Metal 2017

Vigilance - Hammer of Satan's Vengeance
(Top notch evil heavy metal from Slovenia.)

Temple of Void - Beyond the Ultimate
(Motor City doomed death metal.)

Phrenelith - Crawling Shadows, Slithering Tongues
(Ruthless Danish death metal.)

Excalibur - Europa
(Legendary Spanish heavy metal band's newest album, pure quality.)

Cathedral of Light - The Martyred Nationalist
(Obscure Australian black metal.)

Excised - Mental Carnage

(Chilean death metal, unfortunately the band split up after this gem.)

Cherokee - Blood Soaked Tomahawk

(Thrashing heavy metal from America, really cool sound.)

Beastmaker - Nature of the Damned

(Slightly retro doom metal from California.)

Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell - Nightmare

(Scuzzy psychedelic doom rock from England. Not sure where this track comes from, isn't on their latest 2016 album so...)

Blackevil - Heavy Forces Marching On

(Teutonic thrash with a black, evil twist.)

Maim - Ornaments of Severity

(Really old school Swedish death metal, at first a bit gimmicky but slowly devolving into their own beautiful beast.)

Weregoat - Osculum Infame

(Ruthless, lustful black/death metal from America. Total gem, one of the best of 2017 so far.)
 
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Fans of power/prog will like this

Mindmaze - Resolve
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Contrarian - Ripped from the Void
(Philosophically inclined progressive death metal from New York.)

Dead - Risking the Beer MILF
(Sleazy old man deathgrind from Germany.)

Valle Crucis - Winter's Whore
(Hateful southern black metal.)

Desultory - Beneath the Bleeding Sky
(Legendary Swedish death metal band's return after a 7 year silent stretch.)

Mortal War - Gates of Hell
(Crusty death metal from Philly.)

Outlaw - Speed Calls
(Raw Finnish heavy metal.)

Midnight Prey - The Tower
(German speeding heavy metal with a punk soul.)

Tyranonaut - Calling of the Hermit
(An odd one. New York based heavy metal band with some speed metal and doom metal elements.)

Rust - To the Continuous Cold
(Evil black/thrash from Sweden with a punked up DNA.)

Moribundus Christus - Slay the Prophet
(Chattanoogan Christ-hating black metal.)

Ophicvs - Machine Gun Reaper
(Might just be my new favourite band or artist I guess, since it's one-man stuff. American evil heavy metal with a very distinct style, probably due to the artist's Columbian spirit.)

Devil - Cemetery Still
(Norwegian doom metal.)

Iron Hunter - Killing Machine
(Spanish speed metal!)

Crystal Viper - I Fear No Evil
(Female-fronted Polish heavy metal, pretty good stuff.)

Iron Driver - Crack of the Whip
(Russian heavy metal, very fun stuff but hardly game changing.)

Grave Digger - Call For War
(Legendary fucking band, this blew me away with how vital and amazing they still sound.)

Witherfall - Nobody Sleeps Here...
(This band is another really good one, contender for best of 2017. Power metal and heavy metal all tied together by a progressive metal veil, hailing from California.)

Striker - Striker
(Really good old school power metal from Canada.)

Blaze Bayley - Together We Can Move the Sun
(Part 2 of this British legend's 2016 concept album, just good classic heavy metal with some drops of originality here and there.)

Obéissance - Into the Halls of Mandos
(Fucking fantastic Chilean heavy metal.)

Rotem - Terramoto 1755
(Portuguese black/death metal.)

Prowl - Momentum of Death
(Canadian thrashcore.)
 
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