Kerrang!'s Albums of 2017

The 50 best records of the past 12 months, according to us!

Published: December 29, 2017 11:46 Source

# 1

The Warmth of a Dying Sun by Employed To Serve

Album • May 19 / 2017 Metalcore

# 2

The Spark by Enter Shikari

Album • Sep 22 / 2017 Alternative Rock

# 3

Forever by Code Orange

Album • Jan 13 / 2017 Metalcore

# 4

Emperor of Sand by Mastodon

Album • Mar 31 / 2017 Progressive Metal

# 5

The Dusk In Us by Converge

Album • Nov 03 / 2017 Metalcore

# 6

Concrete and Gold by Foo Fighters

Album • Sep 15 / 2017 Alternative Rock

# 7

The Peace and the Panic by Neck Deep

Album • Aug 18 / 2017 Pop Punk

# 8

Wolves by Rise Against

Album • Jun 09 / 2017 Punk Rock Melodic Hardcore

# 9

After the Party by The Menzingers

Album • Feb 03 / 2017 Punk Rock

# 10

All We Know of Heaven, All We Need of Hell by PVRIS

Album • Aug 25 / 2017 Alternative Rock Alt-Pop

# 11

Eternity, In Your Arms by Creeper

Album • Mar 24 / 2017 Pop Punk

# 12

Fail You Again by Can't Swim

Album • Mar 10 / 2017 Alternative Rock Emo

# 13

AFI (The Blood Album) by AFI

Album • Jan 20 / 2017 Alternative Rock

# 14

Heartless by Pallbearer

Album • Mar 24 / 2017 Doom Metal

# 15

Soul Structure by Higher Power

Album • May 19 / 2017 Hardcore Punk Crossover Thrash

# 16

Modern Ruin by Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes

Album • Jan 20 / 2017 Alternative Rock

# 17

Heaven Upside Down by Marilyn Manson

Album • Oct 06 / 2017 Industrial Rock Alternative Rock

# 18

Hiss Spun by Chelsea Wolfe

Album • Sep 22 / 2017 Doom Metal Gothic Rock Post-Metal

# 19

V by The Bronx

Album • Sep 22 / 2017 Punk Rock Hardcore Punk

# 20

How Did We Get So Dark? by Royal Blood

Album • Jun 16 / 2017 Hard Rock Alternative Rock

# 21

Villains by Queens of the Stone Age

Album • Aug 25 / 2017 Alternative Rock

# 22

Broken Machine (Deluxe) by Nothing But Thieves

Album • Sep 08 / 2017

# 23

Pinewood Smile by The Darkness

Album • Oct 06 / 2017 Hard Rock

# 24

Prophets of Rage by Prophets of Rage

Album • Sep 15 / 2017 Rap Rock Rap Metal

# 25

All These Countless Nights by Deaf Havana

Album • Jan 27 / 2017 Alternative Rock

# 26

The Canyon by The Used

Album • Oct 27 / 2017 Alternative Rock

# 27

Material Control by Glassjaw

Album • Dec 01 / 2017 Post-Hardcore

# 28

Nightmare Logic by Power Trip

Album • Feb 24 / 2017 Thrash Metal

# 29

Wizard Bloody Wizard by Electric Wizard

Album • Nov 17 / 2017 Doom Metal Stoner Metal

# 30

Safe In Sound by Lower Than Atlantis

Album • Feb 28 / 2017 Alternative Rock

# 31

Melancholia Hymns by Arcane Roots

Album • Sep 15 / 2017 Alternative Rock

# 32

Asking Alexandria by Asking Alexandria

Album • Dec 15 / 2017 Alternative Rock Hard Rock

# 33

You Are We by While She Sleeps

Album • Apr 21 / 2017 Metalcore Post-Hardcore

# 34

Shapeshifter by Knuckle Puck

Album • Oct 13 / 2017 Pop Punk Emo-Pop

# 35

Mareridt (Deluxe Version) by Myrkur

Album • Sep 15 / 2017

# 36

The Fool by OHHMS

Album • Mar 31 / 2017 Atmospheric Sludge Metal

# 37

Crooked Teeth by Papa Roach

Album • May 19 / 2017 Alternative Rock Rap Rock Post-Grunge

# 38

Hydrograd by Stone Sour

Album • Jun 30 / 2017 Alternative Metal Hard Rock

# 39

in•ter a•li•a by At the Drive-In

Album • May 05 / 2017 Post-Hardcore

# 40

United States Of Horror by Ho99o9

Album • May 05 / 2017 Industrial Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop

# 41

One More Light by LINKIN PARK

Album • May 19 / 2017 Electropop

# 42

A Black Mile To The Surface by Manchester Orchestra

Album • Jul 28 / 2017 Indie Rock Alternative Rock

# 43

Dear Desolation by Thy Art Is Murder

Album • Aug 18 / 2017 Deathcore

# 44

After Laughter by Paramore

Album • May 12 / 2017 New Wave Pop Rock Alternative Dance

# 45

Ambitions by ONE OK ROCK

Album • Jan 13 / 2017 Pop Punk Pop Rock

# 46

Night People by You Me At Six

Album • Jan 06 / 2017 Pop Rock Alternative Rock

# 47

Motherblood by Grave Pleasures

Album • Sep 29 / 2017 Deathrock Post-Punk

# 48

Last Young Renegade by All Time Low

Album • Jun 02 / 2017 Electropop Pop Rock

# 49

Only Death is Real by Stray from the Path

Album • Sep 08 / 2017 Rap Metal Metalcore

# 50

Wick by Royal Thunder

Album • Jul 04 / 2017 Hard Rock