Stereogum's 40 Best Metal Albums Of 2016

Let’s just put this out there: Metal had a pretty bad 2016. Maybe this is specific to my country, America, which also had a pretty bad 2016. Maybe I’m projecting a little bit. Maybe you live someplace where everything is going great, and maybe where you live, metal is going great, too. If that’s the […]

Published: December 14, 2016 15:20 Source

# 1

Paradise Gallows by Inter Arma

Album • Jul 08 / 2016 Sludge Metal Death Doom Metal

# 2

Slow Forever by Cobalt

Album • Mar 25 / 2016 Sludge Metal Black Metal

# 3

Starspawn by Blood Incantation

Album • Aug 19 / 2016 Death Metal

# 4

Krighsu by Wormed

Album • Mar 25 / 2016 Technical Death Metal Brutal Death Metal

# 5

Luminiferous Aether by Mare Cognitum

Album • May 26 / 2017 Atmospheric Black Metal

# 6

Pleiades' Dust by Gorguts

EP • May 13 / 2016 Technical Death Metal Dissonant Death Metal Progressive Metal

# 7

Air by Astronoid

Album • Jun 10 / 2016 Post-Metal Progressive Metal Blackgaze

# 8

III:Trauma by Harakiri for the Sky

Album • Jul 22 / 2016 Blackgaze Post-Metal Atmospheric Black Metal

# 9

Memento Collider by Virus

Album • Jun 03 / 2016 Experimental Rock

# 11

Värähtelijä by Oranssi Pazuzu

Album • Feb 26 / 2016 Psychedelic Rock Black Metal

# 12

The Year is One by Spiritus Mortis

Album • Nov 11 / 2016 Doom Metal Traditional Doom Metal

# 13

Gudatall by Murg

Album • Dec 16 / 2016 Black Metal

# 14

Kodama by Alcest

Album • Sep 30 / 2016 Blackgaze Shoegaze Post-Metal

# 15

False Highs, True Lows by Plebeian Grandstand

Album • Apr 29 / 2016 Black Metal

# 16

Dead Revolution by Hammers of Misfortune

Album • Jul 22 / 2016 Progressive Metal

# 17

List by Martyrdöd

Album • Nov 25 / 2016 Crust Punk Neocrust

# 18

Motivator by High Spirits

Album • Sep 16 / 2016 Hard Rock Heavy Metal

# 19

Voix by Aluk Todolo

Album • Feb 19 / 2016 Noise Rock

# 20

Terminal Redux by Vektor

Album • May 06 / 2016 Technical Thrash Metal

# 21

Księżyc Milczy Luty by FURIA

Album • Mar 01 / 2017 Black Metal Post-Metal

# 23

Wode by Wode

Album • Aug 05 / 2016 Black Metal

# 24

The Ladder by Palace of Worms

Album • Apr 08 / 2016 Black Metal

# 25

Sumerlands by Sumerlands

Album • Sep 16 / 2016 Heavy Metal US Power Metal

# 26

Perdurance by Jute Gyte

Album • Jun 06 / 2016 Avant-Garde Metal Black Metal

# 28

Magic Night by Violet Cold

Album • Jan 31 / 2016 Blackgaze

# 29

Cyclonic Void of Power by Internal Suffering

Album • Jun 24 / 2016 Brutal Death Metal

# 30

Emotionale Ödnis by Tardigrada

Album • Oct 28 / 2016 Atmospheric Black Metal Depressive Black Metal

# 31

Nattesferd by Kvelertak

Album • May 13 / 2016 Hard Rock Black 'n' Roll

# 33

What Graceless Dawn by Worm Ouroboros

Album • Dec 02 / 2016 Post-Rock

# 35

Arctic Thunder by Darkthrone

Album • Jan 13 / 2017 Black Metal Heavy Metal

# 36

Garden of Bones by Sorcery

Album • Jun 16 / 2016 Death Metal

# 38

Magma by GOJIRA

Album • Jun 17 / 2016 Progressive Metal Groove Metal

# 40

The Violent Sleep of Reason by Meshuggah

Album • Oct 07 / 2016 Djent Progressive Metal