OVERDRIVE TEAM LOOK BACK ON THE BEST OF 2017.
Posted on December 27, 2017 by Oran
As we approach the closing stages of 2017, we get a breakdown from the Overdrive team on what they regard as the best the year had to offer.
With a healthy dose of metal emerging from all parts of our blue planet, there really hasn’t been a more productive time for metal, than now – as a whole.
Regardless of what genre you happen to be partial too, you can’t deny that there’s really something for everyone, which is pretty awesome in our book.
Now, let’s get stuck into what was filling our earholes for the last 12 months as well as the top stand out show from each of our contributors.
THE OVERDRIVE 2017 PLAYLIST!
ORAN O’BEIRNE – Top 5
- KADAVAR – ‘ROUGH TIMES’
- BODY COUNT – ‘BLOODLUST’
- GRAVE PLEASURES – ‘MOTHERBLOOD’
- DECAPITATED – ‘ANTICULT’
- AFI – ‘THE BLOOD ABLUM’
Gig of the year.
ANTHRAX – THE FORUM, KENTISH TOWN, LONDON 10/02/17
STEVE DEMPSEY – Top 5
- BATTLE BEAST – ‘BRINGER OF PAIN’
- PARADISE LOST – ‘MEDUSA’
- VUUR – ‘IN THIS MOMENT WE ARE FREE – CITIES’
- MYRKUR – ‘MARERIDT’
- CALIGULA’S HORSE – ”IN CONTRACT
Gig of the year.
HELLOWEEN – PUMPKINS UNITED BRIXTON ACADEMY, LONDON 14/11/17
KERRI CLARKE – Top 5
- SATYRICON – ‘DEEP CALLETH UPON DEEP’
- THE CRAWLING – ‘ANATOMY OF LOSS’
- SAMAEL – ‘HEGEMONY
- MYRKUR – ‘MARERIDT’
- THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE – ‘UNDER YOUR SPELL’
Gig of the year.
SATYRICON – LONDON 29/09/17
SHAUN MARTIN – Top 5
- ARCH ENEMY – ‘RISE TO POWER’
- ANNIHILATOR – ‘FOR THE DEMENTED’
- WEDNESDAY 13 – ‘CONDOLENCES’
- ELUVEITIE – ‘EVOCATION II: PANTHEON’
- PRONG – ‘ZERO DAYS’
Gig of the year:
AEROSMITH – DUBLIN 14/06/17
BLATHIN ECKHARDT – Top 5
- ENSLAVED – ‘E’
- MASTODON – ‘COLD DARK PLACE’
- UNSANE – ‘STERILIZE’
- NE OBLIVISCARIS – ‘URN’
- UNEVEN STRUCTURE – ‘LA PARTITION’
Gig of the year –
GOJIRA – DUBLIN ACADEMY 11/06/2017
EOIN LAWLOR – Top 5
- MEMORIAM – ‘FOR THE FALLEN’
- IMMOLATION – ‘ATONEMENT’
- PARADISE LOST – ‘MEDUSA’
- APOSTATE VIATICUM – ‘BEFORE THE GATES OF GOMORRAH’
- SATYRICON – ‘DEPP CALLETH UPON DEEP’
Gig of the year –
HELLOWEEN – PUMPKINS UNITED BRIXTON ACADEMY, LONDON 14/11/17
KEV KIRWAN – Top 5
- CKY – ‘THE PHOENIX’
- MASTODON – ‘EMPEROR OF THE SAND’
- DECAPITATED – ‘ANTICULT’
- TRIVIUM – ‘THE SIN AND THE SENTENCE’
- BODY COUNT – ‘BLOODLUST’
Gig of the year –
METALLICA – LONDON O2 24/10/17
STEPHEN BROPHY – Top 5
- BROTHER FIRETRIBE – ‘SUNBOUND’
- ECLIPSE – ‘MONUMENTUM’
- PAIN OF SALVATION – ‘IN THE PASSING LIGHT OF DAY’
- LEPROUS – ‘MALINA’
- SUFFOCATION – ‘…OF THE DARK LIGHT’
Gig of the year –
LIVING COLOUR – RESCUE ROOMS, NOTTINGHAM UK 29/09/17
KAREN SNEDDON – Top 5
- INGLORIOUS – ‘II’
- BATTLE BEAST – ‘BRINGER OF PAIN’
- THUNDER – ‘RIP IT UP’
- MASTODON – ‘EMPEROR OF SAND’
- SONS OF APOLLO – ‘PSYCHOTIC SYMPHONY’
Gig of the year;
GUNS ‘N ROSES – SLANE CASTLE, IRELAND 27/05/17
DAVE KENNEDY – Top 5
- WAGE WAR – ‘DEADWEIGHT’
- AVATAR – ‘FEATHERS AND FLESH’
- TOOTHGRINDER – ‘PHANTOM ARMOUR’
- THY ART IS MURDER – ‘DEAR DESOLATION’
- MASTODON – ‘EMPEROR OF SAND’
Gig of the year;
OPETH/ENSLAVED – THE ACADEMY, DUBLIN, IRELAND 18/11/17
ANAMARIA MEIU – Top Five
- SÓLSTAFIR – ‘BERDREYMINN’
- SATYRICON – ‘DEEP CALLET UPON DEEP’
- MASTODON – ‘EMPEROR OF SAND’
- ALICE COOPER – ‘PARANORMAL’
- INCUBUS – ‘8’
Gig of the year;
BLACK SABBATH – DUBLIN 3ARENA, IRELAND 20/01/17
There you have it! Thanks to all of our followers/readers/supporters for another fantastic year. Keep Overdrive on your radar for 2018 as we have plenty of exclusive interviews, competitions, breaking news stories, live reviews and much more coming your way!
We hope you have a kick-ass New Year and look forward to a very heavy 2018!
Oran O’Beirne
© OVERDRIVE.IE 2017
