2017, like all years, was once again a great year when it came to metal releases. Way too many albums too choose from. But, alas, a top 15 has to be made.
The top fifteen can be seen in this list.
Albums by Argus, Black Cilice, Clandestine Blaze, Dead Lord, Degial, Dodecahedron, Drug Honkey, Execration, Fen, Forsaken, Fuoco Fatuo, Gorephilia, Heretoir, Illimitable Dolor, Incinerator, Infernal Majesty, Jupiterian, Lantern, MahakalaMourning Dawn, Night Demon, Ophis, Pagan Altar, Paradise Lost, Phrenelith, Possession, Process Of Guilt, Primitive Man, River Of Souls, Rude, Schammasch, Shaarimoth, Tchornobog, Thantifaxath, Turia, Unaussprechilchen Kulten, Undergang, Ulsect, Usnea, Vallenfyre, Wolves In The Throne Room, Wound missed out on the finalized top 15, but are totally worthy to be heard.

1.Venenum - Trance Of Death

2.Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper

3.Emptiness - Not For Music

4.Loss (USA) - Horizonless

5.Pallbearer - Heartless

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When browsing through old issues of Meltdown Magazine, a metal mag I wrote for in the early Nineties, I came across my Top 10 of 1991. It sure did bring back memories. Some of the albums on the list I still regard among my favourite albums, but a couple aged extremely badly, such as the Last Crack and Savatage ones.

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This is the top 50 of my favourite 100 albums of 2000-2009.

1.Warning - Watching From A Distance

2.Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale

3.Primordial - To The Nameless Dead

4.Process Of Guilt - Erosion

5.Negură Bunget - OM

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