1.Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare

2.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

3.Slayer - South Of Heaven

4.Razor - Violent Restitution

5.Morbid Saint - Spectrum Of Death

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Order is sorted by album repeat.

1.At The Gates - At War With Reality

2.Epica - The Quantum Enigma

3.Scar Symmetry - The Singularity (Phase I - Neohumanity)

4.Insomnium - Shadows Of The Dying Sun

5.Benighted - Carnivore Sublime

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Just albums that I have noticed in 2016 as at least "good".

1.Vektor - Terminal Redux

2.Show Me A Dinosaur - Show Me A Dinosaur

3.Alcest - Kodama

4.Ultar - Kadath

5.Khemmis - Hunted

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A list of the albums of 2016 that I have heard so far and enjoyed. Ratings and mini-reviews to come.

1.Abbath - Abbath

2.Atrament - Eternal Downfall

3.Beseech - My Darkness, Darkness

4.Bifröst - Mana Ewah

5.Black Tusk - Pillars Of Ash

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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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1.Rhapsody Of Fire - Into The Legend

2.Megadeth - Dystopia

3.Borknagar - Winter Thrice

4.Varg - Das Ende Aller Lügen

5.Primal Fear - Rulebreaker

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My Top Albums Of 2016.

1.Fleshgod Apocalypse - King

2.Asphyx - Incoming Death

3.Gatecreeper - Sonoran Depravation

4.Meshuggah - The Violent Sleep Of Reason

5.Amon Amarth - Jomsviking

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For me more than you, as the sheer amount of music in the world has turned me into a goldfish as far as remembering what I've listened to and what I thought of it. However, if you find something cool from here, more power you my friend!

1.Cult Of Luna - Mariner [Collaboration]

2.Fallujah - Dreamless

3.Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika

4.Death Grips - The Bottomless Pit

5.Iamthemorning - Lighthouse

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Updated 10/4/18

1.Ad Nauseam - Nihil Quam Vacuitas Ordinatum Est

2.Putridity - Ignominious Atonement

3.Iniquitous Savagery - Subversions Of The Psyche

4.VI - De Praestgiis Angelorum

5.Heaving Earth - Denouncing The Holy Throne

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Dream Theater are good for what they are, and what they are is a stepping stone into prog. To be fair, they have some great albums (WDADU, I&W, and Awake), but once Kevin Moore left, it's been a steady decline, leaving nothing but scattered moments.
These bands are, in a way, the 'next step.' They represent the meat of prog, in albums that showcase the range of the genre.

1.Anekdoten - Vemod

2.Arcane - Known / Learned

3.Arena - Contagion

4.Beardfish - Sleeping In Traffic: Part Two

5.Communic - Waves Of Visual Decay

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1.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

3.Slayer - Reign In Blood

4.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

5.Testament - The Legacy

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2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015

1.Be'lakor - Vessels

2.Rotting Christ - Rituals

3.If These Trees Could Talk - The Bones of a Dying World

4.Gojira - Magma

5.Russian Circles - Guidance

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1.Kroda - Ginnungagap-Ginnungagaldr-Ginnungakaos

2.Ad Hominem - Antitheist

3.Batushka - Litourgiya

4.Mgła - Exercises In Futility

5.Kres - Na Krawędziach Nocy

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1.Dream Theater - The Astonishing

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

3.Haken - Affinity

4.Hartmann - Shadows & Silhouettes

5.Alter Bridge - The Last Hero

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SEXY stuff from 2016. Lots of prog.

Rating:

5 - Perfect
4,5 - Excellent
4 - Great
3,5 - Very good
3 - Good
2,5 - OK, but nothing special

1.Haken - Affinity

2.Fates Warning - Theories Of Flight

3.Be'lakor - Vessels

4.Witherscape - The Northern Sanctuary

5.Devin Townsend - Transcendence

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