Though not entirely metal, there’s a number of tracks from the genre (or its various subgenres) that appear in Alternative Press‘ list of ‘The 30 Best Albums Of 2016’. You can find their choices complete with explanations over at altpress.com with the list itself below:
A Day To Remember – “Bad Vibrations”
Andy Black – “The Shadow Side”
Attila – “Chaos”
Avenged Sevenfold – “The Stage”
Beartooth – “Aggressive”
Blink-182 – “California”
Chance The Rapper – “Coloring Book”
Descendents – “Hypercaffium Spazzinate”
The Dillinger Escape Plan – “Dissociation”
Every Time I Die – “Low Teens”
Frank Iero And The Patience – “Parachutes”
Green Day – “Revolution Radio”
Highly Suspect – “The Boy Who Died Wolf”
Issues – “Headspace”
Jimmy Eat World – “Integrity Blues”
Korn – “The Serenity Of Suffering”
NOFX – “First Ditch Effort”
Modern Baseball – “Holy Ghost”
Moose Blood – “Blush”
Of Mice & Men – “Cold World”
Panic! At The Disco – “Death Of A Bachelor”
Pierce The Veil – “Misadventures”
PUP – “The Dream Is Over”
Real Friends – “The Home Inside My Head”
Tiny Moving Parts – “Celebrate”
The 1975 – “I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It”
The Pretty Reckless – “Who You Selling For”
Thrice – “To Be Everywhere Is To Be Nowhere”
Yellowcard – “Yellowcard”
Whores. – “Gold.”
The long-running publication have also revealed their choices for the ‘The 20 Best Songs Of 2016‘:
AFI – “White Offerings”
Andy Black – “We Don’t Have To Dance”
Architects – “Gone With The Wind”
Avatar – “The Eagle Has Landed”
Bayside – “Mary”
Blink-182 – “San Diego”
Brand New – “I Am A Nightmare”
Capsize – “Tear Me Apart”
The Dillinger Escape Plan – “Limerent Death”
Emarosa – “Helpless”
Frank Iero And The Patience – “I’m A Mess”
Hey Violet – “Fuqboi”
Jimmy Eat World – “Sure And Certain”
Korn – “A Different World” (feat. Corey Taylor)
Machine Gun Kelly – “Bad Things” (feat, Camila Cabello)
Pierce The Veil – “Circles”
Panic! At The Disco – “Impossible Year”
Twenty One Pilots – “Heathens”
Watsky – “Midnight Heart” (feat. Mal Devisa)
Years & Years – “Meteorite“
