The Best Metal Albums of 2016

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Rank	Artist name	Album title	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Vektor	Terminal Redux	2016-05-06	94.3	113	4
2	Insomnium	Winter's Gate	2016-09-23	93.9	54	2
3	Dark Tranquillity	Atoma	2016-11-04	91.7	44	3
4	Fleshgod Apocalypse	King	2016-02-05	90.7	54	2
5	Obscura	Akróasis	2016-02-05	93.3	24	1
6	Theocracy	Ghost Ship	2016-10-28	93.1	25	0
7	Rhapsody of Fire	Into the Legend	2016-01-15	91.6	35	2
8	Anaal Nathrakh	The Whole of the Law	2016-10-28	92	24	1
9	Animals as Leaders	The Madness of Many	2016-11-11	93.6	13	0
10	Megadeth	Dystopia	2016-01-22	86.6	53	2
11	Be'lakor	Vessels	2016-06-24	91	17	0
12	Sunburst	Fragments of Creation	2016-02-24	92.8	11	1
13	Remnants of the Fallen	Shadow Walk	2016-10-18	88.3	28	1
14	Luca Turilli's Rhapsody	Cinematic and Live [Live]	2016-12-09	92.5	10	2
15	Sithu Aye	Set Course for Andromeda	2016-05-04	93.6	7	0
16	First Fragment	Dasein	2016-05-20	95	5	0
17	Omnium Gatherum	Grey Heavens	2016-02-19	86.1	39	3
18	Novembre	Ursa	2016-04-01	94.2	6	0
19	Wormrot	Voices	2016-10-14	94.2	6	1
20	Oranssi Pazuzu	Värähtelijä	2016-02-26	91.9	10	0
21	Devin Townsend Project	Transcendence	2016-09-02	91.9	10	0
22	XavlegbmaofffassssitimiwoamndutroabcwapwaeiippohfffX	Gore [EP]	2016-07-31	92.5	8	0
23	Dark Oath	When Fire Engulfs the Earth	2016-04-15	92.5	8	0
24	מזמור	Yodh	2016-08-12	87.9	23	2
25	Mesarthim	The Great Filter [EP]	2016-12-10	91.7	9	0
26	Dark Lunacy	The Rain After the Snow	2016-11-11	94	5	0
27	Twilight Force	Heroes of Mighty Magic	2016-08-26	87.1	23	2
28	Bethlehem	Bethlehem	2016-12-02	90.6	10	0
29	Allegaeon	Proponent for Sentience	2016-09-23	89.5	12	0
30	Ihsahn	Arktis.	2016-04-08	88.8	14	0
31	Mesarthim	.- -... ... . -. -.-. .	2016-08-28	88.8	14	0
32	Plini	Handmade Cities	2016-08-26	93	5	1
33	Opeth	Sorceress	2016-09-30	85	29	1
34	Epica	The Holographic Principle	2016-09-30	86.6	20	0
35	Mechina	Progenitor	2016-01-01	92	5	1
36	DGM	The Passage	2016-08-26	88.3	11	0
37	Saor	Guardians	2016-11-11	90.8	6	1
38	Eternity's End	The Fire Within	2016-03-25	86.5	15	1
39	Dream Theater	The Astonishing	2016-01-29	79.4	77	10
40	In the Woods...	Pure	2016-09-16	91	5	0
41	Blood Incantation	Starspawn	2016-08-18	88.3	9	0
42	Korn	The Serenity of Suffering	2016-10-21	88.3	9	0
43	Artillery	Penalty By Perception	2016-03-25	90	6	0
44	Almah	E.V.O	2016-09-23	89.3	7	0
45	Violet Cold	Magic Night	2016-01-31	87.5	10	1
46	Coldworld	Autumn	2016-07-15	87.8	9	1
47	Abbath	Abbath	2016-01-22	85	16	1
48	Germ	Escape	2016-04-29	90	5	1
49	Mick Gordon	Doom (Original Game Soundtrack)	2016-09-28	85	14	1
