Work in Progress.
Top 30 favorite albums of the year. #31 onwards have not been sorted yet.

1.The Hotelier - Goodness

2.Thank You Scientist - Stranger Heads Prevail

3.Astronoid - Air

4.Modern Baseball - Holy Ghost

5.O'Brother - Endless Light

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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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1.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

2.Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika

3.Witherscape - The Northern Sanctuary

4.Ihsahn - Arktis.

5.Alcest - Kodama

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1.Myrath - Legacy

2.Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika

3.Mute The Saint - Mute the Saint

4.Whispered - Metsutan - Songs Of The Void

5.First Fragment - Dasein

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1.Abbath - Abbath

2.Exumer - The Raging Tides

3.Rotting Christ - Rituals

4.Deströyer 666 - Wildfire

5.Fleshgod Apocalypse - King

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1.Mors Principium Est - Embers Of A Dying World

2.Allegaeon - Elements Of The Infinite

3.In Vain - Ænigma

4.Obscura - Omnivium

5.Wolfheart - Shadow World

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Yet another list of mine, this time going back since the first one in 2017. My favorite death metal-adjacent records of 2016. I will be adding more as I find other great records, feel free to recommend…

1.Abnormality - Mechanisms Of Omniscience

2.Aborted - Retrogore

3.Amon Amarth - Jomsviking

4.Anciients - Voice Of The Void

5.Be'lakor - Vessels

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In no particular order.

1.Archspire - Relentless Mutation

2.Animals As Leaders - The Joy Of Motion

3.Necrophagist - Epitaph

4.Obscura - Akróasis

5.C.B Murdoc - Here Be Dragons

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Better never than late, right? Order is not particular.

1.Vektor - Terminal Redux

2.Dark Tranquillity - Atoma

3.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

4.Uada - Devoid Of Light

5.Be'lakor - Vessels

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Most wanted albums to get right here and now. Ranked from Most to More liked +++.

1.Thy Catafalque - Meta

2.Cult Of Luna - Mariner [Collaboration]

3.Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika

4.Oranssi Pazuzu - Värähtelijä

5.Crippled Black Phoenix - Bronze

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1.Cult Of Luna - Mariner [Collaboration]

2.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

3.Trees Of Eternity - Hour Of The Nightingale

4.Ihsahn - Arktis.

5.Haken - Affinity

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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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All subgenres of progressive music.

1.Obscura - Akróasis

2.Josh Middleton Project - Hollowed-Out Planetoid

3.Textures - Phenotype

4.Ihsahn - Arktis.

5.Haken - Affinity

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1.Alcest - Kodama

2.Myrath - Legacy

3.Fallujah - Dreamless

4.Krampus - Counter//Current

5.Rotting Christ - Rituals

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1.Omnium Gatherum - Grey Heavens

2.Fleshgod Apocalypse - King

3.Rotting Christ - Rituals

4.Amon Amarth - Jomsviking

5.Obscura - Akróasis

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