iTunes have revealed their choices for the best metal albums of 2016 and the best metal tracks of 2016. Though neither list was numerically, both lists appeared in the following order with Gojira the first entry in both, seemingly signifying a top position:
Best Metal Tracks Of 2016:
Gojira – “Stranded”
Oranssi Pazuzu – “Hypnotisoitu Viharukous”
Khemmis – “Candlelight”
Abbath – “Winter Bane”
Inter Arma – “Transfiguration”
Oathbreaker – “Immortals”
Metallica – “Spit Out The Bone”
Anthrax – “Monster At The End”
Netherlands – “L.M.M.”
SUMAC – “Will To Reach”
Testament – “Brotherhood Of The Snake”
Bossk – “Heliopause”
Vektor – “Changing The Void”
The Dillinger Escape Plan – “Nothing To Forget”
Meshuggah – “Born In Dissonance”
Exmortus – “For The Horde”
Nails – “You Will Never Be One Of Us”
Cobalt – “Beast Whip”
Alcest – “Je suis d’ailleurs”
Cult Of Luna & Julie Christmas – “The Wreck Of S.S. Needle”
Ihsahn – “Mass Darkness”
Graves At Sea – “The Curse That Is”
Crowbar – “Falling While Rising”
Neurosis – “Fire Is The End Lesson”
Kyy – “Legio Serpenti”
Best Metal Albums Of 2016:
Gojira – “Magma”
Oranssi Pazuzu – “Värähtelijä”
Abbath – “Abbath”
Khemmis – “Hunted”
Inter Arma – “Paradise Gallows”
Oathbreaker – “Rheia”
Metallica – “Hardwired…To Self-Destruct”
Anthrax – “For All Kings”
Netherlands – “Audobon”
SUMAC – “What One Becomes”
Testament – “Brotherhood Of The Snake”
Bossk – “Audio Noir”
Vektor – “Terminal Redux”
The Dillinger Escape Plan – “Dissociation”
Meshuggah – “The Violent Sleep Of Reason”
Exmortus – “Ride Forth”
Nails – “You Will Never Be One Of Us”
Cobalt – “Slow Forever”
Alcest – “Kodama”
Cult Of Luna & Julie Christmas – “Mariner”
Ihsahn – “Arktis.”
Graves At Sea – “The Curse That Is”
Crowbar – “The Serpent Only Lies”
Neurosis – “Fires Within Fires”
Kyy – “Beyond Flesh – Beyond Matter – Beyond Death”
Metallica‘s “Hardwired…To Self-Destruct” also landed in the Top Rock Albums Of 2016 list, with its first single, “Hardwired“, sitting in the Best Rock Tracks Of 2016 list. In case you’re curious, Deftones‘ “Gore” didn’t place on either chart.
Update – December 11th 11:49am:
It turns out the Deftones and various other relevant artists appear on a chart for Hard Rock that may be region locked depending on your country. You can find it here.
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