1.Twelve Foot Ninja - Outlier

2.Riverside - Eye Of The Soundscape

3.Swallow The Sun - Songs From The North I, II & III

4.Opeth - Sorceress

5.Ihsahn - Arktis.

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Well, here I put my personal top with which to me have been the best albums of 2016. They are not all they are, but if they all are.

1.Altarage - NIHL

2.Mistur - In Memoriam

3.Fallujah - Dreamless

4.Anciients - Voice Of The Void

5.Black Crown Initiate - Selves We Cannot Forgive

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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…

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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1.Witherscape - The Northern Sanctuary

2.Throes Of Dawn - Our Voices Shall Remain

3.The Foreshadowing - Seven Heads, Ten Horns

4.Trees Of Eternity - Hour Of The Nightingale

5.Epica - The Holographic Principle

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A short list displaying my top 5 albums of last year. These albums are truly great and deserve attention not only by the fans of the bands, but all metal fans in general.

1.Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika

2.Dark Tranquillity - Atoma

3.Be'lakor - Vessels

4.Witherscape - The Northern Sanctuary

5.Allegaeon - Proponent For Sentience

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Apologies for possible grammar error and for some repetitive leitmotiv.

Non Metalstrom Bands

Alastor (AUT): http://www.reverbnation.com/alastoraut
Anicon: https://gileadmedia.bandcamp.com/album/exegeses
Deviant…

1.Vale Of Pnath - II

2.Saor - Guardians

3.Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika

4.Deviant Process - Paroxysm

5.Vektor - Terminal Redux

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1.Netherbird - The Grander Voyage

2.Novembre - URSA

3.Ordog - The Grand Wall

4.Pretty Maids - Kingmaker

5.Primal Fear - Rulebreaker

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1.Vredehammer - Violator

2.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

3.Witherscape - The Northern Sanctuary

4.Anthrax - For All Kings

5.Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika

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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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1.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

2.Dark Tranquillity - Atoma

3.Avantasia - Ghostlights

4.Alter Bridge - The Last Hero

5.Abbath - Abbath

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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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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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Very late starting on this one, been rather unable to keep up with releases over the summer so will try to catch up on as many cool releases as possible in the last couple of months of the year. Be prepared…

1.Ortega - Sacred States

2.Riverside - Eye Of The Soundscape

3.Oathbreaker - Rheia

4.Devin Townsend - Transcendence

5.Allegaeon - Proponent For Sentience

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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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Hi here is my list from this year hope you like and comment it.
❤ : Awesome Album
+ : Need to be listen
- : Don't like it
O : Coming Soon (Not listen yet =))
$ : Current listening

Notable Song (Try…

1.Witherscape - The Northern Sanctuary

2.Be'lakor - Vessels

3.Hypno5e - Shores Of The Abstract Line

4.In Mourning - Afterglow

5.Haken - Affinity

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