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2017 - My Best To Worst
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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:

- Listened to 3 (or more) times.
- Rated as a whole album and not song-by-song.

Rating guide:
✮✮✮✮✮ - Incredible, possibly AOTY
✮✮✮✮½ - Excellent
✮✮✮✮ - Praiseworthy
✮✮✮½ - Good
✮✮✮ - Meets Expectations
✮✮½ - Nothing Special
✮✮ - Disappointing
✮½ - Bad
✮ - Terrible

There really aren't very many albums I give ✮✮✮✮✮ to, so if you see an album that has 5 stars, you can bet each song on the album has been played 20+ times on my ipod. More albums will appear as the year goes on and some albums get bumped up/down, depending on their impact.

Please feel free to see my lists from previous years:

2016 - http://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=4451
2015 - http://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=4063
2014 - http://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=3787

Created by: Sword_Chant | 10.01.2017


1. Incursed - Amalur
Style: Pagan Folk Metal / Country: Spain / Rating: ✮✮✮✮✮
2. Cellador - Off The Grid
Style: Power Metal / Country: USA / Rating: ✮✮✮✮✮
3. Trivium - The Sin And The Sentence
Style: Alternative Thrash / Country: USA / Rating: ✮✮✮✮½
4. Ensiferum - Two Paths
Style: Folk Metal / Country: Finland / Rating: ✮✮✮✮½
5. Orden Ogan - Gunmen
Style: Power Metal / Country: Germany / Rating: ✮✮✮✮½
6. Galneryus - Ultimate Sacrifice
Style: Power Metal / Country: Japan / Rating: ✮✮✮✮½
7. Wintersun - The Forest Seasons
Style: Extreme Power Metal / Country: Finland / Rating: ✮✮✮✮½
8. DragonForce - Reaching Into Infinity
Style: Power Metal / Country: UK / Rating: ✮✮✮✮½
9. Kreator - Gods Of Violence
Style: Thrash / Country: Germany / Rating: ✮✮✮✮½
10. Pyogenesis - A Kingdom To Disappear
Style: Alternative Punk Rock / Country: Germany / Rating: ✮✮✮✮½
11. Gyze - Northern Hell Song
Style: Extreme Power Metal / Country: Japan / Rating: ✮✮✮✮½
12. Black Messiah - Walls Of Vanaheim
Style: Pagan Folk Metal / Country: Germany / Rating: ✮✮✮✮½
13. Amberian Dawn - Darkness Of Eternity
Style: Symphonic Power Metal / Country: Finland / Rating: ✮✮✮✮½
14. Beast In Black - Berserker
Style: Heavy Metal / Country: Finland / Rating: ✮✮✮✮½
15. Vintersorg - Till Fjälls Del II
Style: Black Folk Metal / Country: Sweden / Rating: ✮✮✮✮½
16. Evilfeast - Elegies Of The Stellar Wind
Style: Atmospheric Black Metal / Country: Poland / Rating: ✮✮✮✮½
17. Alestorm - No Grave But The Sea
Style: Pirate Metal / Country: Scotland / Rating: ✮✮✮✮½
18. Cradle Of Filth - Cryptoriana: The Seductiveness Of Decay
Style: Extreme Gothic Metal / Country: UK / Rating: ✮✮✮✮½
19. Master Boot Record - Interrupt Request
Style: Instrumental Industrial Metal / Country: Italy / Rating: ✮✮✮✮½
20. Neurotech - The Catalyst
Style: Symphonic Industrial Metal / Country: Slovenia / Rating: ✮✮✮✮½
21. Mustan Kuun Lapset - Saatto
Style: Melodic Black Metal / Country: Finland / Rating: ✮✮✮✮½
22. Troldhaugen - Idio+syncrasies
Style: Extreme Avantgarde Metal / Country: Australia / Rating: ✮✮✮✮½
23. Veldes - The Bitterness Prophecy
(Not on Metal Storm) Style: Atmospheric Black Metal / Country: Slovenia / Rating: ✮✮✮✮
24. Enisum - Seasons Of Desolation
Style: Atmospheric Black Metal / Country: Italy / Rating: ✮✮✮✮
25. Cavalera Conspiracy - Psychosis
Style: Thrash Metal / Country: Brazil / Rating: ✮✮✮✮
26. Elvenking - Secrets Of The Magick Grimoire
Style: Folk Power Metal / Country: Italy / Rating: ✮✮✮✮
27. Æther Realm - Tarot
Style: Folk Death Metal / Country: USA / Rating: ✮✮✮✮
28. Archspire - Relentless Mutation
