Hadriel - Liberosis
7.3/10 - Progressive Doom Metal
107.
86.
Khthoniik Cerviiks - SeroLogiikal Scars (Vertex Of Dementiia)
7.3/10 - Black/Death Metal
107.
87.
Pensées Nocturnes - À Boire Et À Manger
7.3/10 - Neoclassical Black Metal
107.
88.
Killswitch Engage - Incarnate
7.3/10 - Metalcore
107.
89.
Magnum - Sacred Blood "Divine" Lies
7.3/10 - Progressive Rock
107.
90.
Axel Rudi Pell - Game Of Sins
7.2/10 - Heavy/Power Metal
107.
91.
Aluk Todolo - Voix
7.1/10 - Experimental Black Metal
107.
92.
Rhapsody Of Fire - Into The Legend
7.1/10 - Symphonic Power Metal
107.
93.
Frequency Drift - Last
7.1/10 - Progressive Rock
107.
94.
Brimstone Coven - Black Magic
7.0/10 - Doom Metal/Stoner Rock
107.
95.
Lycus - Chasms
7.0/10 - Funeral Doom Metal
107.
96.
Sensible Soccers - Villa Soledade
6.9/10 -
107.
97.
Vinterblot - Realms Of The Untold
6.9/10 - Melodic Death Metal
107.
98.
Holy Grail - Times Of Pride And Peril
6.7/10 - Heavy/Power Metal
107.
99.
Van Canto - Voices Of Fire
6.7/10 - A Capella Power Metal
107.
100.
Oceans Of Time - Trust
6.6/10 - Progressive Power Metal
107.
101.
Dakesis - The New Dawn
6.6/10 - Progressive Power Metal
107.
102.
Mortiis - The Great Deceiver
6.5/10 - EBM/Industrial Metal
107.
103.
Primal Fear - Rulebreaker
6.2/10 - Power Metal
107.
104.
Babymetal - Metal Resistance
6.0/10 - J-Metal
107.
105.
Walls Of Jericho - No One Can Save You From Yourself
5.9/10 - Metalcore
107.
106.
Nemesea - Uprise
5.3/10 - Gothic/Pop Rock
107.
107.
Tiles - Pretending 2 Run
5.0/10 - Progressive Rock
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