The Best Metal Albums of 1997

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Rank	Artist	Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Stratovarius	Visions	Apr 28, 1997	92.9	77	7
2	Lacrimosa	Stille	Mar 14, 1997	93.3	54	5
3	Royal Hunt	Paradox	Sep 23, 1997	93.4	50	5
4	Symphony X	The Divine Wings of Tragedy	Mar 24, 1997	92	39	5
5	N.EX.T	Lazenca: A Space Rock Opera	Nov 1997	89.4	65	4
6	Gamma Ray	Somewhere Out in Space	Aug 25, 1997	90.9	45	4
7	Summoning	Dol Guldur	Jan 19, 1997	91.8	28	2
8	In Flames	Whoracle	Oct 27, 1997	89	53	5
9	Gorgoroth	Under the Sign of Hell	Oct 20, 1997	91.1	21	2
10	Solefald	The Linear Scaffold	Jul 1997	90.1	23	1
11	Megadeth	Cryptic Writings	May 30, 1997	85.9	52	4
12	Rhapsody	Legendary Tales	Oct 27, 1997	86.7	43	5
13	Emperor	Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk	Jul 8, 1997	88.5	28	3
14	Fair Warning	Go!	1997	88.3	28	2
15	Dimmu Borgir	Enthrone Darkness Triumphant	May 30, 1997	85.5	47	4
16	Dream Theater	Falling Into Infinity	Sep 19, 1997	84.5	57	5
17	Lacrimas Profundere	La naissance d'un rêve	1997	90	16	2
18	Haggard	And Thou Shalt Trust... the Seer	Oct 15, 1997	89.5	17	1
19	Pantera	Official Live: 101 Proof [Live]	Aug 1, 1997	88.8	20	1
20	Obtained Enslavement	Witchcraft	1997	89.1	18	1
21	Strapping Young Lad	City	Jan 27, 1997	87.4	24	1
22	Arcturus	La masquerade infernale	Oct 27, 1997	89.3	15	2
23	Deftones	Around the Fur	Oct 28, 1997	94	5	0
24	Sinawe	은퇴선언	Feb 1997	90.9	10	0
25	김경호 (Kim Kyungho)	1997	Jul 1997	87.5	20	3
26	Bruce Dickinson	Accident of Birth	May 1997	90.8	8	0
27	Led Zeppelin	BBC Sessions [Live]	Nov 11, 1997	90.1	9	1
28	Yngwie Malmsteen	Facing the Animal	Sep 3, 1997	87.6	16	1
29	Vitalij Kuprij	High Definition	Aug 26, 1997	91.7	6	2
30	Dismal Euphony	Autumn Leaves - The Rebellion of Tides	1997	87.9	13	1
31	Enslaved	Eld	Apr 7, 1997	92	5	1
32	Rammstein	Sehnsucht	Aug 25, 1997	87.5	14	0
33	Domine	Champion Eternal	1997	89.4	8	2
34	Machine Head	The More Things Change...	Mar 25, 1997	89.4	8	1
35	Empyrium	Songs of Moors and Misty Fields	1997	88.8	9	2
36	The Gathering	Nighttime Birds	Aug 12, 1997	88.3	10	2
37	Immortal	Blizzard Beasts	Mar 20, 1997	87.8	11	0
38	Children of Bodom	Something Wild	Feb 16, 1997	81.3	49	7
39	Pain Of Salvation	Entropia	1997	87.7	11	2
40	Valentine	4 United	Jun 20, 1997	91	5	2
41	Angra	Holy Live [Live]	1997	87.2	12	2
42	Hatebreed	Satisfaction Is the Death of Desire	Nov 11, 1997	90	6	0
43	Artension	Phoenix Rising	1997	89.7	6	1
44	Judas Priest	Jugulator	Oct 16, 1997	82.2	33	4
45	X Japan	Live Live Live (Tokyo Dome 1993-1996) [Live]	Oct 15, 1997	89.3	6	0
46	Sigh	Hail Horror Hail	1997	90	5	1
47	Aerosmith	Nine Lives	Mar 18, 1997	87.3	9	2
48	Sodom	'Til Death Do Us Unite	Feb 24, 1997	87.9	7	0
49	Mayhem	Wolf's Lair Abyss [EP]	Oct 31, 1997	87.9	7	0
50	부활 (Boohwal)	불의 발견	Jun 1997	82.7	21	3

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