1.Inquisition - Bloodshed Across The Empyrean Altar Beyond The Celestial Zenith

2.Darkthrone - Arctic Thunder

3.Anaal Nathrakh - The Whole Of The Law

4.Cultes Des Ghoules - Coven, Or Evil Ways Instead Of Love

5.Deströyer 666 - Wildfire

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1.Death - Individual Thought Patterns

2.Savatage - Edge Of Thorns

3.Annihilator - Set The World On Fire

4.Conception - Parallel Minds

5.Angra - Angels Cry

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1.First Fragment - Dasein

2.Spellcaster - When Night Hides the World

3.Vektor - Terminal Redux

4.Whispered - Metsutan - Songs Of The Void

5.Exumer - The Raging Tides

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My favourite instrumental bands so far.
Don't hesitate to post other bands in the comments, I sure still have a lot to discover.

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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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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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1.Metallica - Hardwired?To Self-Destruct

2.Devilment - II: The Mephisto Waltzes

3.Diabulus In Musica - Dirge For The Archons

4.Trees Of Eternity - Hour Of The Nightingale

5.Dark Tranquillity - Atoma

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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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1.Agalloch - Pale Folklore

2.Agalloch - The Mantle

3.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

4.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea

5.Ahab - The Boats Of The Glen Carrig

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Personal opinion from a lifelong LoG fan.

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

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

2.Vektor - Terminal Redux

3.Khemmis - Hunted

4.Ill Wicker - Untamed

5.Alcest - Kodama

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True story...

1.Kaledon - Legend Of The Forgotten Reign - Chapter 2: The King's Rescue

2.Rhapsody Of Fire - Dark Wings Of Steel

3.Stratovarius - Stratovarius

4.Kamelot - Eternity

5.Primal Fear - Black Sun

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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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