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40.
The Lurking Fear - Out of the Voiceless Grave
August 11, 2017
Death Metal
Critic Score
69
2 reviews
Amazon
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Spotify
39.
Woe - Hope Attrition
In
2
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March 17, 2017
Black Metal
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify
38.
Pyrrhon - What Passes For Survival
August 11, 2017
Death Metal
Critic Score
90
1 review
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
37.
Power Trip - Nightmare Logic
In
9
Lists
February 24, 2017
Thrash Metal
Critic Score
80
7
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
36.
UFOmammut - 8
September 22, 2017
Stoner Metal
Critic Score
78
1 review
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
35.
Disharmony - Goddamn the Sun
February 27, 2017
Melodic Black Metal
Amazon
34.
Wormwitch - Strike Mortal Soil
May 12, 2017
Black Metal
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
33.
Propagandhi - Victory Lap
In
3
Lists
September 29, 2017
Hardcore Punk
Critic Score
77
2 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
32.
Farsot - FAIL·LURE
April 21, 2017
Black Metal
Amazon
31.
Napalm Raid - Wheel of War
June 27, 2017
Amazon
30.
Oxbow - Thin Black Duke
In
5
Lists
May 19, 2017
Experimental Rock
Critic Score
86
6
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
29.
Loss - Horizonless
May 19, 2017
Doom Metal
Critic Score
80
1 review
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
28.
Lock Up - Demonization
March 10, 2017
Grindcore
Critic Score
70
1 review
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
27.
With the Dead - Love from With the Dead
September 22, 2017
Doom Metal
Critic Score
64
1 review
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
26.
Dreadnought - A Wake in Sacred Waves
October 6, 2017
Progressive Metal
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
25.
Cannibal Corpse - Red Before Black
November 3, 2017
Death Metal
Critic Score
73
4
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
24.
Wampyrinacht - We Will Be Watching. Les Cultes de Satan et Les Mysterères de la Mort
February 20, 2017
Black Metal
Amazon
23.
Midnight - Sweet Death and Ecstasy
December 15, 2017
Heavy Metal
Critic Score
82
3 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
22.
Pagan Altar - The Room of Shadows
August 24, 2017
Heavy Metal
Critic Score
80
1 review
Amazon
21.
Artificial Brain - Infrared Horizon
In
2
Lists
April 21, 2017
Death Metal
Critic Score
78
3 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
20.
Cloak - To Venomous Depths
November 10, 2017
Black Metal
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
19.
Akercocke - Renaissance In Extremis
August 25, 2017
Progressive Metal
Critic Score
80
1 review
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
18.
Enslaved - E
October 13, 2017
Progressive Metal
Critic Score
90
1 review
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
17.
Cormorant - Diaspora
August 11, 2017
Progressive Metal
Critic Score
84
1 review
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
16.
Myrkur - Mareridt
In
4
Lists
September 15, 2017
Atmospheric Black Metal
Critic Score
78
3 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
15.
Dodecahedron - Kwintessens
March 17, 2017
Black Metal
Critic Score
50
1 review
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
14.
Obituary - Obituary
In
2
Lists
March 17, 2017
Death Metal
Critic Score
77
5
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
13.
Craven Idol - The Shackles of Mammon
April 14, 2017
Black Metal
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
12.
Kreator - Gods of Violence
January 27, 2017
Thrash Metal
Critic Score
76
4
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
11.
Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper
In
6
Lists
October 20, 2017
Doom Metal
Critic Score
79
8
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
10.
Converge - The Dusk In Us
In
13
Lists
November 3, 2017
Metalcore
Critic Score
83
17
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
9.
Wolves in the Throne Room - Thrice Woven
In
2
Lists
September 22, 2017
Atmospheric Black Metal
Critic Score
76
11
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
8.
Full of Hell - Trumpeting Ecstasy
In
2
Lists
May 5, 2017
Grindcore
Critic Score
78
5
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
7.
Immolation - Atonement
February 24, 2017
Death Metal
Critic Score
78
7
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
6.
Spectral Voice - Eroded Corridors of Unbeing
October 13, 2017
Death Metal
Critic Score
90
1 review
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
5.
Integrity - Howling, For the Nightmare Shall Consume
In
2
Lists
July 14, 2017
Metalcore
Critic Score
77
4
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
4.
Necrot - Blood Offerings
In
2
Lists
June 9, 2017
Death Metal
Critic Score
79
1 review
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
3.
Pallbearer - Heartless
In
9
Lists
March 24, 2017
Doom Metal
Critic Score
83
12
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
2.
Spirit Adrift - Curse of Conception
In
2
Lists
October 6, 2017
Doom Metal
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
1.
Paradise Lost - Medusa
September 1, 2017
Gothic Metal
Critic Score
70
1 review
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2017/11/20/spoiler-decibels-top-40-albums-2017/
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