Decibel's Top 40 Albums of 2017

Published: November 20, 2017 14:00 Source

# 1

Medusa by Paradise Lost

Album • Sep 01 / 2017 Death Doom Metal Doom Metal Gothic Metal

# 2

Curse of Conception by Spirit Adrift

Album • Oct 06 / 2017 Traditional Doom Metal Doom Metal

# 3

Heartless by Pallbearer

Album • Mar 24 / 2017 Doom Metal

# 4

Blood Offerings by Necrot

Album • Jun 09 / 2017 Death Metal

# 5

Howling, for the Nightmare Shall Consume by Integrity

Album • Jul 14 / 2017 Metalcore Crossover Thrash

# 6

Eroded Corridors of Unbeing by Spectral Voice

Album • Oct 13 / 2017 Death Doom Metal

# 7

Atonement by Immolation

Album • Feb 24 / 2017 Death Metal

# 8

Trumpeting Ecstasy by Full of Hell

Album • May 05 / 2017 Grindcore

# 9

Thrice Woven by Wolves In The Throne Room

Album • Sep 22 / 2017 Atmospheric Black Metal

# 10

The Dusk In Us by Converge

Album • Nov 03 / 2017 Metalcore

# 11

Mirror Reaper by Bell Witch

Album • Oct 20 / 2017 Funeral Doom Metal

# 12

Gods of Violence by Kreator

Album • Jan 27 / 2017 Thrash Metal

# 13

The Shackles of Mammon by Craven Idol

Album • Apr 14 / 2017 Black Metal

# 14

Obituary by Obituary

Album • Mar 17 / 2017 Death Metal

# 15

Kwintessens by Dodecahedron

Album • Mar 17 / 2017 Black Metal Avant-Garde Metal

# 16

Mareridt (Deluxe Version) by Myrkur

Album • Sep 15 / 2017

# 17

Diaspora by Cormorant

Album • Aug 11 / 2017 Progressive Metal Black Metal

# 18

E by Enslaved

Album • Oct 13 / 2017 Progressive Metal

# 19

Renaissance in Extremis by Akercocke

Album • Aug 25 / 2017 Progressive Metal

# 20

To Venomous Depths by Cloak

Album • Nov 10 / 2017 Black Metal

# 21

Infrared Horizon by Artificial Brain

Album • Apr 21 / 2017 Technical Death Metal Dissonant Death Metal

# 22

The Room of Shadows by Pagan Altar

Album • Aug 24 / 2017 Heavy Metal Traditional Doom Metal

# 23

Sweet Death and Ecstasy by Midnight

Album • Oct 20 / 2017 Heavy Metal Speed Metal

# 25

Red Before Black by Cannibal Corpse

Album • Nov 03 / 2017 Death Metal

# 26

A Wake in Sacred Waves by Dreadnought

Album • Oct 06 / 2017 Progressive Metal

# 27

Love from with the Dead by With the Dead

Album • Sep 22 / 2017 Doom Metal

# 28

Demonization by Lock Up

Album • Mar 10 / 2017 Deathgrind

# 29

Horizonless by Loss

Album • May 19 / 2017 Funeral Doom Metal Death Doom Metal

# 30

Thin Black Duke by Oxbow

Album • May 05 / 2017 Experimental Rock Art Rock

# 31

Wheel of War by Napalm Raid

Album • Jun 27 / 2017 Crust Punk D-Beat

# 33

Victory Lap (Deluxe Edition) by Propagandhi

Album • Sep 29 / 2017

# 34

Strike Mortal Soil by Wormwitch

Album • May 12 / 2017 Black 'n' Roll Black Metal Crust Punk Blackened Crust

# 35

Goddamn the Sun by Disharmony

Album • Mar 03 / 2017 Black Metal Thrash Metal

# 36

8 by Ufomammut

Album • Sep 22 / 2017 Stoner Metal

# 37

Nightmare Logic by Power Trip

Album • Feb 24 / 2017 Thrash Metal

# 38

What Passes For Survival by Pyrrhon

Album • Aug 11 / 2017 Dissonant Death Metal Technical Death Metal

# 39

Hope Attrition by Woe

Album • Mar 17 / 2017 Black Metal

# 40

Out of the Voiceless Grave by The Lurking Fear

Album • Aug 11 / 2017 Death Metal