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
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| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Forever | Code Orange | Jan-13-2017, Metalcore |
| #2 | The Dusk In Us | Converge | Nov-03-2017, Metalcore |
| #3 | Terminal | Circle | Jun-23-2017, Space Rock |
| #4 | Emperor of Sand | Mastodon | Mar-31-2017, Progressive Metal |
| #5 | Reflections of a Floating World | Elder | Jun-02-2017, Heavy Psych |
| #6 | Heartless | Pallbearer | Mar-24-2017, Doom Metal |
| #7 | Thin Black Duke | Oxbow | May-05-2017, Experimental Rock |
| #8 | Wick | Royal Thunder | Jul-04-2017, Hard Rock |
| #9 | Kingdoms Disdained | Morbid Angel | Dec-01-2017, Death Metal |
| #10 | Post Self | Godflesh | Nov-17-2017, Industrial Metal |
| #11 | Nightmare Logic | Power Trip | Feb-24-2017, Thrash Metal |
| #12 | Medusa | Paradise Lost | Sep-01-2017, Death Doom Metal |
| #13 | Mirror Reaper | Bell Witch | Oct-20-2017, Funeral Doom Metal |
| #14 | Obituary | Obituary | Mar-17-2017, Death Metal |
| #15 | What Passes For Survival | Pyrrhon | Aug-11-2017, Dissonant Death Metal |
| #16 | Bloodlust | Body Count | Mar-31-2017, Rap Metal |
| #17 | Sterilize | Unsane | Sep-29-2017, Noise Rock |
| #18 | Wizard Bloody Wizard | Electric Wizard | Nov-17-2017, Doom Metal |
| #19 | War Moans | Mutoid Man | Jun-02-2017, Stoner Metal |
| #20 | Go Be Forgotten | Krallice | Nov-20-2017, Black Metal |
Markdown
| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Forever | Code Orange | Album, Jan-13-2017, Metalcore |
| #2 | The Dusk In Us | Converge | Album, Nov-03-2017, Metalcore |
| #3 | Terminal | Circle | Album, Jun-23-2017, Space Rock |
| #4 | Emperor of Sand | Mastodon | Album, Mar-31-2017, Progressive Metal |
| #5 | Reflections of a Floating World | Elder | Album, Jun-02-2017, Heavy Psych |
| #6 | Heartless | Pallbearer | Album, Mar-24-2017, Doom Metal |
| #7 | Thin Black Duke | Oxbow | Album, May-05-2017, Experimental Rock |
| #8 | Wick | Royal Thunder | Album, Jul-04-2017, Hard Rock |
| #9 | Kingdoms Disdained | Morbid Angel | Album, Dec-01-2017, Death Metal |
| #10 | Post Self | Godflesh | Album, Nov-17-2017, Industrial Metal |
| #11 | Nightmare Logic | Power Trip | Album, Feb-24-2017, Thrash Metal |
| #12 | Medusa | Paradise Lost | Album, Sep-01-2017, Death Doom Metal |
| #13 | Mirror Reaper | Bell Witch | Album, Oct-20-2017, Funeral Doom Metal |
| #14 | Obituary | Obituary | Album, Mar-17-2017, Death Metal |
| #15 | What Passes For Survival | Pyrrhon | Album, Aug-11-2017, Dissonant Death Metal |
| #16 | Bloodlust | Body Count | Album, Mar-31-2017, Rap Metal |
| #17 | Sterilize | Unsane | Album, Sep-29-2017, Noise Rock |
| #18 | Wizard Bloody Wizard | Electric Wizard | Album, Nov-17-2017, Doom Metal |
| #19 | War Moans | Mutoid Man | Album, Jun-02-2017, Stoner Metal |
| #20 | Go Be Forgotten | Krallice | Album, Nov-20-2017, Black Metal |