The Best Metal Albums of 2017

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Rank	Artist	Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Persefone	Aathma	Feb 24, 2017	93.8	36	1
2	Cradle of Filth	Cryptoriana - The Seductiveness of Decay	Sep 22, 2017	91.1	38	3
3	Overkill	The Grinding Wheel	Feb 10, 2017	91.2	19	1
4	Beast in Black	Berserker	Nov 3, 2017	86.5	53	1
5	Violet Cold	Anomie	Feb 3, 2017	91	17	1
6	Septicflesh	Codex Omega	Sep 1, 2017	90.6	18	0
7	Ne Obliviscaris	Urn	Oct 27, 2017	87.2	38	2
8	Converge	The Dusk in Us	Nov 3, 2017	91.8	13	1
9	厄鬼	凶夢 (Hideous Dreams)	Apr 15, 2017	93.8	8	1
10	Dvne	Asheran	Jul 28, 2017	92	12	2
11	Shade Empire	Poetry of the Ill-Minded	Jun 30, 2017	90.4	15	1
12	Pyramaze	Contingent	Apr 28, 2017	91.7	11	0
13	August Burns Red	Phantom Anthem	Oct 6, 2017	89.4	18	0
14	The Chasm	A Conscious Creation From the Isolated Domain - Phase I	Sep 28, 2017	92.2	9	2
15	Threshold	Legends of the Shires	Sep 8, 2017	91.1	9	1
16	Elder	Reflections of a Floating World	Jun 2, 2017	92.1	7	1
17	Shadow of Intent	Reclaimer	Apr 28, 2017	90	11	0
18	Gyze	Northern Hell Song	Mar 29, 2017	88	17	0
19	Sólstafir	Berdreyminn	May 26, 2017	92.5	6	0
20	Obskuritatem	U kraljevstvu mrtvih...	Nov 10, 2017	93	5	0
21	Wintersun	The Forest Seasons	Jul 21, 2017	87.9	16	1
22	Cannibal Corpse	Red Before Black	Nov 3, 2017	89.4	11	0
23	Pentakill	II: Grasp of the Undying	Aug 3, 2017	88.9	11	0
24	Kreator	Gods of Violence	Jan 27, 2017	85.6	20	0
25	Lacrimosa	Testimonium	Aug 25, 2017	90.8	6	0
26	Lovebites	Awakening from Abyss	Oct 25, 2017	90.8	6	0
27	Dragonforce	Reaching Into Infinity	May 19, 2017	89.4	8	0
28	Arch Enemy	Will to Power	Sep 8, 2017	81.9	42	2
29	Mr. Big	Defying Gravity	Jul 7, 2017	88.8	8	0
30	Almanac	Kingslayer	Nov 24, 2017	90	6	0
31	Sons of Apollo	Psychotic Symphony	Oct 20, 2017	90	6	0
32	Battle Beast	Bringer of Pain	Feb 17, 2017	85.7	16	0
33	Archspire	Relentless Mutation	Sep 22, 2017	87.2	11	0
34	Power Trip	Nightmare Logic	Feb 27, 2017	87.5	10	0
35	Firewind	Immortals	Jan 20, 2017	85	17	0
36	Perverted Ceremony	Sabbat of Behezaël	Feb 12, 2017	90	5	0
37	Eagleheart	Reverse	Aug 18, 2017	89.2	6	0
38	Warbringer	Woe to the Vanquished	Mar 31, 2017	86.9	10	0
39	Trivium	The Sin and the Sentence	Oct 20, 2017	85.5	13	0
40	Thy Art Is Murder	Dear Desolation	Aug 18, 2017	87.9	7	1
41	Bloodbound	War of Dragons	Feb 24, 2017	86.7	9	0
42	Anthem	Engraved	Jun 21, 2017	88.3	6	0
43	Labÿrinth	Architecture of a God	Apr 21, 2017	89	5	0
44	The Black Dahlia Murder	Nightbringers	Oct 6, 2017	85	12	0
45	Suffocation	...Of the Dark Light	Jun 9, 2017	87.1	7	0
46	Ex Eye	Ex Eye	Jun 23, 2017	86.3	8	0
47	Angel Vivaldi	Synapse	Oct 6, 2017	86.3	8	0
48	Marty Friedman	Wall of Sound	Aug 4, 2017	88	5	0
49	Bell Witch	Mirror Reaper	Oct 20, 2017	88	5	1
50	Mastodon	Emperor of Sand	Mar 31, 2017	86.4	7	0

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