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    Top 200 albums

    1 Death
    Symbolic (1995)
    9.28
    2316
    2 Megadeth
    Rust In Peace (1990)
    9.28
    3084
    3 Judas Priest
    Painkiller (1990)
    9.27
    2145
    4 Opeth
    Blackwater Park (2001)
    9.26
    3110
    5 Metallica
    Ride The Lightning (1984)
    9.25
    3494
    6 Metallica
    Master Of Puppets (1986)
    9.25
    3710
    7 Black Sabbath
    Paranoid (1970)
    9.20
    1904
    8 Iron Maiden
    The Number Of The Beast (1982)
    9.19
    2806
    9 Iron Maiden
    Powerslave (1984)
    9.18
    2625
    10 Death
    The Sound Of Perseverance (1998)
    9.18
    2040
    11 Agalloch
    The Mantle (2002)
    9.17
    1644
    12 Agalloch
    Ashes Against The Grain (2006)
    9.17
    1535
    13 Rainbow
    Rising (1976)
    9.16
    813
    14 Edge Of Sanity
    Crimson (1996)
    9.16
    889
    15 Led Zeppelin
    Led Zeppelin IV (1971)
    9.14
    1176
    16 Iron Maiden
    Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son (1988)
    9.13
    2400
    17 Opeth
    Still Life (1999)
    9.12
    2060
    18 King Crimson
    In The Court Of The Crimson King (1969)
    9.09
    612
    19 Dissection
    Storm Of The Light's Bane (1995)
    9.09
    1085
    20 Slayer
    Reign In Blood (1986)
    9.07
    2391
    21 Dream Theater
    Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory (1999)
    9.06
    1704
    22 Tool
    Lateralus (2001)
    9.05
    1377
    23 Dream Theater
    Images And Words (1992)
    9.05
    1895
    24 Queensrÿche
    Operation: Mindcrime (1988)
    9.05
    1047
    25 Dio
    Holy Diver (1983)
    9.03
    1269
    26 Black Sabbath
    Black Sabbath (1970)
    9.03
    1569
    27 Black Sabbath
    Heaven And Hell (1980)
    9.03
    1277
    28 Rush
    Moving Pictures (1981)
    9.02
    793
    29 Helloween
    Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II (1988)
    9.02
    1297
    30 Saturnus
    Veronika Decides To Die (2006)
    9.01
    525
    31 Deep Purple
    Machine Head (1972)
    9.01
    815
    32 Black Sabbath
    Master Of Reality (1971)
    9.01
    1370
    33 Wintersun
    Wintersun (2004)
    9.00
    1725
    34 Rush
    2112 (1976)
    8.99
    687
    35 Immortal
    At The Heart Of Winter (1999)
    8.99
    1035
    36 King Crimson
    Red (1974)
    8.99
    303
    37 Opeth
    Ghost Reveries (2005)
    8.99
    2216
    38 Death
    Human (1991)
    8.98
    1599
    39 Be'lakor
    Stone's Reach (2009)
