Best Black Metal Albums of 1997

1 Through Times of War - Keep of Kalessin

2 Enter the Moonlight Gate - Lord Belial

3 The Dawn of the Dying Sun - Hades

4 The Mystic Path to the Netherworld - Order of the Ebon Hand

5 The Crystal Palace - Forlorn

6 Soknardalr - Windir

7 Wolf's Lair Abyss - Mayhem

8 Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk - Emperor

9 Beyond the Wandering Moon - Aeternus

10 The Phantom Lodge - Diabolical Masquerade

The Contenders

11 Hünengrab Im Herbst - Nagelfar