Yet another list of mine, this time going back since the first one in 2017. My favorite death metal-adjacent records of 2016. I will be adding more as I find other great records, feel free to recommend stuff in the comments! Listed alphabetically by band name with the subgenre included.

1.Abnormality - Mechanisms Of Omniscience

2.Aborted - Retrogore

3.Amon Amarth - Jomsviking

4.Anciients - Voice Of The Void

5.Be'lakor - Vessels

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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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1.Fleshgod Apocalypse - King

2.Cult Of Luna - Mariner [Collaboration]

3.Anciients - Voice Of The Void

4.Devin Townsend - Transcendence

5.Dark Tranquillity - Atoma

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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 for pithy reviews

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.Cult Of Luna - Mariner [Collaboration]

2.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

3.Trees Of Eternity - Hour Of The Nightingale

4.Ihsahn - Arktis.

5.Haken - Affinity

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Favourite albums of 2016 (including only those which I would rate 7+)

1.Vektor - Terminal Redux

2.Slice The Cake - Odyssey To The West

3.Animals As Leaders - The Madness Of Many

4.Gardenjia - Arkestral

5.Hypno5e - Shores Of The Abstract Line

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1.Ihsahn - Arktis.

2.Vektor - Terminal Redux

3.Meshuggah - The Violent Sleep Of Reason

4.Anciients - Voice Of The Void

5.Black Crown Initiate - Selves We Cannot Forgive

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1.Whipstriker - Only Filth Will Prevail

2.Wolverine - Machina Viva

3.Zun - Burial Sunrise

4.Nidhöggr - Ragnarök

5.Haken - Affinity

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1.Ulcerate - Shrines Of Paralysis

2.The Dillinger Escape Plan - Dissociation

3.Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool

4.Katatonia - The Fall Of Hearts

5.Vektor - Terminal Redux

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1.Amon Amarth - Jomsviking

2.Dark Tranquillity - Atoma

3.Omnium Gatherum - Grey Heavens

4.Equilibrium - Armageddon

5.Be'lakor - Vessels

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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

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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

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1.After The Burial - Dig Deep

2.Meshuggah - The Violent Sleep Of Reason

3.Dark Tranquillity - Atoma

4.Sanzu - Heavy Over The Home

5.Oceans Of Slumber - Winter

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