The Best Metal Albums of 2016

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Rank	Artist / Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
101	Eldamar The Force of the Ancient Land	Feb 4, 2016	84.3	17	1
102	Abbath Abbath	Jan 22, 2016	83.8	19	1
103	Moonsorrow Jumalten aika	Apr 1, 2016	87.5	8	0
104	Rotting Christ Rituals	Feb 12, 2016	91.7	3	0
105	Deviant Process Paroxysm	Mar 11, 2016	91.7	3	0
106	Ancst Moloch	Mar 25, 2016	91.7	3	0
107	Asphyx Incoming Death	Sep 30, 2016	91.7	3	0
108	Necromorbid El día de la bestia	Nov 1, 2016	91.7	3	0
109	Sodom Decision Day	Aug 26, 2016	85	14	0
110	Oathbreaker Rheia	Sep 30, 2016	87.9	7	0
111	Abigail The Final Damnation	Sep 30, 2016	90	4	0
112	Krigere Wolf Infinite Cosmic Evocation	Apr 16, 2016	90	4	1
113	Katatonia The Fall of Hearts	May 20, 2016	85.6	11	0
114	Haken Affinity	Apr 29, 2016	89	5	0
115	Architects All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us	May 27, 2016	87.1	7	0
116	Primal Fear Rulebreaker	Jan 29, 2016	82.6	19	1
117	Mick Gordon Doom (Original Game Soundtrack)	Sep 28, 2016	84.1	13	1
118	Mahatma New Justice	Nov 29, 2016	85.6	9	0
119	Élan Vital Élan Vital [EP]	Feb 2016	88	5	0
120	Sixx:A.M. Prayers for the Damned Vol. 1	Apr 29, 2016	88	5	0
121	Hail Spirit Noir Mayhem in Blue	Oct 28, 2016	88	5	0
122	Veonity Into the Void	Sep 23, 2016	88	5	0
123	Unfathomable Ruination Finitude	Aug 31, 2016	88	5	0
124	Oceans of Slumber Winter	Mar 4, 2016	88.8	4	1
125	Nails You Will Never Be One of Us	Jun 17, 2016	88.8	4	0
126	Bring Me the Horizon Live at the Royal Albert Hall [Live]	Dec 2, 2016	88.8	4	1
127	Thy Catafalque Meta	Sep 16, 2016	88.8	4	1
128	Unreqvited Disquiet	Oct 29, 2016	88.8	4	0
129	Baphomet's Blood In Satan We Trust	Jan 25, 2016	90	3	0
130	Civil War The Last Full Measure	Nov 4, 2016	90	3	0
131	Mesarthim TYPE III [EP]	Dec 20, 2016	90	3	0
132	Gratzug V: Meyster	Dec 2, 2016	90	3	1
133	Humanity's Last Breath Detestor [EP]	Apr 5, 2016	90	3	0
134	XavlegbmaofffassssitimiwoamndutroabcwapwaeiippohfffX Gore [EP]	Jul 31, 2016	85.6	8	0
135	Jorn Heavy Rock Radio	Jun 3, 2016	86.7	6	0
136	Mayhem Live in Zeitz [Live]	Aug 19, 2016	86.7	6	1
137	Zeal and Ardor Devil Is Fine	Apr 15, 2016	84.4	10	0
138	Circus Maximus Havoc	Mar 18, 2016	83.2	13	1
139	Serenity Codex Atlanticus	Jan 29, 2016	85.7	7	0
140	Freedom Call Master of Light	Nov 11, 2016	85.7	7	1
141	Khonsu The Xun Protectorate	Nov 18, 2016	87	5	0
142	Amon Amarth Jomsviking	Mar 25, 2016	80.6	21	0
143	Rage The Devil Strikes Again	Jun 10, 2016	85.8	6	0
144	Within Destruction Void	Feb 12, 2016	85.8	6	1
145	Astral Path Oath to the Void	Apr 15, 2016	87.5	4	0
146	Cairiss Fall [EP]	Jun 6, 2016	87.5	4	1
147	Discharge End of Days	Apr 29, 2016	88.3	3	0
148	Void Meditation Cult Utter the Tongue of the Dead	Oct 31, 2016	88.3	3	0
149	Hannes Grossmann The Crypts of Sleep	Sep 2, 2016	88.3	3	0
150	Death Worship Extermination Mass [EP]	Nov 4, 2016	88.3	3	1

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