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    our Top 10 of 2016 lists

    by DrinkMoxie » Sat Dec 17, 2016 10:01 am

    it's not always easy, but damn it's rewarding to put these together... here's mine!

    1. Borknagar “Winter Thrice” (Century Media)
    2. Die Young “No Illusions” (Good Fight)
    3. Ablaze My Sorrow “Black” (Apostasy)
    4. Testament “Brotherhood Of The Snake” (Nuclear Blast)
    5. Walls Of Jericho “No One Can Save You From Yourself” (Napalm)
    6. Whispered “Metsutan: Songs Of The Void” (Redhouse Finland)
    7. Car Bomb “Meta” (Self Released)
    8. Circle of Dust “Machines Of Our Disgrace” (Fixt)
    9. Witchery “In His Infernal Majesty’s Service” (Century Media)
    10. Ion Dissonance “Cast The First Stone” (Good Fight)
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    Re: our Top 10 of 2016 lists

    by cowboy71 » Sat Dec 17, 2016 9:09 pm

    Struggling to come up with mine. Even harder to put it in order!!

    So in no particular order, my top 10 for 2016:
    Twilight Force - Heroes of Mighty Magic
    Epica - The Holographic Principle
    Running Wild - Rapid Foray
    Circle of Dust - Machines of our Disgrace
    Freedom Call - Master of Light
    Dark Tranquillity - Atoma
    Lacuna Coil - Delirium
    Far Beyond - A Frozen Flame of Ice
    Ravenia - Beyond The Walls of Death
    Almanac - Tsar

    Special mention for WORST album cover of 2016:
    Freedom Call - Master of Light

    Biggest Disappointment of 2016:
    Sabaton - The Last Stand
    (closely followed by Sonata Arctica's latest)

    Biggest Surprise of 2016:
    Circle of Dust - Machines of our Disgrace
    (closely followed by Running Wild's Rapid Foray)

    Best gig of 2016:
    Lacuna Coil, Brisbane.

    A couple of notable mentions that couldn't squeeze into my top 10:
    Theocracy - Ghost Ship
    Dynazty - Titanic Mass
    Avantasia - Ghostlights
    Trick or Treat - Rabbit Hill Part 2
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    Re: our Top 10 of 2016 lists

    by Memnoch » Sun Dec 18, 2016 11:59 pm

    Haven't really thought about this yet other than that the biggest disappointment for me is Delain's Moonbathers. It should've been a clear winner of album of the year, but, no, they're maybe the second or third best album for me.

    I think my album of the year award goes to Nightmare's Dead Sun.
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    Re: our Top 10 of 2016 lists

    by Phoenix » Mon Dec 19, 2016 7:45 am

    I don't think I listened to enough 2016 released albums this year to make a top 10 list... And the reason for that is because I was disappointed by two of the albums I listened to this year.

    Sabaton - The Last Stand
    Soilwork - Death Resonance

    Sabaton and Soilwork need to take longer intervals between their albums, I think.

    Though I do have a few albums I really enjoyed that are worth mentioning:

    Winter's Gate - Insomnium
    Selves We Cannot Forgive - Black Crown Initiate
    Grey Heavens - Omnium Gatherum
    Fall of Hearts - Katatonia

    Winter's Gate is definitely my album of the year.

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    Re: our Top 10 of 2016 lists

    by captaingabbeh » Mon Dec 19, 2016 10:20 am

    Shit. I'm struggling to come up with enough 2016 releases I listened to to come up with a top 10 list.

    Shit I liked, in no particular order:

    Pain - Coming Home
    Starkill - Shadow Sleep
    Omnium Gatherum - Gray Heavens
    Twilight Force - Heroes of Mighty Magic (but I will complain that this album is WAY too long)
    EDIT: Rotting Christ - Rituals (HOW DID I FORGET THIS)

    I haven't finished listening to the new Epica and Gojira releases yet, but so far I have really enjoyed them, so I figure I should do that soon.

    On a less metal note, the new Asking Alexandria album was actually pretty darn good. I was pleasantly surprised.
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    Re: our Top 10 of 2016 lists

    by captaingabbeh » Mon Dec 19, 2016 10:25 am

    Also, this guy only has like 2 songs but is a late-breaking best surprise of 2016:

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    Re: our Top 10 of 2016 lists

    by mooyagi » Mon Dec 19, 2016 3:51 pm

    I've been pretty bad about getting music this year so I only have a top 5.

