2017 was a great year for all old school breathers like me. Every week there was at least one release coming out. At the end of 2016 it was already pretty clear 2017 would be an awesome year for death and extreme metal, so I was smart enough to keep a list during the year. I still struggle with numbering them, but I tried based on which releases surprised me most and which ones I listened to frequently. I’m glad so many great records came out, since that also means many of these bands will be touring Europe this year. It was a year of discussions, like if a band could still release a self-titled album after existing for more than 30 years or not, but also about Old School Death Metal (OSDM) bands using modern artwork etc. It seemed like only one thing didn’t need to be argued on, it was a very exciting year. I’d like to count down to my review of the number one record of the year.
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Honorable mentions
As I said, 2017 was a year full of killer releases. Originally I made a top 60 for myself, because there are still many bands who deserve to get mentioned. These are all worth checking out:
11. Rude – Remnants…
12. Paradise Lost – Medusa
13. Dying Fetus – Wrong One To Fuck With
14. Crypts of Despair – The Stench of the Earth
15. Evocation – The Shadow Archetype
16. Corpsehammer – Posesiòn
17. Pagan Altar – The Room of Shadows
18. Danzig – Black Laden Crown
19. Anatomia – Cranial Obsession
20. Witch Vomit – Poisoned Blood
21. Firespawn – The Reprobate
22. Cut Up – Wherever They May Rot
23. Obituary – Obituary
24. God Dethroned – The World Ablaze
25. Xibalba – Diablo, Con Amore… Adios
26. Nexul – Paradigm of Chaos
27. Morbid Angel – Kingdoms Disdained
28. Exhumed – Death Revenge
29. Midnight – Sweet Death and Ecstasy
30. Vallenfyre – Fear Those Who Fear Him
31. Evil Invaders – Feed Me Violence
32. Skelethal – Of the Depths…
33. Bonehunter – Sexual Panic Human Machine
34. Elder – Reflections of a Floating World
35. Bell Witch – Mirror Reaper
36. Morta Skuld – Wounds Deeper than Time
37. Entrails – World Inferno
38. Goatwhore – Vengeful Ascension
39. Abscended Dead – Abhorrent Manifestation
40. Grav – Tomb of Agony
41. Possession – Exorkizein
42. Voids Of Vomit – Ritval Expiation
43. Beastmaker – Inside The Skull
44. Incantation – Profane Nexus
45. Autopsy – Puncturing the Grotesque
46. Cavalera Conspiracy – Psychosis
47. Suffocation – Of The Dark Light
48. The Ruins of Beverast – Exuvia
49. Wiegedood – De Doden Hebben Het Goed II
50. Memoriam – For The Fallen
51. Just Before Dawn – On the History of Destruction
52. Gods Forsaken – In a Pitch Black Grave
53. Peverted Ceremony – Sabbat of Behezaël
54. Malevolence – Self Supremacy
55. Cannabis Corpse – Left Hand Pass
56. Myrkur – Mareridt
57. Belphegor – Totenritual
58. Motörhead – Under Cover
59. Nervecell – Past, Present… Torture
60. Gravestone – Proud to Be Dead
