Rolling Stone's 20 Best Metal Albums of 2016
Vintage thrashers, modern mathletes and more: The year in heavy.
Published: December 09, 2016 14:56
Source
| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Hardwired…To Self-Destruct | Metallica | Nov-18-2016, Heavy Metal |
| #2 | The Violent Sleep of Reason | Meshuggah | Oct-07-2016, Djent |
| #3 | What One Becomes | Sumac | Jun-10-2016, Atmospheric Sludge Metal |
| #4 | Dissociation | The Dillinger Escape Plan | Oct-14-2016, Mathcore |
| #5 | Fires Within Fires | Neurosis | Sep-23-2016, Atmospheric Sludge Metal |
| #6 | Dystopia | Megadeth | Jan-22-2016, Thrash Metal |
| #7 | Gore | Deftones | Apr-08-2016, Alternative Metal |
| #8 | Magma | GOJIRA | Jun-17-2016, Progressive Metal |
| #9 | Mariner | Cult Of Luna, Julie Christmas | Apr-08-2016, Atmospheric Sludge Metal |
| #10 | Gold | Whores. | Oct-28-2016, Noise Rock |
| #11 | Hunted | Khemmis | Oct-21-2016, Doom Metal |
| #12 | You Will Never Be One of Us | Nails | Jun-17-2016, Grindcore |
| #13 | Abbath | Abbath | Jan-22-2016, Black Metal |
| #14 | Orange Mathematics | Frontierer | May-28-2016, Mathcore |
| #15 | Arctic Thunder | Darkthrone | Jan-13-2017, Black Metal |
| #16 | Pleiades' Dust | Gorguts | May-13-2016, Technical Death Metal |
| #17 | The Serpent Only Lies | Crowbar | Oct-28-2016, Sludge Metal |
| #18 | Memento Collider | Virus | Jun-03-2016, Experimental Rock |
| #19 | Wider than the Sky | 40 Watt Sun | Oct-14-2016, Slowcore |
Markdown
| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Hardwired…To Self-Destruct | Metallica | Album, Nov-18-2016, Heavy Metal |
| #2 | The Violent Sleep of Reason | Meshuggah | Album, Oct-07-2016, Djent |
| #3 | What One Becomes | Sumac | Album, Jun-10-2016, Atmospheric Sludge Metal |
| #4 | Dissociation | The Dillinger Escape Plan | Album, Oct-14-2016, Mathcore |
| #5 | Fires Within Fires | Neurosis | Album, Sep-23-2016, Atmospheric Sludge Metal |
| #6 | Dystopia | Megadeth | Album, Jan-22-2016, Thrash Metal |
| #7 | Gore | Deftones | Album, Apr-08-2016, Alternative Metal |
| #8 | Magma | GOJIRA | Album, Jun-17-2016, Progressive Metal |
| #9 | Mariner | Cult Of LunaJulie Christmas | Album, Apr-08-2016, Atmospheric Sludge Metal |
| #10 | Gold | Whores. | Album, Oct-28-2016, Noise Rock |
| #11 | Hunted | Khemmis | Album, Oct-21-2016, Doom Metal |
| #12 | You Will Never Be One of Us | Nails | Album, Jun-17-2016, Grindcore |
| #13 | Abbath | Abbath | Album, Jan-22-2016, Black Metal |
| #14 | Orange Mathematics | Frontierer | Album, May-28-2016, Mathcore |
| #15 | Arctic Thunder | Darkthrone | Album, Jan-13-2017, Black Metal |
| #16 | Pleiades' Dust | Gorguts | EP, May-13-2016, Technical Death Metal |
| #17 | The Serpent Only Lies | Crowbar | Album, Oct-28-2016, Sludge Metal |
| #18 | Memento Collider | Virus | Album, Jun-03-2016, Experimental Rock |
| #19 | Wider than the Sky | 40 Watt Sun | Album, Oct-14-2016, Slowcore |