1.Adagio - Life

2.Anathema - The Optimist

3.Annihilator - For The Demented

4.Anubis Gate - Covered In Black

5.Accept - The Rise Of Chaos

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1.Shade Empire - Poetry Of The Ill-Minded

2.The Dark Element - The Dark Element

3.Threshold - Legends Of The Shires

4.Ulver - The Assassination Of Julius Caesar

5.Vintersorg - Till Fjälls Del II

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Tough year. Some amazing stuff but I feel that a couple of previous years have been a lot stronger.

1.Grift - Arvet

2.Major Parkinson - Blackbox

3.Kreator - Gods Of Violence

4.Wintersun - The Forest Seasons

5.Vintersorg - Till Fjälls Del II

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1.Aetherian - The Untamed Wilderness

2.While She Sleeps - You Are We

3.Crimfall - Amain

4.Shade Empire - Poetry Of The Ill-Minded

5.August Burns Red - Phantom Anthem

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1.Septicflesh - Codex Omega

2.Zornheym - Where Hatred Dwells And Darkness Reigns

3.Havukruunu - Kelle Surut Soi

4.Deadwood Lake - Forest Of Whispers

5.Stone Sour - Hydrograd

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Still got plenty of stuff to catch up from Q1 and Q2 from this year, but will probably end up checking out some stuff from second half of 2017 before I'm done with all of that, so here's this list.

1.Mastodon - Cold Dark Place

2.The Contortionist - Clairvoyant

3.Passages - Lucid

4.Enslaved - E

5.Dvne - Asheran

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same procedure as every year!

1.Moonspell - 1755

2.Kreator - Gods Of Violence

3.Sorcerer - The Crowning Of The Fire King

4.Soen - Lykaia

5.Band-Maid - Just Bring It

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1.Arch Enemy - Will To Power

2.Kreator - Gods Of Violence

3.Wolfheart - Tyhjyys

4.Mors Principium Est - Embers Of A Dying World

5.Dagoba - Black Nova

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My personal favorite studio albums of 2017

1.Wintersun - The Forest Seasons

2.Kreator - Gods Of Violence

3.Kaunis Kuolematon - Vapaus

4.Act Of Defiance - Old Scars, New Wounds

5.Hallatar - No Stars Upon The Bridge

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Order is sorted by album repeat.

1.Immolation - Atonement

2.Septicflesh - Codex Omega

3.Belphegor - Totenritual

4.Decrepit Birth - Axis Mundi

5.Enslaved - E

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Welcome to my 2017 list. If you have any recommendations for albums, feel free to leave a message in the comments section. And of course, if you see anything on the list you like or you found something from the list you want to check out, give the list a thumbs up!

Each album on this list has been:

1.Incursed - Amalur

2.Cellador - Off The Grid

3.Trivium - The Sin And The Sentence

4.Ensiferum - Two Paths

5.Orden Ogan - Gunmen

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My personal favorite anticipated studio albums of 2017

1.Kaunis Kuolematon - Vapaus

2.Wintersun - The Forest Seasons

3.Kauan - Kaiho

4.Shade Empire - Poetry Of The Ill-Minded

5.Act Of Defiance - Old Scars, New Wounds

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1.Kreator - Gods Of Violence

2.Mors Principium Est - Embers Of A Dying World

3.Undrask - Battle Through Time

4.Firewind - Immortals

5.Havok - Conformicide

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As is the case with my other lists, this is for my own organizational purposes and is designed purely to help me keep track of all the many black metal bands and albums that I enjoy, since I can't keep all of this information in my head. It has no other benefit whatsoever and will likely result in tantrums should anyone else see it. I'm aware that I haven't listened to every black metal album that I should have. I only went down to the 6s on this list, so it's possible that I have listened to your favorite black metal album that you desperately need to suggest and I thought it was terrible. There are a lot of heinously incompetent black metal bands out there.

On the off-chance that you've found this and actually care about what I think (you shouldn't), be advised that my favorites come first. Some are favorites in the general sense; some are favorites within black metal. The first few of those are in some order and not so much after that.

Because this is for my own purposes and not intended to be a definitive list of pure black metal, there are some black metal-adjacent bands, or albums by black metal bands that may not themselves be black metal. That's why you'll find so much Sigh clogging up the top of the list. I prefer to keep whole discographies together on one list. I used to include Primordial, Forefather, and other such bands, but a while back I created a list for folk and I decided that those artists would fit better there.

I update these lists very infrequently. This was last updated December 7, 2022.

1.Sigh - Imaginary Sonicscape

2.Sigh - Graveward

3.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane

4.Sigh - Heir To Despair

5.The Meads Of Asphodel - The Murder Of Jesus The Jew

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