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All albums of 2016 I've listened to, ordered from the best to the worst.

Created by: Dark Forever | 04.01.2016


1. The Foreshadowing - Seven Heads, Ten Horns
9.3/10 - Doom/Gothic Metal
2. Heavenwood - The Tarot Of The Bohemians
9.1/10 - Gothic Metal
3. Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika
9.0/10 - Viking Metal
4. Borknagar - Winter Thrice
8.9/10 - Progressive Black Metal
5. Novembre - URSA
8.9/10 - Extreme Progressive Metal
6. Ihsahn - Arktis.
8.8/10 - Extreme Progressive/Avantgarde Metal
7. Oceans Of Slumber - Winter
8.8/10 - Extreme Progressive Metal
8. Omnium Gatherum - Grey Heavens
8.7/10 - Melodic Death Metal
9. Cult Of Luna - Mariner [Collaboration]
8.7/10 - Atmospheric Sludge Metal
10. Sinistro - Semente
8.7/10 - Post-Metal/Atmospheric Sludge
11. Winterhorde - Maestro
8.7/10 - Extreme Progressive Metal
12. Fleshgod Apocalypse - King
8.6/10 - Symphonic Death Metal
13. First Fragment - Dasein
8.6/10 - Technical Death Metal
14. Fallujah - Dreamless
8.6/10 - Progressive Death Metal
15. Beseech - My Darkness, Darkness
8.5/10 - Gothic Metal
16. Linda Martini - Sirumba
8.5/10 - Post-Rock
17. Long Distance Calling - Trips
8.5/10 - Post-Rock
18. Anneke Van Giersbergen - Verloren Verleden [Collaboration]
8.5/10 - Acoustic/Chamber Pop
19. King Goat - Conduit
8.4/10 - Psychedelic Doom Metal
20. First Breath After Coma - Drifter
8.4/10 - Post-Rock
21. Avantasia - Ghostlights
8.4/10 - Symphonic Power Metal
22. Iamthemorning - Lighthouse
8.4/10 - Acoustic/Chamber Pop
23. Obscura - Akróasis
8.4/10 - Technical Death Metal
24. Lords Of Black - II
8.4/10 - Heavy Metal
25. End Of Aeon - Through Infant Eyes
8.3/10 - Melodic Death/Doom Metal
26. Entropia (POL) - Ufonaut
8.2/10 - Post-Black Metal
27. Anthrax - For All Kings
8.2/10 - Heavy/Thrash Metal
28. Greenleaf - Rise Above The Meadow
8.2/10 - Stoner Rock
29. Rotting Christ - Rituals
8.1/10 - Ritual Black Metal
30. Deströyer 666 - Wildfire
8.1/10 - Blackened Thrash Metal
31. Megadeth - Dystopia
8.1/10 - Heavy/Thrash Metal
32. Latitudes - Old Sunlight
8.1/10 - Post-Sludge Metal
33. Evig Natt - Evig Natt
8.1/10 - Doom/Gothic Metal
34. Blood Ceremony - Lord Of Misrule
8.1/10 - Psychedelic Doom Metal
35. Vredehammer - Violator
8.0/10 - Black/Death Metal
36. David Bowie - Blackstar
8.0/10 - Art/Experimental Rock
37. Stam1na - Elokuutio
8.0/10 - Progressive Thrash Metal
38. Deftones - Gore
8.0/10 - Alternative Metal
39. Sean Riley & The Slowriders - Sean Riley & The Slowriders
8.0/10 - Alternative Folk/Indie Rock
40. Hypno5e - Shores Of The Abstract Line
8.0/10 - Experimental Progressive Metal
41. Metal Church - XI
8.0/10 - Heavy/Thrash Metal
42. Bossk - Audio Noir
8.0/10 - Atmospheric Sludge Metal
43. The Body - No One Deserves Hapiness
7.9/10 - Experimental Sludge Metal
44. Motus Tenebrae - Deathrising
7.9/10 - Gothic Metal
45. Myrath - Legacy
7.9/10 - Oriental Progressive Metal
46. Sunburst - Fragments Of Creation
7.9/10 - Progressive Power Metal
47. Hexvessel - When We Are Death
7.9/10 - Psychedelic Rock
48. Dissona - Paleopneumatic
7.9/10 - Avantgarde Metal
49. Universe217 - Change
7.9/10 - Experimental Doom Metal
50. Immensity - The Isolation Splendour
7.9/10 - Atmospheric Doom Metal
51. Amon Amarth - Jomsviking
7.8/10 - Melodic Death Metal
52. Paus - Mitra
7.8/10 - Experimental Post-Rock
53. InnerWish - InnerWish
7.8/10 - Power Metal
