Here are my top 20 albums of 2016. Some of the criteria for the whole top 40 list itself was that live albums, EPs, remixes of older albums and singles did not count. I wanted to make sure I was comparing “apples to apples.” These are full length albums of all new material released during the calendar year of 2016. Below is the link to the radio show that includes all of these great albums!

20. Perihelion Ship – “A Rare Thunderstorm in Spring”
19. Thank You Scientist – “Stranger Heads Prevail”
18. Blueneck – “The Outpost”
17. Marillion – “FEAR”
16. Mind’s Horizon – “Desolation Within”
15. Kylver – “The Island”
14. pg.lost – “Versus”
13. Anciients – “Voice of the Void”
12. Heaven’s Cry – “Outcast”
11. In Mourning – “Afterglow”
10. Fire Garden – “Far and Near”
9. Katatonia – “The Fall Of Hearts”
8. Gojira – “Magma”
7. Borknagar – “Winter Thrice”
6. Fates Warning – “Theories of Flight”
5. Dream The Electric Sleep – “Beneath The Dark Wide Sky”
4. Haken – “Affinity”
3. Ihsahn – “Arktis.”
2. Insomnium – “Winter’s Gate”
1. Witherscape – “The Northern Sanctuary”

To view numbers 21-40, click here!