Never published in 2017, we found one of the most killer 'Best of..' lists hiding in the dark depths of our laptop. The year 2017 was a great one for Black Metal and here are our picks of the best of the best.
Honorable Mention: Patria – Magna Adversia (2017)
Tons of new bands and one-man projects appeared in 2017 playing Atmospheric Black Metal, for every twenty average ones we have one decent one. This list contains the releases we most enjoyed and the bands that should be in your radar.
Honorable Mention: Sunken – Departure (2017)
Doom Metal is one of our favorite genres, while some years lack good releases, 2017 was a very strong one. We had a hard time selecting the best albums and this list reflects a wide variety of Doom Metal variants.
Honorable Mention: Dark Sanctuary – Dark Sanctuary (2017)
2017 was a great year for music in terms of crazy good releases from established bands including some highly anticipated albums. Our list tries to pick albums from all genres as you can side for the wide variety of bands.
Honorable Mention: Sabbath Assembly - Rites of Passage (2017)
We always strive to find the weirdest and oddest bands that push the boundaries of Metal and extreme music. In 2017 we had quite a few releases that blew us away, here are the ones we think are the top 10 of the year.
Honorable Mention: Fleurety - Fragmenta Cuinsvis Aetatis Contemporaneae (2017)
As one of the most productive genres of 2017, Post-Black Metal has taken the scene by storm with tons of bands unleashing solid releases. With many of said releases being copies of the pioneers, we have narrowed down the ones that have truly pushed the genre in 2017.
As our favorite genres, in 2017 we saw a great influx of debut releases. However, most of those bands still need to find their own identity. Luckily, some classic bands picked up the slack and delivered some killer albums.
Being huge fans of this style of BM, we got lucky with some amazing releases coming from known and up-and-coming bands that you should keep an ear out for.
Honorable Mention: Dimmu Borgir - Forces of the Northern Night (2017)
2017 was a great year for Death Metal, with many legendary bands dropping new releases. Fans of the genre should not worry about the quality and quantity of releases.
Honorable Mention: Epoch - Sacrosanct (2017)
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With many bands playing Post-Metal (and its variants) in the last few years, it was quite hard to narrow this list down. Tons of great releases, but our top albums present the definite best from 2017. Note that this list is missing any Post-BM albums, which are compiled in a separate top of 2017 page.
Honorable Mention Telepathy - Tempest (2017)
Eye of Solitude - Marche Funebre - Catapult the Dead
March 13th, 2018 - Oakland, California
Enslaved - Wolves in the Throne Room - Myrkur - Khemis
March 9th, 2018 - San Francisco, California
November 6th, 2017 - Atlanta, Georgia
October 29th, 2017 - Rotterdam, Netherlands
October 28th, 2017 - Rotterdam, Netherlands
Brujeria + Powerflo + Pinnata Protest
October 23rd, 2017 - San Francisco, CA
Orphaned Land + Pain + Voodoo KungFu
September 20th, 2017 - Oakland, California
August 16-19th, 2017 - Dinkelsbühl, Germany
August 10th, 2017 - Jaroměř, Czech Republic
August 11th, 2017 - Jaroměř, Czech Republic
August 12th, 2017 - Jaroměř, Czech Republic
July 28-29th, 2017 - Germany
Feb 2-6, 2017 - USA
Feb 2-6, 2017 - USA
Feb 2-6, 2017 - USA
Feb 2-6, 2017 - USA
Children of Bodom + Abbath + Exmortus + Oni
12/05/2016 - The Regency, CA
Sonata Arctica + Leaves' Eyes + Omnium Gatherum
12/02/2016 - Slim's - San Francisco, CA
Epica + Arkona + Fleshgod Apocalypse + The Agonist
11/18/2016 - Social Hall - San Francisco, CA
Fallujah + Between The Buried And Me + Devin Townsend Project
10/05/2016 - Regency Ballroom - San Francisco, CA
