So loads of people have done a top 20, After listening to about 90 releases this year I've decided 20 isn't enough. 2016 has produced a lot of fantastic releases all year round. While my top 3 are a certainty, I found it hard to place the following albums in a specific order, so here are my 50 favourite releases of 2016.
Faintest Idea - Increasing the Minimum Rage (ska-punk)
blink-182 - California (pop-punk)
The Hostiles - Last Call (ska-punk)
Tremonti - Dust (heavy rock)
Alter Bridge - The Last Hero (stadium rock)
ARCHITECTS - All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us (metalcore)
NOFX - First Ditch Effort (punk)
Pizzatramp - Blowing Chunks ( hardcore punk)
Broken Teeth! - At Piece Amongst Chaos (hardcore)
Flying Frogs - Playing Again (skate punk)
Brutal Youth - Sanguine (hardcore punk)
Grove Street Families - Las Venturas EP (hardcore)
Defy Your Dreams - Symphonies of the Unknown (metalcore)
The Interrupters - Say It Out Loud (punk)
DIRECT HIT! - Wasted Mind (pop-punk/skate punk)
WONK UNIT - Mr Splashy (punk)
Talco - Silent Town (ska-punk)
DROPTHIS - Culture to Criticise (skate punk)
Knuckledust (Official) - Songs of Sacrifice (hardcore)
Shoot The Girl First - I Confess (metalcore)
Hatebreed - The Concrete Confessional (hardcore)
Zoax - Zoax (alt rock)
Knocked Loose - Laugh Tracks (hardcore/beatdown)
Stick To Your Guns - Better Ash Than Dust (hardcore)
Halcyon Hope - Onward to Fracture Town (post hardcore)
KING 810 - La Petite Mort (metal)
Sum 41 - 13 Voices (punk/alt rock)
ROAM - Backbone (pop-punk)
Bury Tomorrow - Earthbound (metalcore)
WOLF DOWN - Incite & Conspire (hardcore)
The Qemists - Warrior Sound (electronica/alt rock)
Killswitch Engage - Incarnate (metal)
FAULTLINES - All We've Ever Known (metalcore)
Sunrise Skater Kids - Friendville (pop-punk/satire)
Carcer City - Infinite // Unknown (metalcore)
Rough Hands - Let Me Win Your Hearts and Minds (hardcore)
Harm/Shelter - Paycheck (hardcore)
Capsize - A Reintroduction:...(post hardcore)
Beartooth - Aggressive (metalcore)
Sanity Check - Slaves to a System (hardcore)
GIANTS - Break the Cycle (hardcore punk)
Belvedere Band - Revenge of the Fifth (skate punk)
Desolated - The End (hardcore/beatdown)
LANDSCAPES - Modern Earth (melodic hardcore)
DevilDriver - Trust No One (metal)
Expire - With Regret (hardcore)
Cruel Hand - Your World Won't Listen (hardcore)
Despised Icon - Beast (deathcore/crossover)
The Bennies - Wisdom Machine (ska punk)
Hellions - Opera Oblivia (experimental hardcore)