CROM Awards 2017: The World's Least Desired Awards...REVEALED
Happy Holidays! Continuing with a long standing personal tradition, but now translated through CROM, I present the winners of the First Annual CROM Awards.
It was another incredible year of heavy metal releases, but lets not beat around the bush here and get right to the winners.
No wait...no explanations...and no countdowns (ok...well, one countdown actually, but it OPTIONAL).
Here are the winners of the Overall Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Newcomer of the Year, Live Performance of the Year (That I Witnessed) and the DVD/Blu-Ray of the Year:
TOP 150 ALBUMS OF 2017
RULE: NO EPs, live releases, singles qualify for Album of the Year
Now for those that enjoy a countdown reveal, I'll do an optional one here. This is a slideshow that DOES count down the Top 10 Albums of 2017:
Here is the Top 22 as an image:
Here is #11-20:
and here is 21-30:
....and the rest (31-150):
31. Anubis Gate – Covered in Black
32. Jack Starr’s Burning Star – Stand Your Ground
33. Pink Cream 69 – Headstrong
34. Helker – Firesoul
35. Hell in the Club – See You On The Dark Side
36. Mors Principium Est – Embers of a Dying World
37. Overkill – The Grinding Wheel
38. Rage – Seasons of the Black
39. Avatarium – Hurricanes and Halos
40. Xanthochroid – Of Earthe and Axen, Acts I & II
41. Need – Hegaiamas: A Song for Freedom
42. Paradise Lost – Medusa
43. Eluveitie – Evocation II – Pantheon
44. Serious Black – Magic
45. Nocturnal Rites – Phoenix
46. Vuur – In This Moment We Are Free - Cities
47. Moonspell – 1755
48. Cellar Darling – This is the Sound
49. Argus – From Fields of Fire
50. Seven Spires – Solveig
51. Jono – Life
52. Evertale – The Great Brotherwar
53. The Dark Element – The Dark Element
54. Communic – Where Echoes Gather
55. Venom Inc. – Ave
56. Ne Obliviscaris – Urn
57. Shakra – Snakes & Ladders
58. Arrayan Path – Dawn of Aquarius
59. Adagio – Life
60. Below – Upon a Pale Horse
61. H.E.A.T. – Into the Great Unknown
62. Septicflesh – Codex Omega
63. Enslaved – E
64. The Doomsday Kingdom – The Doomsday Kingdom
65. Arthemis – Blood-Fury-Domination
66. Kobra and the Lotus – Prevail I
67. Seven Kingdoms – Decennium
68. Almanac – Kingslayer
69. Poison Pill – Poison Pill
70. Alice Cooper – Paranormal
71. Diablo Swing Orchestra – Pacifisticuffs
72. Grave Digger – Healed By Metal
73. Steel Seal – The Lion’s Den
74. Gyze – Northern Hell Song
75. Bare Infinity – The Butterfly Raiser
76. The Ferrymen – The Ferrymen
77. Galneryus – Ultimate Sacrifice
78. Kee of Hearts – Kee of Hearts
79. Prospekt – The Illuminated Sky
80. Cardiant – Mirrors
81. Divinity Compromised – Terminal
82. Sons of Apollo – Psychotic Symphony
83. Panzer – Fatal Command
84. Alunah – Solennial
85. Aldaria – Land of Light
86. Burning Witches – Burning Witches
87. Burning Point – The Blaze
88. Victorius – Heart of the Phoenix
89. Voyager – Ghost Mile
90. Persefone – Aathma
91. F.K.U. – 1981
92. Air Raid – Across the Line
93. Astral Doors – Black Eyed Children
94. Ensiferum – Two Paths
95. Amberian Dawn - Darkness of Eternity
96. Europe – Walk the Earth
97. Gods of Silence – Neverland
98. Witchery – I Am Legion
99. Within Silence – Return from the Shadows
100. Jorn – Life on Death Road
101. Sweet & Lynch – Unified
102. Arduini/Balich – Dawn of Ages
103. Axxis – Retrolution
104. Soulspell – The Second Big Bang
105. Satyricon – Deep Calleth Upon Deep
106. Signum Regis – Decennium Primum
107. Cryonic Temple – Into the Glorious Battle