Style: Technical Death Metal / Country: Canada / Rating: ✮✮✮✮
29. The Flight Of Sleipnir - Skadi
Style: Stoner & Doom / Country: USA / Rating: ✮✮✮✮
30. Syn Ze Sase Tri - Zăul Moș
Style: Symphonic Black Metal / Country: Romania / Rating: ✮✮✮✮
31. Ayreon - The Source
Style: Progressive Metal / Country: Netherlands / Rating: ✮✮✮✮
32. Ulver - The Assassination Of Julius Caesar
Style: Electronic Avantgarde / Country: Norway / Rating: ✮✮✮✮
33. Almyrkvi - Umbra
Style: Black Metal / Country: Iceland / Rating: ✮✮✮✮
34. Beneath - Ephemeris
Style: Technical Death Metal / Country: Iceland / Rating: ✮✮✮✮
35. Elder - Reflections Of A Floating World
Style: Psychadelic Stoner Metal / Country: USA / Rating: ✮✮✮✮
36. Wolfheart - Tyhjyys
Style: Melodeath / Country: Finland / Rating: ✮✮✮✮
37. The Black Dahlia Murder - Nightbringers
Style: Melodic Metalcore / Country: USA / Rating: ✮✮✮✮
38. Bloodbound - War Of Dragons
Style: Power Metal / Country: Sweden / Rating: ✮✮✮✮
39. Regurgitate Life - Obliteration Of The Self
Style: Death Metal / Country: UK / Rating: ✮✮✮✮
40. Mesarthim - Presence
(EP) Style: Atmospheric BM / Country: Australia / Rating: ✮✮✮✮
41. Silent Descent - Turn To Grey
Style: Trance Metal / Country: UK / Rating: ✮✮✮✮
42. Enfold Darkness - Adversary Omnipotent
Style: Death Metal / Country: USA / Rating: ✮✮✮✮
43. Mors Principium Est - Embers Of A Dying World
Style: Gothenburg / Country: Finland / Rating: ✮✮✮✮
44. Cormorant - Diaspora
Style: Progressive Black Metal / Country: USA / Rating: ✮✮✮✮
45. Overkill - The Grinding Wheel
Style: Thrash / Country: USA / Rating: ✮✮✮✮
46. Arch Enemy - Will To Power
Style: Gothenburg / Country: Sweden / Rating: ✮✮✮✮
47. W.E.B. - Tartarus
Style: Melodic Black Metal / Country: Greece / Rating: ✮✮✮✮
48. Mutiny Within - Origins
Style: Extreme Metalcore / Country: USA / Rating: ✮✮✮✮
49. Obituary - Obituary
Style: Death Metal / Country: USA / Rating: ✮✮✮✮
50. The Interbeing - Among The Amorphous
Style: Industrial Metal / Country: Denmark / Rating: ✮✮✮✮
51. Ereb Altor - Ulfven
Style: Doom Metal / Country: Sweden / Rating: ✮✮✮✮
52. Nocturne - The Burning Silence
Style: Black Metal / Country: Austria / Rating: ✮✮✮✮
53. Moonspell - 1755
Style: Gothic Metal / Country: Portugal / Rating: ✮✮✮½
54. Pyramaze - Contingent
Style: Progressive Power Metal / Country: Denmark / Rating: ✮✮✮½
55. Sólstafir - Berdreyminn
Style: Post-Metal / Country: Iceland / Rating: ✮✮✮½
56. Septicflesh - Codex Omega
Style: Symphonic Death Metal / Country: Greece / Rating: ✮✮✮½
57. Threshold - Legends Of The Shires
Style: Progressive Metal / Country: UK / Rating: ✮✮✮½
58. Shade Empire - Poetry Of The Ill-Minded
Style: Symphonic Black Metal / Country: Finland / Rating: ✮✮✮½
59. Grand Delusion - Supreme Machine
Style: Doom Stoner / Country: Sweden / Rating: ✮✮✮½
60. Wormwood - Ghostlands - Wounds From A Bleeding Earth
Style: Atmospheric Black / Country: Sweden / Rating: ✮✮✮½
61. Persefone - Aathma
Style: Progressive Melodeath / Country: Andorra / Rating: ✮✮✮½
62. Sepultura - Machine Messiah
Style: Alternative Thrash / Country: Brazil / Rating: ✮✮✮½
63. Cold Body Radiation - The Orphean Lyre
Style: Metalgaze / Country: Netherlands / Rating: ✮✮✮½
64. Loch Vostok - Strife
Style: Extreme Progressive Metal / Country: Sweden / Rating: ✮✮✮½
65. Mastodon - Emperor Of Sand
Style: Progressive Stoner / Country: USA / Rating: ✮✮✮½
66. Mechina - As Embers Turn To Dust
Style: Industrial Death / Country: USA / Rating: ✮✮✮½
67. Sleepmakeswaves - Made Of Breath Only
Style: Post-Rock / Country: Australia / Rating: ✮✮✮½
68. Adagio - Life
Style: Progressive Power Metal / Country: France / Rating: ✮✮✮½
