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I only have five 2017 albums so far (ordered the Helion Prime but for some reason it hasn't shipped to me...haven't gotten charged until it does).

I have the Pain Of Salvation, Witherfall, MindMaze, Pyramaze, and Seven Kingdoms. I like all of them, but the MindMaze is my favorite so far. Killer album, MindMaze certainly topped their 2014's Back From The Edge.
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Finally at 30 albums reviewed as of today though three of them are currently sitting in draft so I can stagger posting them over the next few days. Had a really productive reviewing day today with five written. 

Here's my 30 reviewed albums. * = review waiting to be posted.

  1. MindMaze - Resolve
  2. Ayreon - The Source
  3. Locust Leaves - A Subtler Kind of Light
  4. Fen - Winter
  5. Ungfell - Tôtbringære
  6. Vandroya - Beyond the Human Mind
  7. The Doomsday Kingdom - The Doomsday Kingdom*
  8. Pure Wrath - Ascetic Eventide
  9. Artificial Brain - Infrared Horison
  10. Lorn - Arrayed Claws
  11. Mesarthim - Presence (EP)
  12. Xandria - Theater of Dimensions
  13. Todesstoß - Ebne Graun
  14. Saille - Gnosis
  15. Tina Guo - Game On!
  16. Unleash the Archers - Apex*
  17. Seven Kingdoms - Decenniun
  18. Bathsheba - Servus
  19. Grave Digger - Healed by Metal
  20. Worthless Life - Conscious in Coma
  21. Deus Otiosis - Opposer*
  22. Fell Ruin - To the Concrete Drifts
  23. Wolfchant - Bloodwinter
  24. Kobra and the Lotus - Prevail I
  25. Pyramaze - Contingent
  26. Moongates Guardian - Let Horse Be Bridled, Horn Be Sounded! 
  27. Arcane Existence - The Dark Curse
  28. Ande - Het Gebeente
  29. Autumn Grave = Existence is No More (EP)
  30. Svangur Kvöl - Wreck of the World
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I have listened to very few 2017 albums, compared to new albums the previous years. Just don´t have as much time to review new releases these days. Thankfully I have a shitload of backlog reviews, so I won´t dry out any time soon. At least not when it comes to old releases.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote 666sharon666 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 May 2017 at 11:41am
I've been sort of keeping track of all the releases for this year that I've heard in a private RYM list, but I'm pretty bad at keeping it up to date. I'll try to get it sorted by the time of the next album of the year vote.
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My list so far (in no particular order):
 
1. Kreator - Gods of Violence
2. Code Orange - Forever
3. Sepultura - Machine Messiah
4. Overkill - The Grinding Wheel
5. Obituary - Obituary
6. Lock Up - Demonization
7. Memoriam - For The Fallen
8. Theory in Practice - Crescendo Dezign
9. Sinister - Syncretism
10. Iron Reagan - Crossover Ministry
11. John Garcia - The Coyote Who Spoke in Tongues
12. Immolation - Atonement
13. Sanctuary - Inception
14. Body Count - Bloodlust
15. Crystal Fairy - Crystal Fairy


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This is mine grouped by star ratings, some of them are only a first impression though:

5*

Ayreon - The Source
Fen - Winter
Locust Leaves - A Subtler Kind of Light (I might put this down to 4.5 because even though I love it, it sounds like half an album to me)
MindMaze - Resolve
Pure Wrath - Ascetic Eventide
Ungfell - Tôtbringære
Vandroya - Beyond the Human Mind

4.5*

Atlas Pain - What the Oak Left
Baltimor - Eepos
Bathsheba - Servus
Cnoc An Tursa - The Forty-Five
Grave Digger - Healed by Metal
Mesarthim - Presence
Saille - Gnosis
Satan's Hallow - Satan's Hallow
Seven Kingdoms - Decennium
The Doomsday Kingdom - The Doomsday Kingdom
Windswept - The Great Cold Steppe
Wormwood - Ghostlands: Wounds form a Bleeding Earth
Xandria - Theater of Dimensions

4*

Au Champ Des Morts - Dans La Joie
Crystal Fairy - Crystal Fairy
Dool - Here Now, There Then
Doom's Day - The Whore
Falls of Rauros - Vigilance Perennial
Hazy Sea - Electric Abyss
Lancer - Mastery
Lorn - Arrayed Claws
Multishiva - Time Messer
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs - Feed the Rats
Sweet Lich - Never Satisifed
Todesstoß - Ebne Graun
Wiegedood - Do Doden Hebben Het Goed II
Wolfchant - Bloodwinter
Worthless Life - Conscious in Coma

3.5*

Crystal Viper - Queen of the Witches
Dumal - The Lesser God
Hey Satan - Hey Satan
Ritual Haze - Machine Sun
Scáth na Déithe - Pledge Nothing But Flesh

3*

Pyramaze - Contingent (I found this really generic and boring compared to their last album, it's this year's biggest disappointment for me so far)

2*

As Lions - Selfish Age
Ghost Bath - Starmourner

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote adg211288 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Jul 2017 at 9:25am
I passed 40 reviews for 2017 albums recently, but my total heard is over 100. I need to catch up on actually writing about a few more of them. 

