The Best Metal Albums of 1997

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Rank	Artist name	Album title	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Stratovarius	Visions	1997-04-28	92.9	77	6
2	Lacrimosa	Stille	1997-03-14	93.2	53	5
3	Royal Hunt	Paradox	1997-09-23	93.3	49	5
4	N.EX.T	Lazenca: A Space Rock Opera	1997-11	89.4	65	4
5	Symphony X	The Divine Wings of Tragedy	1997-03-24	91.8	37	4
6	Gamma Ray	Somewhere Out in Space	1997-08-25	90.8	44	4
7	In Flames	Whoracle	1997-10-27	89.1	52	5
8	Summoning	Dol Guldur	1997-01-19	91.5	27	2
9	Solefald	The Linear Scaffold	1997-07	90.4	22	1
10	Gorgoroth	Under the Sign of Hell	1997-10-20	90.5	19	2
11	Emperor	Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk	1997-07-08	88.5	28	3
12	Megadeth	Cryptic Writings	1997-05-30	85.8	50	4
13	Fair Warning	Go!	1997	88.3	28	2
14	Obtained Enslavement	Witchcraft	1997	90.4	17	1
15	Rhapsody	Legendary Tales	1997-10-27	86.5	41	4
16	Dream Theater	Falling Into Infinity	1997-09-19	84.7	57	5
17	Dimmu Borgir	Enthrone Darkness Triumphant	1997-05-30	85.5	47	4
18	Lacrimas Profundere	La naissance d'un rêve	1997	90	16	2
19	Deftones	Around the Fur	1997-10-28	95	5	0
20	Haggard	And Thou Shalt Trust... the Seer	1997-10-15	89.5	17	1
21	Pantera	Official Live: 101 Proof [Live]	1997-08-01	88.8	20	1
22	Strapping Young Lad	City	1997-01-27	87.4	24	1
23	Arcturus	La masquerade infernale	1997-10-27	89.3	15	2
24	Dismal Euphony	Autumn Leaves - The Rebellion of Tides	1997	89.7	12	1
25	Yngwie Malmsteen	Facing the Animal	1997-09-03	87.8	17	1
26	Led Zeppelin	BBC Sessions [Live]	1997-11-11	90.1	9	1
27	김경호 (Kim Kyungho)	1997	1997-07	86.9	18	2
28	Rammstein	Sehnsucht	1997-08-25	87.5	14	0
29	Sinawe	은퇴선언	1997-02	89.6	8	0
30	Domine	Champion Eternal	1997	89.4	8	2
31	Machine Head	The More Things Change...	1997-03-25	89.4	8	1
32	Empyrium	Songs of Moors and Misty Fields	1997	88.8	9	2
33	The Gathering	Nighttime Birds	1997-08-12	88.3	10	2
34	Immortal	Blizzard Beasts	1997-03-20	87.8	11	0
35	Children of Bodom	Something Wild	1997-02-16	81.3	49	7
36	Pain Of Salvation	Entropia	1997	87.7	11	2
37	Vitalij Kuprij	High Definition	1997-08-26	91	5	1
38	Bruce Dickinson	Accident of Birth	1997-05	89.4	7	0
39	Judas Priest	Jugulator	1997-10-16	82.7	32	4
40	Artension	Phoenix Rising	1997	89.7	6	1
41	Angra	Holy Live [Live]	1997	86.9	11	2
42	X Japan	Live Live Live (Tokyo Dome 1993-1996) [Live]	1997-10-15	89.3	6	0
43	Sigh	Hail Horror Hail	1997	90	5	1
44	Hatebreed	Satisfaction Is the Death of Desire	1997-11-11	90	5	0
45	Aerosmith	Nine Lives	1997-03-18	87.3	9	2
46	Sodom	'Til Death Do Us Unite	1997-02-24	87.9	7	0
47	부활 (Boohwal)	불의 발견	1997-06	82.7	21	3
48	Ulver	Nattens madrigal: Aatte hymne til ulven i manden	1997-03-03	86.2	9	1
49	Nightwish	Angels Fall First	1997-11-01	81.4	27	4
50	Whitesnake	Starkers in Tokyo [Live]	1997-07-05	88.6	5	1
51	Conception	Flow	1997	87.7	6	0
52	Impellitteri	Eye of the Hurricane	1997	82.3	20	3
53	Mayhem	Wolf's Lair Abyss [EP]	1997-10-31	87.5	6	0
54	Dark Tranquillity	The Mind's I	1997-04-21	81.5	19	1
55	Vanden Plas	The God Thing	1997-10-15	87.2	5	0
56	Deicide	Serpents of the Light	1997-10-21	82.1	16	0
57	Fates Warning	A Pleasant Shade of Gray	1997-04-22	87	5	0
58	Various Artists	Am I Metallica	1997-05-10	87	5	0
59	김경호 (Kim Kyungho)	Kim Kyung Ho Live [Live]	1997-11	83.6	10	2
60	Nagelfar	Hünengrab im Herbst	1997	85.7	6	0
61	Artrosis	Ukryty wymiar	1997	86.4	5	2
62	Axel Rudi Pell	Magic	1997-05-21	85.5	6	0
63	Burzum	Dauði Baldrs	1997-10-14	79.1	25	0
64	Ebony Tears	Tortura Insomniae	1997	83.6	8	1
65	Obituary	Back From the Dead	1997-03-22	82.6	7	0
66	Disgorge	Chronic Corpora Infest	1997-03	81	9	1
67	Within Temptation	Enter	1997-04-07	82.3	6	2
68	Elend	Weeping Nights	1997	82	6	0
69	Hammerfall	Glory to the Brave	1997-06-27	77	17	3
70	Edguy	Kingdom of Madness	1997-02-08	77.5	15	3
71	Cauldron Born	Born of the Cauldron	1997	80.7	6	0
72	Bishop of Hexen	Archives of an Enchanted Philosophy	1997-04	79.9	7	0
73	Limbonic Art	In Abhorrence Dementia	1997	80.6	5	1
74	Die Apokalyptischen Reiter	Soft and Stronger	1997	80.4	5	0
75	Metallica	Reload	1997-11-18	67.2	85	4
76	Kreator	Outcast	1997-07-22	76.9	9	0
77	Graveworm	When Daylight's Gone	1997-10-06	74.4	16	1
78	Lord Belial	Enter the Moonlight Gate	1997	79	5	0
79	Crash	Experimental State of Fear	1997-01-29	75.5	8	0
80	Iron Savior	Iron Savior	1997-03-16	75.7	7	2
81	Motley Crue	Generation Swine	1997-07-12	71.9	13	2
82	Whitesnake	Restless Heart	1997-03-26	75.6	5	1
83	Testament	Demonic	1997-06-09	69.8	19	1
84	Anorexia Nervosa	Exile	1997	73.2	5	0
85	Eternal Tears Of Sorrow	Sinner's Serenade	1997-09	68.4	8	1
86	Queensrÿche	Hear in the Now Frontier	1997-03-25	64.3	6	0
87	Venom	Cast in Stone	1997-11-11	54.6	5	0

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