My Favorite Metal, Hard Rock & What Not 2017

[Magic]

Great album, @Magic. To be honest, I had totally forgotten about that one when I wrote my post yesterday. partly because the "list above" was off the top of my head and maybe because I don't consider Ayreon pure metal anymore. It doesn't change my top two, but I'd probably put Ayreon on three and Grave Digger/Alestorm on four - until I check my list of albums from 2017 and realise I forgot something else.

Forgetting is a sign of old age!

 

[Magic]

Agreed. This album easily tops it. Iced Earth won't be close to my album of the year, maybe top 15.

I'm not making a 2017 "best of" list yet because there are still some anticipated albums yet to be released........like Accept, Eluveitie, Epica EP, and I'm even looking forward to Living Colour's new album.

 

[Vader]

Considering Iced Earth has been one of my absolute favourite metal bands for a very long time now and with "Incorruptible" being their strongest album in years, I cannot see anyone beating it for metal album of the year.

Currently, I'd probably rank Unleash The Archers second. Nothing revolutionary about them, but they do their thing so well and Brittney is an incredible singer!

Grave Digger and Alestorm are tied for third.

I still need to give the new UTA album a listen. The new IE is incredible.