The Best Metal Albums of 1997

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Rank	Artist / Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
151	Cauldron Born Born of the Cauldron	1997	80	6	0
152	Metallica Reload	Nov 18, 1997	67.4	105	4
153	Jag Panzer The Fourth Judgement	Aug 25, 1997	81.3	4	0
154	Flotsam And Jetsam High	Jun 3, 1997	82.3	3	0
155	Gardenian Two Feet Stand	1997	80	5	1
156	Therion A'arab Zaraq - Lucid Dreaming	May 27, 1997	80	5	0
157	Whitesnake Restless Heart	Mar 26, 1997	77	9	1
158	Brainstorm Hungry	Apr 14, 1997	81.7	3	1
159	Jungle Rot Slaughter the Weak	1997	81.7	3	0
160	Iron Savior Iron Savior	Mar 16, 1997	76.7	9	2
161	Entombed To Ride, Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth	Oct 28, 1997	80	4	0
162	Faith No More Album of the Year	Jun 3, 1997	79	5	0
163	Gates of Ishtar The Dawn of Flames	Mar 25, 1997	79	5	0
164	Elegy State of Mind	1997	79.8	4	1
165	In Flames Black-Ash Inheritance [EP]	Aug 15, 1997	77.5	6	0
166	N.EX.T The First Fan Service Album [Live]	1997	80.3	3	0
167	Kampfar Mellom Skogkledde Aaser	1997	78	5	0
168	Elend Weeping Nights	1997	77.2	6	0
169	Overkill From the Underground and Below	Sep 30, 1997	77.2	6	0
170	Assück Misery Index	Jan 1997	78.8	4	1
171	Life of Agony Soul Searching Sun	Sep 9, 1997	78.8	4	0
172	Dir En Grey Missa [EP]	Jul 25, 1997	78.8	4	0
173	Mithotyn In the Sign of the Ravens	1997	80	3	0
174	Pyrexia System of the Animal	1997	80	3	0
175	W.A.S.P. Kill Fuck Die	Mar 5, 1997	76.7	6	0
176	Graveworm When Daylight's Gone	Oct 6, 1997	72.3	16	1
177	Ratt Collage	Jul 22, 1997	77.2	5	0
178	Narnia Awakening	Aug 1997	77.5	4	1
179	Omen Reopening the Gates	Jun 1997	77.5	4	1
180	Skylark Dragon's Secrets	Apr 14, 1997	78	3	0
181	Azrael Run for the Night	Apr 1, 1997	78	3	0
182	Crash Experimental State of Fear	Jan 29, 1997	74.8	6	0
183	Siebenburgen Loreia	1997	76.7	3	0
184	Abyssos Together We Summon the Dark	1997	76.7	3	1
185	Extreme Noise Terror Damage 381	Jul 29, 1997	76.7	3	0
186	Dismember Death Metal	Aug 8, 1997	75	4	0
187	Sigh Ghastly Funeral Theatre [EP]	1997	74	5	2
188	Anal Cunt I Like It When You Die	Feb 11, 1997	74	5	1
189	Motley Crue Generation Swine	Jul 12, 1997	68.9	15	2
190	Septic Flesh Ophidian Wheel	1997	72.5	6	0
191	Testament Demonic	Jun 9, 1997	66.1	25	2
192	Coal Chamber Coal Chamber	Aug 12, 1997	73	5	0
193	Electric Wizard Come My Fanatics...	Jan 1997	73.8	4	1
194	Chastain In Dementia	Mar 15, 1997	75	3	0
195	Anorexia Nervosa Exile	1997	73.7	3	0
196	Theatre Of Tragedy A Rose for the Dead [EP]	1997	71.2	5	1
197	Nokturnal Mortum Goat Horns	1997	68.9	8	1
198	Queensrÿche Hear in the Now Frontier	Mar 25, 1997	66	13	0
199	Eternal Tears Of Sorrow Sinner's Serenade	Sep 1997	67.8	8	1
200	Graveland Following the Voice of Blood	1997	71.7	3	0

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