The Best Metal Albums of 2017

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Rank	Artist / Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Persefone Aathma	Feb 24, 2017	93.6	41	1
2	Cradle of Filth Cryptoriana - The Seductiveness of Decay	Sep 22, 2017	91.4	47	3
3	Shade Empire Poetry of the Ill-Minded	Jun 30, 2017	91.6	18	1
4	Threshold Legends of the Shires	Sep 8, 2017	93.8	10	2
5	Beast in Black Berserker	Nov 3, 2017	86.4	55	1
6	Septicflesh Codex Omega	Sep 1, 2017	90.3	22	0
7	Ne Obliviscaris Urn	Oct 27, 2017	87.6	41	3
8	Overkill The Grinding Wheel	Feb 10, 2017	90.9	19	1
9	Violet Cold Anomie	Feb 3, 2017	91	17	1
10	Converge The Dusk in Us	Nov 3, 2017	91.5	15	1
11	Shadow of Intent Reclaimer	Apr 28, 2017	90.7	17	0
12	厄鬼凶夢 (Hideous Dreams)	Apr 15, 2017	93.8	8	1
13	Pyramaze Contingent	Apr 28, 2017	92	12	0
14	Dvne Asheran	Jul 28, 2017	92	12	2
15	August Burns Red Phantom Anthem	Oct 6, 2017	89.2	22	0
16	Epica Epica vs Attack on Titan Songs [EP]	Dec 20, 2017	94.2	6	0
17	Elder Reflections of a Floating World	Jun 2, 2017	92.5	8	1
18	Formal Apathy The Upper Hand [EP]	Sep 22, 2017	96.7	3	0
19	Kardashev The ALmanac [EP]	Oct 27, 2017	96.7	3	0
20	Archspire Relentless Mutation	Sep 22, 2017	89	17	0
21	Tetragrammacide Primal Incinerators of Moral Matrix	Nov 3, 2017	93.3	6	2
22	Arch Enemy As the Stages Burn! (Live at Wacken 2016) [Live]	Mar 31, 2017	95	4	0
23	Cryonic Temple Into The Glorious Battle	Apr 21, 2017	95	4	0
24	A Light in the Dark A Long Journey Home	Jun 23, 2017	95	4	0
25	Wintersun The Forest Seasons	Jul 21, 2017	87.9	19	1
26	Cannibal Corpse Red Before Black	Nov 3, 2017	89.2	14	1
27	Sólstafir Berdreyminn	May 26, 2017	92.5	6	0
28	Pentakill II: Grasp of the Undying	Aug 3, 2017	89.5	12	0
29	Gyze Northern Hell Song	Mar 29, 2017	87.2	20	0
30	Sons of Apollo Psychotic Symphony	Oct 20, 2017	90.6	9	0
31	The Ruins of Beverast Exuvia	May 5, 2017	93	5	0
32	Almanac Kingslayer	Nov 24, 2017	90	10	0
33	Obskuritatem U kraljevstvu mrtvih...	Nov 10, 2017	93	5	0
34	The Chasm A Conscious Creation From the Isolated Domain - Phase I	Sep 28, 2017	89.4	11	2
35	Ancestral Dawn Souldance	Mar 22, 2017	95	3	0
36	Kreator Gods of Violence	Jan 27, 2017	85.5	26	1
37	Mr. Big Defying Gravity	Jul 7, 2017	90	9	0
38	Lacrimosa Testimonium	Aug 25, 2017	90	9	0
39	Orden Ogan Gunmen	Jul 7, 2017	91.7	6	0
40	Morbid Angel Kingdoms Disdained	Dec 1, 2017	90	8	0

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