    Honorable Mentions: Abbath - Abbath, Myrath - Legacy , Moonsorrow - Jumalten aika
    5. Katatonia - The Fall of Hearts
    4. Trees of Eternity - Hour of the Nightingale
    3. Anaal Nathrakh - The Whole of the Law
    2. Insomnium - Winter's Gate
    1. Rotting Christ - Rituals
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    by Hoppy McGee » Sat Dec 24, 2016 10:10 pm

    I'm also having a hard time coming up with a definitive top 10 and there is no chance in hell that I'd be able to put them in order, so here is my top 10 in no particular order with a few honorable mentions as well.

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    Abbath - Abbath
    Ripper - Experiment of Existence
    Vektor - Terminal Redux
    Dawn of Disease - Worship the Grave
    Destroyer 666 - Wildfire
    Amon Amarth - Jomsviking
    Trap Them - Crown Feral
    Blood Incantation - Starspawn
    Gutter Instinct - Age of the Fanatics
    Ghoul - Dungeon Bastards

    Honorable Mentions
    Profanal - Supreme Fire
    In Mourning - Afterglow
    Death Angel - The Evil Divide
    Aborted - Retrogore
    Khemmis - Hunted
    Rotting Christ - Rituals
    Oathbreaker - Rhea
    Dark Tranquillity - Atoma
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    Re: our Top 10 of 2016 lists

    by Stained Class » Thu Dec 29, 2016 11:43 am

    There were way too many good albums this year so in stead of figuring out a top 50 I went by subgenre.

    Top Ten:
    Devin Townsend
    Allegaeon
    Insomnium
    Be'Lakor
    Haken
    Black Crown Initiate
    Fallujah
    Meadows End
    Witherscape
    Mistur

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    Divinity

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    Haken
    Witherscape
    Ihsahn
    Dissona

    Top Five Melodeth:
    Allegaeon
    Insomnium
    Meadows End
    Dark Tranquillity
    Omnium Gatherum

    Top Five Thrash:
    Vektor
    Lost Society
    Death Angel
    Exmortus
    Testament

    Top 5 Prog/Tech Death:
    Fallujah
    First Fragment
    Gorguts
    Vale Of Pnath
    Obscura

    Top 5 Black/Folk:
    Mistur
    Saor
    Borknagar
    Moonsorrow
    Wyrd

    Top 5 Instrumental:
    Polyphia
    Haunted Shores
    Plini
    Pitts Minnemann Project
    Animals As Leaders

    Top 5 Trad/Power:
    Striker
    Spellcaster
    DGM
    Sunburst
    Helion Prime

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    Be'Lakor
    Katatonia
    October Tide
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    Re: our Top 10 of 2016 lists

    by WizardBeast » Fri Jan 27, 2017 3:35 pm

    mooyagi wrote:I've been pretty bad about getting music this year so I only have a top 5.

    Honorable Mentions: Abbath - Abbath, Myrath - Legacy , Moonsorrow - Jumalten aika
    5. Katatonia - The Fall of Hearts
    4. Trees of Eternity - Hour of the Nightingale
    3. Anaal Nathrakh - The Whole of the Law
    2. Insomnium - Winter's Gate
    1. Rotting Christ - Rituals


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    Re: our Top 10 of 2016 lists

    by mooyagi » Fri Jan 27, 2017 4:55 pm

    WizardBeast wrote:
    mooyagi wrote:I've been pretty bad about getting music this year so I only have a top 5.

    Honorable Mentions: Abbath - Abbath, Myrath - Legacy , Moonsorrow - Jumalten aika
    5. Katatonia - The Fall of Hearts
    4. Trees of Eternity - Hour of the Nightingale
    3. Anaal Nathrakh - The Whole of the Law
    2. Insomnium - Winter's Gate
    1. Rotting Christ - Rituals


    Never heard of Trees...what are they all about?


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    by Razor Ramon » Sat Feb 11, 2017 3:58 pm

    mooyagi wrote:
    WizardBeast wrote:
    mooyagi wrote:I've been pretty bad about getting music this year so I only have a top 5.

    Honorable Mentions: Abbath - Abbath, Myrath - Legacy , Moonsorrow - Jumalten aika
    5. Katatonia - The Fall of Hearts
    4. Trees of Eternity - Hour of the Nightingale
    3. Anaal Nathrakh - The Whole of the Law
    2. Insomnium - Winter's Gate
    1. Rotting Christ - Rituals


    Never heard of Trees...what are they all about?


    Sadness. Side project from Juha of Swallow the Sun. Unfortunately, the singer passed away before the album was released (his wife? Or close to it?) so the project is most likely done.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTAYLA6hIis


    Trees Of Eternity is album of the year.
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