1.Adagio - Life

2.Anathema - The Optimist

3.Annihilator - For The Demented

4.Anubis Gate - Covered In Black

5.Accept - The Rise Of Chaos

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This list is meant to be an extensive, but by no means exhaustive, collection of the greatest (modern) metal albums and eps. Running the gamut from avant-garde to trve norweigan black metal. *As someone who is young in age, my tastes tend to revolve around the period of the 80s to the present.* Although certain metal albums from before will certainly be featured, the period of the 60s-70s will be under-represented. I refer you to this excellent list to gain a better appreciation for some of the best metal from that period: https://rateyourmusic.com/list/freis/martin_popoffs_the_top_500_heavy_metal_albums_of_all_time/

1.D.C. Cooper - D.C. Cooper

2.Dali's Dilemma - Manifesto For Futurism

3.Damim - The Difference Engine

4.Dämmerfarben - Im Abendrot

5.Damned Spirits' Dance - Weird Constellations

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Well, here I put my personal top with which to me have been the best albums of 2017. They are not all they are, but if they all are.

1.Akercocke - Renaissance In Extremis

2.Persefone - Aathma

3.Archspire - Relentless Mutation

4.Enslaved - E

5.Dyscarnate - With All Their Might

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My personal Top 50 of a fantastic Year. As you can see the major part of this list is kind of proggy, concluded with some heavier stuff and a few Rock Albums. There may be some more creative or boundary breaking releases left out, but these are the works that exited and convoyed me throughout 2017.
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1.Mastodon - Emperor Of Sand

2.The Night Flight Orchestra - Amber Galactic

3.Soen - Lykaia

4.Voyager - Ghost Mile

5.Dodecahedron - Kwintessens

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1.Kreator - Gods Of Violence

2.Benighted - Necrobreed

3.Cytotoxin - Gammageddon

4.Dyscarnate - With All Their Might

5.Decrepit Birth - Axis Mundi

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1.Aeternam - Ruins Of Empires

2.Æther Realm - Tarot

3.Archspire - Relentless Mutation

4.Artificial Brain - Infrared Horizon

5.Benighted - Necrobreed

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Still got plenty of stuff to catch up from Q1 and Q2 from this year, but will probably end up checking out some stuff from second half of 2017 before I'm done with all of that, so here's this list.

1.Mastodon - Cold Dark Place

2.The Contortionist - Clairvoyant

3.Passages - Lucid

4.Enslaved - E

5.Dvne - Asheran

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1.Persefone - Aathma

2.Soen - Lykaia

3.Mastodon - Emperor Of Sand

4.Paradise Lost - Medusa

5.Fit For An Autopsy - The Great Collapse

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Order is sorted by album repeat.

1.Immolation - Atonement

2.Septicflesh - Codex Omega

3.Belphegor - Totenritual

4.Decrepit Birth - Axis Mundi

5.Enslaved - E

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