What a great metalised year 2017 has been! It will go down in history as one of the best years ever, in terms of metal album releases!
We have been going through this list for quite some time now and the final rankings are the result of hard thought and repeated listening/headbanging sessions! Rankings were determined by the level of musicianship, song writing, creativity, production, how much enjoyment we got from the album, the impact the album had, but above all from what we like to call “The Goosebumps Meter” which is the intensity of goosebumps given to us from each album!
Here are the top 15 Metal albums that have rocked our socks off over the last 12 months:
15. Havok – Conformicide
Origin: USA, Genre: Thrash Metal
Listen to: Intention to Deceive, Hang ‘Em High
Watch Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GT9m0jX9vw
14. Byzantine – The Cicada Tree
Origin: USA, Genre: Groove/Prog/Thrash Metal
Listen to: Incremental, Vile Maxim
Watch Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpdNtOjFifw
13. Need – Hegaiamas: A Song for Freedom
Origin: Greece, Genre: Progressive Metal
Listen to: Rememory, Tilikum
Watch Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEt3O3vMogI
12. Sawthis – Babhell
Origin: Italy, Genre: Melodic Thrash Metal
Listen to: Seabed, Through Hell
Watch Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZfsWWpovzU
11. Fozzy – Judas
Origin: USA, Genre: Heavy Metal
Listen to: Running With The Bulls, Judas
Watch Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqURPBtGJzg
10. Pain of Salvation – In The Passing Light of Day
Origin: Sweden, Genre: Progressive
Listen to: Reasons, The Passing Light of Day
Watch Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_qZpLgvdOI
9. Sepultura – Machine Messiah
Origin: Brazil, Genre: Groove/Hardcore Punk/Thrash Metal
Listen to: Machine Messiah, Phantom Self
Watch Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0mDeaivvi8
8. Junius – Eternal Rituals for the Accretion of Light
Origin: USA, Genre: Post-Metal
Listen to: A Mass for Metaphysicians, The Queen’s Constellation
Watch Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvZddkash0E
7. Beast in Black – Berserker
Origin: Finland/Greece, Genre: Power Metal
Listen To: Blind And Frozen, Born Again
Watch Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N4tXf3Ensw
6. Leprous – Malina
Origin: Norway, Genre: Progressive Rock
Listen to: From the Flame, Captive
Watch Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZSlX1zXnfM
5. Enslaved – E
Origin: Norway, Genre: Black/Prog
Listen to: Sacred Horse, Storm Son
Watch Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRlhMyXmTYQ
4. Archspire – Relentless Mutation
Origin: Canada, Genre: Technical Death Metal
Listen To: Relentless Mutation, Remote Tumour Seeker
Watch Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lsnTQyGI78
3. Trivium – The Sin and the Sentence
Origin: USA, Genre: Thrash/Groove Metal
Listen to: The Heart From Your Hate, Betrayer
Watch Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAoKcM54Q1Y
2. Firewind – Immortals
Origin: Greece, Genre: Power Metal
Listen to: Ode To Leonidas, Wars of Ages
Watch Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF_nYCnVjcM
1. Igorrr – Savage Sinusoid
Origin: France, Genre: Breakcore/Experimental Metal
Listen to: Opus Brain, Cheval, Houmous
Watch Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zRU-VU87HI
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Annihilator – For The Demented
Brutus – Burst
Cavalera Conspiracy – Psychosis
Marty Friedman – Wall of Sound
Mastodon – Emperor Of Sand
Night Demon – Darkness Remains
Threshold – Legends of the Shires
TrollfesT – Helluva
Undead Corporation – No Antidote
VUUR – In This Moment We Are Free, Cities
METALISED! 