WHAT WERE MY FAVORITE ALBUMS OF 2016?

	1) BRAIN DRILL: Boundless Obscenity The insane speed we know from the band mixed with more mature songwriting, a real winner.
	2) THE ZENITH PASSAGE: Solipsist While a few too many similarities to The Faceless, the debut from The Zenith Passage is still filled with great songs and amazing performances.
	3) ABORTED: Retrogore Another great album from the tried and true, a very mild improvement over their previous album, which was already pretty awesome.
	4) PERIPHERY: Periphery III: Select Difficulty Some really catchy songs and a bit heavier overall, the djent masters keep them coming.
	5) WORMED: Krighsu So glad it wasn't another decade wait between albums, their 3rd full length is technical death metal at its best.
	6) MESHUGGAH: The Violent Sleep Of Reason A really strong offering from the swedish masters, still nothing can touch their earlier material, but this album rates highly among their last 5 releases or so.
	7) DREAM THEATER: The Astonishing Not quite as good as "Scenes From a Memory", but hugely ambitious and highly entertaining.
	8) NEUROGENIC: Ouroboric Stagnation Tremendous speed and slams, the most brutal release of the year.
	9) DEVIN TOWNSEND: Transcendence A nice sampling of Devin's various styles over the years, lots of great songs.
	10) NAILS: You Will Never Be One of Us Short form grindcore at its best.

	UNMERCIFUL: Ravenous Impulse So glad this album finally came out, while not as good as their debut, they still pummel the listener with ungodly speed and stamina.
	SERPENTINE DOMINION: Serpentine Dominion Cool little side project, short bug a great mix of styles, hopefully they get together again sometime to make a second album.