The Best Metal Albums of 1997

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Rank	Artist / Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Stratovarius Visions	Apr 28, 1997	94.1	103	8
2	Royal Hunt Paradox	Sep 23, 1997	93.9	57	5
3	Lacrimosa Stille	Mar 14, 1997	93.3	63	4
4	Symphony X The Divine Wings of Tragedy	Mar 24, 1997	93.1	54	6
5	Gamma Ray Somewhere Out in Space	Aug 25, 1997	91.7	52	7
6	N.EX.T Lazenca: A Space Rock Opera	Nov 1997	89.3	69	6
7	Summoning Dol Guldur	Jan 19, 1997	91.6	37	2
8	In Flames Whoracle	Oct 27, 1997	88.6	72	5
9	Emperor Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk	Jul 8, 1997	89.5	53	4
10	Dimmu Borgir Enthrone Darkness Triumphant	May 30, 1997	88.5	51	5
11	Obtained Enslavement Witchcraft	1997	90.9	27	1
12	Fair Warning Go!	Feb 26, 1997	89.2	39	3
13	Rhapsody Legendary Tales	Oct 27, 1997	87.2	58	6
14	Megadeth Cryptic Writings	May 30, 1997	85.4	79	5
15	Gorgoroth Under the Sign of Hell	Oct 20, 1997	89.5	27	4
16	Lacrimas Profundere La naissance d'un rêve	1997	89.7	22	3
17	Dream Theater Falling Into Infinity	Sep 19, 1997	83.9	83	6
18	Deftones Around the Fur	Oct 28, 1997	90	20	1
19	Solefald The Linear Scaffold	Jul 1997	88.4	25	1
20	Hatebreed Satisfaction Is the Death of Desire	Nov 11, 1997	91.9	10	0
21	Bruce Dickinson Accident of Birth	May 1997	89.5	16	1
22	Children of Bodom Something Wild	Nov 30, 1997	83.2	66	9
23	Enslaved Eld	Apr 7, 1997	90.5	12	2
24	Dismal Euphony Autumn Leaves - The Rebellion of Tides	1997	88.4	19	1
25	Pantera Official Live: 101 Proof [Live]	Aug 1, 1997	87.6	22	1
26	Arcturus La masquerade infernale	Oct 27, 1997	87	25	4
27	Rammstein Sehnsucht	Aug 25, 1997	87.5	22	0
28	Sinawe 은퇴선언	Feb 1997	90.9	10	0
29	Haggard And Thou Shalt Trust... the Seer	Oct 15, 1997	87.1	24	2
30	The Gathering Nighttime Birds	Aug 12, 1997	89.3	14	3
31	Strapping Young Lad City	Jan 27, 1997	85.3	33	2
32	김경호 (Kim Kyungho) 1997	Jun 6, 1997	86.9	22	4
33	Immortal Blizzard Beasts	Mar 20, 1997	86.3	23	1
34	Empyrium Songs of Moors and Misty Fields	1997	88.3	13	3
35	October Tide Rain Without End	1997	90.7	7	1
36	Dark Tranquillity The Mind's I	Apr 21, 1997	85	26	1
37	Artension Phoenix Rising	1997	88.7	11	3
38	Angra Holy Live [Live]	1997	86.4	18	3
39	Led Zeppelin BBC Sessions [Live]	Nov 11, 1997	87.8	13	1
40	Judas Priest Jugulator	Oct 16, 1997	82.9	40	6
41	Aerosmith Nine Lives	Mar 18, 1997	86.3	18	2
42	Yngwie Malmsteen Facing the Animal	Sep 3, 1997	84.9	24	1
43	Pain Of Salvation Entropia	1997	87.3	13	2
44	Vitalij Kuprij High Definition	Aug 26, 1997	89.4	8	2
45	Threshold Extinct Instinct	Mar 3, 1997	89.4	8	0
46	Skyclad The Answer Machine?	Sep 1, 1997	91.2	5	0
47	Vanden Plas The God Thing	Oct 15, 1997	88.1	10	1
48	Sirrah Did Tomorrow Come...	1997	93.3	3	1
49	Sanvoisen Soul Seasons	1997	93.3	3	0
50	Machine Head The More Things Change...	Mar 25, 1997	85	20	1

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