Old Nick's Top-20 Of 2017
Old Nick's Top-20 Of 2017
This is my Top-20 list of the albums I listened to obsessively this year. Apart from #1 the rest are in no particular order. Feel free to comment.
Other albums that I enjoyed a lot, but didn't make the list: Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper, Satyricon - Deep Calleth Upon Deep, The Ominous Circle - Appalling Ascension, Vallenfyre - Fear Those Who Fear Him, Loss (USA) - Horizonless, Iced Earth - Incorruptible, Havok - Conformicide, Full Of Hell - Trumpeting Ecstasy, River Of Souls - The Well Of Urd, Aetherian - The Untamed Wilderness, Below - Upon A Pale Horse, Midnight - Sweet Death And Ecstasy, Immolation - Atonement, Yellow Eyes - Immersion Trench Reverie, Sorcerer - The Crowning Of The Fire King, Converge - The Dusk In Us, Ophis - The Dismal Circle, Inconcessus Lux Lucis - The Crowning Quietus, Temple Of Void - Lords Of Death, Persefone - Aathma, Necrot - Blood Offerings.
Other albums that I enjoyed a lot, but didn't make the list: Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper, Satyricon - Deep Calleth Upon Deep, The Ominous Circle - Appalling Ascension, Vallenfyre - Fear Those Who Fear Him, Loss (USA) - Horizonless, Iced Earth - Incorruptible, Havok - Conformicide, Full Of Hell - Trumpeting Ecstasy, River Of Souls - The Well Of Urd, Aetherian - The Untamed Wilderness, Below - Upon A Pale Horse, Midnight - Sweet Death And Ecstasy, Immolation - Atonement, Yellow Eyes - Immersion Trench Reverie, Sorcerer - The Crowning Of The Fire King, Converge - The Dusk In Us, Ophis - The Dismal Circle, Inconcessus Lux Lucis - The Crowning Quietus, Temple Of Void - Lords Of Death, Persefone - Aathma, Necrot - Blood Offerings.
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Wormwood
- Ghostlands - Wounds From A Bleeding Earth
Not enough words to describe this sublime work of art.
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Venenum
- Trance Of Death
Death metal AOTY, putting to shame every big band of the genre that released a record in 2017.
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Kreator
- Gods Of Violence
Melothrash to headbang along to. The most consistently solid thrash act in this millennium.
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Integrity
- Howling, For The Nightmare Shall Consume
A 30 year-old band in what is probably its best album ever. Otherwordly solos in this one.
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Nergal
- Νύκτα Γεμάτη Θάματα - Νύκτα Σπαρμένη Μάγια
What the title says: Night Full Of Miracles - Night Sown With Spells. Black, trve and occvlt.
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Altar Of Betelgeuze
- Among The Ruins
Doom/sludge/stoner with an immense guitar tone. One of the most exciting new bands out there.
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Cradle Of Filth
- Cryptoriana: The Seductiveness Of Decay
One of this year's biggest surprises for me. Great stuff.
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Dreadrealm
- The Essence Of Winter
This one came out of left field and blew my mind. Eagerly awaiting the follow-up Metren.
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Power Trip
- Nightmare Logic
Thrash the way it should be. Great fun, awesome riffs, short songs. Loving every minute of it.
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20.
Human Serpent
- Everything Dies [Collaboration]
A 20-minute black metal assault in collaboration with Isolert. Mark the date for the new full-length: 30/01/2018.
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Disclaimer: All top lists are unofficial and do not represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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Posts: 8220 Written by [user id=159927] on 22.12.2017 at 13:35 I know, you're not the only one complaining about these...
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I don't understand your extreme love for that Wormwood album. It is decent, but nothing spectacular. Typical run-of-the-mill melodic black with loads of Manegarm hints in it.
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Posts: 8220 Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 22.12.2017 at 14:02 Well, I tried to explain the reasons as much as I could in the review. I find it catchy and addictive and haven't stopped listening to it at all. Btw I don't particularly like Manegarm.
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Posts: 260 Written by nikarg on 23.12.2017 at 01:29 I agree with you is a complete masterpiece. Each and every song adds a little more until your head just wants to have an eargasm at the very last.
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Posts: 8220 Written by Nick Carter on 04.01.2018 at 18:37  Any others you like from the list?
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Posts: 260 Written by nikarg on 05.01.2018 at 00:59 I also love Kreator's. Mors Principium's one is not amazing as a whole, but has some great great Highlights (read Death is the Beginning). Paradise Lost is worth a mention and I miss in your list the latest Violet Cold's. I believe Septicflesh is overrated and I finde Cradel of Filth's latest album very boring. I also haven´t heard some albums from your list like Integrity and Dreadrealm
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Posts: 8220 Written by Nick Carter on 05.01.2018 at 18:14 "Death Is The Beginning" was one of my most played tracks in 2017. I bought the CD just for this song. I have listened to Violet Cold's album only once I think, but I'll give it another try because many people seem to like it, so it's possible I'm missing something there. I think you'll like Dreadrealm.
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