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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A little list series where I list my top 20 favorite metal albums every year starting from the year I was born in.

2016 was pretty solid year for metal, a couple of masterpieces in melodic death metal and power metal, black metal keep going strong and some old acts returning stronger than ever.


My favorite non metal albums of 2016

1. ★
By David Bowie (Art rock)


2. Atrocity Exhibition
By Danny Brown (Experimental Hip Hop, Hardcore Hip Hop)


3. Runaljod – Ragnarok
By Wardruna (Dark Folk, Neo-Pagan Folk)


4.Blonde
By Frank Ocean (R&B, Neo-Soul, Ambient Pop)


5. Act V: Hymns With the Devil in Confessional
By The Dear Hunter (Progressive Rock, Rock Opera)



My favorite movie from 2016

1.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

2.Eternal Champion - The Armor of Ire

3.Trees Of Eternity - Hour Of The Nightingale

4.La Torture Des Ténèbres - Civilization Is The Tomb Of Our Noble Gods

5.Demon Bitch - Hellfriends

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The second part of my list year by year!

1.The Foreshadowing - Oionos

2.Aquilus - Griseus

3.Saturnus - Saturn In Ascension

4.Hamferð - Evst

5.Shylmagoghnar - Emergence

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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 stuff in the comments! Listed alphabetically by band name with the subgenre included.

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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1.Opeth - Ghost Reveries

2.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

3.Swallow The Sun - New Moon

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1.Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery

2.Ulver - Bergtatt - Et Eeventyr I 5 Capitler

3.In Flames - The Jester Race

4.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson

5.In Flames - Whoracle

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1.Gojira - Magma

2.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

3.Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika

4.Trees Of Eternity - Hour Of The Nightingale

5.SubRosa - For This We Fought The Battle Of Ages

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1.Textures - Phenotype

2.Twelve Foot Ninja - Outlier

3.Ihsahn - Arktis.

4.Panic! at the Disco - Death of a Bachelor

5.Madder Mortem - Red In Tooth And Claw

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1.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

2.Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika

3.

4.Carcass - Heartwork

5.Cynic - Focus

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1.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

2.Alcest - Les Voyages De L'âme

3.Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God

4.Amorphis - Skyforger

5.At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul

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1.Wintersun - Wintersun

2.Be'lakor - Stone's Reach

3.Ensiferum - Ensiferum

4.Septicflesh - Communion

5.Insomnium - Above The Weeping World

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Honorable mentions:

Asphyx - Incoming Death
Be'lakor - Vessels
Mistur - In Memoriam
Thrawsunblat - Metachthonia
Vader - The Empire

Slight letdown:

Amon Amarth - Jomsviking

1.Helstar - Vampiro

2.Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika

3.Epica - The Holographic Principle

4.Suicidal Angels - Division Of Blood

5.Exumer - The Raging Tides

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In no particular order

1.Devin Townsend - Transcendence

2.Cult Of Luna - Mariner [Collaboration]

3.Astronoid - Air

4.Borknagar - Winter Thrice

5.Messa - Belfry

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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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