Top 20 Metal Albums of 1996

01.MetaLLica – Load




02.Iced Earth – The Dark Saga




03.Amorphis – ELegy



04.Opeth – Morningrise



05.Crematory - ILLusions



06.Anathema – Eternity



07.Katatonia - Brave Murder Day



08.EverEve – Seasons




09.My Dying Bride - Like Gods of the Sun



10.MoonspeLL - IrreLigious



11.Theatre of Tragedy - VeLvet DarkneSs they Fear



12.Type O Negative – October Rust



13.CradLe of FiLth - Dusk ... and Her Embrace



14.Heavenwood - Diva



15.Orphaned Land - EL Norra ALiLa


16.Therion - Lepaca Kliffoth


17.Nevermore - PoLitics of Ecstasy



18.Rage - End of ALL Days



19.Yearning - With Tragedies Adorned



20.SamaeL - PasSage

Top 20 Metal Albums of 1995

01.Paradise Lost - Draconian Times



02.Opeth – Orchid



03.Dark TranquiLLity - The GaLLery



04.In FLames - The Jester Race



05.BLind Guardian - Imaginations From the Other Side



06.ULver – Bergtatt



07.MoonspeLL - WoLfheart



08.My Dying Bride - The AngeL and the Dark River



09.Anathema - The SiLent Enigma



10.At The Gates - SLaughter of the SouL



11.Death – SymboLic



12.In The Woods – Heart of the Ages



13.Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane



14.The Gathering - MandyLion



15.Gamma Ray – Land of the Free



16.Sentenced – Amok



17.Iced Earth – Burnt Offerings



18.Theatre of Tragedy - St



19.Lake of Tears – Headstones



20.Cemetery of Scream – Melancholy