1.Beyond Creation - Algorythm

2.Rivers Of Nihil - Where Owls Know My Name

3.Slugdge - Esoteric Malacology

4.Obscura - Diluvium

5.The Ocean - Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic

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1.Vektor - Terminal Redux

2.Exumer - The Raging Tides

3.Allegaeon - Proponent For Sentience

4.Sabaton - The Last Stand

5.Witherscape - The Northern Sanctuary

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It's all about emotions, it's all about memories it's all about meaning. This is it for me.

1.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I

2.Stratovarius - Visions

3.Kamelot - The Black Halo

4.Sonata Arctica - Silence

5.Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth

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1.Æther Realm - Tarot

2.Unleash The Archers - Apex

3.Orden Ogan - Gunmen

4.Battle Beast - Bringer Of Pain

5.Firewind - Immortals

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In no particular order.

1.Archspire - Relentless Mutation

2.Animals As Leaders - The Joy Of Motion

3.Necrophagist - Epitaph

4.Obscura - Akróasis

5.C.B Murdoc - Here Be Dragons

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1.U.D.O. - Steelfactory

2.Brainstorm - Midnight Ghost

3.Angelus Apatrida - Cabaret De La Guillotine

4.Nervosa - Downfall Of Mankind

5.Judas Priest - Firepower

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1.Mastodon - Cold Dark Place

2.Mastodon - Emperor Of Sand

3.The Night Flight Orchestra - Amber Galactic

4.Fragile Vastness - Perception

5.Leprous - Malina

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No stars - Don't know yet
✮✮✮✮✮ - Incredible, possibly Album Of The Year
✮✮✮✮½ - Awesome
✮✮✮✮ - Solid release
✮✮✮½ - Good release
✮✮✮ - Not bad
✮✮½ - Shuffle material (probably boring as an album)
✮✮ - Disappointing

1.Barren Earth - A Complex Of Cages

2.Amorphis - Queen Of Time

3.Tribulation - Down Below

4.Slugdge - Esoteric Malacology

5.Madder Mortem - Marrow

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1.Harakiri For The Sky - Arson

2.Kalmah - Palo

3.Uada - Cult Of A Dying Sun

4.Wiegedood - De Doden Hebben Het Goed III

5.Exlimitir - It Weighed Itself In Silver

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1.Shining - X - Varg Utan Flock

2.Alkaloid - Liquid Anatomy

3.Tribulation - Down Below

4.Horrendous - Idol

5.Karg - Dornenvögel

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1.Night Verses - From The Gallery Of Sleep

2.Amorphis - Queen Of Time

3.Rivers Of Nihil - Where Owls Know My Name

4.Oceans Of Slumber - The Banished Heart

5.Architects - Holy Hell

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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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1.Dark Tranquillity - Character

2.Dark Tranquillity - Damage Done

3.Dark Tranquillity - Fiction

4.Dark Tranquillity - Projector

5.Dark Tranquillity - We Are The Void

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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.
Please enjoy, suggestions are appreciated.

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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