2017 Best Releases of the Year

TOP TEN FULL-LENGTHS:

Carriers - Now Is the Time
Lung - Bottom of the Barrel
Soften - Seen/Unseen
Erectile Dementia - Rock N' Roll Abortion
Mardou - Cold Grasp
Smut - Return to Sam-Soon
Skeleton Hands -  Wake
Vacation – Southern Grass: The Continuation of Rock'n Roll Vol. 1 & II

Nithing – Thrown On the Pyre

Ledge Walker - Guided By Ripples


EP'S:

Flesh Mother - v2 EP 
Orchiopexy - 4-way split with Meatus, Sulsa, and Nasty Face

Landfill & Suppression - split EP


Treason - No One is Safe 12" EP
Slow Glows - Star Trail EP
Sewage Grinder - Social Shitstorm 7" EP
Sewage Grinder & Erectile Dementia - split 7" EP
Blakkr - Live at Ice Cream Factory EP

Liquidx420 & Hashgrinder – split EP



DEMOS:

Spear – 2017 Promo

Paradise Kittens – Demo Collection

Choking – Wretched Unmerciful Demo

Crypt Seeker - Demo

NTRNL VRTX – I (demo)Dario Valzer - self-titled demo

Pedalstrike - Demo

Kicked Out – Demo

Knife Rider – Demo

COMPILATIONS:

Sulfuric Cautery - Experiments With Sulfur (2015-2017 tape)
Erectile Dementia – Slaughterography

umin – double-ep tape

Various - Lo-Fi City Vol. 4


bold indicates a Cincinnati-area band or artist
italics indicate a regional band or artist