2017 Best Album Lists Archives

2017 Best Doom Metal Albums

2017 will be remembered as the year of death metal, with several classic bands releasing outstanding albums and up and …

2017 is drawing to a close, and this is the last monthly list before we unveil our best of the …

October has traditionally been one of the strongest months of the year for new albums. It’s like music’s Oscar season. …

As summer turns to fall, the depth of quality releases in September was impressive. Many worthy albums had to be …

A bit of the summer doldrums this month, with a few anticipated albums not living up to expectations. There were …

As the weather heats up, so did the quality of albums released in June. Narrowing down a strong crop of …

May was another month where it was difficult to figure out which five albums would make the cut. The top …

The first third of 2017 has been up and down when it comes to the quality of new releases. A …

March was a really strong month for new heavy music releases, the best so far this year. It was a …

The shortest month of the year was pretty short on quality metal releases. But we still found some excellent albums …

2017 is off to a good start when it comes to metal and hard rock releases. Sometimes the pickings are …