But we know how it is to hear a band's name or album title and not know how to spell it or even remember it and we covered a lot of bands while breaking down the best of 2016. So here's some links if you'd like to dig deeper into Episode 1, including a link to visit Allegaeon's Patreon page. If any bands made both our lists I've linked different tracks just for some variety and for you to get a feel for our personal tastes (and if you like something, go buy the album and support the artists!).
Keifer's Best of the Rest:
Witherscape
Uada
Ulcerate
Mistur
Drudkh
Sam's Best of the Rest:
Winterfylleth; track - Ensigns of Victory
The Algorithm
Vektor
Meshuggah
Hope for the Dying
Fallujah
Top 10 lists:
Keif's 10: Frontierer
Sam's 10: Wardruna
Keif's 9: Harakiri for the Sky
Sam's 9: Amon Amarth
Kefi's 8: The Dillinger Escape Plan
Sam's 8: Hyperion; track - Moral Evasion
Keif's 7: Waldgeflüster
Sam's 7: Be'lakor
Keif's 6: Winterfylleth; track - The Dark Hereafter
Sam's 6: Insomnium
Keif's 5: Panopticon
Sam's 5: Metallica
Keif's 4: Anaal Nathrakh
Sam's 4: Exmortus
Keif's 3: Allegaeon; track - Subdivisions (Rush cover)
Sam's 3: Vale of Pnath
Keif's 2: Hyperion; track - Flagellum Dei
Sam's 2: First Fragment
Keif's 1: Ihsahn
Sam's 1: Allegaeon; track - All Hail Science
Keif's Track of the Year: Nails - You will Never Be One of Us
Sam's Track of the Year: Allegaeon - Proponent for Sentience II, The Algorithm
