| Rank | Artist | Album Title |
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| 10 | Therion | Theli | amazon |
| 9 | IKON | Flowers For The Gathering | amazon |
| 8 | Within Temptation | Enter | amazon |
| 7 | Garden of Delight | Paradise | amazon |
| 6 | Clan of Xymox | Hidden Faces | amazon |
| 5 | Theatre of Tragedy | Velvet Darkness They Fear | amazon |
| 4 | Depeche Mode | Ultra | amazon |
| 3 | Gossamer | Memoirs | mp3.com |
| 2 | Diary of Dreams | Bird without wings | amazon |
| 1 | Delerium | Karma | amazon |
Other Recommended 1997 Releases:
| Artists | Album Title | Buy it now! |
| Switchblade Symphony | Bread & Jam for Frances | CDnow
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| Dreadful Shadows | Buried Again | amazon |
| Love Like Blood | Swordlilies - the decade of Love Like Blood | CDnow
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| Love Spirals Downwards | Ever | CDnow
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| In The Nursery | Composite-The Brasilian Issue | CDnow
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| Various Artists (nuclear blast) |
Vol. 2-Beauty In The Darkness | CDnow
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| Attrition | Etude | CDnow
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| Paradise Lost | One Second | CDnow
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| Alphaville | Salvation | amazon |
| Beborn Beton | Truth | official site |
| The Gathering | Nighttime Birds | amazon |
| Seigmen | Radiowaves | info/review |
| Inkubbus Sukkubus | Vampire Erotica | I.S |
| The 3rd and the Mortal | In This Room | 3rd... |
| Duran Duran | Medazzaland | CDnow
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| L'ame Immortelle | Lieder die wie Wunden bluten | CDnow |