50	After the Burial	Dig Deep	2016-02-19	87.9	7	0
51	Trees of Eternity	Hour of the Nightingale	2016-11-11	87.9	7	1
52	Oathbreaker	Rheia	2016-09-30	88.3	6	0
53	InnerWish	InnerWish	2016-03-18	89	5	0
54	Periphery	Periphery III: Select Difficulty	2016-07-22	86.1	9	0
55	Infant Annihilator	The Elysian Grandeval Galèriarch	2016-07-29	86.1	9	2
56	Meshuggah	The Violent Sleep of Reason	2016-10-07	83.6	16	0
57	Avenged Sevenfold	The Stage	2016-10-28	82.5	20	2
58	Testament	Brotherhood of the Snake	2016-10-28	82.8	18	0
59	Hail Spirit Noir	Mayhem in Blue	2016-10-28	88	5	0
60	Sodom	Decision Day	2016-08-26	84.4	11	0
61	Eldamar	The Force of the Ancient Land	2016-02-04	84	12	0
62	Harakiri for The Sky	III: Trauma	2016-07-22	84.4	10	1
63	Mahatma	New Justice	2016-11-29	85.7	7	0
64	Avantasia	Ghostlights	2016-01-29	79.8	27	2
65	Anthrax	For All Kings	2016-02-26	86	5	0
66	Knights of Round	The Meaning of Life	2016-12-14	86	5	0
67	Zeal and Ardor	Devil Is Fine	2016-04-15	83.3	9	0
68	Aephanemer	Memento Mori	2016-09-16	83.8	8	0
69	Alcest	Kodama	2016-09-30	81.3	14	0
70	Freedom Call	Master of Light	2016-11-11	83.6	7	1
71	Rage	The Devil Strikes Again	2016-06-10	85	5	0
72	Shadow of Intent	Primordial	2016-01-10	84.2	6	0
73	Katatonia	The Fall of Hearts	2016-05-20	84.2	6	0
74	Metallica	Hardwired... to Self-Destruct	2016-11-18	72.4	84	7
75	Heaven Shall Burn	Wanderer	2016-09-16	80.5	12	0
76	Countless skies	New Dawn	2016-06-24	84	5	0
77	Fallujah	Dreamless	2016-04-29	80.6	10	1
78	Circus Maximus	Havoc	2016-03-18	81.3	8	0
79	Destruction	Under Attack	2016-05-13	83	5	0
80	Dreariness	Fragments	2016-11-20	83	5	0
81	Amon Amarth	Jomsviking	2016-03-25	78.3	14	0
82	Primal Fear	Rulebreaker	2016-01-29	78.6	13	1
83	Skyforest	Unity	2016-04-20	81.7	6	0
84	Lascar	Absence	2016-01-04	82	5	1
85	Cradle of Filth	Dusk... and Her Embrace - The Original Sin	2016-07-08	78.3	11	0
86	Sabaton	The Last Stand	2016-08-19	77.8	11	1
87	Gojira	Magma	2016-06-17	80	6	0
88	Synsnake	Revelaction [EP]	2016-06-07	79.3	7	0
89	In Flames	Battles	2016-11-11	74.7	20	1
90	Yngwie Malmsteen	World on Fire	2016-06-01	76.5	12	0
91	Dark Funeral	Where Shadows Forever Reign	2016-06-03	78.3	6	0
92	Sonata Arctica	The Ninth Hour	2016-10-07	74.6	14	1
93	Babymetal	Metal Resistance	2016-03-29	67.8	51	2
94	Amaranthe	Maximalism	2016-10-21	74.4	10	0
95	In Mourning	Afterglow	2016-05-20	73.8	10	1
96	Asking Alexandria	The Black	2016-03-25	76	5	1
97	Killswitch Engage	Incarnate	2016-03-11	70.9	13	1
98	Derdian	Revolution Era	2016-06-03	75	5	0
99	Crystal Lake	True North	2016-12-02	73	5	0
100	Erra	Drift	2016-04-08	70.7	7	0

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