Top album is currently oltreLuna by Progenie Terrestre Pura.
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Man, I feel so left out...I haven't heard of any of these, w/ say maybe a few exceptions(and even then haven't actually listened to them).
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Unitron Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Jul 2017 at 7:58pm
^What are you in the mood for? I can give you some recommendations for new albums to listen to. 
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Well right now I'm finishing up a death metal binge, however as soon as that's done I'm certainly gonna be checking out some of these.
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^Obituary's new album is great, as is Xibalba's new EP. Those are my favorite death metal albums of the year so far.
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Originally posted by Unitron Unitron wrote:

^Obituary's new album is great, as is Xibalba's new EP. Those are my favorite death metal albums of the year so far.

Will definitely check those out then!Smile
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Off the top of my head I think the only 2017 releases I've heard have been Overkill and Body Count. (I like them both just fine, for whatever that's worth.) 
I will have to look closer at the other bands/albums mentioned in this thread to see what else is out there that might be up my alley... 


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^The new Overkill album slays, it's my AOTY as of right now (Though Power Trip's Nightmare Logic comes close).
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How is the new Wintersun?

None of my local or mall record stores had the cd today, so I had to order it online, should be here next week sometime.
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Metal/hard rock albums I've bought this year so far, though I've heard a lot more...

GODS OF VIOLENCE - KREATOR
ATONEMENT - IMMOLATION
SERVUS - BATHSHEBA
HERE NOW, THERE THEN - DOOL
EMBERS OF A DYING WORLD - MORS PRINCIPIUM EST
THE GRINDING WHEEL- OVERKILL
HEARTLESS- PALLBEARER
SACRAMENTS TO THE SONS OF THE ABYSS - RITUALIZATION
OBITUARY - OBITUARY
OBSIDIAN ARC - PILLORIAN
EMPEROR OF SAND - MASTODON
ABREACTION - SVART CROWN
WICK - ROYAL THUNDER
WINTER - FEN
REVOLUTION ON REPEAT - TROUBLED HORSE
FOR THE FALLEN - MEMORIAM
II: MORPHOSIS - LANTERN
DEMONIZATION - LOCK UP
SHADOW ARCHETYPE - EVOCATION
WITH PRIMEVAL FORCE - VAMPIRE
SACRED - OBSESSED
THE SOURCE - AYREON
THE DOOMSDAY KINGDOM - DOOMSDAY KINGDOM
ADVENIANS - HIDEOUS DIVINITY
GODLESS PHROPHETS & THE MIGRANT FLORA - DARKEST HOUR
THE REPROBATE - FIRESPAWN
OF THE DARK LIGHT - SUFFOCATION
HURRICANES AND HALOS -AVATARIUM
BEFORE THE GATES OF GOMORRAH - APOSTATE VIATICUM
DYSANGELIUM - ENSNARED
APEX - UNLEASH THE ARCHERS
FEAR THOSE WHO FEAR HIM - VALLENFYRE
INCORRUBTIBLE - ICED EARTH
SIX - DREAM EVIL
ANTICULT - DECAPITATED
VENGEFUL ASCENSION - GOATWHORE
BLOOD OFFERINGS - NECROT

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I'm at 50 reviews for 2017 albums now. I've heard quite a lot more but not reviewed them yet though. I've mostly focused on the releases I really like this year (with a few exceptions) so there are a lot more high scores than low ones.

