Stereogum's 40 Best Metal Albums of 2017

Before we begin our discussion of the fantastic year for underground metal that was 2017, a few orders of business: First, 2018 will see some adjustments to the Black Market, the monthly metal column whose contributors assembled this list. Put simply, future editions of the column will be shorter than the current format has been. […]

Published: December 12, 2017 18:18 Source

# 1

Prelapsarian by Krallice

Album • Dec 21 / 2016 Black Metal

# 2

Infrared Horizon by Artificial Brain

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

# 3

Retrocausal by Cleric

Album • Jan 12 / 2018 Avant-Garde Metal Mathcore Brutal Prog

# 4

Personae Ingratae by Rope Sect

EP • Apr 14 / 2017 Post-Punk Gothic Rock

# 5

Anomie by Violet Cold

Album • Mar 01 / 2017 Blackgaze

# 6

Ruination by Kairon; IRSE!

Album • Feb 03 / 2017 Space Rock Progressive Rock Psychedelic Rock

# 7

Succumb by Succumb

Album • May 05 / 2017 Death Metal

# 8

A Subtler Kind of Light - by Locust Leaves

Album • Mar 17 / 2017 Progressive Metal

# 9

Kingdoms Disdained by Morbid Angel

Album • Dec 01 / 2017 Death Metal

# 10

Contempt by Couch Slut

Album • Jul 28 / 2017 Noise Rock Sludge Metal

# 11

Forced Subservience by No Faith

Album • May 05 / 2017 Powerviolence

# 12

Rites of Passage by Sabbath Assembly

Album • May 13 / 2017 Doom Metal Hard Rock Heavy Metal

# 13

Reflections of a Floating World by Elder

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

# 14

Hell by Hell

Album • Jun 04 / 2021 Doom Metal Sludge Metal Drone Metal

# 15

Tchornobog by Tchornobog

Album • Jul 21 / 2017 Death Metal Black Metal Death Doom Metal

# 16

Immersion Trench Reverie by Yellow Eyes

Album • Oct 20 / 2017 Atmospheric Black Metal

# 17

The Process of Self - Becoming by Verge

Album • Nov 13 / 2017 Depressive Black Metal Black Metal Melodic Black Metal

# 18

Loüm by Krallice

Album • Oct 27 / 2017 Black Metal Avant-Garde Metal

# 19

Arvet by Grift

Album • Sep 08 / 2017 Atmospheric Black Metal

# 20

Deep Space Psudokument by PSUDOKU

Album • Apr 25 / 2017 Brutal Prog Grindcore

# 21

Eschaton Mémoire by Chaos Moon

Album • Nov 17 / 2017 Atmospheric Black Metal

# 22

Stalking the Ghost by Unearthly Trance

Album • Feb 24 / 2017 Sludge Metal Doom Metal

# 23

Dede Kondre by Turia

Album • Jan 25 / 2017 Atmospheric Black Metal

# 24

Medusa by Paradise Lost

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

# 25

Heartless by Pallbearer

Album • Mar 24 / 2017 Doom Metal

# 26

Love from with the Dead by With the Dead

Album • Sep 22 / 2017 Doom Metal

# 27

Unstoppable Power by Condor

Album • Apr 28 / 2017 Thrash Metal

# 28

Undulating Waves of Rainbiotic Iridescence by Gigan

Album • Sep 15 / 2017 Technical Death Metal Dissonant Death Metal

# 29

The Circle by Heretoir

Album • Mar 24 / 2017 Blackgaze Post-Metal

# 30

Seaweed by Demonic Death Judge

Album • Jan 13 / 2017 Sludge Metal Stoner Metal

# 31

Go Be Forgotten by Krallice

Album • Nov 20 / 2017 Black Metal

# 32

End of Chapter by Au-Dessus

Album • May 19 / 2017 Atmospheric Black Metal Atmospheric Sludge Metal

# 33

Blood Offerings by Necrot

Album • Jun 09 / 2017 Death Metal

# 34

Kwintessens by Dodecahedron

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

# 35

Burning Arrow by Vanum

Single • Jun 05 / 2017

# 36

Oviri by Jute Gyte

Album • Jul 10 / 2017 Avant-Garde Metal Black Metal

# 37

Vision Wallows In Symphonies of Light by Ingurgitating Oblivion

Album • May 12 / 2017 Technical Death Metal Dissonant Death Metal

# 39

Obsidian Arc by Pillorian

Album • Mar 10 / 2017 Black Metal

# 40

Within the Sphere of Ethereal Minds by Sarcasm

Album • Jun 09 / 2017 Melodic Death Metal