Top 10 Best Metal Albums of 1996

1 The Great Southern Trendkill - Pantera

2 Morningrise - Opeth

3 Dark Saga - Iced Earth

4 Filosofem - Burzum

5 Ænima - Tool

6 None So Vile - Cryptopsy

7 Swansong - Carcass

8 Load - Metallica

9 October Rust - Type O Negative

10 Wiseblood - Corrosion of Conformity

The Contenders

11 Life Is Peachy - Korn

12 Overnight Sensation - Motörhead

13 Brave Murder Day - Katatonia

14 Tormented - Staind

15 The Graveyard - King Diamond

16 EnVision EvAngelene - Mortification

17 Angry Machines - Dio

18 Abducted - Hypocrisy

19 Purpendicular - Deep Purple

20 Predator - Accept

21 Blood On Ice - Bathory

22 Antichrist - Gorgoroth

23 Crimson - Edge of Sanity

24 Nemesis Divina - Satyricon

25 P.O.D. - Brown