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    Top 100 Symphonic metal albums

    1 Haggard
    Eppur Si Muove (2004)
    8.74
    578
    2 Therion
    Theli (1996)
    8.7
    745
    3 Septicflesh
    The Great Mass (2011)
    8.65
    1154
    4 Wilderun
    Veil Of Imagination (2019)
    8.64
    476
    5 Haggard
    Awaking The Centuries (2000)
    8.63
    404
    6 Therion
    Vovin (1998)
    8.63
    738
    7 Lacrimosa
    Elodia (1999)
    8.62
    272
    8 Virgin Steele
    The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell Part II (1995)
    8.62
    167
    9 Therion
    Lemuria (2004)
    8.62
    701
    10 Virgin Steele
    Invictus (1998)
    8.61
    234
    11 Therion
    Secret Of The Runes (2001)
    8.6
    600
    12 Diablo Swing Orchestra
    The Butcher's Ballroom (2006)
    8.59
    504
    13 Epica
    Design Your Universe (2009)
    8.58
    839
    14 Cradle Of Filth
    Cruelty And The Beast (1998)
    8.58
    817
    15 Trans-Siberian Orchestra
    Beethoven's Last Night (2000)
    8.58
    98
    16 Lacrimosa
    Stille (1997)
    8.57
    189
    17 Therion
    Sirius B (2004)
    8.56
    640
    18 Epica
    The Divine Conspiracy (2007)
    8.53
    792
    19 Beyond The Bridge
    The Old Man And The Spirit (2012)
    8.51
    91
    20 Fjoergyn
    Ernte Im Herbst (2005)
    8.5
    34
    21 Lacrimosa
    Lichtgestalt (2005)
    8.48
    142
    22 Virgin Steele
    The House Of Atreus Act I (1999)
    8.48
    151
    23 Wilderun
    Sleep At The Edge Of The Earth (2015)
    8.47
    248
    24 Virgin Steele
    The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell Part I (1994)
    8.44
    164
    25 Hollenthon
    With Vilest Of Worms To Dwell (2001)
    8.44
    140
    26 Cradle Of Filth
    Midian (2000)
    8.42
    830
    27 Epica
    The Phantom Agony (2003)
    8.41
    664
    28 Dark Lunacy
    The Diarist (2006)
    8.4
    113
    29 Arion
    Last Of Us (2014)
    8.38
    56
    30 Dark Lunacy
    Devoid (2000)
    8.35
    88
    31 Stravaganzza
    Sentimientos (2005)
    8.35
    26
    32 Virgin Steele
    The House Of Atreus Act II (2000)
    8.35
    129
    33 Hollenthon
    Domus Mundi (1999)
    8.34
    92
    34 Rotting Christ
    Sanctus Diavolos (2004)
    8.33
    367
    35 Neurotech
    Antagonist (2011)
    8.33
    127
    36 Within Temptation
    The Silent Force (2004)
    8.3
    610
    37 Diablo Swing Orchestra
    Sing-Along Songs For The Damned & Delirious (2009)
    8.3
    398
    38 Hammerforce
    Access Denied (2013)
    8.29
    70
    39 Edenbridge
    MyEarthDream (2008)
    8.28
    139
    40 Epica
    The Quantum Enigma (2014)
    8.27
    562
    41 Epica
    Consign To Oblivion (2005)
    8.27
    630
    42 Dark Lunacy
    Forget-Me-Not (2003)
    8.26
    90
    43 Fleshgod Apocalypse
    Oracles (2009)
    8.26
    289
    44 Soulfallen
    Grave New World (2009)
    8.26
    31
    45 Xandria
    Neverworld's End (2012)
    8.26
    365
    46 Neurotech
    Symphonies (2016)
    8.26
    66
    47 Delain
    Lucidity (2006)
    8.25
    310
    48 Within Temptation
    Mother Earth (2000)
    8.25
    585
    49 Edenbridge
    Shine (2004)
    8.25
    112
    50 Haggard
    And Thou Shalt Trust... The Seer (1997)
    8.24
    235
    51 Winds
    The Imaginary Direction Of Time (2004)
    8.23
    82
    52 Throes Of Dawn
    Quicksilver Clouds (2004)
    8.23
    65
    53 Therion
    Deggial (2000)
    8.22
    468
    54 Cradle Of Filth
    Cryptoriana: The Seductiveness Of Decay (2017)
    8.22
    388
    55 Lacrimosa
    Fassade (2001)
    8.22
    129
    56 Cradle Of Filth
    Hammer Of The Witches (2015)
    8.21
    338
    57 Mechina
    Conqueror (2011)
    8.2
    64
    58 Lacrimosa
    Echos (2003)
    8.2
    132
    59 Orphaned Land
    All Is One (2013)
    8.2
    348
    60 Dreams Of Sanity
    Masquerade (1999)
    8.2
    41
    61 Diablo Swing Orchestra
    Pandora's Piñata (2012)
    8.19
    362
    62 Hammerforce
    Dice (2009)
    8.19
    27
    63 Throes Of Dawn
    The Great Fleet Of Echoes (2010)
    8.18
    103
    64 Therion
    Gothic Kabbalah (2007)
    8.18
    634
    65 Ignea
    The Sign Of Faith (2017)
    8.17
    46
    66 Dol Ammad
    Ocean Dynamics (2006)
    8.15
    39
    67 Winds
    Reflections Of The I (2002)
    8.15
    67
    68 Lingua Mortis Orchestra
    LMO [Collaboration] (2013)
    8.14
    165
    69 Beyond The Black
    Songs Of Love And Death (2015)
    8.14
    70
    70 Ostura
    The Room (2018)
    8.13
    46
    71 Wilderun
    Olden Tales & Deathly Trails (2012)
    8.12
    195
    72 Hammerforce
    Доступ закрыт (2013)
    8.11
    27
    73 Turilli / Lione Rhapsody
    Zero Gravity (Rebirth And Evolution) (2019)
    8.1
    101
    74 Winds
    Prominence And Demise (2007)
    8.08
    76
    75 Neurotech
    The Decipher Volumes (2013)
    8.08
    103
    76 Cradle Of Filth
    Existence Is Futile (2021)
    8.08
    265
    77 Mechina
    Progenitor (2016)
    8.07
    99
    78 Scardust
    Strangers (2020)
    8.07
    43
    79 Orphaned Land
    Unsung Prophets & Dead Messiahs (2018)
    8.06
    294
    80 Delain
    April Rain (2009)
    8.05
    333
    81 Throes Of Dawn
    Our Voices Shall Remain (2016)
    8.05
    83
    82 Edenbridge
    Solitaire (2010)
    8.03
    123
    83 Haggard
    Tales Of Ithiria (2008)
    8.03
    323
    84 Omit
    Repose (2011)
    8.03
    29
    85 Epica
    The Holographic Principle (2016)
    8.02
    347