The Best Metal Albums of 1996

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Rank	Artist name	Album title	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Cryptopsy	None So Vile	1996-07-03	92.5	78	4
2	Cradle of Filth	Dusk... and Her Embrace	1996-08-28	89.6	84	8
3	Tool	Ænima	1996-10-01	92.9	32	1
4	Stratovarius	Episode	1996-04-22	88.3	78	5
5	Gorgoroth	Antichrist	1996-06-03	92.6	28	2
6	Edge of Sanity	Crimson	1996-04-02	92.4	29	3
7	Impellitteri	Screaming Symphony	1996-05-22	90.1	49	7
8	Helloween	The Time of the Oath	1996-02-29	89.3	56	6
9	Opeth	Morningrise	1996-06-24	91.5	32	5
10	In Flames	The Jester Race	1996-02-20	87.5	78	4
11	Cradle of Filth	V Empire or Dark Faerytales in Phallustein [EP]	1996-04-22	91.1	32	6
12	Nirnaeth	Haudh’en’Nirnaeth	1996-07-14	92.9	19	7
13	Pantera	The Great Southern Trendkill	1996-05-03	88.4	52	1
14	Arcturus	Aspera Hiems Symfonia	1996-06-03	91.7	23	3
15	Rage	Lingua Mortis	1996-04-15	93.2	15	2
16	Theatre of Tragedy	Velvet Darkness They Fear	1996-08-26	91.9	19	1
17	Angra	Holy Land	1996-03-23	89.1	36	6
18	Falkenbach	...En Their Medh Riki Fara...	1996-07-29	96.8	6	0
19	Royal Hunt	1996 [Live]	1996-09-21	92.4	16	2
20	Bethlehem	Dictius Te Necare	1996-04	91.6	19	3
21	Burzum	Filosofem	1996-01-01	85.8	72	3
22	Mystifier	The World Is So Good That Who Made It Doesn't Live Here	1996-06	97	5	0
23	Anathema	Eternity	1996-11-11	91.1	17	0
24	Psychotic Waltz	Bleeding	1996	95.3	6	0
25	Marilyn Manson	Antichrist Superstar	1996-10-08	92.8	9	0
26	Devil Doll	Dies Irae	1996-02-09	91	13	2
27	Estatic Fear	Somnium Obmutum	1996	85.7	41	5
28	Adramelech	PsychoStasia	1996	94	6	0
29	Type O Negative	October Rust	1996-08-20	90.5	13	0
30	Neurosis	Through Silver in Blood	1996-04-02	92.9	7	0
31	Elend	Les Tenebres Du Dehors	1996	89.8	14	1
32	Sadhu	The Trend of Public Opinion	1996	87.8	21	1
33	Noizegarden	Noizegarden	1996-08	89.6	13	0
34	Dimmu Borgir	Stormblåst	1996-01-25	84.5	42	4
35	Carcass	Swansong	1996-06-10	85.8	29	3
36	Helloween	High Live [Live]	1996-10-01	87.4	17	1
37	Dark Funeral	The Secrets of the Black Arts	1996-01-28	86.3	21	2
38	Trans-Siberian Orchestra	Christmas Eve & Other Stories	1996	89.4	10	1
39	Ten	Name of the Rose	1996	90.9	7	2
40	Empyrium	A Wintersunset...	1996-07-15	89.9	8	1
41	Black Hole	City Life History	1996	89.3	9	0
42	Rage Against the Machine	Evil Empire	1996-04-16	88	12	0
43	Therion	Theli	1996-08-09	89.1	9	0
44	Sepultura	Roots	1996-02-20	81.9	46	3
45	Thy Serpent	Forests of Witchery	1996-09-30	88.3	10	0
46	Satyricon	Nemesis Divina	1996-04-22	84	25	2
47	Aura Noir	Black Thrash Attack	1996	88.8	8	0
