Consequently, you can hear the immensely hard work that every member obviously put into these recordings. It feels as though keeping a constant energy going throughout the whole record was a concept the band brought into the studio with them and insisted on sticking to. Like Testament’s album, FOR ALL KINGS is also the 11th release from another long-running leader in the American thrash metal scene. One of the major strengths of the album is its consistency. The songs on this album cover some of the most extreme musical things they’ve done along with a couple of mid-tempo songs reminiscent of some of their lighter material – however there’s nothing on here like “The Ballad” as the band mainly stays towards the brutal side of things and kicks ass all the way showing their peers how it’s done.Īnthrax continues with the thrash metal album domination of 2016. The band is a riff machine of pure brilliance.

The band has really been slaying with recent releases (THE FORMATION OF DAMNATION (2008), DARK ROOTS OF THE EARTH (2012)) and BROTHERHOOD is no exception.

BROTHERHOOD OF THE SNAKE is this Bay Area thrash band’s 11th studio album. Just a couple points behind Avantasia comes Testament with the #2 spot. Some of the notable guests on the album include: Jørn Lande (ex-Masterplan, ex-Ark), Michael Kiske (Unisonic, ex-Helloween), Dee Snider (Twisted Sister), Geoff Tate (Operation: Mindcrime, ex-Queensrÿche), Marco Hietala (Nightwish, Tarot), and many more. As with all Avantasia albums, it was produced by Sascha Paeth and Tobias Sammet, a relationship that has worked since day one and continues to produce quality material. The album takes listeners on a journey into the mystic and dramatic with variances and layers that are required of operatic/epic/power metal. GHOSTLIGHTS is the seventh full-length album by Tobias Sammet’s metal opera project Avantasia. Enjoy!Ĭoming in at #1 in our BEST OF 2016 list is a masterpiece from the Edguy mainman who is no stranger to.

Below the combined TOP 30 are links to each individual staff members’ personal “best of” lists which besides their top albums contains such things as best new band, best DVD/Blu-Ray, best metal book, disappointments of the year, greatest hopes for 2017, personal metal discovery of the year, and various other categories. They are new studio albums for the year, not re-recordings, re-releases, cover songs, or live albums. Sources: Bands official websites, Rock Era Magazine, Rolling Stone, Brave Words, Ultimate Classic Rock, Diffuser, Loudwire, Spin, Ultimate-Guitar, Billboard, Blabbermouth, Metal Hammer, Metal Injection, Metal Shock Finland, Rock Overdose, Altpress and Wikipedia.As always, the top albums of the year are for full albums (no EP’s or demos) released in 2016. Rob Zombie – The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration DispenserĪnnounced for new material but without specific dates and info, bands like:.

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