The Wimps and Posers Best of 2016 List

What an amazing year for new music, not to mention the many fantastic reissues 2016 had to offer. Here are the best of the best, as determined by, well, me.

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Top 25 of 2016
1. Avantasia: Ghostlights
2. Pretty Maids: Kingmaker
3. Nordic Union: self-titled
4. Borknagar: Winter Thrice
5. Circus Maximus: Havoc
6. Volbeat: Seal the Deal and Let’s Boogie
7. Widow: Carved in Stone
8. Spellcaster: Night Hides the World
9. Heaven Below: Good Morning Apocalypse
10. Dynazty: Titanic Mass
11. InnerWish: self-titled
12. Fates Warning: Theories of Flight
13. Eternal Champion: The Armor of Ire
14. Witherscape: The Northern Sanctuary
15. Treat: Ghost of Graceland
16. Eden’s Curse: Cardinal
17. Dark Tranquillity: Atoma
18. Striker: Stand in the Fire
19. Vega: Who We Are
20. Tempt: Runaway
21. Kissin’ Dynamite: Generation Goodbye
22. Insomnium: Winter’s Gate
23. Jace Pawlak: Promise
24. Manimal: Trapped in the Shadows
25. Primal Fear: Rulebreaker

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Top 5 reissues of 2016
1. Eden: self-titled (Divebomb)
2. Emergency: Martial Law (Divebomb)
3. Tyketto: Don’t Come Easy (Rock Candy)
4. Eclipse: Armageddonize Deluxe Edition (Frontiers)
5. Kill for Thrills: Dynamite From Nightmareland (Bad Reputation)

Tags: Avantasia, Best of 2016, Borknagar, Circus Maximus, Dark Tranquillity, Dynazty, Eclipse, Eden, Eden's Curse, Emergency, Eternal Champion, Fates Warning, Heaven Below, InnerWish, Insomnium, Jace Pawlak, Kill For Thrills, Kissin' Dynamite, Manimal, Nordic Union, Pretty Maids, Primal Fear, Spellcaster, Striker, Tempt, Treat, Tyketto, Vega, Volbeat, Widow, Witherscape