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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Here are my favourite releases (8+ ratings) from 2016! This year, my preferences are ranked in order of how I'd rate them. I didn't manage to listen to an exceptional amount of new music this…

1.Départe - Failure, Subside

2.40 Watt Sun - Wider Than The Sky

3.Gorguts - Pleiades' Dust

4.Aluk Todolo - Voix

5.Vektor - Terminal Redux

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1.Sabaton - The Last Stand

2.Volbeat - Seal The Deal & Let's Boogie

3.Primal Fear - Rulebreaker

4.Pretty Maids - Kingmaker

5.Evergrey - The Storm Within

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1.Deströyer 666 - Wildfire

2.Asphyx - Incoming Death

3.Anaal Nathrakh - The Whole Of The Law

4.Meshiaak - Alliance Of Thieves

5.After All - Waves Of Annihilation

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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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Some excellent records this year, it was sometimes really difficult to choose in what order I wanted to rank them.

I based this list on the scores I would give each album. When it's a tie between…

1.Iron Mask - Diabolica

2.Heavenwood - The Tarot Of The Bohemians: Part 1

3.Fractal Cypher - The Human Paradox

4.Stone Magnum - Holy Blessings To None

5.In The Woods... - Pure

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1.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

2.Gojira - Magma

3.Twilight Force - Heroes Of Mighty Magic

4.Dark Oath - When Fire Engulfs The Earth

5.40 Watt Sun - Wider Than The Sky

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1.Evergrey - The Storm Within

2.Amon Amarth - Jomsviking

3.Gojira - Magma

4.Metallica - Hardwired?To Self-Destruct

5.Epica - The Holographic Principle

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1.Desolate Shrine - The Heart Of The Netherworld

2.Marduk - Frontschwein

3.Gruesome - Savage Land

4.Mgła - Exercises In Futility

5.Sulphur Aeon - Gateway To The Antisphere

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1.Meshuggah - The Violent Sleep Of Reason

2.Nails - You Will Never Be One Of Us

3.Neurosis - Fires Within Fires

4.Gojira - Magma

5.Gorguts - Pleiades' Dust

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1.Stratovarius - Nemesis

2.Children Of Bodom - Halo Of Blood

3.Saxon - Sacrifice

4.Black Sabbath - 13

5.Masterplan - Novum Initium

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Sad Wings of Destiny by Judas Priest is one of my favorite albums because you can really hear the the beginnings of metal as a genre.

1.Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny

2.Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny

3.Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny

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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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one album from each group (in alphabetical order)…

1.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

2.Be'lakor - Stone's Reach

3.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

4.Burzum - Filosofem

5.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane

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2015 was a very good year in metal and rock stuff for me.

1.Tribulation - The Children Of The Night

2.Ghost - Meliora

3.Year Of The Goat - The Unspeakable

4.Baroness - Purple

5.Motörhead - Bad Magic

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