album of the year
- Propagandhi — Victory Lap
- Mindsnare — Unholy Rush
- Paradise Lost — Medusa
- Anathema — The Optimist
- Deep Purple — Infinite
- Integrity — Howling For The Nightmare Shall Consume
- Kreator — Gods of Violence
- Memoriam — For The Fallen
- Toe To Toe — Rise Up
- Run The Jewels — RTJ3
artist of the year
- Mindsnare
- Black Sabbath
- Cannibal Corpse
- Morbid Angel
- Toe To Toe
international artist performance
- Night Birds
- Pete Rock & CL Smooth
- Descendents
- Pennywise
- Napalm Death
australian artist performance
- Mindsnare
- Toe To Toe
- Clowns
- Hostile Objects
- Nursery Crimes
top tv show
- The Good Place
- Designated Survivor
- Vikings
2017 highlight of the year
Another great year for Australian hardcore with top LPs from veteran acts and a raft of newer bands delivering the goods
prediction for 2018
Well, I'm hoping for new records from Bad Religion and Pennywise. On the metal front, it's about time Tony Iommi got around to re-releasing deluxe editions of The Headless Cross and TYR. More broadly the death metal underground has been percolating nicely — I think we'll have an explosion of good releases in 2018.
