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Top 20 albums of 1997
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    Top 20 albums of 1997

    1 Emperor
    Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk ()
    8.89
    1055
    2 Symphony X
    The Divine Wings Of Tragedy ()
    8.8
    853
    3 Empyrium
    Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields ()
    8.79
    474
    4 Stratovarius
    Visions ()
    8.74
    818
    5 Dimmu Borgir
    Enthrone Darkness Triumphant ()
    8.71
    1147
    6 Devin Townsend
    Ocean Machine: Biomech ()
    8.63
    468
    7 The Gathering
    Nighttime Birds ()
    8.61
    428
    8 Saturnus
    Paradise Belongs To You ()
    8.61
    321
    9 Gamma Ray
    Somewhere Out In Space ()
    8.6
    531
    10 Bruce Dickinson
    Accident Of Birth ()
    8.59
    435
    11 October Tide
    Rain Without End ()
    8.59
    221
    12 In Flames
    Whoracle ()
    8.59
    1211
    13 Strapping Young Lad
    City ()
    8.57
    488
    14 Lacrimosa
    Stille ()
    8.57
    188
    15 In The Woods...
    Omnio ()
    8.55
    205
    16 Lord Belial
    Enter The Moonlight Gate ()
    8.52
    124
    17 Limbonic Art
    In Abhorrence Dementia ()
    8.49
    199
    18 Hades
    The Dawn Of The Dying Sun ()
    8.47
    49
    19 Hypocrisy
    The Final Chapter ()
    8.47
    331
    20 Summoning
    Dol Guldur ()
    8.47
    361