Best Of 2016

Here we’re already, first day on a new year, yes it's already 2017. As always in December we get into the tedious task of listing our favourite albums of 2016!, You have seen them all now, a total summery will come below.  This year again it was really hard to make that final list, but hey “a man gotta do what a man gotta do”. I know I have exclude some, as far as I can see is that the box with Vinyls that even had a chance to be played are more than half full, shame on me. Some thoughts about the Top 100 list have many great releases, from old & new bands, the Top 100 is very strong in it's own line up.

It’s also the time for me to do a little retrospective of this year for me and Tune Of The Day.  We passed the 400 followers mark on Facebook, kinda cool but hey I wish it would be more, so hit like for gods sake. We will soonish hit 4000 posts, that's a pretty much, but it's since the start in 2007 so I guess it's pretty valid.

2016 have been a very good year work wise, shit loads of concerts, festivals, tours, travels, air ports, cars, buses, trains etc etc. To many to be listed here, but the photo below will tell some at-least.

A few of all the passes for 2016, pretty big pile indeed.

The best of the best of the albums released during 2016.

100 Architects - All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us

99 Port Noir - Any Way The Wind Carries

98 Omnium Gatherum - Grey Heavens

97 Messenger - Threnodies

96 Magnum - Sacred Blood…

95 Grand Magus - Sword Songs

94 Dust - Soulburst

93 Wolfmother - Victorious

92 Wo Fat - Midnight Cometh

91 Tygers Of Pan Tang - Tygers Of Pan Tang

90 Robert Pehrsson's Humb… - Long Way To The Light

89 Megadeth - Dystopia

88 1000Mods - Repeated Exposure To…

87 Switchblade - 2016

86 Svvamp - Svvamp

85 Myrath - Legacy

84 Seven Sisters - Seven Sisters

83 Red Fang - Only Ghosts

82 Crobot - Welcome To The Fat City

81 Gygax - Critical Hits

80 Gleen Hughes - Resonate

79 Last In Line - Heavy Crown

78 Dark Tranquillity - Atoma

77 Blood Cermony - Lord Of Misrule

76 Barishi - Blood From The Lion's Mouth

75 Astronoid - Air

74 Kansas - The Prelude Implicit

73 Moonsorrow - Jumalten Aika

72 Kaleo - A/B

71 Inglorious - Inglorious

70 Haken - Affinity

69 Asteroid - III

68 In Flames - Battles

67 Brutus - Wandering Blind

66 Spiritual Beggars - Sunrise To Sundown

65 Scorpion Child - Acid Roulette

64 Duel - Fears Of the Dead

63 Temperance Movment - White Bear

62 Destroyer 666 - Wildfire

61 Entombed A.D. - Dead Dawn

60 Goatess - Purgatory Under New Management

59 Meshuggah - The Violent Sleep Of Reason

58 Beware Of Darkness - Are You Real?

57 Katatonia - The Fall Of Hearts

56 Inter Arma - Paradise Gallows

55 Insomnium - Winters Gate

54 Highly Suspect - The Boy Who Died Wolf

53 Purson - Desire's Magic Theatre

52 Them - Sweet Hollow

51 Alter Bridge - The Last Hero

50 Trees Of Eternity - Hour Of The Nightingale

49 Church Of Misery - And Then There Were None...

48 Gozu - Revival

47 Well - Pagan Science

46 Truckfighters - V

45 Devin Townsend Project - Transcendence

44 PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition…

43 Oceans Of Slumber - Winter

42 Gone Is Gone - Gone Is Gone

41 Vanhelgd - Temple Of Phobos

40 Be'lakor - Vessels

39 40 Watt Sun - Wider Than The Sky

38 High Spirits - Motivator

37 Imperial State Electric - All Through The Night

36 Conan - Revengeance

35 Hypnos - Cold Winds

34 Graham Bonnet Band - The Book

33 Holy Serpent - Temples

32 Somali Yacht Club - The Sun

31 Lugnet - Lugnet

30 Beastwars - The Death Of All The Things

29 Bombus - Repeat Until Death

28 Pretty Maids - Kingmaker

27 Geezer - Geezer

26 Wasted Theory - Defenders Of The Riff

25 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree

24 Opeth - Sorceress

23 Ihsahn - Arktis.

22 Rival Sons - Hollow Bones

21 Hexvessel - When We Are Death

20 Dark Funeral - Where Shadow Forever Regin

19 Metallica - Hardwired…To Self-Destruct

18 Witchcraft - Nucleus

17 Death Angel - The Evil Divide

16 Domkraft - The End Of Electricity

15 Kvelertak - Nattesfred

14 Salems Pot - Pronounce This!

13 Blues Pills - Lady In Gold

12 Graves at Sea - The Curse That Is

11 Palace Of The King - Valles Marineris

10 Cult Of Luna - Mariner

9 Vektor - Terminal Redux

8 Testament - Brotherhood Of The Snake

7 Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway

6 Anciients - Voice Of The Void

5 Gojira - Magma

4 Cobalt - Slow Forever

3 Alcest - Kodama

2 Bölzer - Hero

1 Khemmis - Hunted

 The nr 1 on the TOP 100 album list.

Honourable mentions:

IN MOURNING, NIGHTINGALE

Regarding album, still using the best tool for my records "Discogs", I just love it, be hey, it's pretty dangerous surfing around, always end with a new purchased record. Even if my best friend "Discogs" is around, I still buy a few records twice, bah! And this year I will not even look how much records that have entered my home during 2016. We keep it as a secret for now,  I think that's the best way to do it as I know deep inside that I have burned my budget more than once already :)

Ok, let's look on what's was best during 2016.

Best Covers/Tribute Album

Best Rock Album - Palace Of The King - Valles Marineris

Best Metal Album - Böltzer - Hero

Best Doom - Khemmis - Hunted

Best Swedish Metal - Cult Of Luna - Mariner

Best Swedish Rock - Blues Pills - Lady In Gold

Best Tune - Hexvessel - Cosmic Truth

Best Swedish Stoner - Domkraft - The End Of Electricity

Best Foreign Stoner/Sludge - Khemmis - Hunted

Best Supreice - Cobalt - Slow Forever

Best Festival 2016 - Hellfest

Best Farwell and finishing/last Show - Kent - Tele2

Best Live Show - 2016 - Black Sabbath - The End.   Photo Credit Ross Halfin

Best Cover Art - Opeth - Sorceress

Best Tour Poster - Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression Tour

Best Art - Tomas Lacke

Best T-Shirt 2016

Best Movie  - 2016 - Star Wars -  Rogue One

Best Whiskey - Ardbeg - Corryvreckan

Best Beer - Brooklyn Lager

Best Blog - Heavy Metale

This Year's most active concert-goer: LG-Petrov (Same procedure as last year)

Best Musical Country 2016 - America

This year vocal performance: Julie Christmas

Biggest lost 2016 - David Bowie

Tune Of The Day wish you all a Happy New Year!! Today's tune will be released a bit later on today!