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AJ's Ranking Of 2016

2016 was... well... oh oh... oh oh... well... what the fuck!

Anyhow, here is my top 50 ranking of albums I scored 8+

Album count: 126
Average rating: 7.1

1.Alcest - Kodama
2.Khemmis - Hunted
3.Insomnium - Winter's Gate
4.Trees Of Eternity - Hour Of The Nightingale
5.Skuggsjá - A Piece For Mind & Mirror

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Created by AJ The Great on 27.04.2023



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TheJahrhead's Totally Biased Personal Favorites

1.Megadeth - Rust In Peace
2.Disforia - The Age Of Ether
3.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
4.Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything
5.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud

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Created by TheJahrhead on 03.09.2022



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I Like Big Hits And I Can Not Lie (Part II: 21st Century)

Stuff that got me hooked in the course of the years, from my very first blurred memories as a toddler to the present day.
Lots of catchy tunes, some cheese, very few flowers.
Songs that had a big impact on me and influenced my taste in music.
Stuff to let it all hang out, songs for campfire sing-alongs and soundtracks to slit your wrists to.
Love at first sight listen.

This is part II of II, covering the years since 2001.

Despite of the list's personal character, suggestions are very welcome.
After all I'm old and I may just have forgotten lots of stuff that did make my day.



Great albums that didn't make it on the list as they can only be enjoyed in their entirety, rather than by picking individual songs:

Thirdmoon - Sworn Enemy: Heaven (Death, 2004)
Defleshed - Reclaim The Beat (Death/Thrash, 2005)
Tyranny - Tides Of Awakening (Funeral Doom, 2005)
Mourning Beloveth - A Murderous Circus (Doom/Death, 2005)
Rotting Christ - Kata Ton Daimona Eaytoy (Black, 2013)

1.Alastis - Unity
2.Diablerie - Seraphyde
3.Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
4.Emperor - Prometheus: The Discipline Of Fire & Demise
5.Hollenthon - With Vilest Of Worms To Dwell

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Created by Starvynth on 19.05.2019



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My Favourite Drummers And The Songs That Made Me Love Them

A list of my favourite drummers in rough order (not precise) along with the songs that made me love them. I added the albums too

1.Slayer - Reign In Blood
2.Fleshgod Apocalypse - Agony
3.Nile - Annihilation Of The Wicked
4.Mastodon - Blood Mountain
5.Meshuggah - Destroy Erase Improve

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Created by Artorix Carlsson on 23.11.2018



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The Illusions Of Paradox: Top 10 Metal Albums Of 2016

The choice was though, not only because there were some very good albums out there, but also because as you get older, life fucks you up, and you never have enough time to listen to all the albums you want, for as much as you want. Or as much as they deserve. I must add that the list could be different if I made it on any other day, depending on the mood. I would like to note some honorable mentions too, such as Witherscape - The Northern Sanctuary, Rotting Christ - Rituals, Avantasia - Ghostlights, Skuggsja - A Piece For Mind and Mirror, Ihsahn - Arktis, Moonsorrow, Jumalten Aika, Be'lakor - Vessels, Thy Catafalque Meta, and most of all Katatonia - The Fall of Hearts and Fates Warning - Theories of Flight.

1.Borknagar - Winter Thrice
2.Dark Tranquillity - Atoma
3.Insomnium - Winter's Gate
4.Trees Of Eternity - Hour Of The Nightingale
5.Delain - Moonbathers

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Created by RhaegarTargaryen on 20.02.2017



Metal Top 150 - (myFavorites 2016)

1.Mantar - Ode To The Flame
2.Temple Of Gnosis - De Secretis Naturae Alchymica
3.Uada - Devoid Of Light
4.Vanhelgd - Temple Of Phobos
5.Witherscape - The Northern Sanctuary

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Created by Alexbridger on 26.12.2016



Best Albums Of 2016

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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Created by Klauwier on 19.12.2016



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My Favorites Of 2016...so Far

I have never attempted to create a complete end of the year list so far, but here it is. It consists of the albums that I have either purchased myself throughout the year (most of them), or that I still spent enough time listening to to get a more or less complete impression (a few). I know that there are countless albums out there that I haven't paid any attention to so far and I might change the list a bit in the coming months because of that. Since I am mostly listening to Black Metal, expect to see a lot from that genre in my list.

1.Forteresse - Thèmes Pour La Rébellion
2.Mare Cognitum - Luminiferous Aether
3.Schammasch - Triangle
4.Inquisition - Bloodshed Across The Empyrean Altar Beyond The Celestial Zenith
5.Anaal Nathrakh - The Whole Of The Law

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Created by Isalith on 07.12.2016



Farewell 2016 - An Amazing Year For Metal

2016 - What An amazing year for Metal!

End of the year list for the bands & albums I heard this year - sorted In alphabetical order. List is WIP.

1.Abbath - Abbath
2.Alcest - Kodama
3.Ancient - Back To The Land Of The Dead
4.Antimatter - Welcome To The Machine
5.Borknagar - Winter Thrice

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Created by Paradoxical on 03.12.2016



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Sloefke's 2016 albums ranking

Scoring copied from Sword_Chant:

✮✮✮✮✮ - Incredible, possibly Album Of The Year
✮✮✮✮½ - Awesome
✮✮✮✮ - Solid release
✮✮✮½ - Good release
✮✮✮ - Not bad
✮✮ - Disappointing
✮ - Bad / very bad

1.Be'lakor - Vessels
2.Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika
3.Borknagar - Winter Thrice
4.Ihsahn - Arktis.
5.Fleshgod Apocalypse - King

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Created by Sloefke on 15.11.2016



2016 Top Albums So Far

1.Fleshgod Apocalypse - King
2.Insomnium - Winter's Gate
3.Orbit Culture - Rasen
4.Mechina - Progenitor
5.Crematory - Monument

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Created by NoxStorM on 03.10.2016



Best Albums Of Twenty-sickteen

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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Created by xXFrostyXx on 10.07.2016



2016

1.Alcest - Kodama
2.Myrath - Legacy
3.Fallujah - Dreamless
4.Krampus - Counter//Current
5.Rotting Christ - Rituals

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Created by DoomSayer on 03.04.2016



2016 So Far

1.Omnium Gatherum - Grey Heavens
2.Fleshgod Apocalypse - King
3.Rotting Christ - Rituals
4.Amon Amarth - Jomsviking
5.Obscura - Akróasis

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Created by azhidahakk on 31.03.2016



The Cappuccino List - 2016 (Personal reccomendations|ENG/GER)

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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Created by plutik on 29.03.2016