Top 10 Signs Metal Music is in a Very Good Condition in 2016

The Top Ten
1 Metal Is Still the Most Popular Genre On Spotify
2 Heavy Metal is at #1 on the list 'Top Ten Best Music Genres'
3 Metal is at #2 on the list 'Top Ten Music Genres That Teens Like'

Metal gets 15% of the votes. Rock is at #1 with 18% but this is normal - rock is an umbrella name that includes many subgenres: classic rock, hard rock, punk rock, alternative rock, even metal, and so on.
And metal at #2 means that metal is doing great.

4 Metallica Released A Very Good New Album
5 Many New Metal Bands Released Great Debut Albums In 2016
6 Metal Is Still the Genre With the Loyalest Fans on Spotify
7 Thrash Metal is at #6 on the list 'Top Ten Music Genres That Teens Like'
8 Thrash Metal is at #9 on the list 'Top Ten Best Music Genres'
9 Many New Metal Fans Joined TheTopTens in 2016

Of course there were many metalheads before 2016 but many new joined in 2016.

And most of them are great.

10 Several Metal Fans Are Doing a Great Job On TheTopTens
The Contenders
11 Megadeth Released A Good Album
12 Anthrax Released A Good Album
13 Vektor released Terminal Redux
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