1.I am Noah - The Verdict

2.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

3.Trees Of Eternity - Hour Of The Nightingale

4.Avantasia - Ghostlights

5.Fleshgod Apocalypse - King

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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…

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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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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Great year for metal, so many top quality releases hard to choose from…

1.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

2.Be'lakor - Vessels

3.Dark Tranquillity - Atoma

4.Khonsu - The Xun Protectorate

5.Trees Of Eternity - Hour Of The Nightingale

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1.Alcest - Kodama

2.Amon Amarth - Jomsviking

3.Be'lakor - Vessels

4.Dark Tranquillity - Atoma

5.Darkthrone - Arctic Thunder

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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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1.Fleshgod Apocalypse - King

2.Aborted - Retrogore

3.Cult Of Luna - Mariner [Collaboration]

4.Anciients - Voice Of The Void

5.Allegaeon - Proponent For Sentience

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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.Vektor - Terminal Redux

2.Be'lakor - Vessels

3.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

4.Virvum - Illuminate

5.Thy Catafalque - Meta

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Just another random guy's list of their favorite albums of the year. If it isn't on the list, either I haven't listened to it yet or just don't like it.

1.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

2.Sabaton - The Last Stand

3.Opeth - Sorceress

4.Devin Townsend - Transcendence

5.Avenged Sevenfold - The Stage

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1.Epica - The Holographic Principle

2.Asphyx - Incoming Death

3.Devin Townsend - Transcendence

4.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

5.Opeth - Still Life

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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.Fleshgod Apocalypse - King

2.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

3.Orbit Culture - Rasen

4.Mechina - Progenitor

5.Crematory - Monument

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1.Epica - The Holographic Principle

2.Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika

3.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

4.Delain - Moonbathers

5.Be'lakor - Vessels

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This list contains my 16 favourite albums of the year 🤘

FUN FACT:
This was the year I decided to start a musical project, the release from Trees Of Eternity gave me the last push and inspiration.
On…

1.Trees Of Eternity - Hour Of The Nightingale

2.Onmyo-Za - 迦陵頻伽

3.Dream Theater - The Astonishing

4.Epica - The Holographic Principle

5.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

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