The Best Metal Albums of 2016

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Rank	Artist / Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
51	Wormed Krighsu	Mar 18, 2016	93.8	4	0
52	Fates Warning Theories of Flight	Jul 1, 2016	95	3	0
53	Vader The Empire	Nov 4, 2016	90.6	8	0
54	Saor Guardians	Nov 11, 2016	90.6	8	1
55	Opeth Sorceress	Sep 30, 2016	84.1	35	1
56	Khemmis Hunted	Oct 21, 2016	90.7	7	1
57	Myrath Legacy	Feb 19, 2016	92	5	0
58	Thunderstone Apocalypse Again	Apr 1, 2016	90.8	6	0
59	Tears of Tragedy Statice	Dec 7, 2016	90.8	6	0
60	Imperium Dekadenz Dis Manibvs	Aug 26, 2016	90.8	6	0
61	Watchtower Concepts of Math: Book One [EP]	Oct 7, 2016	92.5	4	0
62	Slice the Cake Odyssey to the West	Apr 1, 2016	92.5	4	0
63	In the Woods... Pure	Sep 16, 2016	92.5	4	0
64	Trick or Treat Rabbits' Hill Pt. 2	Jul 8, 2016	90	7	1
65	After the Burial Dig Deep	Feb 19, 2016	88.9	9	0
66	Artillery Penalty By Perception	Mar 25, 2016	89.4	8	0
67	Sojourner Empires of Ash	May 25, 2016	89.4	8	0
68	Dream Theater The Astonishing	Jan 29, 2016	79.2	83	12
69	Testament Brotherhood of the Snake	Oct 28, 2016	83.1	32	0
70	Violet Cold Magic Night	Jan 31, 2016	88.1	10	1
71	Redemption The Art of Loss	Feb 26, 2016	93.3	3	0
72	Schammasch Triangle	Apr 29, 2016	93.3	3	0
73	Dynazty Titanic Mass	Apr 15, 2016	91	5	0
74	Prosternatur Abyssus Abyssum Invocat	Jul 29, 2016	91	5	0
75	Lihhamon Doctrine	Mar 17, 2016	91	5	0
76	The Algorithm Brute Force	Apr 1, 2016	91	5	0
77	Novembre Ursa	Apr 1, 2016	88.3	9	0
78	Plini Handmade Cities	Aug 26, 2016	88.3	9	1
79	Bethlehem Bethlehem	Dec 2, 2016	88.8	8	0
80	Flotsam and Jetsam Flotsam and Jetsam	May 20, 2016	90	6	0
81	Evergrey The Storm Within	Sep 9, 2016	90	6	1
82	Blasphemy Desecration of São Paulo - Live in Brazilian Ritual Third Attack [Live]	Nov 3, 2016	90	6	1
83	Germ Escape	Apr 29, 2016	90	6	1
84	InnerWish InnerWish	Mar 18, 2016	89.3	7	0
85	Mayhem De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas Alive [Live]	Dec 15, 2016	89.3	7	0
86	Avantasia Ghostlights	Jan 29, 2016	82.4	33	3
87	Behexen The Poisonous Path	May 27, 2016	91.3	4	0
88	Cult of Fire Life, Sex and Death [EP]	Sep 15, 2016	91.3	4	1
89	Avenged Sevenfold The Stage	Oct 28, 2016	82.7	28	3
90	Royal Hunt Cargo [Live]	Mar 2, 2016	88.6	7	0
91	Forteresse Thèmes pour la rébellion	Jun 24, 2016	90	5	0
92	Mare Cognitum Luminiferous Aether	Sep 16, 2016	90	5	1
93	Furia Księżyc milczy luty	Nov 14, 2016	90	5	1
94	Ellende Todbringer	Nov 14, 2016	90	5	1
95	Thank You Scientist Stranger Heads Prevail	Jul 29, 2016	90	5	1
96	Judas Priest Battle Cry [Live]	Mar 25, 2016	89.2	6	1
97	Pretty Maids Kingmaker	Nov 4, 2016	89.2	6	1
98	Korn The Serenity of Suffering	Oct 21, 2016	86.9	10	0
99	Eternity's End The Fire Within	Mar 25, 2016	85	15	1
100	Coldworld Autumn	Jul 15, 2016	87.2	9	1

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