The Best Metal Albums of 1997

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Rank	Artist / Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
101	Hammerfall Glory to the Brave	Jun 27, 1997	80	21	3
102	Sigh Hail Horror Hail	1997	83.1	10	1
103	Saxon Unleash the Beast	1997	88.3	3	0
104	Cemetary Last Confessions	1997	88.3	3	0
105	Bloodthorn In the Shadow of Your Black Wings	1997	88.3	3	0
106	Conception Flow	Apr 1, 1997	84.6	7	0
107	Hexenhaus Dejavoodoo	1997	86	5	0
108	Scanner Ball of the Damned	Jan 25, 1997	85.8	5	0
109	Hecate Enthroned The Slaughter of Innocence, a Requiem for the Mighty	Oct 21, 1997	84.3	7	1
110	Hypocrisy The Final Chapter	Nov 11, 1997	87.7	3	0
111	Paradise Lost One Second	Jul 14, 1997	82.9	9	1
112	Six feet under Warpath	Sep 7, 1997	86.3	4	0
113	Darkseed Spellcraft	Mar 1997	86.3	4	0
114	Jungle Rot Slaughter the Weak	1997	86.3	4	0
115	Limp Bizkit Three Dollar Bill, Yall$	Jul 1, 1997	81.7	11	0
116	Disgorge Chronic Corpora Infest	Mar 1997	83	8	2
117	Armageddon Crossing the Rubicon	May 1997	85	5	1
118	Flotsam And Jetsam High	Jun 3, 1997	85.5	4	0
119	Accept All Areas - Worldwide [Live]	Nov 17, 1997	86.7	3	0
120	Nocturnal Rites Tales of Mystery and Imagination	Dec 18, 1997	86.7	3	0
121	Deceased Fearless Undead Machines	Jun 8, 1997	85	4	1
122	Ragnarok Arising Realm	1997	84	5	1
123	Sevendust Sevendust	Apr 15, 1997	84	5	0
124	Kreator Outcast	Jul 22, 1997	79.3	14	2
125	Limbonic Art In Abhorrence Dementia	1997	81.9	7	1
126	Various Artists Am I Metallica	May 10, 1997	82.5	6	0
127	Ten The Robe	1997	85.3	3	1
128	Jag Panzer The Fourth Judgement	Aug 25, 1997	83	5	0
129	Thy Serpent Lords of Twilight	May 19, 1997	83	5	0
130	Malevolent Creation In Cold Blood	1997	83.8	4	0
131	Thy Primordial Where Only the Seasons Mark the Paths of Time	1997	83.8	4	0
132	Edguy Kingdom of Madness	Feb 8, 1997	77.5	17	3
133	Borknagar The Olden Domain	Aug 18, 1997	85	3	0
134	On Thorns I Lay Orama	Nov 18, 1997	85	3	0
135	Judas Iscariot Of Great Eternity	1997	85	3	0
136	Deinonychus Ark of Thought	1997	85	3	1
137	Centinex Reflections	Feb 6, 1997	85	3	0
138	Whiplash Sit Stand Kneel Prey	Dec 8, 1997	85	3	0
139	Night in Gales Towards the Twilight	1997	85	3	0
140	Slaughter Revolution	May 20, 1997	81.8	6	1
141	Kamelot Dominion	Apr 15, 1997	80.5	8	0
142	Old Man's Child The Pagan Prosperity	Aug 18, 1997	84.7	3	0
143	Dimension Zero Penetrations from the Lost World [EP]	1997	84.7	3	0
144	Tower The Swan Princess	1997	84.7	3	0
145	Die Apokalyptischen Reiter Soft and Stronger	1997	81	7	0
146	Bishop of Hexen Archives of an Enchanted Philosophy	Apr 1997	79.3	10	1
147	Dreams Of Sanity Komodia	1997	84.3	3	1
148	Esoteric The Pernicious Enigma	1997	80.4	7	0
149	Belphegor Blutsabbath	Oct 1997	82.5	4	0
150	Pink Cream 69 Food for Thought	Jul 24, 1997	82.5	4	0

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