Top 30 albums of 2017
Just like last year, I've decided to be boring and state each of my favourite albums this year with highlights underneath. One thing I will say however: Season of Mist has been a haven of musical gold for me this year. |
| 30 |  | Monolord
Rust
"Dear Lucifer" |
| 29 |  | Kauan
Kaiho
"Lahja" |
| 28 |  | The Moon and the Nightspirit
Metanoia
"Mysterion Méga" |
| 27 |  | Beneath (IS)
Ephemeris
"Guillotine" |
| 26 |  | The Black Dahlia Murder
Nightbringers
"Nightbringers", "Kings of the Nightworld" |
| 25 |  | Condor (NO)
Unstoppable Power
"83 Days of Radiation" |
| 24 |  | Mastodon
Emperor of Sand
"Steambreather", "Andromeda" |
| 23 |  | Grima
Tales of the Enchanted Woods
"The Moon and Its Shadows", "Never Get Off the Trail" |
| 22 |  | Elder (USA-MA)
Reflections of a Floating World
"Staving Off Truth" |
| 21 |  | Usnea
Portals Into Futility
"Pyrrhic Victory" |
| 20 |  | Ne Obliviscaris
Urn
"Eyrie" |
| 19 |  | Employed to Serve
The Warmth Of A Dying Sun
"Never Falls Far", "Apple Tree", "Lethargy" |
| 18 |  | Valborg
Endstrand
"Orbitalwaffe", "Bunkerluft", "Plasmabrand" |
| 17 |  | Major Parkinson
Blackbox
"Night Hitcher", "Madeleine Crumbles", "Blackbox" |
| 16 |  | Antichrist
Sinful Birth
"Under the Cross", "Chernobyl 1986" |
| 15 |  | Gigan
Undulating Waves of Rainbiotic Iridescence
"Wade Forward Through Matter and Backwards Through Time", "Hyperjump-Ritual Madness" |
| 14 |  | Paradise Lost
Medusa
"The Longest Winter", "No Passage for the Dead" |
| 13 |  | Septicflesh
Codex Omega
"Dante's Inferno", "3rd Testament (Codex Omega)", "Faceless Queen" |
| 12 |  | Cormorant
Diaspora
"Sentinel", "Migration" |
| 11 |  | Grails
Chalice Hymnal
"New Prague", "Tough Guy", "After the Funeral" |
| 10 |  | Artificial Brain
Infrared Horizon
"Synthesized Instinct", "Mist Like Mercury", "Vacant Explorer" |
| 9 |  | Persefone
Aathma
"Spirals Within Thy Being", "Stillness is Timeless", and the monumental four-part title track at the end. |
| 8 |  | Dodecahedron
Kwintessens
"Tetrahedron-The Culling of the Unwanted from the Earth", "Interlude" (Odd choice but I love it), "Icosahedron-The Death of Your Body" |
| 7 |  | Akercocke
Renaissance in Extremis
"Disappear", "Unbound By Sin", "A Particularly Cold September" |
| 6 |  | Der Weg Einer Freiheit
Finisterre
"Ausbruch", "Ein Letzter Tanz", "Skepsis Part II" |
| 5 |  | Fen
Winter
"II (Penance)","III (Fear)", "IV (Interment)" |
| 4 |  | The Ruins Of Beverast
Exuvia
"Exuvia", "Maere (On a Stillbirth's Tomb)", "Towards Malakia". |
| 3 |  | Venenum
Trance of Death
"Merging Nebular Drapes", "The Nature of the Ground", "Metanoia Journey", "There are Other Worlds..." |
| 2 |  | Foscor
Les Irreals Visions
"Ciutat trágica", "Altars", "Encenalls de Mort" and the enchanting title track. |
| 1 |  | The Great Old Ones
EOD: A Tale of Dark Legacy
"The Shadow Over Innsmouth", "When the Stars Align", "The Ritual" and "Mare Infinitum". |
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