69. Violet Cold - Anomie
Style: Metalgaze / Country: Azerbaijan / Rating: ✮✮✮½
70. Concerto Moon - Tears Of Messiah
Style: Power Metal / Country: Japan / Rating: ✮✮✮½
71. ROSK - Miasma
Style: Post-Black Metal / Country: Poland / Rating: ✮✮✮½
72. Lorn - Arrayed Claws
Style: Black Metal / Country: Italy / Rating: ✮✮✮½
73. Steven Wilson - To The Bone
Style: Progressive Rock / Country: UK / Rating: ✮✮✮½
74. Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains
Style: Stoner Rock / Country: USA / Rating: ✮✮✮½
75. Borealis - World Of Silence MMXVII
Style: Power Metal / Country: Canada / Rating: ✮✮✮½
76. Häive - Iätön
Style: Black Folk Metal / Country: Finland / Rating: ✮✮✮½
77. The Night Flight Orchestra - Amber Galactic
Style: Hard Rock / Country: Sweden / Rating: ✮✮✮½
78. Set And Setting - Reflectionless
Style: Instrumental Post-Metal / Country: USA / Rating: ✮✮✮½
79. Caligula's Horse - In Contact
Style: Progressive Metal / Country: Australia / Rating: ✮✮✮
80. Kauan - Kaiho
Style: Doom Folk Metal / Country: Russia and Ukraine / Rating: ✮✮✮
81. Thaw - Grains
Style: Ambient Noise / Country: Poland / Rating: ✮✮✮
82. Ne Obliviscaris - Urn
Style: Extreme Progressive Metal / Country: Australia / Rating: ✮✮✮
83. Accept - The Rise Of Chaos
Style: Heavy Metal / Country: Germany / Rating: ✮✮✮
84. Grima - Tales Of The Enchanted Woods
Style: Atmospheric Black Metal / Country: Russia / Rating: ✮✮✮
85. Evadne - A Mother Named Death
Style: Gothic Doom Metal / Country: Spain / Rating: ✮✮✮
86. Voyager - Ghost Mile
Style: Symphonic Progressive Metal / Country: Australia / Rating: ✮✮✮
87. Fen - Winter
Style: Atmospheric Black Metal / Country: UK / Rating: ✮✮✮
88. Paradise Lost - Medusa
Style: Doom / Country: UK / Rating: ✮✮✮
89. The Great Old Ones - EOD: A Tale Of Dark Legacy
Style: Atmospheric Black Metal / Country: France / Rating: ✮✮✮
90. Enslaved - E
Style: Progressive Black Metal / Country: Norway / Rating: ✮✮✮
91. Pallbearer - Heartless
Style: Doom / Country: USA / Rating: ✮✮✮
92. Helheim - LandawarijaR
Style: Black / Country: Norway / Rating: ✮✮✮
93. Pain Of Salvation - In The Passing Light Of Day
Style: Progressive / Country: Sweden / Rating: ✮✮✮
94. Gloson - Grimen
Style: Post-Sludge / Country: Sweden / Rating: ✮✮✮
95. Yayla - Pas​.​to​.​rale
Style: Ambient Black Metal / Country: Turkey / Rating: ✮✮✮
96. Laster - Ons Vrije Fatum
Style: Atmospheric Black Metal / Country: Netherlands / Rating: ✮✮✮
97. Deep Purple - Infinite
Style: Hard Rock / Country: UK / Rating: ✮✮✮
98. Stone Sour - Hydrograd
Style: Alternative Metal / Country: USA / Rating: ✮✮½
99. Jesu - 30 Seconds To The Decline Of Planet Earth [Collaboration]
Style: Drone / Country: UK / Rating: ✮✮½
100. Pryapisme - Diabolicus Felinae Pandemonium
Style: Avantgarde / Country: France / Rating: ✮✮
101. Grave Digger - Healed By Metal
Style: Heavy / Country: Germany / Rating: ✮½
102. All That Remains - Madness
Style: Metalcore / Country: USA / Rating: ✮


Disclaimer: All top lists are unofficial and do not represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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05.10.2017 - 05:09
Vereor Nox
I see you like power metal and folk, I recommend you listen to Lor - In Forgotten Sleep and Æther Realm - Tarot
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05.10.2017 - 17:36
Sword_Chant
Written by Vereor Nox on 05.10.2017 at 05:09

I see you like power metal and folk, I recommend you listen to Lor - In Forgotten Sleep and Æther Realm - Tarot

Thanks for the recommendations man! I'll try them out
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