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1997 Black Metal Album Releases
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Jul 8
Emperor
Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
90
critic score
(2)
86
user score
(229)
Mar 3
Ulver
Nattens madrigal: Aatte hymne til ulven i manden
81
critic score
(2)
79
user score
(122)
May 30
Dimmu Borgir
Enthrone Darkness Triumphant
90
critic score
(1)
85
user score
(45)
Nov
Grausamkeit
Pink Green 666
71
user score
(34)
Mar 20
Immortal
Blizzard Beasts
50
critic score
(1)
65
user score
(25)
Oct 20
Gorgoroth
Under the Sign of Hell
80
critic score
(1)
80
user score
(24)
Nov 3
Mayhem
Wolf's Lair Abyss
60
critic score
(1)
75
user score
(21)
Jun 13
Empyrium
Songs of Moors & Misty Fields
83
user score
(18)
Apr 7
Enslaved
Eld
50
critic score
(1)
74
user score
(17)
Dec
Sigh
Hail Horror Hail
79
user score
(17)
1997
Obtained Enslavement
Witchcraft
82
user score
(16)
Aug 18
Borknagar
The Olden Domain
90
critic score
(1)
82
user score
(14)
1997
Grand Belial's Key
Mocking The Philanthropist
79
user score
(13)
Aug 15
Rotting Christ
A Dead Poem
90
critic score
(1)
71
user score
(12)
Mar 23
Windir
Sóknardalr
70
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(12)
Feb
Grausamkeit
Angeldestruction
74
user score
(11)
Apr
Sigh
Ghastly Funeral Theatre / 葬式劇場
78
user score
(11)
Mar
Emperor
Reverence
73
user score
(10)
Jul
Nokturnal Mortum
Goat Horns
80
critic score
(2)
71
user score
(10)
Oct 7
Old Man's Child
The Pagan Prosperity
80
critic score
(1)
74
user score
(9)
Mar
Moonblood
Blut & Krieg
82
user score
(9)
Mar 24
Lord Belial
Enter the Moonlight Gate
80
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(8)
1997
Deströyer 666
Unchain the Wolves
75
user score
(8)
Jul
Kampfar
Mellom Skogkledde Aaser
80
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(6)
Jun 3
Summoning
Nightshade Forests
71
user score
(6)
Nov 7
Various Artists
Gummo (soundtrack)
40
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(6)
Mar
Anubi
Kai pilnaties akis užmerks mirtis
83
user score
(6)
Apr 27
Keep Of Kalessin
Through Times of War
71
user score
(5)
Feb
Solefald
The Linear Scaffold
90
critic score
(1)
70
user score
(5)
Dec 4
Nagelfar
Hunengrab im Herbst
88
user score
(4)
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Jan 27
Absu
The Third Storm Of Cythrául
66
user score
(4)
Jul
Feikn
Visse ting som hænder
75
user score
(4)
Mar 4
Necrophobic
Darkside
60
critic score
(1)
78
user score
(4)
1997
Judas Iscariot
Of Great Eternity
80
user score
(4)
Feb
Ofryskje
Demo 96/97
52
user score
(3)
1997
Old Wainds
Здесь никогда не сходят снега
40
user score
(3)
Nov 9
Sacramentum
The Coming of Chaos
80
critic score
(1)
69
user score
(3)
Feb 1
Urgehal
Arma Christi
59
user score
(2)
Dec
Egaheer
Bogowie Zmarli
58
user score
(2)
Jun
Realm
Dark Winds of Asuras
76
user score
(2)
1997
Sorhin
I det glimrande mörkrets djup
85
user score
(2)
1997
Forest
Заревом над прахом
80
user score
(2)
1997
Hades Almighty
The Dawn of the Dying Sun
79
user score
(2)
1997
Hypnos
Arcane Moon
80
user score
(2)
Dec 12
Limbonic Art
In Abhorrence Dementia
100
user score
(2)
Oct
Belphegor
Blutsabbath
68
user score
(2)
1997
Gorewinter
Battleblack
80
user score
(1)
Mar
Nokturnal Mortum
Return of the Vampire Lord
70
user score
(1)
1997
Sigh
The Eastern Force of Evil: Live '92-'96
85
user score
(1)
1997
Sortilege
A Vision of Mystery
69
user score
(1)
1997
Fullmoon
Rehearsal Demo 97'
60
user score
(1)
1997
Spear Of Longinus
Domni Satnasi
60
user score
(1)
1997
Moribund
The Transcending Grace of the Lugubrious Paths
70
user score
(1)
Apr
Ancient Wisdom
The Calling
66
user score
(1)
1997
Sturmtruppen
Sturmtruppen
60
user score
(1)
1997
SETH
By Fire, Power Shall Be...
70
user score
(1)
Sep
Veles
Black Hateful Metal
25
user score
(1)
1997
Haven In Shadows
Moments of Honour
80
user score
(1)
1997
Atratus
Coldness
60
user score
(1)
May 19
Arckanum
Kostogher
90
user score
(1)
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