Best Metal 2017(Contributed by Mark Taylor(OCD))

Thank you to Mark Taylor(O.C.D.) for contributing this wonderful end of the year metal list. I wish I had paid more attention to metal this year but Mark more than made up for it with this thorough list he put together. Sit back, relax and enjoy the brutal sounds of this year's guest best of metal list for 2017!

Altarage-Endinghent(Season of Mist Underground Activists)

Genre: Death Metal, Black Metal, Sludge Metal

Arkhtinn-V(Self Releases/Fallen Empire)

Genre: Space Ambient, Atmospheric Black Metal

Artificial Brain-Infrared Horizon(Profound Lore Records)

Genre: Technical Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal

Battle Dagorath-II-Frozen Light of Eternal Darkness(Avantgarde Music)

Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal, Dark Ambient

Blut Aus Nord-Deus Salutis Meæ(Debemur Morti Productions)

Genre: Black Metal, Industrial Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal, Dark Ambient

Daemusinem-Thy Ungodly Defiance(Willowtip)

Genre: Black Metal, Death Metal

Deletere-Per Aspera Ad Pestilentiam E.P.(Sepulchral Productions)

Genre: Black Metal

Dodecahedron-Kwintessens(Season of Mist Underground Activists)

Genre: Black Metal, Avant-Garde Metal, Black Ambient

Gigan-Undulating Waves Of Rainbiotic Iridescence(Willowtip)

Genre: Technical Death Metal

Jassa-Incarnation of the Higher Gnosis(Fallen Empire)

Genre: Black Metal

Jute Gyte-Oviri(Self Released)

Genre: Avant-Garde Metal, Black Metal, Microtonal, Electronic

Kairon; IRSE!–Ruination(Svart Records)

Genre: Space Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Progressive Rock, Shoegaze, Heavy Psyche

Krallice-Go Be Forgotten(Hathenter)

Genre: Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal, Avant-Garde Metal, Dark Ambient

Krallice with Dave Edwardson-Loum(Hatenter)

Genre: Black Metal, Avant-Garde Metal, Progressive Metal, Technical Death Metal

Morbid Angel-Kingdoms Disdained(Silver Lining Music)

Genre: Death Metal

Nightbringer-Terra Damnata(Season of Mist Underground Activists)

Genre: Black Metal, Symphonic Black Metal

Psudoku-Deep Space Psudokument(Selfmadegod Records/Behind The Mountain/Drid Machine Records)

Genre: Brutal Prog, Grindcore, Mathcore, Jazz Fusion

Tchornobog-S/T(Self Released/I, Voidhanger Records/Fallen Empire)

Genre: Death Metal, Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal, Death Doom Metal, Doom Metal

The Spirit-Sounds From The Vortex(Self Released/Eternal Echoes)

Genre: Black Metal, Death Metal

With The Dead-Love From With The Dead(Rise Above Records)

Genre: Doom Metal, Stoner Metal

Yellow Eyes-Immersion Trench Reverie(Gilead Media)

Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal