With our 20 Best Metal Albums of 2016 list already out, it's time to look at the best individual tracks of the year with the 20 Best Metal Songs of 2016!

Ever year, metal's greatest hits list grows as new classics are added to the canon, keeping everything alive and well as the genre inches closer to its 50th anniversary. From legacy acts like Megadeth and Anthrax enjoying continued success more than three decades into their careers all the way to modern heavyweights in Ghost, Avenged Sevenfold and Gojira, as well as up-and-comers such as Mantar and Fallujah, we cover numerous branches of the metal tree here.

So, which song earned the title of Best Metal Song of 2016? Scroll down to find out!