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The Best Metal Albums of 2016 by User Score
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1.
Vektor - Terminal Redux
May 6th, 2016
USER SCORE
81
73 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
2.
Alcest - Kodama
September 30th, 2016
USER SCORE
79
88 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
3.
Cult of Luna & Julie Christmas - Mariner
April 8th, 2016
USER SCORE
79
36 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
4.
Oranssi Pazuzu - Värähtelijä
February 26th, 2016
USER SCORE
79
43 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
5.
Cobalt - Slow Forever
March 25th, 2016
USER SCORE
78
34 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
6.
Gorguts - Pleiades' Dust
May 13th, 2016
USER SCORE
78
25 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
7.
Zeal and Ardor - Devil Is Fine
April 15th, 2016
USER SCORE
77
39 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
8.
Gojira - Magma
June 17th, 2016
USER SCORE
76
126 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
9.
Meshuggah - The Violent Sleep Of Reason
October 7th, 2016
USER SCORE
76
29 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
10.
Architects - All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us
May 27th, 2016
USER SCORE
75
33 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
11.
Inter Arma - Paradise Gallows
July 8th, 2016
USER SCORE
75
30 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
12.
Astronoid - Air
June 10th, 2016
USER SCORE
75
28 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
13.
Sumac - What One Becomes
June 10th, 2016
USER SCORE
74
30 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
14.
Oathbreaker - Rheia
September 30th, 2016
USER SCORE
74
44 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
15.
Devin Townsend Project - Transcendence
September 2nd, 2016
USER SCORE
73
26 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
16.
The Body - No One Deserves Happiness
March 18th, 2016
USER SCORE
72
60 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
17.
Krallice - Hyperion
January 1st, 2016
USER SCORE
71
30 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
18.
Deftones - Gore
April 8th, 2016
USER SCORE
71
171 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
19.
Lycus - Chasms
January 15th, 2016
USER SCORE
70
30 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
20.
Anthrax - For All Kings
February 26th, 2016
USER SCORE
68
27 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
21.
Avenged Sevenfold - The Stage
October 28th, 2016
USER SCORE
64
49 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
22.
Metallica - Hardwired...To Self-Destruct
November 18th, 2016
USER SCORE
63
199 reviews
Amazon
Spotify
23.
Korn - The Serenity of Suffering
October 21st, 2016
USER SCORE
60
54 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
24.
Megadeth - Dystopia
January 22nd, 2016
USER SCORE
59
70 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
25.
Babymetal - Metal Resistance
April 1st, 2016
USER SCORE
58
44 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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