The year is coming to an end and we are ready to kick 2017 to the curb and start hanging out with 2018. Per our tradition we recorded an end-of-year episode which this year brings together our top 25 metal albums for 2017. For those of you too busy or impatient to sit through a four-hour-plus podcast, here are the lists for this year. We start with the combined podcast Top 10 list (assembled for us by John from our individual lists, and unintentially verified by Mark) followed by our individual Top 25 lists. Enjoy!

PODCAST TOP 10

10. Wode - Servants of the Countercosmos
9. Ordos - House of the Dead
8. Uhtcearu - For Darkness to Subside
7. Nokturnal Mortum - Verity
6. Farsot - Fail-lure
5. Temple of Void - Lords of Death
4. Kreator - Gods of Violence
3. Cannibal Corpse - Red Before Black
2. Perihelion Ship - To Paint a Bird of Fire
1. Enslaved - E

GEORGE'S TOP 25

25. Slaghead - Thanatonaut
24. Morbid Angel – Kingdoms Disdained
23. Sorcerer - The Crowning of the Fire King
22. Hate - Tremendum
21. Begerith - A.D.A.M.
20. Cloak - To Venomous Depths
19. The King is Blind - We Are The Parasite, We Are The Cancer
18. Wode – Servants of the Countercosmos
17. Cannibal Corpse - Red Before Black
16. Nidingr – The High Heat Licks Against Heaven
15. Farsot – Fail-lure
14. Vuur - In This Moment We Are Free - Cities
13. Mord’A’Stigmata - Hope
12. Temple of Void - Lords of Death
11. Nokturnal Mortem - Verity
10. Uhtcearu - For Darkness to Subside
9. Tombs – The Grand Annihilation
8. Belphegor - Totenritual
7. Satyricon - Deep Calleth Upon Deep
6. Witchery - I Am Legion
5. Perihelion Ship - To Paint A Bird of Fire
4. Akercocke - Renaissance in Extremis
3. Kreator - Gods of Violence
2. Narcotic Wasteland - Delirium Tremens
1. Enslaved - E

JAY'S TOP 25

25. Morbid Angel - Kingdoms Disdained
24. Kreator - Gods of Violence
23. Perihelion Ship - To Paint a Bird of Fire
22. Temple of Void - Lords of Death
21. Black Anvil - As Was
20. Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper
19. Necrot - Blood Offerings
18. Alice Cooper - Paranormal
17. Dopelord - Children of the Haze
16. Locust Leaves - A Subtler Kind of Light
15. Loviatar - Loviatar
14. Electric Wizard - Wizard Bloody Wizard
13. Trollfest - Helluva
12. Cannibal Corpse - Red Before Black
11. Goatwhore - Vengeful Ascension
10. Wode - Servants of the Countercosmos
9. Witchery - I Am Legion
8. Nokturnal Mortum - Verity
7. Slaghead - Thanatonaut
6. Farsot - Fail-lure
5. Cormorant - Diaspora
4. Slaegt - Domus Mysterium
3. Myrkur - Mareidt
2. Ordos - House of the Dead
1. Enslaved - E

WILL'S TOP 25

25. Nekromant - Snakes and Liars
24. Goatwhore - Vengeful Ascension
23. Witchery - I Am Legion
22. Morbid Angel - Kingdoms Disdained
21. Obituary - Obituary
20. Bereft - Lands
19. Incantation - Profance Nexus
18. Jupiterian - Terraforming
17. Suffocation - ...of the Dark Light Death
16. Necrot - Blood Offerings
15. Gloom - Solaris
14. Dopelord - Children of the Haze
13. Gloson - Grimen
12. Hideous Divinity - Adveniens
11. Beheaded - Beast Incarnate
10. Hate - Tremendum
9. Uhtcearu - For Darkness to Subside
8. Spaceslug - Time Travel Dilemma/Mountains and Reminiscence
7. Ex Deo - The Immortal Wars
6. Immolation - Atonement
5. Ordos - House of the Dead
4. Perihelion Ship - To Paint a Bird of Fire
3. Temple of Void - Lords of Death
2. Cannibal Corpse - Red Before Black
1. Kreator - Gods of Violence

JOHN'S TOP 25

25. Special Providence - Will
24. Replacire - Do Not Deviate
23. Sun of the Sleepless - To the Elements
22. Uhtcearu - For Darkness to Subside
21. Novembers Doom - Hamartia
20. Heretoir - The Circle
19. A Flourishing Scourage
18. Sunless - Urraca
17. Wolves in the Throne Room - Thrice Woven
16. Spotlights - Seismic
15. Venenum - Trance of Death
14. Wormwood - Mooncurse
13. Comorant - Diaspora
12. Temple of Void - Lords of Death
11. Häive - Iätön
10. The Thirteenth Sun - Stardust
9. Enslaved - E
8. Hypergiant - Father Sky
7. Wode - Servants of the Countercosmos
6. Vuur - In This Moment We Are Free - Cities
5. Perihelion Ship - To Paint a Bird of Fire
4. Lor - In Forgotten Sleep
3. Farsot - Fail-lure
2. Sorcerer - The Crowning of the Fire King
1. Exist - So True, So Bound

MATT'S TOP 25

25. Cavenlight - As We Cup Our Hands and Drink from the Stream of Our Ache
24. Fall of Rauros - Vigilance Perennial
23. Dying Fetus - Wrong One to Fuck With
22. Perihelion Ship - To Paint a Bird of Fire
21. Sunless - Urraca
20. Spirit Adrift - Curse of Conception
19. Nidingr - The High Licks Against Heaven
18. Uhtcearu - For Darkness to Subside
17. Immolation - Atonement
16. Exhumed - Death Revenge
15. Black Anvil - As Was
14. Pyrrhon - What Passes For Survival
13. Wolves in the Throne Room - Thrice Woven
12. Belphegor - Totenritual
11. Kreator - Gods of Violence
10. Necrot - Blood Offerings
9. Nokturnal Mortum - Verity
8. Spectral Voice - Eroded Corridors of Unbeing
7. Au-Dessus - End of Chapter
6. Goatwhore - Vengeful Ascension
5. Tombs - The Grand Annihilation
4. Yellow Eyes - Immersion Trench Reverie
3. The Ominous Circle - Appalling Ascension
2. Cannibal Corpse - Red Before Black
1. Enslaved - E

METALHEADS Podcast Top 25 Metal Albums of 2017