    8.97
    1130
    40 W.A.S.P.
    The Crimson Idol (1992)
    8.97
    541
    41 Summoning
    Stronghold (1999)
    8.96
    615
    42 Blind Guardian
    Imaginations From The Other Side (1995)
    8.96
    1361
    43 Ensiferum
    Ensiferum (2001)
    8.95
    1279
    44 Nevermore
    Dead Heart In A Dead World (2000)
    8.95
    1012
    45 Slayer
    Seasons In The Abyss (1990)
    8.95
    1768
    46 Tiamat
    Wildhoney (1994)
    8.95
    717
    47 Rush
    Hemispheres (1978)
    8.94
    512
    48 Helloween
    Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I (1987)
    8.94
    1264
    49 Porcupine Tree
    Fear Of A Blank Planet (2007)
    8.94
    837
    50 Ayreon
    The Human Equation (2004)
    8.94
    946
    51 Candlemass
    Epicus Doomicus Metallicus (1986)
    8.93
    675
    52 Emperor
    Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk (1997)
    8.93
    992
    53 Crimson Glory
    Transcendence (1988)
    8.93
    325
    54 Sepultura
    Arise (1991)
    8.93
    1356
    55 Green Carnation
    Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness (2001)
    8.93
    520
    56 Gojira
    From Mars To Sirius (2005)
    8.92
    1100
    57 Draconian
    Arcane Rain Fell (2005)
    8.92
    764
    58 Septicflesh
    Communion (2008)
    8.92
    1011
    59 Moonsorrow
    Kivenkantaja (2003)
    8.92
    695
    60 Nevermore
    This Godless Endeavor (2005)
    8.91
    1132
    61 King Diamond
    Abigail (1987)
    8.91
    767
    62 AC/DC
    Back In Black (1980)
    8.91
    1081
    63 Primordial
    To The Nameless Dead (2007)
    8.90
    683
    64 Mgła
    Exercises In Futility (2015)
    8.90
    502
    65 Vektor
    Black Future (2009)
    8.90
    471
    66 Moonsorrow
    Voimasta Ja Kunniasta (2001)
    8.90
    612
    67 Paradise Lost
    Draconian Times (1995)
    8.89
    896
    68 Tool
    Ænima (1996)
    8.89
    1150
    69 Alice In Chains
    Dirt (1992)
    8.89
    910
    70 Estatic Fear
    A Sombre Dance (1999)
    8.89
    293
    71 Moonspell
    Wolfheart (1995)
    8.89
    857
    72 Anathema
    Judgement (1999)
    8.89
    1025
    73 Blind Guardian
    Nightfall In Middle-Earth (1998)
    8.89
    1422
    74 Insomnium
    Winter's Gate (2016)
    8.88
    808
    75 Uriah Heep
    Demons And Wizards (1972)
    8.88
    211
    76 Iron Maiden
    Piece Of Mind (1983)
    8.88
    2179
    77 Gamma Ray
    Land Of The Free (1995)
    8.88
    675
    78 Kamelot
    The Black Halo (2005)
    8.88
    1206
    79 Katatonia
    Brave Murder Day (1996)
    8.88
    906
    80 Sepultura
    Beneath The Remains (1989)
    8.88
    1179
    81 Morbid Angel
    Altars Of Madness (1989)
    8.88
    898
    82 Empyrium
    Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields (1997)
    8.88
    458
    83 The Gathering
    Mandylion (1995)
    8.88
    599
    84 Porcupine Tree
    In Absentia (2002)
    8.88
    826
    85 Anathema
    Alternative 4 (1998)
    8.88
    989
    86 At The Gates
    Slaughter Of The Soul (1995)
    8.88
    1179
    87 Iron Maiden
    Somewhere In Time (1986)
    8.87
    2045
    88 Dark Tranquillity
    The Gallery (1995)
    8.87
    1068
    89 Led Zeppelin
    Led Zeppelin II (1969)
    8.87
    789
    90 Aquilus
    Griseus (2011)
    8.87
    339
    91 Pain Of Salvation
    Remedy Lane (2002)
    8.87
    573
    92 Virgin Steele
    Invictus (1998)
    8.87
    207
    93 Mercyful Fate
    Melissa (1983)
