The album is full of speed, heaviness, variations and effects and it keeps you wondering constantly about what will come next. Vikings are back to kill.Įlectronic meets metal most of the time. Jomsviking is nothing special for Amon Amarth but a spectacular album, all in all. Nice melodies, polished sound, beautiful-as-ever vocals… ARP rules! The usual ARP but I like the usual ARP so no problem there. Thrash and Black Metal in awesome harmony! They keep their signature sound and the album is so retro and pure that it brings sweet tears of 90s (or even 80s) to your eyes. Desaster – The Oath of an Iron RitualĪnother noteworthy band come out of the woodwork after a long silence. Old school death metal fans love this one already.ġ1. Rather different from traditional Asphyx in that the vocals are dirtier and the sound is not as down-tuned as it used to be. If you are fond of Metal but not sure how to praise it, just listen to this album and try to sing along.Īnother long awaited album.
Dig it if you are interested.Īnother one of my discoveries. They sound like Eloy with touches of Turkish melodies here and there giving it a tint of Barış Manço. Shame on me, I have just discovered them although they have three albums, the first of which came out in 2010. Superb Turkish prog rock band releases their self titled album. It takes you all the way back to the good old Pile of Skulls. The punchline is the last song, though: Last of the Mohicans. Their heyday is over but they can still do tricks like “Black Bart”. To be honest, it is an average album but my love and respect for RW is so high that I just could not leave the album behind. The album clearly reflects the age of the band. Very melodic, symphonic and catchy prog rock. Not an easy listen but an interesting and fantastic one.Īnother surprise album to make its way into my list. It’s hard to keep track of the ever-changing riffs especially in an album this long (73 minutes). Will I be bullshitting if I call them Space Thrash? That velocity nearing the speed of light, sheer aggression, that inorganic sound coming out of the thrash riffs, weird choruses – let alone the band’s space-themed cover artwork – gotta mean something different. Of course, there are other other nice albums most of which I probably have not been able to listen to but the following 17 were the real highlights of the 2016 for me.
I did not want to remove two deserving albums out just make it 15 or add three more just for the sake of reaching twenty. The answer to “why 17?” is because that was as many as I could put in the list. Here are the 17 best rock/metal albums released in 2016.
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