Botb’s Top 25 of 2017
Narrowed it down finally. This is in no particular order other than #1. |
1 | | Amenra Mass VI
Post metal. FFO of Cult of Luna, Isis |
2 | | Less Art Strangled Light
Post hardcore with members of Thrice and Curl Up and Die. |
3 | | Axis Shift
Abrasive Metallic Hardcore with post-metal influence. FFO botch, Knut, cave in |
4 | | All Pigs Must Die Hostage Animal
Metal/Hardcore/Grind/Crust featuring members of a million cool bands. FFO all those cool bands |
5 | | Converge The Dusk In Us
Metalcore FFO Converge |
6 | | Chepang A Tale Of Wildfire
Grind. Nepal put out the grind AOTY this year, check it. |
7 | | Full of Hell Trumpeting Ecstasy
Deathgrind/Hardcore with some Sludge influence |
8 | | Stimulant Stimulant
Seething Powerviolence/Noise from members of Water Torture. FFO Sex Prisoner, Water Torture, Man is the Bastard |
9 | | Godflesh Post Self
Heavy as fuck Industrial metal. FFO feeling like you’re in the middle of “I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream” |
10 | | Undergang Misantropologi
Depraved cavernous death metal |
11 | | Helpless Debt
Insane Grind/Noise influenced mathy metalcore. FFO Gaza |
12 | | The Great Old Ones EOD: A Tale of Dark Legacy
Black/Death/Post-metal FFO Lovecraft, Zhrine, Neurosis |
13 | | The Dear Hunter All Is As All Should Be
I don’t even really know how to describe this band at this point because they can do anything amazingly |
14 | | Ulver The Assassination of Julius Caesar
Electronic/Art Pop/Post Punk FFO Cold Cave, The Smiths |
15 | | Propagandhi Victory Lap
Metal influenced melodic punk FFO noodly riffs but catchy punk vocals |
16 | | Vince Staples Big Fish Theory
Hip hop |
17 | | Thundercat Drunk
Jazz Fusion/Neo-Soul for shut in reddit users |
18 | | Primitive Man Caustic
Sludge/The heaviest shit ever |
19 | | Bell Witch Mirror Reaper
Funeral Doom |
20 | | Solstafir Berdreyminn
Folk metal/post-rock |
21 | | Feist Pleasure
Folk/Indie |
22 | | Joey Badass ALL-AMERIKKKAN BADA$$
Hip hop. Even Joey’s weakest to date still has enough bars for this list |
23 | | P.O.S Chill, Dummy
Hip hop |
24 | | Dodsrit Dodsrit
Black metal/Crust. Members of Totem Skin. |
25 | | Advent Pain & Suffering
Metalcore/Hardcore. |
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