**1996 Top 5 Albums and Top 5 Songs**
(Full album reviews coming later.)
(#1) In Flames/The Jester Race (1996)
[Album Rating: Classic 10/10.]
[Country: Sweden. Genre: Melodic Death.]
(#2) Opeth/Morningrise (1996)
[Album Rating: Classic 10/10.]
[Country: Sweden. Genre: Progressive Melodic Death.]
(#3) My Dying Bride/Like Gods Of The Sun (1996)
[Album Rating: Classic 10/10.]
[Country: UK. Genre: Gothic Doom/Death.]
(#4) King Diamond/The Graveyard (1996)
[Album Rating: Classic 10/10.]
[Country: Denmark. Genre: Heavy Metal.]
(#5) Sacrilege/Lost In The Beauty You Slay (1996)
[Album Rating: Near-Classic 9/10.]
[Country: Sweden. Genre: Melodic Death.]
(First Runner-Up)
Rotting Christ/Triarchy Of The Lost Lovers (1996)
[Album Rating: Near-Classic 9/10.]
[Country: Greece. Genre: Gothic Black Metal.]
(Second Runner-Up)
Katatonia/Brave Murder Day (1996)
[Album Rating: Near-Classic 9/10.]
[Country: Sweden. Genre: Doom/Death.]
(Third Runner-Up)
Gates Of Ishtar/A Bloodred Path (1996)
[Album Rating: Near-Classic 9/10.]
[Country: Sweden. Genre: Melodic Death.]
(#1) Sentenced-Bleed
[From: Down (1996)]
(#2) Hypocrisy-Roswell 47
[From: Abducted (1996)]
(#3) Dio-This Is Your Life
[From: Angry Machines (1996)]
(#4) Stratovarius-Tomorrow
[From: Episode (1996)]
(#5) Old Man's Child-Demons Of The Thorncastle
[From: Born Of The Flickering (1996)]
