The Best Metal Albums of 1997

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Rank	Artist / Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Stratovarius Visions	Apr 28, 1997	93.9	100	8
2	Lacrimosa Stille	Mar 14, 1997	93.3	61	4
3	Royal Hunt Paradox	Sep 23, 1997	93.6	55	5
4	Symphony X The Divine Wings of Tragedy	Mar 24, 1997	93.2	50	6
5	Gamma Ray Somewhere Out in Space	Aug 25, 1997	91.6	51	7
6	Summoning Dol Guldur	Jan 19, 1997	92.1	36	2
7	N.EX.T Lazenca: A Space Rock Opera	Nov 1997	89.4	66	6
8	In Flames Whoracle	Oct 27, 1997	88.9	70	4
9	Emperor Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk	Jul 8, 1997	89.8	51	4
10	Obtained Enslavement Witchcraft	1997	91.5	25	1
11	Rhapsody Legendary Tales	Oct 27, 1997	87.6	56	6
12	Fair Warning Go!	Feb 26, 1997	89.2	37	3
13	Dimmu Borgir Enthrone Darkness Triumphant	May 30, 1997	87.8	50	5
14	Megadeth Cryptic Writings	May 30, 1997	85.7	74	5
15	Gorgoroth Under the Sign of Hell	Oct 20, 1997	89.5	27	4
16	Deftones Around the Fur	Oct 28, 1997	90.9	19	1
17	Lacrimas Profundere La naissance d'un rêve	1997	90.3	20	2
18	Solefald The Linear Scaffold	Jul 1997	89.1	24	1
19	Dream Theater Falling Into Infinity	Sep 19, 1997	84.1	76	5
20	Hatebreed Satisfaction Is the Death of Desire	Nov 11, 1997	93.1	8	0
21	Arcturus La masquerade infernale	Oct 27, 1997	88.3	24	4
22	Dismal Euphony Autumn Leaves - The Rebellion of Tides	1997	89.5	17	1
23	Pantera Official Live: 101 Proof [Live]	Aug 1, 1997	88.3	21	1
24	Bruce Dickinson Accident of Birth	May 1997	89.5	15	1
25	Enslaved Eld	Apr 7, 1997	91.7	9	1
26	Haggard And Thou Shalt Trust... the Seer	Oct 15, 1997	87.5	23	2
27	김경호 (Kim Kyungho) 1997	Jun 6, 1997	87.4	23	4
28	Rammstein Sehnsucht	Aug 25, 1997	87.5	22	0
29	Sinawe 은퇴선언	Feb 1997	90.9	10	0
30	Strapping Young Lad City	Jan 27, 1997	86.1	30	2
31	The Gathering Nighttime Birds	Aug 12, 1997	89.3	14	3
32	Children of Bodom Something Wild	Nov 30, 1997	82.8	61	8
33	Immortal Blizzard Beasts	Mar 20, 1997	87.6	19	0
34	Aerosmith Nine Lives	Mar 18, 1997	87.7	17	2
35	Valentine 4 United	Jun 20, 1997	91.4	7	2
36	Intestine Baalism An Anatomy of the Beast	Jan 1997	93.8	4	1
37	Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects Sol Niger Within	1997	95	3	0
38	Empyrium Songs of Moors and Misty Fields	1997	88.3	13	3
39	Angra Holy Live [Live]	1997	86.4	18	3
40	Dark Tranquillity The Mind's I	Apr 21, 1997	84.8	26	1
41	Judas Priest Jugulator	Oct 16, 1997	82.9	40	6
42	Led Zeppelin BBC Sessions [Live]	Nov 11, 1997	88.1	12	1
43	Windir Sóknardalr	Mar 23, 1997	90.8	6	1
44	Third Moon Grotesque Autumnal Weepings	1997	92.5	4	1
45	Vitalij Kuprij High Definition	Aug 26, 1997	90	7	2
46	Yngwie Malmsteen Facing the Animal	Sep 3, 1997	84.9	22	1
47	Skyclad The Answer Machine?	Sep 1, 1997	91.2	5	0
48	Mayhem Wolf's Lair Abyss [EP]	Oct 31, 1997	88.1	10	1
49	Aeternus Beyond the Wandering Moon	1997	93.3	3	1
50	Sirrah Did Tomorrow Come...	1997	93.3	3	1

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