A list of the albums I listened to that came out in 2017.

Two rules were followed for the selection and ranking of these albums:
1. I listened to these albums at least 2 times in order to give them…

1.Eruption - Cloaks Of Oblivion

2.Sorcerer - The Crowning Of The Fire King

3.Ascendant - A Thousand Echoes

4.Enrichment - Reanimate

5.Night - Raft Of The World

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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.Warbringer - Woe To The Vanquished

2.The Faceless - In Becoming A Ghost

3.The Black Dahlia Murder - Nightbringers

4.Trivium - The Sin And The Sentence

5.Goatwhore - Vengeful Ascension

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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…

1.Mastodon - Cold Dark Place

2.The Contortionist - Clairvoyant

3.Passages - Lucid

4.Enslaved - E

5.Dvne - Asheran

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1.Pain Of Salvation - In The Passing Light Of Day

2.Disperse - Foreword

3.Sons Of Apollo - Psychotic Symphony

4.Caligula's Horse - In Contact

5.Panzerballett - X-Mas Death Jazz

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This list contains my 16 favourite albums of the year 🤘

FUN FACT:
This year I went to one of my favorite concerts ever.
Images & Words, A Change Of Seasons and Awake are my introduction to prog,…

1.Ayreon - The Source

2.Iced Earth - Incorruptible

3.Wintersun - The Forest Seasons

4.Elvenking - Secrets Of The Magick Grimoire

5.Threshold - Legends Of The Shires

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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.Jess And The Ancient Ones - The Horse And Other Weird Tales

2.Ulver - The Assassination Of Julius Caesar

3.Leprous - Malina

4.Hallatar - No Stars Upon The Bridge

5.Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me

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1.Kaunis Kuolematon - Mielenvalta

2.Marilyn Manson - The Pale Emperor

3.Abbath - Dread Reaver

4.Bloodbound - Drink With The Gods

5.Warmen - Here For None

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My glorious ranking of the year of our Lord 2017

Top 50 rated 8 and above

Album count: 132
Average rating: 7.1
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1.Enslaved - E

2.Mors Principium Est - Embers Of A Dying World

3.Pallbearer - Heartless

4.Myrkur - Mareridt

5.Ulver - The Assassination Of Julius Caesar

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I feel like my overall favorites list is getting too long. I'm splitting it up by rating.

1.So Hideous - None But A Pure Heart Can Sing

2.Metallica - Re-Load

3.Faetooth - Remnants Of The Vessel

4.Inferi - The End Of An Era

5.Midnight Odyssey - Biolume Part 1 - In Tartarean Chains

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This is my personal preference. Also, I'm always searching and finding new bands and new albums. Recommend me some good shit, I'll listen and maybe I'll change my mind on my personal top!…

1.Altar Of Betelgeuze - Among The Ruins

2.Septicflesh - Codex Omega

3.Persefone - Aathma

4.Elder - Reflections Of A Floating World

5.Cradle Of Filth - Cryptoriana: The Seductiveness Of Decay

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Honestly, top 25 albums would probably be a more fitting name, given that I have honourable mentions, and few other categories as well. Some of them are self explanatory, while I want to clarify about…

1.Myrkur - Mareridt

2.Elvenking - Secrets Of The Magick Grimoire

3.Wintersun - The Forest Seasons

4.Hallatar - No Stars Upon The Bridge

5.Vintersorg - Till Fjälls Del II

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These are my top 10 metal albums of 2017 so far, I will update the final judgement at the end of the year.

1.Septicflesh - Codex Omega

2.Beast In Black - Berserker

3.Cradle Of Filth - Cryptoriana: The Seductiveness Of Decay

4.Wintersun - The Forest Seasons

5.Crimfall - Amain

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1.Ne Obliviscaris - Urn

2.Wintersun - The Forest Seasons

3.Persefone - Aathma

4.Septicflesh - Codex Omega

5.Soen - Lykaia

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