    8.87
    698
    94 Mercyful Fate
    Don't Break The Oath (1984)
    8.87
    685
    95 Windir
    1184 (2001)
    8.87
    518
    96 In Flames
    The Jester Race (1996)
    8.86
    1458
    97 Insomnium
    Above The Weeping World (2006)
    8.86
    940
    98 Death
    Individual Thought Patterns (1993)
    8.86
    1482
    99 Emperor
    In The Nightside Eclipse (1994)
    8.86
    1016
    100 Orphaned Land
    Mabool: The Story Of The Three Sons Of Seven (2004)
    8.86
    749
    101 Haggard
    Eppur Si Muove (2004)
    8.86
    555
    102 Metallica
    ...And Justice For All (1988)
    8.86
    2939
    103 Sodom
    Agent Orange (1989)
    8.86
    708
    104 Bathory
    Hammerheart (1990)
    8.86
    723
    105 Bolt Thrower
    Those Once Loyal (2005)
    8.86
    549
    106 Judas Priest
    Screaming For Vengeance (1982)
    8.85
    1284
    107 Judas Priest
    Defenders Of The Faith (1984)
    8.85
    1073
    108 Lost Horizon
    A Flame To The Ground Beneath (2003)
    8.85
    351
    109 Slumber
    Fallout (2004)
    8.85
    311
    110 Pain Of Salvation
    The Perfect Element, Part I (2000)
    8.85
    506
    111 Dark Tranquillity
    Damage Done (2002)
    8.84
    1098
    112 Coroner
    No More Color (1989)
    8.84
    342
    113 Riverside
    Out Of Myself (2003)
    8.84
    489
    114 My Dying Bride
    The Angel And The Dark River (1995)
    8.84
    655
    115 Motörhead
    Overkill (1979)
    8.84
    627
    116 Running Wild
    Death Or Glory (1989)
    8.84
    350
    117 Summoning
    Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame (2001)
    8.83
    395
    118 Shining
    V - Halmstad (2007)
    8.83
    457
    119 Savatage
    Hall Of The Mountain King (1987)
    8.83
    530
    120 Symphony X
    The Divine Wings Of Tragedy (1997)
    8.83
    817
    121 Motörhead
    Ace Of Spades (1980)
    8.83
    813
    122 Carcass
    Heartwork (1993)
    8.83
    1062
    123 Porcupine Tree
    Deadwing (2005)
    8.83
    728
    124 Opeth
    Morningrise (1996)
    8.83
    1580
    125 Arcturus
    The Sham Mirrors (2002)
    8.83
    681
    126 Blind Guardian
    Somewhere Far Beyond (1992)
    8.83
    1096
    127 Atheist
    Unquestionable Presence (1991)
    8.82
    548
    128 Ensiferum
    Iron (2004)
    8.82
    1114
    129 Overkill
    The Years Of Decay (1989)
    8.82
    606
    130 Therion
    Theli (1996)
    8.82
    710
    131 AC/DC
    Highway To Hell (1979)
    8.82
    802
    132 Black Sabbath
    Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973)
    8.82
    1161
    133 Judas Priest
    Sad Wings Of Destiny (1976)
    8.81
    953
    134 Riverside
    Second Life Syndrome (2005)
    8.81
    565
    135 Between The Buried And Me
    Colors (2007)
    8.81
    559
    136 Guns N' Roses
    Appetite For Destruction (1987)
    8.81
    1046
    137 Saturnus
    Martyre (2000)
    8.81
    339
    138 Savatage
    Gutter Ballet (1989)
    8.81
    465
    139 Van Halen
    Van Halen (1978)
    8.81
    417
    140 Testament
    The Legacy (1987)
    8.81
    931
    141 Lake Of Tears
    Forever Autumn (1999)
    8.81
    303
    142 Opeth
    My Arms, Your Hearse (1998)
    8.81
    1512
    143 Bathory
    Blood Fire Death (1988)
    8.81
    723
    144 Mastodon
    Crack The Skye (2009)
    8.81
    1274
    145 Kyuss
    Kyuss (1994)
    8.80
    367
    146 Cynic
    Focus (1993)
    8.80
    715
    147 Artillery
