The best albums of 2016
Introduction
Each month a panel of 11 reviewers (all 6 Rock Report editors + 5 longtime, very active Rock Report members) carefully choose the best ten (or five, for months with less releases) albums.
January
#1 NORDIC UNION
Nordic Union 851/1000 |
#2 PRIMAL FEAR
Rulebreaker 833/1000 |
#3 AXEL RUDI PELL
Game Of Sins 818/1000 |
#4 DREAM THEATER
The Astonishing 808/1000 |
#5 AVANTASIA
Ghostlights 806/1000 |
#6 BRAINSTORM
Scary Creatures 798/1000 |
#7 SHAKRA
High Noon 783/1000 |
#8 CLOUDSCAPE
Voice Of Reason 774/1000 |
#9 SERENITY
Codex Atlanticus 758/1000 |
#10 HELL IN THE CLUB
Shadow Of The Monster 750/1000 |
February
#1 REDEMPTION
The Art Of Loss 847/1000 
#6 HEADSPACE
All That You Fear Is Gone 781/1000 |
#2 SUNBURST
Fragments Of Creation 833/1000 
#7 RAGE OF ANGELS
The Devils New Tricks 776/1000 |
#3 MYRATH
Legacy 821/1000 
#8 LAST IN LINE
Heavy Crown 750/1000 |
#4 THE NEW ROSES
Dead Man's Voice 800/1000 
#9 VOTUM
:KTONIK: 750/1000 |
#5 MAGNUM
Sacred Blood 'Divine' Lies 795/1000 
#10 BEYOND THE BLACK
Lost In Forever 738/1000 |
March
#1 MOB RULES
Tales From Beyond 800/1000 |
#2 ALMANAC
Tsar 798/1000 |
#3 ETERNITY'S END
The Fire Within 798/1000 |
#4 CIRCUS MAXIMUS
Havoc 765/1000 |
#5 JOE BONAMASSA
Blues Of Desperation 759/1000 |
#6 THE TREATMENT
Generation Me 758/1000 |
#7 LORDS OF BLACK
II 758/1000 |
#8 INNERWISH
InnerWish 744/1000 |
#9 SPIRITUAL BEGGARS
Sunrise To Sundown 740/1000 |
#10 3 DOORS DOWN
Us And The Night 719/1000 |
April
#1 TREAT
Ghost Of Graceland 859/1000 
#6 SIXX:A.M.
Prayers For The Damned 781/1000 |
#2 THE DEFIANTS
The Defiants 840/1000 
#7 THUNDERSTONE
Apocalypse Again 759/1000 |
#3 HAKEN
Affinity 806/1000 
#8 DYNAZTY
Titanic Mass 742/1000 |
#4 CHRIS OUSEY
Dream Machine 792/1000 
#9 NEMESEA
Uprise 736/1000 |
#5 POVERTY'S NO CRIME
Spiral Of Fear 792/1000 
#10 DANGER ZONE
Closer To Heaven 725/1000 |
May
#1 BIG BIG TRAIN
Folklore 847/1000 |
#2 VEGA
Who We Are 833/1000 |
#3 IRON SAVIOR
Titancraft 774/1000 |
#4 TED POLEY
Beyond The Fade 765/1000 |
#5 FROST
Falling Satellites 762/1000 |
#6 PHANTOM V
Phantom V 750/1000 |
#7 EVIL MASQUERADE
The Outcast Hall Of Fame 750/1000 |
#8 SUNSTORM
Edge Of Tomorrow 727/1000 |
#9 PUNKY MEADOWS
Fallen Angel 708/1000 |
#10 ACACIA AVENUE
Early Warning 690/1000 |
June
#1 AIRBAG
Disconnected 819/1000 |
#2 FIRST SIGNAL
One Step Over The Line 800/1000 |
#3 ROB MOATTI
Transcendent 792/1000 |
#4 ANDERSON/STOLT
Invention Of Knowledge 774/1000 |
#5 WITHEM
The Unforgiving Road 736/1000 |
July
#1 FATES WARNING
Theories Of Flight 842/1000 |
#2 KARMAKANIC
Dot 833/1000 |
#3 KISSIN' DYNAMITE
Generation Goodbye 803/1000 |
#4 DARE
Sacred Ground 792/1000 |
#5 KAATO
Kaato 738/1000 |
August
#1 THE DEAD DAISIES
Make Some Noise 833/1000 |
#2 PALACE
Master Of The Universe 826/1000 |
#3 THE PINEAPPLE THIEF
Your Wilderness 817/1000 |
#4 KING COMPANY
One For The Road 808/1000 |
#5 DELAIN
Moonbathers 792/1000 |
#6 BLUES PILLS
Lady In Gold 764/1000 |
#7 DGM
The Passage 764/1000 |
#8 SABATON
The Last Stand 762/1000 |
#9 DANTE FOX
Breathless 738/1000 |
#10 MICHAEL SWEET
One Sided War 722/1000 |
September
#1 KANSAS
The Prelude Implicit 852/1000 
#6 SEVEN
Shattered 806/1000 |
#2 MARILLION
F E A R 850/1000 
#7 MISS BEHAVIOUR
Ghost Play 775/1000 |
#3 SERIOUS BLACK
Mirrorworld 845/1000 
#8 AIRBOURNE
Breakin' Outta Hell 771/1000 |
#4 NARNIA
Narnia 819/1000 
#9 CRY OF DAWN
Cry Of Dawn 750/1000 |
#5 EVERGREY
The Storm Within 813/1000 
#09 EPICA
The Holographic Principle 750/1000 |
October
#1 THEOCRACY
Ghost Ship 817/1000 |
#2 TYKETTO
Reach 811/1000 |
#3 OVERLAND
Contagious 771/1000 |
#4 MECCA
3 767/1000 |
#5 ALTER BRIDGE
The Last Hero 764/1000 |
#6 SONATA ARCTICA
The Ninth Hour 762/1000 |
#7 HARDLINE
Human Nature 758/1000 |
#8 ANGELS OR KINGS
Go Ask The Moon! 750/1000 |
#9 EDEN'S CURSE
Cardinal 740/1000 |
#10 KEE MARCELLO
Scaling Up 735/1000 |
November/December
#1 FM
Indiscreet 30 854/1000 |
#2 PRETTY MAIDS
Kingmaker 850/1000 |
#3 THE NEAL MORSE BAND
The Similitude Of A Dream 833/1000 |
#4 ENBOUND
The Blackened Heart 800/1000 |
#4 FREEDOM CALL
Master Of Light 800/1000 |
#6 HERMAN FRANK
The Devil Rides Out 771/1000 |
#7 ROTH BROCK PROJECT
Roth Brock Project 750/1000 |
#8 RIK EMMETT & RESOLUTION9
RES 9 750/1000 |
#9 DARK SARAH
The Puzzle 750/1000 |
#10 SIXX: A.M.
Prayers For The Blessed, Vol. 2 740/1000 |
