Tom's Töp 15 Albums of 2017

2017 was a difficult year for the United States, in that it felt like it was in a constant flux and almost a battle for good and evil. Standing by the sidelines may be tough to do but getting distracted in your own life may be the best medicine for the darkest annals of an ever present society. Having a 2nd child is also a welcome distraction and hell there was music too; oh boy there was much music to be had.

Durf's Töp 15 Albums of 2017

Why hello again!  It seems like it was just yesterday that we were all here, talking about my Töp Non-Metal Albums, EPs, and Songs of 2017.  What's that you say?  It WAS just yesterday? My, what a long day it felt like!  While I truly enjoy writing about genres other than metal, and love foisting songs onto people, today's list is the big to do.  When I started writing for Brutalitopia, my first post was a year end list.  We write for Brutalitopia because of our love of and passion for metal, and it's incredible to have the opportunity to get to listen to SO MUCH metal over the course of the year.  Some of it falls away after a listen or two, some of it sticks around for a bit longer, and even fewer stick with me for the whole year, bouncing into and out of my head at work, and entering regular rotation into my commute or gym soundtracks.  These are the albums I've listed here: fifteen metal albums that have remained a vital part of my year since the first (or, admittedly, second) time I listened to them.  I hope that you'll enjoy this list, that it will perhaps introduce you to a band or album that you haven't yet heard that you then grow to love, like I do.  So, without further ado, here are my Töp Fifteen Metal Albums of 2017.

Durf's Töp EPs, Non-Metal Albums, and Songs of 2017

It's crazy to think another year has come and gone so quickly, even if parts of this year did feel like they were taking forever...  But we're here, at the end of another year, which means it's time to talk about all the music we loved over the past twelve months.  This is the first of two posts I'll have on the matter; this one deals with non-metal albums, EPs, and songs, while the metal list will come out whenever Mick deems it time.