48	Overkill	The Killing Kind	1996-03-05	90.2	5	0
49	Sacramentum	Far Away From the Sun	1996-10-30	86.7	11	1
50	Ulver	Kveldssanger	1996	87.1	10	1
51	Korn	Life Is Peachy	1996-10-15	89.2	6	0
52	Arch Enemy	Black Earth	1996-12-12	81.3	37	2
53	Nevermore	The Politics of Ecstasy	1996-07-23	88.3	7	1
54	Amorphis	Elegy	1996-05-14	87.1	9	2
55	Immolation	Here in After	1996-02-13	89.6	5	1
56	Alice in Chains	MTV Unplugged [Live]	1996-07-30	87.9	7	0
57	Samael	Passage	1996-08-19	87.6	7	1
58	Dismal Euphony	Soria Moria Slott	1996	89	5	2
59	Scorpions	Pure Instinct	1996	86.4	8	1
60	Steve Vai	Fire Garden	1996-09-17	86.4	8	0
61	Evol	Dreamquest	1996	86.1	7	1
62	Covenant	In Times Before the Light	1996	85	9	0
63	Manowar	Louder Than Hell	1996-04-29	84.4	10	2
64	Judas Iscariot	Thy Dying Light	1996	85.7	7	1
65	Gamma Ray	Alive '95 [Live]	1996-05	83.1	12	3
66	X Japan	Dahlia	1996-04-12	78.4	34	2
67	Behemoth	Grom	1996-01	83.9	9	4
68	Darkthrone	Total Death	1996-01-15	83.4	10	1
69	Marduk	Heaven Shall Burn... When We Are Gathered	1996-06-24	80.6	19	2
70	Grave Digger	Tunes of War	1996-08-25	84.9	7	2
71	Iced Earth	The Dark Saga	1996-05-20	82.6	10	2
72	Mr.big	Hey Man	1996-03-12	81.1	13	2
73	Jason Becker	Perspective	1996	83.7	7	0
74	Mysticum	In the Streams of Inferno	1996	85	5	1
75	Katatonia	Brave Murder Day	1996-07	77.9	24	1
76	Cannibal Corpse	Vile	1996-05-20	80.2	14	0
77	Yngwie Malmsteen	Inspiration	1996-10-14	79.9	15	1
78	Jeremy	Open Your Heart	1996	84.6	5	0
79	Angra	Freedom Call [EP]	1996-12	79.4	16	1
80	MD.45	The Craving	1996-07-23	82.9	7	0
81	Borknagar	Borknagar	1996-08-03	84	5	1
82	Kvist	For kunsten maa vi evig vike	1996	84	5	0
83	Marty Friedman	True Obsessions	1996-10-08	83.2	6	0
84	Setherial	Nord	1996-03-18	82.3	7	1
85	Troll	Drep De Kristne	1996	83.6	5	0
86	My Dying Bride	Like Gods of the Sun	1996-10-07	82.8	6	0
87	Superior	Behind	1996	83.4	5	0
88	Vinterland	Welcome My Last Chapter	1996-03-04	83.4	5	0
89	King Diamond	The Graveyard	1996-09-30	80.8	9	1
90	Dark Tranquillity	Enter Suicidal Angels [EP]	1996-11-25	82.5	6	0
91	Slayer	Undisputed Attitude	1996-05-28	75.1	26	2
92	Dying Fetus	Purification Through Violence	1996-08-06	82	5	1
93	Limbonic Art	Moon in the Scorpio	1996	77.7	12	2
94	Annihilator	Refresh the Demon	1996-03-11	81	5	0
95	Apocalyptica	Plays Metallica By Four Cellos	1996-06-13	77.5	8	1
96	Metallica	Load	1996-06-04	66.5	92	6
97	Novembre	Arte Novecento	1996	77.3	7	0
98	Steelheart	Wait	1996-10-25	78.6	5	0
99	Rage	End of All Days	1996-09-09	77.7	6	1
100	Gates of Ishtar	A Bloodred Path	1996-06-15	78	5	1

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