10 Best Hard Rock & Heavy Metal Songs Of 2017 (So Far)

3. The Man Who Made A Monster - Dance With The Dead

Two-man powerhouse Dance with the Dead more immediately fall into the synthwave genre, but being that takes a number of influences from other creative pools anyway, it's allowed Justin Pointer and Tony Kim to craft a sound that pays just as much homage to 80s thrash as it does the likes of John Carpenter.

Released as part of a phenomenal B-Sides collection, The Man Who Made a Monster immediately lets you know what the band are all about: Pummelling drums, the chug of muted open strings, soaring solos and ice-cool retro style.

Synthwave is seeing a substantial uptick in popularity thanks to tracks with tonalities like this, and there's a sense of pure brilliance to a composition that wields so many layers of instrumentation at once.