Decibel Magazine have shared their top 40 albums of 2016 over at their official website. The list appears in the January 2017 issue of the magazine and can be read below.
40. The Dillinger Escape Plan – “Dissociation”
39. Eternal Champion – “The Armor of Ire”
38. Venomous Concept – “Kick Me Silly VC III”
37. Aluk Todolo – “Voix”
36. Inverloch – “Distance | Collapsed”
35. Eerie – “Eerie”
34. SUMAC – “What One Becomes”
33. Child Bite – “Negative Noise”
32. Inquisition – “Bloodshed Across the Empyrean Altar Beyond the Celestial Zenith”
31. Cult of Luna & Julie Christmas – “Mariner”
30. Graves at Sea – “The Curse that Is”
29. Chthe’ilist – “Le Dernier Crépuscule”
28. Phobocosm – “Bringer of Drought”
27. Testament – “Brotherhood of the Snake”
26. SubRosa – “For this We Fought the Battle of Ages”
25. Bölzer – “Hero”
24. Neurosis – “Fires Within Fires”
23. Mizmor – “Yodh”
22. Wretch – “Wretch”
21. Virus – “Memento Collider”
20. Oathbreaker – “Rheia”
19. Ghoul – “Dungeon Bastards”
18. Diamond Head – “Diamond Head”
17. Meshuggah – “The Violent Sleep of Reason”
16. Destroyer 666 – “Wildfire”
15. Crowbar – “The Serpent Only Lies”
14. Funeral Moth – “Transience”
13. Blood Ceremony – “Lord of Misrule”
12. Asphyx – “Incoming Death”
11. Trap Them – “Crown Feral”
10. Cobalt – “Slow Forever”
09. Gorguts – “Pleiades Dust”
08. Hammers of Misfortune – “Dead Revolution”
07. Inter Arma – “Paradise Gallows”
06. Gehennah – “Too Loud to Live, Too Drunk to Die”
05. Abbath – “Abbath”
04. Oranssi Pazuzu – “Värähtelijä”
03. Blood Incantation – “Starspawn”
02. Nails – “You Will Never Be One of Us”
01. Khemmis – “Hunted”
You can get your hands on the full issue here.