108. Eagleheart – Reverse
109. Phantom 5 – Play to Win
110. Pyogenesis – A Kingdom to Disappear
111. Walpyrgus – Walpyrgus Nights
112. Unleash the Archers – Apex
113. Lancer – Mastery
114. Obituary – Obituary
115. MindMaze - Resolve
116. Eternal Flight - Retrofuture
117. Kaledon – Carnagus – Emperor of the Darkness
118. Echotime – Side
119. Morbid Angel - Kingdoms Disdained
120. Wolfchant – Bloodwinter
121. Crystal Viper – Queen of the Witches
122. Damnations Day – A World Awakens
123. Dream Evil – SIX
124. Coffeinne – Circle of Time
125. Fogalord – Masters of War
126. Lovebites – Awakening from Abyss
127. Pallbearer – Heartless
128. Snakeyes – Metal Monster
129. Starsoup – Castles of Sand
130. Galderia – Return of the Cosmic Men
131. Brother Firetribe – Sunbound
132. Crafteon – Cosmic Reawakening
133. Bulletback – The Quest for New Horizons
134. Coldspell – A New World Arise
135. God Dethroned – The World Ablaze
136. Iris Divine – The Static and the Noise
137. Ten – Gothica
138. Evil Invaders – Feed Me Violence
139. Procession – Doom Decimation
140. Goatwhore – Vengeful Ascension
141. Witherfall – Nocturnes and Requiems
142. CyHra – Letters to Myself
143. Scars of Armaggedon – Dead End
144. Dyscarnate – With All Their Might
145. Vanish – The Insanity Abstract
146. Damnation Plan – Reality Illusion
147. Cellador – Off the Grid
148. Crimfall – Amain
149. Dragonhammer – Obscurity
150. Dr. Living Dead – Cosmic Conqueror
ALBUMS OF 2017 (BY SUBGENRE)
We took the Top 150 and did mini Top 15/Top 10 Lists for various subgenres. Now, before you get all up in arms and butthurt about who belongs in which subgenre, keep in mind that although this is just one silly opinion, if we divided them up into every machination of metal it would result in many more hours of work (and trust me, we already put WAY too much time into this)...
First, here are the winners in various subgenres:
And now the Lists:
Top 15 Thrash Metal:
1. Kreator – Gods of Violence
2. Overkill – The Grinding Wheel
3. Panzer – Fatal Command
4. Witchery – I Am Legion
5. Evil Invaders – Feed Me Violence
6. Goatwhore – Vengeful Ascension
7. Dr. Living Dead – Cosmic Conqueror
8. Havok - Conformicide
9. Game Over – Claiming Supremacy
10. Cripper – Follow Me: Kill!
11. Ice Age – Breaking the Ice
12. Exarsis – New War Order
13. Gross Reality – Escaping Gravity
14. Warpath – Bullets for a Desert Session
15. Annihilator – For the Demented
Top 15 Traditional/Classic Metal:
1. Jag Panzer – The Deviant Chord
2. Accept – The Rise of Chaos
3. Jack Starr’s Burning Starr – Stand Your Ground
4. Rage – Seasons of the Black
5. Venom Inc – Ave
6. Kobra and The Lotus – Prevail I
7. Poison Pill – Poison Pill
8. Grave Digger – Healed By Metal
9. Burning Witches – Burning Witches
10. Air Raid – Across the Line
11. Astral Doors – Black Eyed Children
12. Gods of Silence – Neverland
13. Jorn – Life on Death Road
14. Axxis – Retrolution
15. Walpyrgus – Walpyrgus Nights
Top 15 Doom Metal:
1. Sorcerer – The Crowning of the Fire King
2. Crimson Dawn – Chronicles of an Undead Hunter
3. Avatarium – Hurricanes and Halos
4. Paradise Lost – Medusa
5. Argus – From Fields of Fire
6. Below – Upon a Pale Horse
7. The Doomsday Kingdom – The Doomsday Kingdom
8. Alunah – Solennial
9. Arduini/Balich – Dawn of Ages
10. Pallbearer – Heartless
11. Procession – Doom Decimation
12. Novembers Doom - Hamartia
13. Forsaken - Pentateuch
14. Monolith Cult – Gospel of Despair
15. Ancient VVisdom - 33