IoMP 99: Best Metal Albums from the Year 1997

Tom drags Collin kicking and screaming back into a makeshift time machine so the boys can travel back to 1997 — the year Tom was born and the year metal got extremely weird, extremely good, and extremely… 90s. They dig through the absolute chaos of ’97’s metal releases: everything from Strapping Young Lad’s City, Rammstein dropping Du Hast on the world, Devin Townsend going full biomech with Ocean Machine, HammerFall restoring the glory of power metal, and nu-metal bubbling like a pot someone forgot on the stove.Along the way, they debate battle jackets, diss some questionable albums (sorry not sorry, Six Feet Under), admire black metal extremity, and discover just how many iconic records dropped the year tiny baby Tom was learning how to hold his head up. It's chaotic, nostalgic, and full of questionable time-travel science — aka, a normal episode.Check out more from Collin!https://indi1015.ca/shows/thrashers-paradise/https://www.youtube.com/@thrashersparadise4132https://www.instagram.com/thrashers_paradise/https://www.facebook.com/Thrashers.Paradise.666/Check out more from Tom!https://themetalrobot.com/https://www.youtube.com/@MetalRobotReviewshttps://www.facebook.com/theMetalRobothttps://x.com/theMetalRobothttps://www.instagram.com/the.metalrobot/Tom’s list:https://www.albumoftheyear.org/genre/40-metal/1997/MUSIC:Strapping Young Lad “Detox”HammerFall “Hammerfall”Dimmu Borgir “Mourning Palace”Emperor “Thus Spake the Nightspirit”Gamma Ray “Somewhere out in Space”-----------------------------DISCLAIMER: Copyright Exceptions under the Copyright Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-42), allowance is made for "fair dealing" for the purposes of criticism or review.