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

      View entire list ››

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

      View entire list ››

1.Fleshgod Apocalypse - King

2.Obscura - Akróasis

3.Vredehammer - Violator

4.Flotsam And Jetsam - Flotsam And Jetsam

5.Moonsorrow - jumalten alka

      View entire list ››

Albums I've heard enough times to consider ranking

1.Vektor - Terminal Redux

2.Deströyer 666 - Wildfire

3.Suicidal Angels - Division Of Blood

4.Hobbs' Angel Of Death - Heaven Bled

5.Sojourner - Empires Of Ash

      View entire list ››

1.Cult Of Luna - Mariner [Collaboration]

2.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

3.Trees Of Eternity - Hour Of The Nightingale

4.Ihsahn - Arktis.

5.Haken - Affinity

      View entire list ››

1.Flotsam And Jetsam - Flotsam And Jetsam

2.Death Angel - The Evil Divide

3.Avatar - Feathers & Flesh

4.Tremonti - Dust

5.Grand Magus - Sword Songs

      View entire list ››

1.Death Angel - The Evil Divide

2.Sodom - Decision Day

3.Anthrax - For All Kings

4.Flotsam And Jetsam - Flotsam And Jetsam

5.Megadeth - Dystopia

      View entire list ››

Like my other genre-based lists, this exists purely for my own organizational purposes and not to provide a definitive statement about or guidebook to the thrash genre. I've folded some speed metal and other occasional outliers into this list, maybe a few not-so-thrash albums by otherwise-thrash bands, since they're close enough and I wasn't going to make a separate list.

1.Slayer - Reign In Blood

2.Gama Bomb - Citizen Brain

3.Cross Examination - Menace II Sobriety

4.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

5.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

      View entire list ››

My favorite to least favorite from 2016. I will be adding and moving albums as the year goes on.

1.Epica - The Holographic Principle

2.Testament - Brotherhood Of The Snake

3.Avantasia - Ghostlights

4.Allegaeon - Proponent For Sentience

5.Brymir - Slayer Of Gods

      View entire list ››

1.Testament - Brotherhood Of The Snake

2.Artillery - Penalty By Perception

3.Vektor - Terminal Redux

4.Desaster - The Oath Of An Iron Ritual

5.Exumer - The Raging Tides

      View entire list ››

1.Flotsam And Jetsam - Flotsam And Jetsam

2.Anthrax - For All Kings

3.Sodom - Decision Day

4.Testament - Brotherhood Of The Snake

5.Metallica - Hardwired...To Self-Destruct

      View entire list ››

One of source of entertainment in the couple of months since I've joined MS has been watching albums careen up and down the 2015 top 20. I thought it might be interesting to compile a list of every album that shows up on the 2016 top 20 list at any point during the year (modulo how often I'm actually able to observe the list) along with some statistics. Ranking on this list is ordered by peak rank, then last date at that rank, then end of year rank.

1.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

2.Trees Of Eternity - Hour Of The Nightingale

3.Aenaon - Hypnosophy

4.Dark Tranquillity - Atoma

5.Anaal Nathrakh - The Whole Of The Law

      View entire list ››

1.Abbath - Abbath

2.Exumer - The Raging Tides

3.Rotting Christ - Rituals

4.Deströyer 666 - Wildfire

5.Fleshgod Apocalypse - King

      View entire list ››

★★★★★ - Masterpiece!
★★★★½ - Excellent!
★★★★☆ - Great!
★★★½☆ - Very Good!
★★★☆☆ - Enjoyable!
★★½☆☆ - OK, Nothing Special...
★★☆☆☆ - Mediocre/Poor
★½☆☆☆ - Don't Touch
★☆☆☆☆ - I Want My Money Back

1.Cloudscape - Voice Of Reason

2.Adam Wakeman & Damian Wilson - Weir Keeper's Tale

3.Fifth To Infinity - Omnipotent Transdimensional Soulfire

4.Dissona - Paleopneumatic

5.Bloodiest - Bloodiest

      View entire list ››