Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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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