    By Inheritance (1990)
    8.80
    386
    148 Machine Head
    The Blackening (2007)
    8.80
    1073
    149 Stratovarius
    Visions (1997)
    8.80
    765
    150 Megadeth
    Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? (1986)
    8.80
    1901
    151 Amorphis
    Tales From The Thousand Lakes (1994)
    8.80
    994
    152 Amorphis
    Under The Red Cloud (2015)
    8.80
    957
    153 Isis
    Panopticon (2004)
    8.79
    409
    154 Enslaved
    Axioma Ethica Odini (2010)
    8.79
    882
    155 Kamelot
    Epica (2003)
    8.79
    898
    156 Warning
    Watching From A Distance (2007)
    8.79
    207
    157 My Dying Bride
    Turn Loose The Swans (1993)
    8.79
    595
    158 My Dying Bride
    The Dreadful Hours (2001)
    8.79
    552
    159 Leprous
    Tall Poppy Syndrome (2009)
    8.79
    357
    160 Pantera
    Vulgar Display Of Power (1992)
    8.78
    1593
    161 Thin Lizzy
    Jailbreak (1976)
    8.78
    203
    162 Led Zeppelin
    Led Zeppelin (1969)
    8.78
    795
    163 Equilibrium
    Sagas (2008)
    8.78
    703
    164 Testament
    The Gathering (1999)
    8.78
    888
    165 Trees Of Eternity
    Hour Of The Nightingale (2016)
    8.78
    393
    166 Caladan Brood
    Echoes Of Battle (2013)
    8.78
    378
    167 Candlemass
    Nightfall (1987)
    8.77
    585
    168 Rainbow
    Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (1975)
    8.77
    543
    169 Rainbow
    Long Live Rock 'N' Roll (1978)
    8.77
    483
    170 Entombed
    Left Hand Path (1990)
    8.77
    528
    171 Drudkh
    Кров У Наших Криницях (Blood In Our Wells) (2006)
    8.77
    248
    172 Control Denied
    The Fragile Art Of Existence (1999)
    8.77
    471
    173 Lacrimosa
    Elodia (1999)
    8.77
    253
    174 Deathspell Omega
    Fas - Ite, Maledicti, In Ignem Aeternum (2007)
    8.77
    257
    175 Amon Amarth
    With Oden On Our Side (2006)
    8.77
    1737
    176 Rammstein
    Mutter (2001)
    8.77
    948
    177 Rotting Christ
    Theogonia (2007)
    8.77
    654
    178 Swallow The Sun
    The Morning Never Came (2003)
    8.77
    604
    179 Theatre Of Tragedy
    Aégis (1998)
    8.76
    426
    180 Tristania
    Widow's Weeds (1998)
    8.76
    426
    181 Tristania
    Beyond The Veil (1999)
    8.76
    509
    182 Isis
    Oceanic (2002)
    8.76
    347
    183 Negură Bunget
    OM (2006)
    8.76
    363
    184 Coroner
    Mental Vortex (1991)
    8.76
    347
    185 Ne Obliviscaris
    Portal Of I (2012)
    8.76
    825
    186 Moonsorrow
    Verisäkeet (2005)
    8.76
    532
    187 Running Wild
    Black Hand Inn (1994)
    8.76
    332
    188 Cryptopsy
    None So Vile (1996)
    8.75
    474
    189 Rush
    A Farewell To Kings (1977)
    8.75
    449
    190 Dimmu Borgir
    Enthrone Darkness Triumphant (1997)
    8.75
    1106
    191 Seventh Wonder
    Mercy Falls (2008)
    8.75
    263
    192 Deep Purple
    In Rock (1970)
    8.75
    625
    193 Symphony X
    The Odyssey (2002)
    8.75
    842
    194 Slayer
    South Of Heaven (1988)
    8.75
    1593
    195 Therion
    Vovin (1998)
    8.75
    692
    196 Moonsorrow
    V: Hävitetty (2007)
    8.75
    500
    197 Exodus
    Bonded By Blood (1985)
    8.75
    818
    198 W.A.S.P.
    The Headless Children (1989)
    8.75
    385
    199 Theatre Of Tragedy
    Velvet Darkness They Fear (1996)
    8.74
    382
    200 Bruce Dickinson
    The Chemical Wedding (1998)
    8.74
    491