Rolling Stone's 20 Best Metal Albums of 2017

Hardcore trailblazers, longform doom and genre-bending savagery: 'Rolling Stone' recaps the year in heavy metal.

Published: December 06, 2017 18:16 Source

# 1

Forever by Code Orange

Album • Jan 13 / 2017 Metalcore

# 2

The Dusk In Us by Converge

Album • Nov 03 / 2017 Metalcore

# 3

Terminal by Circle

Album • Jun 23 / 2017 Space Rock Krautrock

# 4

Emperor of Sand by Mastodon

Album • Mar 31 / 2017 Progressive Metal

# 5

Reflections of a Floating World by Elder

Album • Jun 02 / 2017 Heavy Psych Stoner Rock Stoner Metal

# 6

Heartless by Pallbearer

Album • Mar 24 / 2017 Doom Metal

# 7

Thin Black Duke by Oxbow

Album • May 05 / 2017 Experimental Rock Art Rock

# 8

Wick by Royal Thunder

Album • Jul 04 / 2017 Hard Rock

# 9

Kingdoms Disdained by Morbid Angel

Album • Dec 01 / 2017 Death Metal

# 10

Post Self by Godflesh

Album • Nov 17 / 2017 Industrial Metal Post-Metal

# 11

Nightmare Logic by Power Trip

Album • Feb 24 / 2017 Thrash Metal

# 12

Medusa by Paradise Lost

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

# 13

Mirror Reaper by Bell Witch

Album • Oct 20 / 2017 Funeral Doom Metal

# 14

Obituary by Obituary

Album • Mar 17 / 2017 Death Metal

# 15

What Passes For Survival by Pyrrhon

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

# 16

Bloodlust by Body Count

Album • Mar 31 / 2017 Rap Metal Groove Metal

# 17

Sterilize by Unsane

Album • Sep 29 / 2017 Noise Rock

# 18

Wizard Bloody Wizard by Electric Wizard

Album • Nov 17 / 2017 Doom Metal Stoner Metal

# 19

War Moans by Mutoid Man

Album • Jun 02 / 2017 Stoner Metal Stoner Rock

# 20

Go Be Forgotten by Krallice

Album • Nov 20 / 2017 Black Metal