1997 THE YEAR IN METAL

"""Revenge of the Zombie"" SIX FT UNDER Warpath ""The Conquest"" THY PRIMORDIAL Where Only the Seasons … " ""Busted / Chip Away"" SICKOFITALL Built To Last ""I Am Elite"" WAR Total War" ""Twist Action"" THE HELLACOPTERS Payin the Dues ""Detox"" Strapping Young Lad City" ""The Game"" RAZOR Decibels ""Like This With the Devil"" ENTOMBED To Ride, Shoot Straight " ""War Between One"" GRIP INC Nemesis ""Carnal"" VADER Back To the Blind" """Father Baker"" DEICIDE Serpents of the Light ""Dig Up Her Bones"" MISFITS American Psycho" ""Screams From the Gallows"" EXCITER The Dark Command ""Leave Me Alone"" OUT OF HAND Cdn Gothic" ""Of Fire"" DISMEMBER Death Metal ""Noctambulant"" IMMORTAL Blizzard Beasts" "Force of Change"" STRIFE In This Defiance ""Black Moon Rising"" NECROPHOBIC Darkside" ""The Clock Ticks On"" BLACKMORE'S NIGHT Shadow of the Moon"