The Best Metal Albums of 2017

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Rank	Artist / Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
51	Thy Art Is Murder Dear Desolation	Aug 18, 2017	90.8	6	1
52	Origin Unparalleled Universe	Jun 30, 2017	92.5	4	0
53	Spectral Voice Eroded Corridors of Unbeing	Oct 13, 2017	90	7	0
54	Anthem Engraved	Jun 21, 2017	89.4	8	0
55	Warbringer Woe to the Vanquished	Mar 31, 2017	87.5	12	0
56	Dimmu Borgir Forces of the Northern Night [Live]	Apr 28, 2017	93.3	3	0
57	Nokturnal Mortum Істина	May 8, 2017	93.3	3	0
58	Prospekt The Illuminated Sky	Jul 21, 2017	93.3	3	0
59	Evilfeast Elegies of the Stellar Wind	Dec 15, 2017	93.3	3	0
60	Profane Order Tightened Noose of Sanctimony [EP]	Jul 22, 2017	93.3	3	0
61	Lacrimosa Testimonium	Aug 25, 2017	88.8	8	0
62	Serenity in Murder The Eclipse	Feb 8, 2017	90	6	0
63	Benighted Necrobreed	Feb 17, 2017	90	6	0
64	Brothers of Metal Prophecy of Ragnarök	Apr 1, 2017	90	6	0
65	Dragonforce Reaching Into Infinity	May 19, 2017	86.3	14	0
66	Mr. Big Defying Gravity	Jul 7, 2017	87.2	11	0
67	Terrifier Weapons of Thrash Destruction	Jan 20, 2017	87.8	9	1
68	Havukruunu Kelle surut soi	Apr 29, 2017	91.3	4	1
69	Disruption Entombed in Reveries	Jul 15, 2017	91.3	4	0
70	Morbosidad Corona de epidemia	Dec 15, 2017	91.3	4	0
71	Hollow Prophet Hellhole [EP]	Nov 14, 2017	91.3	4	0
72	Temple of Void Lords of Death	Jul 28, 2017	90	5	0
73	Signs of the Swarm The Disfigurement of Existence	Nov 11, 2017	90	5	0
74	White Ward Futility Report	May 12, 2017	89.2	6	1
75	Eagleheart Reverse	Aug 18, 2017	89.2	6	0
76	Rings of Saturn Ultu Ulla	Jul 28, 2017	86	12	0
77	The Dark Element The Dark Element	Nov 10, 2017	86	12	0
78	Mors Principium Est Embers of a Dying World	Feb 10, 2017	84.3	17	0
79	Suffocation ...Of the Dark Light	Jun 9, 2017	86.1	11	0
80	Wormwood Ghostlands: Wounds from a Bleeding Earth	Mar 10, 2017	91.7	3	0
81	Pure Wrath Ascetic Eventide	Feb 20, 2017	91.7	3	1
82	Ascended Dead Abhorrent Manifestation	Mar 17, 2017	91.7	3	0
83	Hideous Divinity Adveniens	Apr 28, 2017	91.7	3	1
84	김재하 (Kim Jaeha) Into Ashes	Sep 22, 2017	91.7	3	0
85	Arch Echo Arch Echo	May 18, 2017	91.7	3	0
86	Sinister Syncretism	Feb 24, 2017	91.7	3	0
87	Agonal Breathing Pure Agony	Sep 15, 2017	91.7	3	0
88	Necrot Blood Offering	Jun 9, 2017	91.7	3	0
89	Igorrr Savage Sinusoid	Jun 16, 2017	91.7	3	0
90	Trivium The Sin and the Sentence	Oct 20, 2017	84	17	0
91	Bell Witch Mirror Reaper	Oct 20, 2017	86.3	10	1
92	Angel Vivaldi Synapse	Oct 6, 2017	86.7	9	0
93	Unaussprechlichen Kulten Keziah Lilith Medea (Chapter X)	Jun 2, 2017	90	4	1
94	Act of Defiance Old Scars, New Wounds	Sep 29, 2017	90	4	0
95	Dyscarnate With All Their Might	Sep 15, 2017	89	5	0
96	Bloodbound War of Dragons	Feb 24, 2017	86.1	9	0
97	Alestorm No Grave but the Sea	May 26, 2017	85.6	10	0
98	Unleash the Archers Apex	Jun 2, 2017	85.6	10	0
99	While She Sleeps You Are We	Apr 21, 2017	87.1	7	0
100	Adagio Life	Jul 26, 2017	85.6	9	1

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