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1
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Inter Arma - Paradise Gallows
July 8, 2016
Sludge Metal
Critic Score
84
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
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Gorguts - Pleiades' Dust
May 13, 2016
Technical Death Metal
Critic Score
84
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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Ulcerate - Shrines of Paralysis
October 28, 2016
Dissonant Death Metal
,
Technical Death Metal
Critic Score
83
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
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Meshuggah - The Violent Sleep of Reason
October 7, 2016
Djent
,
Progressive Metal
Critic Score
83
12
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
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Gojira - Magma
June 17, 2016
Progressive Metal
,
Groove Metal
Critic Score
83
16
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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Vektor - Terminal Redux
May 6, 2016
Technical Thrash Metal
Critic Score
83
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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Norma Jean - Polar Similar
September 9, 2016
Metalcore
Critic Score
82
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
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Alcest - Kodama
September 30, 2016
Blackgaze
,
Post-Black Metal
,
Post-Metal
Critic Score
82
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
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Cobalt - Slow Forever
March 25, 2016
Sludge Metal
Critic Score
82
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
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Testament - Brotherhood of the Snake
October 28, 2016
Thrash Metal
Critic Score
82
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
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Haken - Affinity
April 29, 2016
Progressive Metal
Critic Score
81
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
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Russian Circles - Guidance
August 5, 2016
Post-Rock
,
Post-Metal
Critic Score
81
15
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
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Dream Theater - The Astonishing
January 29, 2016
Progressive Metal
,
Progressive Rock
,
Rock Opera
Critic Score
81
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Architects - All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us
May 27, 2016
Djent
,
Progressive Metalcore
Critic Score
80
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Beastwars - The Death of All Things
April 22, 2016
Sludge Metal
,
Stoner Metal
Critic Score
80
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Ihsahn - Arktis
April 8, 2016
Progressive Metal
Critic Score
80
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
17
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Neurosis - Fires Within Fires
September 23, 2016
Post-Metal
,
Atmospheric Sludge Metal
Critic Score
80
11
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
BABYMETAL - Metal Resistance
April 1, 2016
Alternative Metal
,
Heavy Metal
Critic Score
80
15
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
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Every Time I Die - Low Teens
September 23, 2016
Metalcore
Critic Score
79
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
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Devin Townsend Project - Transcendence
September 2, 2016
Progressive Metal
Critic Score
78
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
21
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Amon Amarth - Jomsviking
March 25, 2016
Melodic Death Metal
Critic Score
78
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Giraffe Tongue Orchestra - Broken Lines
September 23, 2016
Alternative Rock
,
Alternative Metal
,
Hard Rock
Critic Score
78
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Abbath - Abbath
January 22, 2016
Black Metal
Critic Score
78
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
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Big Business - Command Your Weather
July 8, 2016
Stoner Metal
Critic Score
77
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
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Fleshgod Apocalypse - King
February 5, 2016
Death Metal
,
Symphonic Metal
Critic Score
77
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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