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The Best Metal Albums of 2016 by User Score
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1.
Insomnium - Winter's Gate
September 23rd, 2016
USER SCORE
82
30 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify
2.
Vektor - Terminal Redux
May 6th, 2016
USER SCORE
82
113 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
3.
Haken - Affinity
April 29th, 2016
USER SCORE
80
29 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
4.
Blood Incantation - Starspawn
August 19th, 2016
USER SCORE
80
44 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
5.
Cult of Luna & Julie Christmas - Mariner
April 8th, 2016
USER SCORE
80
49 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
6.
Gorguts - Pleiades' Dust
May 13th, 2016
USER SCORE
79
31 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
7.
Alcest - Kodama
September 30th, 2016
USER SCORE
79
130 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
8.
Gojira - Magma
June 17th, 2016
USER SCORE
79
193 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
9.
Cobalt - Slow Forever
March 25th, 2016
USER SCORE
78
42 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
10.
Architects - All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us
May 27th, 2016
USER SCORE
78
63 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
11.
SubRosa - For This We Fought the Battle of Ages
August 26th, 2016
USER SCORE
78
25 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
12.
Oranssi Pazuzu - Värähtelijä
February 26th, 2016
USER SCORE
77
65 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
13.
Meshuggah - The Violent Sleep Of Reason
October 7th, 2016
USER SCORE
77
45 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
14.
Saor - Guardians
November 11th, 2016
USER SCORE
77
25 reviews
Amazon
15.
Katatonia - The Fall of Hearts
May 20th, 2016
USER SCORE
77
34 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
16.
Periphery - Periphery III: Select Difficulty
July 22nd, 2016
USER SCORE
76
34 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
17.
Inter Arma - Paradise Gallows
July 8th, 2016
USER SCORE
76
34 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
18.
Testament - Brotherhood of the Snake
October 28th, 2016
USER SCORE
76
30 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
19.
Knocked Loose - Laugh Tracks
September 16th, 2016
USER SCORE
75
41 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
20.
Astronoid - Air
June 10th, 2016
USER SCORE
75
31 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
21.
Oathbreaker - Rheia
September 30th, 2016
USER SCORE
75
61 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
22.
Sumac - What One Becomes
June 10th, 2016
USER SCORE
75
32 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
23.
Zeal and Ardor - Devil Is Fine
April 15th, 2016
USER SCORE
74
59 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
24.
Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika
April 1st, 2016
USER SCORE
74
27 reviews
Amazon
Spotify
25.
Devin Townsend Project - Transcendence
September 2nd, 2016
USER SCORE
73
35 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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