25 Most Anticipated Metal Albums of 2016
Metallica, Deftones, Gojira and more of the heaviest sounds to come

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Will Metallica and Tool finally drop new albums in 2016? That's the big question for metalheads looking ahead to yet another year of mosh pits and whiplash. But even if those high-volume riff dealers once again don't deliver, there is still plenty of heavy music to get excited about. Here are the 25 records we most want to hear come stomping out of rock's darkest corner.