1. Progenie Terrestre Pura - oltreLuna (Atmospheric Black Metal), 5.0. (Review)
2. MindMaze - Resolve (Progressive Power Metal), 5.0. (Review)
3. Ayreon - The Source (Progressive Metal), 5.0. (Review)
4. Esoctrilihum - Mystic Echo From a Funeral Dimension (Atmospheric Black Metal), 5.0. (Review)
5. Locust Leaves - A Subtler Kind of Light (Progressive Metal), 5.0. (Review)
6. Madrost - The Essence of Time Matches No Flesh (Technical Thrash Metal), 5.0. (Review)
7. Fen - Winter (Atmospheric Black Metal), 5.0. (Review)
8. Iced Earth - Incorruptible (US Power/Heavy Metal), 4.5. (Review)
9. Tchornobog - Tchornobog (Black/Death Metal), 4.5. (Review)
10. Ungfell - Tôtbringære (Black Metal), 4.5. (Review)
11. Saturndust - RLC (Doom Metal), 4.5. (Review)
12. Vandroya - Beyond the Human Mind (Progressive Power Metal), 4.5. (Review)
13. The Doomsday Kingdom - The Doomsday Kingdom (Traditional Doom Metal), 4.5. (Review)
14. Pure Wrath - Ascetic Eventide (Atmospheric Black Metal), 4.5. (Review)
15. White Ward - Futility Report (Jazzy Blackgaze), 4.5. (Review)
16. Kalmankantaja - Demonwoods (Atmospheric Black Metal), 4.5. (Review)
17. Divine Element - Thaurachs of Borsu (Melodic Death Metal), 4.5. (Review)
18. Artificial Brain - Infrared Horizon (Brutal Technical Death Metal), 4.5. (Review)
19. Lorn - Arrayed Claws (Black Metal), 4.5. (Review)
20. Severoth - Forestpaths (Atmospheric Black Metal), 4.5. (Review)
21. Mesarthim - Presence (Atmospheric Black Metal), 4.5. (Review)
22. Xandria - Theater of Dimensions (Symphonic Metal), 4.5. (Review)
23. Todesstoß - Ebne Graun (Depressive Black Metal), 4.5. (Review)
24. Saille - Gnosis (Melodic Black Metal), 4.5. (Review)
25. Tina Guo - Game On! (Metal influenced Classical), 4.5. (Review)
26. Unleash the Archers - Apex (Power Metal), 4.0. (Review)
27. Avatarium - Hurricanes and Halos (Heavy Psych), 4.0. (Review)
28. Seven Kingdoms - Decennium (Power Metal), 4.0. (Review)
29. Brume - Rooster (Doom Metal), 4.0. (Review)
30. Bathsheba - Servus (Doom Metal), 4.0. (Review)
31. Grave Digger - Healed by Metal (Power/Heavy Metal), 4.0. (Review)
32. Worthless Life - Conscious in Coma (Depressive Black Metal), 4.0. (Review)
33. Colotyphus - Spiritual Journey of a Forlorn Soul (Atmospheric Black Metal), 4.0. (Review)
34. Nephilim's Howl - Through the Marrow of Human Suffering (Pagan Black Metal), 4.0. (Review)
35. Deus Otiosus - Opposer (Death Metal), 4.0. (Review)
36. Spaceslug - Time Travel Dilemma (Stoner Metal), 4.0. (Review)
37. Fell Ruin - To the Concrete Drifts (Black/Doom Metal), 4.0. (Review)
38. Wolfchant - Bloodwinter (Power Metal), 4.0. (Review)
39. Atlas Pain - What the Oak Left (Folkish Symphonic Metal), 3.5. (Review)
40. Les Chants du Hasard - Les Chants du Hasard (Blackened Classical), 3.5. (Review)
41. Kobra and the Lotus - Prevail I (Heavy Metal), 3.5. (Review)
42. Pyramaze - Contingent (Progressive Metal), 3.5. (Review)
43. Wiegedood - De Doden Hebben Het Goed II (Atmospheric Black Metal), 3.5. (Review)
44. Alestorm - No Grave But the Sea (Folk Metal), 3.5. (Review)
45. Moongates Guardian - Let Horse Be Bridled, Horn Be Sounded! (Atmospheric Black Metal), 3.5. (Review)
46. Fogalord - Masters of War (Power Metal), 3.0. (Review)
47. Arcane Existence - The Dark Curse (Melodic Black Metal), 3.0. (Review)
48. Ande - Het Gebeente (Atmospheric Black Metal), 3.0. (Review)
49. Autumn Grave - Existence Is No More (Black Metal), 1.5. (Review)
50. Svangur Kvöl - Wreck of the World (Black Metal), 1.0. (Review)
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I am really enjoying the new Accept disc... I think it may be their best since Blood Of The Nations
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Immolation - Atonement (pretty good but too hooky for Immolation)
Fen - Winter (listened a little bit, not ready to form an opinion)
Dying Fetus - Wrong One to Fuck With (good shit, kicks ass)
Cormorant - Diaspora (again, not ready to form an opinion but I love what these guys did in the past)
Cloak of Altering - ​I Reached For The ​​Light That Drowned In Your Mouth (great)

That's it when it comes to metal, I listen to a lot of non-metal stuff lately, hence the laughable list.

EDIT: Ah, I forgot about Elder - Reflections of a Floating World! Awesome stoner doom with a prog edge to it, recommended. 

EDIT2: Ah, and Pallbearer - Heartless. Pretty good, not crazy about it.

EDIT3: Ah, and of course the new Mastodon - Waste of Time. Yeah, a waste of time.

EDIT4: Fuck me if I didn't listen to the new Havok album - Conformicide. Preatty kick ass thrash metal album, but when it comes to the new wave thrash, Vektor still rules.


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I've bought a crap ton of albums this year, but not alot of 2017 releases. I guess I need to get cracking on that.

So far I have:

Aeternam - Ruins Of Empires
Anthriel - Transcendence
Avatarium - Hurricanes And Halos
Iced Earth - Incorruptible
Kobra And The Lotus - Prevail I
MindMaze - Resolve
Mors Principium Est - Embers Of A Dying World
Nocturnal Rites - Phoenix
Pain Of Salvation - In The Passing Light Of Day
Persefone - Aathma
Pyramaze - Contingent
Scardust - Sands Of Time
Serenity - Lionheart
Seven Kingdoms - Decennium
Seven Spires - Solveig
Soen - Lykaia
Threshold - Legends Of The Shires
Unleash The Archers - Apex
Wilson, Steven - To The Bone
Wintersun - The Forest Seasons
Witherfall - Nocturnes And Requiems
Xandria - Theater Of Dimensions




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