| Arch Enemy |
| Black Earth | Death mélodique | 1997 - Regain Records | 7/10 | 7.31/10 | 7.6/10 |
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| Channel Zero |
| Black Fuel | Power-Grunge-Metal | 1997 - Play it again sam | 7.5/10 | -/10 | 6.57/10 |
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| Clawfinger |
| Clawfinger | Fusion rap metal in your face | 1997 - WEA | 9/10 | 9/10 | 8.14/10 |
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| Coal Chamber |
| Coal Chamber | Nu Metal | 1997 - Roadrunner Records | 7.5/10 | 8/10 | 5/10 |
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| Deftones |
| Around The Fur | Nu Metal | 1997 - Maverick Records | 9/10 | 8.59/10 | 8.6/10 |
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| Die Verbannten Kinder Evas |
| Come Heavy Sleep | Ambient/Néoclassique | 1997 - Mos Records | 8/10 | -/10 | 7.04/10 |
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| Dream Theater |
| Falling into Infinity | Metal progressif | 1997 - EastWest Records | 4.5/10 | -/10 | 6/10 |
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| Ebony Tears |
| Tortura Insomniae | Death mélodique | 1997 - Black Sun Records | 7.5/10 | 7.75/10 | 8.17/10 |
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| Electric Wizard |
| Come My Fanatics.... | Stoner / Doom | 1997 - Rise Above Records | 9.5/10 | 9.03/10 | 9.15/10 |
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| Elend |
| Weeping Nights | Ambient / gothique sombre | 1997 - Holy Records | -/10 | 5.67/10 | 6.42/10 |
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| Eucharist |
| Mirrorworlds | Death mélodique | 1997 - Regain Records | 8.5/10 | 8.4/10 | 8.29/10 |
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| Fatal Embrace |
| Shadowsouls' Garden | Death mélodique | 1997 - Candlelight Records | 8/10 | -/10 | 7/10 |
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| Fates Warning |
| A Pleasant Shade Of Grey | Metal progressif | 1997 - Metal Blade Records | 9/10 | -/10 | -/10 |
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| Hypocrisy |
| The Final Chapter | Death mélodique | 1997 - Nuclear Blast Records | 9.5/10 | 8.5/10 | 9.1/10 |
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| Katatonia |
| Sounds Of Decay (MCD) | Doom Mélodique | 1997 - Avantgarde Music | 3.5/5 | 4.25/5 | 3.86/5 |
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| Lard |
| Pure Chewing Satisfaction | Punk Metal Industriel | 1997 - Alternative Tentacles | 8/10 | 7.5/10 | 7.84/10 |
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| M.Pheral |
| Soil | Death Metal Industriel | 1997 - Thunder Productions | 8/10 | 8.5/10 | -/10 |
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| Moaning Wind |
| Visions In Fire | Death mélodique | 1997 - Corrosion | 8/10 | 10/10 | 5.71/10 |
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| Moonspell |
| Sin / Pecado | Métal gothique atmosphérique | 1997 - Century Media Records | 9/10 | 8.38/10 | 5.95/10 |
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| Necrophobic |
| Darkside | Black / Death Metal | 1997 - Black Mark Productions | 6.5/10 | 6.25/10 | 6/10 |
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| Nightwish |
| Angels Fall First | Metal Symphonique | 1997 - Spinefarm Records | 7/10 | 6.83/10 | 7.09/10 |
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| On Thorns I Lay |
| Orama | Metal gothique atmosphérique | 1997 - Holy Records | 7.5/10 | -/10 | 5.94/10 |
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| Paradise Lost |
| One Second | Rock Gothique | 1997 - Music For Nations | 9/10 | 8.06/10 | 8.06/10 |
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| Rhapsody |
| Legendary Tales | Metal Symphonique | 1997 - Nothing To Say | 8.5/10 | 7.63/10 | 8.37/10 |
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| Rotting Christ |
| A Dead Poem | Dark Metal Mélodique | 1997 - Century Media Records | 5/10 | 7.27/10 | 8.28/10 |
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| Slo Burn |
| Amusing The Amazing (EP) | Stoner Rock | 1997 - Malicious Records | 4/5 | 4/5 | 4.53/5 |
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| Spastic Ink |
| Ink Complete | Metal Technique Instrumental | 1997 - Eclectic Electric | 9/10 | 9/10 | 9.88/10 |
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| Strapping Young Lad |
| City | Metal Indus extreme | 1997 - Century Media Records | 9/10 | 9.2/10 | 9.07/10 |
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| The Everdawn |
| Poems - Burn The Past (Rééd.) | Death mélodique | 1997 - Invasion Records | 3.5/5 | 3.75/5 | 3.76/5 |
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| Treponem Pal |
| Higher | Industrial Metal | 1997 - Mercury Records | 8/10 | 6.25/10 | 6/10 |
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| Vanden Plas |
| The God Thing | Metal progressif | 1997 - InsideOut Music | 8.5/10 | -/10 | 8/10 |
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| Without Grief |
| Deflower | Death mélodique | 1997 - Serious Entertainment | 8.5/10 | 8/10 | 7.5/10 |
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