54. Dissvarth - Between The Light And The Moon
7.8/10 - Ambient/Darkwave
55. Sulphur - Omens Of Doom
7.8/10 - Black/Death Metla
56. Dyscordia - Words In Ruin
7.8/10 - Progressive Metal
57. Ulver - ATGCLVLSSCAP
7.8/10 - Electronic Avantgarde
58. Redemption - The Art Of Loss
7.8/10 - Progressive Metal
59. Old Jerusalem - A Rose Is A Rose Is A Rose
7.8/10 - Acoustic Folk
60. The Infernal Sea - The Great Mortality
7.7/10 - Black Metal
61. Abbath - Abbath
7.7/10 - Black Metal
62. Entombed A.D. - Dead Dawn
7.7/10 - Death Metal
63. Obsidian Kingdom - A Year With No Summer
7.7/10 - Extreme Progressive Metal
64. Spiritual Beggars - Sunrise To Sundown
7.7/10 - Stoner Rock
65. Bleib Modern - Vale Of Tears
7.7/10 - Coldwave/Post-Punk
66. The Cult - Hidden City
7.6/10 - Hard Rock
67. Twin Transistors - Sun Of Wolves
7.6/10 - Psychedelic Rock
68. The 69 Eyes - Universal Monsters
7.6/10 - Gothic/Hard Rock
69. Plebeian Grandstand - False Highs, True Lows
7.6/10 - Black Metal/Hardcore
70. Artillery - Penalty By Perception
7.6/10 - Thrash Metal
71. Église - Église
7.6/10 - Post-Hardcore
72. Textures - Phenotype
7.5/10 - Progressive Math Metal
73. Inactive Messiah - Dark Masterpiece
7.5/10 - Melodic Death Metal
74. Dream Theater - The Astonishing
7.5/10 - Progressive Metal
75. Pogavranjen - Jedva Čekam Da Nikad Ne Umrem
7.5/10 - Avantgarde Black Metal
76. Todtgelichter - Rooms
7.5/10 - Avantgarde Metal
77. Mechina - Progenitor
7.4/10 - Industrial Death Metal
78. Witchcraft - Nucleus
7.4/10 - Stoner Metal
79. The Zenith Passage - Solipsist
7.4/10 - Technical Death Metal
80. Wöljager - Van't Liewen Un Stiäwen
7.4/10 - Neofolk
81. Ragnarok - Psychopathology
7.4/10 - Black Metal
82. Places Around The Sun - Still Here
7.4/10 - Alternative Rock
83. Mantar - Ode To The Flame
7.3/10 - Sludge Metal
84. Graves At Sea - The Curst That Is
7.3/10 - Atmospheric Sludge Metal
85. Hadriel - Liberosis
7.3/10 - Progressive Doom Metal
86. Khthoniik Cerviiks - SeroLogiikal Scars (Vertex Of Dementiia)
7.3/10 - Black/Death Metal
87. Pensées Nocturnes - À Boire Et À Manger
7.3/10 - Neoclassical Black Metal
88. Killswitch Engage - Incarnate
7.3/10 - Metalcore
89. Magnum - Sacred Blood "Divine" Lies
7.3/10 - Progressive Rock
90. Axel Rudi Pell - Game Of Sins
7.2/10 - Heavy/Power Metal
91. Aluk Todolo - Voix
7.1/10 - Experimental Black Metal
92. Rhapsody Of Fire - Into The Legend
7.1/10 - Symphonic Power Metal
93. Frequency Drift - Last
7.1/10 - Progressive Rock
94. Brimstone Coven - Black Magic
7.0/10 - Doom Metal/Stoner Rock
95. Lycus - Chasms
7.0/10 - Funeral Doom Metal
96. Sensible Soccers - Villa Soledade
6.9/10 -
97. Vinterblot - Realms Of The Untold
6.9/10 - Melodic Death Metal
98. Holy Grail - Times Of Pride And Peril
6.7/10 - Heavy/Power Metal
99. Van Canto - Voices Of Fire
6.7/10 - A Capella Power Metal
100. Oceans Of Time - Trust
6.6/10 - Progressive Power Metal
101. Dakesis - The New Dawn
6.6/10 - Progressive Power Metal
102. Mortiis - The Great Deceiver
6.5/10 - EBM/Industrial Metal
103. Primal Fear - Rulebreaker
6.2/10 - Power Metal
104. Babymetal - Metal Resistance
6.0/10 - J-Metal
105. Walls Of Jericho - No One Can Save You From Yourself
5.9/10 - Metalcore
106. Nemesea - Uprise
5.3/10 - Gothic/Pop Rock
107. Tiles - Pretending 2 Run
5.0/10 - Progressive Rock


Disclaimer: All top lists are unofficial and do not represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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