The Best Metal Albums of 1996

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Rank	Artist / Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
101	Jungle Rot Skin the Living	1996	88.3	3	0
102	Porcupine Tree Signify	Sep 1996	88.3	3	0
103	Blut Aus Nord Memoria Vetusta I - Fathers of the Icy Age	1996	86	5	0
104	Abigail Intercourse and Lust	1996	86	5	0
105	Grave Digger Tunes of War	Aug 25, 1996	83.2	9	2
106	Overkill The Killing Kind	Mar 5, 1996	82.9	9	0
107	Sacrilege Lost in the Beauty You Slay	1996	86.3	4	0
108	Behemoth Grom	Jan 1996	81.5	12	4
109	Yngwie Malmsteen Inspiration	Oct 14, 1996	79.9	17	1
110	Gamma Ray Silent Miracles [EP]	1996	87.3	3	0
111	Sadist Tribe	1996	85	5	0
112	King Diamond The Graveyard	Sep 30, 1996	82.4	9	2
113	Michael Kiske Instant Clarity	1996	85.5	4	1
114	The Exploited Beat the Bastards	Apr 23, 1996	82.5	8	0
115	Skyclad Irrational Anthems	Feb 12, 1996	86.7	3	0
116	Root KÄRGERÄS	1996	86.7	3	0
117	Lux Occulta Forever Alone Immortal	Aug 1996	84.4	5	1
118	Diabolical Masquerade Ravendusk in My Heart	1996	85.3	4	0
119	Superior Behind	1996	83.5	6	0
120	Mr.big Hey Man	Mar 12, 1996	79.8	14	2
121	Vader Future of the Past	Dec 3, 1996	84	5	1
122	Inquisitor Walpurgis-Sabbath of Lust	1996	84	5	0
123	Troll Drep De Kristne	1996	83	6	1
124	Slayer Undisputed Attitude	May 28, 1996	75.1	35	2
125	N.EX.T N.EX.T Is Alive [The World] Tour [Live]	Feb 1996	83.4	5	0
126	James Murphy Convergence	Aug 20, 1996	83	5	2
127	MD.45 The Craving	Jul 23, 1996	80	10	0
128	Gates of Ishtar A Bloodred Path	Jun 15, 1996	81.4	7	1
129	Cathedral Supernatural Birth Machine	Nov 12, 1996	83.8	4	0
130	Kataklysm Temple of Knowledge (Kataklysm Part III)	Jun 26, 1996	83.8	4	0
131	Quo Vadis Forever...	Apr 10, 1996	85	3	0
132	Skyclad Oui Avant-Garde a Chance	Jan 1996	85	3	0
133	Riot The Brethren of the Long House	1996	85	3	0
134	A Canorous Quintet Silence of the World Beyond	1996	85	3	0
135	Vision of Disorder Vision of Disorder	Oct 22, 1996	85	3	0
136	Borknagar Borknagar	Aug 3, 1996	80.6	8	1
137	Vinnie Moore Out of Nowhere	Apr 16, 1996	81.1	7	0
138	Novembre Arte Novecento	1996	80.9	7	0
139	Mysticum In the Streams of Inferno	1996	80.7	7	1
140	Dark Tranquillity Enter Suicidal Angels [EP]	Nov 25, 1996	80.7	7	0
141	Scald Will of the Gods Is Great Power	1996	81.3	6	0
142	Marty Friedman True Obsessions	Oct 8, 1996	80.6	7	0
143	Rush Test for Echo	Sep 6, 1996	83	4	0
144	Metallica Load	Jun 4, 1996	68.3	115	8
145	Absurd Facta Loquuntur	1996	82.8	4	0
146	Waltari Yeah! Yeah! Die! Die! a Death Metal Symphony in Deep C	1996	82.8	4	2
147	Limbonic Art Moon in the Scorpio	Jul 1996	78.3	11	2
148	Pan.Thy.Monium Khaooohs & Kon-Fus-Ion	1996	80.8	6	2
149	Annihilator Refresh the Demon	Mar 11, 1996	82.5	4	0
150	Abigor Opus IV	Jul 29, 1996	83.7	3	2

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