Top Metal Bands of 2017

 

At CJLO we realize it's always good to look forward rather than backwards, but we also realize that if we don't learn from the things we do, we are doomed to repeat them over and over. In light of these dueling facts, we want to shed light on the scope of music played at the station in 2017, so the Metal department compiled their tops of the year.

 

To give you some background, these are strictly spin counts for bands, so if a band put out two records during the year, the total number of their spins across all albums are put together to add up, allowing you to see the most played artists. We decided to do 102, because there were a couple of bands that tied towards the end, so for fairness we included them both. Plus, isn't 100 just a played out number?

 

Here are some facts before you read the list:

- 413 chartable artists were played by our shows this year out of the 1,035 chartable recordings that were sent to us. As an aside, if you were one of the people or organizations that sent us something, a big thanks to you as we wouldn't be able to deliver great content thanks to you. Kudos!

- 71 artists in the top 102 are Canadian

- 28 of those artists are from Montreal or Quebec

- The band that spent the most time on the charts is Gutser at 26 weeks, followed by Ritual Master, Longhouse, and Samskaras at 18 weeks

- The band to get the most spins in the shortest amount of time is Converge (7 weeks on the charts)

- Of CJLO's top 100 bands based on our top 30 charts, 27 are metal.

 

Last thing before you read on, if you're a band that wants to get on this list in the future, feel free to send us your stuff. You can send it to the station physically (address is on our about page) care of "METAL" in an insane or interesting font. If you do, our Metal Director Andrew will show your art work on CJLO's social media and basically give you free promo. Don't have the cash to send physical mail? Send an email to md-metal@cjlo.com. Or if you're really ambitious, do both.

 

Without further delay, here's the top 102 spun metal bands of 2017 at CJLO.