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The Best Metal Albums of 2016 by User Score
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Neo-Soul
Pop
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Min. Ratings
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1
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Cult of Luna & Julie Christmas - Mariner
April 8th, 2016
USER SCORE
80
55 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
2
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Vektor - Terminal Redux
May 6th, 2016
USER SCORE
80
134 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
3
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Architects - All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us
May 27th, 2016
USER SCORE
80
86 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
4
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Blood Incantation - Starspawn
August 19th, 2016
USER SCORE
79
53 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
5
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Gojira - Magma
June 17th, 2016
USER SCORE
78
221 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
6
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Alcest - Kodama
September 30th, 2016
USER SCORE
78
147 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
7
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Oranssi Pazuzu - Värähtelijä
February 26th, 2016
USER SCORE
78
75 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
8
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Meshuggah - The Violent Sleep Of Reason
October 7th, 2016
USER SCORE
76
56 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
9
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Oathbreaker - Rheia
September 30th, 2016
USER SCORE
75
69 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
10
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Zeal and Ardor - Devil Is Fine
April 15th, 2016
USER SCORE
73
73 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
11
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Knocked Loose - Laugh Tracks
September 16th, 2016
USER SCORE
73
54 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
12
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The Body - No One Deserves Happiness
March 18th, 2016
USER SCORE
71
73 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
13
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Avenged Sevenfold - The Stage
October 28th, 2016
USER SCORE
71
112 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
14
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Deftones - Gore
April 8th, 2016
USER SCORE
70
305 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
15
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Metallica - Hardwired...To Self-Destruct
November 18th, 2016
USER SCORE
62
360 reviews
Amazon
Spotify
16
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BABYMETAL - Metal Resistance
April 1st, 2016
USER SCORE
60
79 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
17
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Megadeth - Dystopia
January 22nd, 2016
USER SCORE
60
125 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
18
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Korn - The Serenity of Suffering
October 21st, 2016
USER SCORE
60
100 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
19
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Asking Alexandria - The Black
March 25th, 2016
USER SCORE
60
50 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
20
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Dream Theater - The Astonishing
January 29th, 2016
USER SCORE
47
69 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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