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Stereogum's 40 Best Metal Albums Of 2016
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Meshuggah - The Violent Sleep of Reason
October 7, 2016
Djent
,
Progressive Metal
Critic Score
83
12
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
39
.
Jassa - Lights In The Howling Wilderness
November 1, 2016
Amazon
38
.
Gojira - Magma
June 17, 2016
Progressive Metal
,
Groove Metal
Critic Score
83
16
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
37
.
Батюшка [Batushka] - Литоургиiа (Litourgiya)
December 4, 2015
Black Metal
Amazon
36
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Sorcery - Garden Of Bones
May 22, 2016
Amazon
Music
Spotify
35
.
Darkthrone - Arctic Thunder
October 14, 2016
Heavy Metal
,
Black Metal
Critic Score
68
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
34
.
Altarage - NIHL
February 26, 2016
Amazon
33
.
Worm Ouroboros - What Graceless Dawn
December 2, 2016
Critic Score
73
2 reviews
Amazon
32
.
UXO - UXO
January 29, 2016
Amazon
31
.
Kvelertak - Nattesferd
May 13, 2016
Hard Rock
,
Black 'n' Roll
Critic Score
78
13
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
30
.
Tardigrada - Emotionale Ödnis
October 28, 2016
Atmospheric Black Metal
,
Depressive Black Metal
Amazon
29
.
Internal Suffering - Cyclonic Void Of Power
June 24, 2016
Critic Score
60
1 review
Amazon
Music
Spotify
28
.
Violet Cold - Magic Night
January 31, 2016
Critic Score
80
1 review
Amazon
Music
Spotify
27
.
Dawnbringer - XX
February 23, 2016
Heavy Metal
Amazon
26
.
Jute Gyte - Perdurance
June 6, 2016
Black Metal
,
Avant-Garde Metal
Critic Score
70
1 review
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Sumerlands - Sumerlands
September 16, 2016
Heavy Metal
Critic Score
74
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Palace of Worms - The Ladder
April 8, 2016
Black Metal
Critic Score
60
1 review
Amazon
23
.
WODE - WODE
April 8, 2016
Black Metal
Critic Score
90
1 review
Amazon
Spotify
22
.
Aureole - Aurora Borealis
November 29, 2016
Amazon
21
.
Furia - Księżyc Milczy Luty
November 14, 2016
Black Metal
,
Post-Black Metal
Amazon
20
.
Vektor - Terminal Redux
May 6, 2016
Technical Thrash Metal
Critic Score
83
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Aluk Todolo - Voix
February 19, 2016
Noise Rock
,
Krautrock
Critic Score
80
3 reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
High Spirits - Motivator
September 16, 2016
Critic Score
70
1 review
Amazon
Music
17
.
Martyrdöd - List
November 25, 2016
Crust Punk
Critic Score
65
2 reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Hammers of Misfortune - Dead Revolution
July 22, 2016
Progressive Metal
Critic Score
79
2 reviews
Amazon
Music
15
.
Plebeian Grandstand - False Highs, True Lows
April 29, 2016
Black Metal
,
Mathcore
Critic Score
90
2 reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Alcest - Kodama
September 30, 2016
Blackgaze
,
Post-Black Metal
,
Post-Metal
Critic Score
82
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Murg - Gudatall
December 16, 2016
Critic Score
60
1 review
Amazon
12
.
Spiritus Mortis - The Year Is One
November 11, 2016
Doom Metal
Critic Score
80
1 review
Amazon
Music
11
.
Oranssi Pazuzu - Värähtelijä
February 26, 2016
Psychedelic Rock
,
Black Metal
,
Heavy Psych
,
Atmospheric Black Metal
,
Avant-Garde Metal
Critic Score
77
6
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Mesarthim - .- -... ... . -. -.-. .
August 28, 2016
Amazon
9
.
Virus - Memento Collider
June 10, 2016
Experimental Rock
Critic Score
75
2 reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
Harakiri For The Sky - III: Trauma
July 22, 2016
Black Metal
,
Blackgaze
,
Post-Black Metal
Critic Score
80
1 review
Amazon
Music
7
.
Astronoid - Air
June 10, 2016
Blackgaze
,
Post-Metal
,
Progressive Metal
Critic Score
90
1 review
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Gorguts - Pleiades' Dust
May 13, 2016
Technical Death Metal
Critic Score
84
9
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Mare Cognitum - Luminiferous Aether
September 16, 2016
Black Metal
Critic Score
60
2 reviews
Amazon
4
.
Wormed - Krighsu
March 25, 2016
Death Metal
,
Brutal Death Metal
,
Technical Death Metal
Critic Score
70
2 reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
.
Blood Incantation - Starspawn
August 19, 2016
Death Metal
,
Progressive Metal
Critic Score
84
4
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
.
Cobalt - Slow Forever
March 25, 2016
Sludge Metal
Critic Score
82
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
1
.
Inter Arma - Paradise Gallows
July 8, 2016
Sludge Metal
Critic Score
84
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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