As a Canadian-based music site, we here at Hellbound pride ourselves in shining the spotlight on Canadian metal when we can. Each year it seems to get easier to come up with a list of great metal releases, and harder to narrow that list down to what might be considered the best of the best.
Any such list is inevitably a product of individual tastes and also limited by which releases came to our attention and when. You’ll get a clear sense of this as we post our contributors’ individual picks over the coming days. If we missed any of the great Canadian albums rocking your lives over the past year, let us know!
The CANADIAN METAL TOP 20 of 2018 ACCORDING to HELLBOUND:
20. The Offering
19. Without New Growth Process is Bloodshed
18. Transcanadian Anger
17. Dread Reverence
16. Play to Win
15. Illusive Golden Age
14. Iomair
13. No Promise of Tomorrow
12. Nécrovortex
11. The Spark That Moves
10. Way of the Road
9. The Sword Woman
8. Iris
7. Livin’ Oblivion
6. Beyond the Sky
5. Cast of Static and Smoke
4. New Gods
3. Loved
2. Manor of Infinite Forms
1. The Wake
