Best Albums of 1996 | Revisiting 30 Years Ago

Going through my top 25 favorite metal albums from 1996. Thought this would be fun to revisit some older years' best of lists and discuss albums that have stood the test of time. These albums are all celebrating their 30th anniversary this year. The albums I discuss today are as follows, in alphabetical order (for the ranked order, you will have to watch the video!): Angelcorpse - Hammer of Gods Arcturus - Aspera Hiems Symfonia Bal Sagoth - Starfire Burning Upon the Ice-Veiled Throne of Ultima Thule Bathory - Blood on Ice Bethlehem - Dictius Te Necare Blut Aus Nord - Fathers of the Icy Age Borknagar - self-titled Burzum - Filosofem Cannibal Corpse - Vile Cryptopsy - None So Vile Diabolical Masquerade - Ravendusk in my Heart Dimmu Borgir - Stormblast Edge of Sanity - Crimson Empyrium - A Wintersunset Falkenbach - ...en their medh riki fara... Godkiller - The Rebirth of the Middle Ages Kvist - For kunsten maa vi evig vike Limbonic Art - Moon in the Scorpio Monstrosity - Millennium Opeth - Morningrise Sacramentum - Far Away From the Sun Satyricon - Nemesis Divina Setherial - Nord Stratovarius - Episode Vinterland - Welcome My Last Chapter