| 2016 Top 50 |
| 1 |  | Radiohead
A Moon Shaped Pool
art-rock - 4.6 |
| 2 |  | Michael McCann, Sascha Dikiciyan and Ed Harrison
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
electronic - 4.4 |
| 3 |  | Autechre
elseq 1-5
idm - 4.3 |
| 4 |  | Yndi Halda
Under Summer
post-rock - 4.3 |
| 5 |  | Schammasch
Triangle
black metal - 4.3 |
| 6 |  | Ulver
ATGCLVLSSCAP
ambient/ drone - 4.2 |
| 7 |  | SubRosa
For This We Fought the Battle of Ages
doom metal - 4.2 |
| 8 |  | Hail Spirit Noir
Mayhem In Blue
black metal - 4.2 |
| 9 |  | Preoccupations
Preoccupations
post-punk - 4.2 |
| 10 |  | Niechec
Niechec
jazz rock - 4.2 |
| 11 |  | Cult of Luna and Julie Christmas
Mariner
post-metal - 4.1 |
| 12 |  | Johann Johannsson
Arrival
ambient/ drone - 4.1 |
| 13 |  | Latitudes
Old Sunlight
post-metal - 4.1 |
| 14 |  | Oathbreaker
Rheia
post-metal - 4.1 |
| 15 |  | Coldworld
Autumn
atmospheric black metal - 4.1 |
| 16 |  | Bossk
Audio Noir
post-metal/ post-rock - 4.1 |
| 17 |  | Wildernessking
Mystical Future
atmospheric black metal - 4.1 |
| 18 |  | 40 Watt Sun
Wider than the Sky
slowcore - 4.0 |
| 19 |  | Loscil
Monument Builders
ambient - 4.0 |
| 20 |  | Olafur Arnalds and Nils Frahm
Trance Frendz
classical - 4.0 |
| 21 |  | SUMAC
What One Becomes
post-metal - 4.0 |
| 22 |  | Alcest
Kodama
blackgaze - 4.0 |
| 23 |  | Minor Victories
Minor Victories
shoegaze/ post-rock - 3.9 |
| 24 |  | Neurosis
Fires Within Fires
post-metal - 3.9 |
| 25 |  | Mark Pritchard
Under the Sun
ambient - 3,9 |
| 26 |  | World's End Girlfriend
Last Waltz
post-rock - 3,9 |
| 27 |  | Entropia (PL)
Ufonaut
black metal - 3,9 |
| 28 |  | Hammock
Everything and Nothing
post-rock - 3,9 |
| 29 |  | iamthemorning
Lighthouse
art rock - 3,9 |
| 30 |  | Radian
On Dark Silent Off
post rock/ glitch - 3,9 |
| 31 |  | The Morningside
Yellow
doom metal - 3,9 |
| 32 |  | Eluvium
False Readings On
ambient - 3,8 |
| 33 |  | Vektor
Terminal Redux
thrash metal - 3,8 |
| 34 |  | The Drones
Feelin Kinda Free
art rock - 3,8 |
| 35 |  | Johann Johannsson
Orphée
classical - 3,8 |
| 36 |  | Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Skeleton Tree
art rock - 3,8 |
| 37 |  | David Bowie
Blackstar
art rock - 3,7 |
| 38 |  | Underworld
Barbara Barbara, we face a shining future
progressive house - 3,7 |
| 39 |  | Deathspell Omega
The Synarchy of Molten Bones
black metal - 3,7 |
| 40 |  | Bruno Sanfilippo
The Poet
classical - 3,7 |
| 41 |  | Insomnium
Winter's Gate
death metal - 3,7 |
| 42 |  | Obscure Sphinx
Epitaphs
post-metal - 3,7 |
| 43 |  | Deakin
Sleep Cycle
psychedelic - 3,7 |
| 44 |  | The Dillinger Escape Plan
Dissociation
mathcore - 3,7 |
| 45 |  | The Avalanches
Wildflower
plunderphonics - 3,6 |
| 46 |  | Russian Circles
Guidance
post-rock/ post-metal - 3,6 |
| 47 |  | Valerio Tricoli
Clonic Earth
electroacoustic/ dark ambient - 3,6 |
| 48 |  | Ian William Craig
Centres
ambient - 3,6 |
| 49 |  | Ulcerate
Shrines of Paralysis
death metal - 3,6 |
| 50 |  | The Radio Dept.
Running Out of Love
dream pop - 3,6 |
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