The Best Metal Albums of 2017

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Rank	Artist / Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Persefone Aathma	Feb 24, 2017	92.5	50	3
2	Cradle of Filth Cryptoriana - The Seductiveness of Decay	Sep 22, 2017	91.9	53	4
3	Ne Obliviscaris Urn	Oct 27, 2017	88.9	41	3
4	Septicflesh Codex Omega	Sep 1, 2017	90.7	27	0
5	Threshold Legends of the Shires	Sep 8, 2017	93.6	13	1
6	Beast in Black Berserker	Nov 3, 2017	87.2	57	2
7	Ayreon The Source	Apr 28, 2017	95	7	1
8	Shadow of Intent Reclaimer	Apr 28, 2017	91.4	16	0
9	Shade Empire Poetry of the Ill-Minded	Jun 30, 2017	90.3	19	1
10	Archspire Relentless Mutation	Sep 22, 2017	89.7	21	0
11	August Burns Red Phantom Anthem	Oct 6, 2017	90.3	18	0
12	Leprous Malina	Aug 25, 2017	92.5	10	0
13	Overkill The Grinding Wheel	Feb 10, 2017	89.4	20	1
14	Violet Cold Anomie	Feb 3, 2017	90	17	1
15	Pyramaze Contingent	Apr 28, 2017	91.5	12	0
16	Obskuritatem U kraljevstvu mrtvih...	Nov 10, 2017	94.2	6	0
17	Power Trip Nightmare Logic	Feb 27, 2017	89.1	19	0
18	Dvne Asheran	Jul 28, 2017	90	14	2
19	厄鬼凶夢 (Hideous Dreams)	Apr 15, 2017	92.9	7	1
20	Epica Epica vs Attack on Titan Songs [EP]	Dec 20, 2017	92.9	7	0
21	Elder Reflections of a Floating World	Jun 2, 2017	91.7	9	1
22	Kreator Gods of Violence	Jan 27, 2017	86.2	32	1
23	Sólstafir Berdreyminn	May 26, 2017	93.3	6	0
24	Converge The Dusk in Us	Nov 3, 2017	89.6	14	1
25	Cryonic Temple Into The Glorious Battle	Apr 21, 2017	95	4	0
26	Almanac Kingslayer	Nov 24, 2017	90.6	11	0
27	Ancestral Dawn Souldance	Mar 22, 2017	94	5	0
28	Wintersun The Forest Seasons	Jul 21, 2017	86.8	26	2
29	Gyze Northern Hell Song	Mar 29, 2017	88.1	18	0
30	Immolation Atonement	Feb 24, 2017	90.6	10	0
31	Arch Enemy Will to Power	Sep 8, 2017	82.9	57	4
32	Mastodon Emperor of Sand	Mar 31, 2017	88.2	16	0
33	The Ruins of Beverast Exuvia	May 5, 2017	93	5	0
34	Caligula's Horse In Contact	Sep 15, 2017	93	5	0
35	Vuur In This Moment We Are Free - Cities	Oct 20, 2017	93.8	4	1
36	Pentakill II: Grasp of the Undying	Aug 3, 2017	89	12	0
37	Lovebites The Lovebites EP [EP]	May 24, 2017	95	3	0
38	Orden Ogan Gunmen	Jul 7, 2017	91.7	6	0
39	The Black Dahlia Murder Nightbringers	Oct 6, 2017	88.2	13	0
40	Sons of Apollo Psychotic Symphony	Oct 20, 2017	88.5	12	1
41	Arch Enemy As the Stages Burn! (Live at Wacken 2016) [Live]	Mar 31, 2017	90.7	7	0
42	Cannibal Corpse Red Before Black	Nov 3, 2017	87.1	16	1
43	Firewind Immortals	Jan 20, 2017	85.9	21	0
44	One Desire One Desire	2017	92	5	0
45	Black Sabbath The End: 4 February 2017 Birmingham [Live]	Nov 17, 2017	92	5	0
46	Pain of Salvation In the Passing Light of Day	Jan 13, 2017	89.4	9	1
47	Labÿrinth Architecture of a God	Apr 21, 2017	88.8	10	0
48	Morbid Angel Kingdoms Disdained	Dec 1, 2017	88	12	0
49	The Chasm A Conscious Creation From the Isolated Domain - Phase I	Sep 28, 2017	88.3	11	2
50	Lovebites Awakening from Abyss	Oct 25, 2017	86.9	15	1

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