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    Top 100 live albums

    1 Iced Earth
    Alive In Athens (1999)
    9.43
    383
    2 Riverside
    Reality Dream (2008)
    9.32
    47
    3 Iron Maiden
    Live After Death (1985)
    9.31
    525
    4 UFO
    Strangers In The Night (1979)
    9.31
    54
    5 King Diamond
    Songs For The Dead: Live At Graspop Metal Meeting (2019)
    9.31
    26
    6 Helloween
    United Alive In Madrid (2019)
    9.3
    43
    7 King Diamond
    Songs For The Dead: Live At The Fillmore In Philadelphia (2019)
    9.3
    30
    8 Leprous
    Live At Rockefeller Music Hall (2016)
    9.28
    46
    9 Kamelot
    One Cold Winter's Night (2006)
    9.26
    185
    10 Between The Buried And Me
    Colors_Live (2008)
    9.25
    56
    11 Emperor
    Live Inferno (2009)
    9.25
    97
    12 Deep Purple
    Made In Japan (1972)
    9.21
    213
    13 The Gathering
    TG25: Live At Doornroosje (2016)
    9.2
    20
    14 Paradise Lost
    The Anatomy Of Melancholy (2008)
    9.18
    57
    15 Empyrium
    Into The Pantheon (2013)
    9.17
    35
    16 Anathema
    Untouchable (2013)
    9.17
    29
    17 Lacrimosa
    Lichtjahre (2007)
    9.14
    36
    18 Iron Maiden
    Maiden England '88 (2013)
    9.14
    72
    19 Iron Maiden
    Rock In Rio (2002)
    9.14
    346
    20 Ayreon
    Ayreon Universe (2018)
    9.11
    36
    21 Devin Townsend
    The Retinal Circus (2013)
    9.1
    40
    22 Steven Wilson
    Home Invasion: In Concert At The Royal Albert Hall (2018)
    9.1
    21
    23 Death
    Vivus! (2012)
    9.1
    61
    24 Queensrÿche
    Operation: Livecrime (1991)
    9.09
    64
    25 Tierra Santa
    Las Mil Y Una Noches (2003)
    9.08
    24
    26 Therion
    Live Gothic (2008)
    9.08
    144
    27 Devin Townsend
    Ziltoid Live At The Royal Albert Hall (2015)
    9.07
    28
    28 Heaven And Hell
    Live At Radio City Music Hall (2007)
    9.07
    73
    29 Slayer
    Decade Of Aggression: Live (1991)
    9.06
    362
    30 Thin Lizzy
    Live And Dangerous (1978)
    9.06
    79
    31 Nightwish
    Showtime, Storytime (2013)
    9.05
    110
    32 Septicflesh
    Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX (2020)
    9.05
    56
    33 Lacrimosa
    Live (1998)
    9.05
    44
    34 Meshuggah
    The Ophidian Trek (2014)
    9.03
    36
    35 Dark Tranquillity
    Where Death Is Most Alive (2009)
    9.03
    104
    36 Opeth
    Garden Of The Titans: Opeth Live At Red Rocks Amphitheater (2018)
    9.02
    55
    37 Rammstein
    Völkerball (2006)
    9.02
    87
    38 Nightwish
    End Of An Era (2006)
    9.02
    296
    39 Evergrey
    A Night To Remember (2005)
    9.01
    97
    40 Star One
    Live On Earth (2003)
    9
    37
    41 Running Wild
    The Final Jolly Roger (2011)
    9
    24
    42 Opeth
    The Roundhouse Tapes (2007)
    9
    408
    43 Judas Priest
    Unleashed In The East (1979)
    8.98
    231
    44 Ozzy Osbourne
    Tribute (1987)
    8.98
    177
    45 Motörhead
    No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (1981)
    8.98
    124
    46 Paradise Lost
    Draconian Times MMXI (2011)
    8.96
    26
    47 Blind Guardian
    Live (2003)
    8.96
    301
    48 Sentenced
    Buried Alive (2006)
    8.96
    78
    49 In The Woods...
    Live At The Caledonien Hall (2003)
    8.95
    21
    50 Dream Theater
    Live Scenes From New York (2001)
    8.95
    170
    51 Dream Theater
    Score (2006)
    8.95
    151
    52 Gojira
    Les Enfants Sauvages (2014)
    8.95
    22
    53 WarCry
    Directo A La Luz (2006)
    8.95
    21
    54 Stratovarius
    Visions Of Europe (1998)
    8.95
    132
    55 John Petrucci
    An Evening With John Petrucci & Jordan Rudess [Collaboration] (2000)
    8.95
    21
    56 Powerwolf
    The Metal Mass Live (2016)
    8.95
    20
    57 Kreator
    Live Kreation (2003)
    8.94
    141
    58 Megadeth
    That One Night: Live In Buenos Aires (2007)
    8.93
    152
    59 Iced Earth
    Live In Ancient Kourion (2013)
    8.93
    76
    60 Rotting Christ
    Lucifer Over Athens (2015)
    8.92
    39
    61 Iron Maiden
    Flight 666: The Original Soundtrack Album (2009)
    8.92
    118
    62 Blaze
    As Live As It Gets (2003)
    8.91
    22
    63 Halford
    Live Insurrection (2001)
    8.91
    69
    64 Scorpions
    World Wide Live (1985)
    8.91
    95
    65 Dream Theater
    Live At Budokan (2004)
    8.9
    163
    66 Emperor
    Emperial Live Ceremony (2000)
    8.9
    119
    67 Bloodbath
    The Wacken Carnage (2008)
    8.9
    178
    68 Within Temptation
    Black Symphony (2008)
    8.9
    133
    69 The Gathering
    Sleepy Buildings - A Semi Acoustic Evening (2004)
    8.88
    91
    70 Katatonia
    Sanctitude (2015)
    8.88
    74
    71 Epica
    The Classical Conspiracy (2009)
    8.87
    203
    72 Rage
    From The Cradle To The Stage (2004)
    8.86
    28
    73 Savatage
    Final Bell / Ghost In The Ruins (1995)
    8.85
    60
    74 Angra
    Angels Cry: 20th Anniversary Tour (2013)
    8.85
    20
    75 Led Zeppelin
    How The West Was Won (2003)
    8.85
    96
    76 Megadeth
    Rust In Peace Live (2010)
    8.84
    85
    77 Pain Of Salvation
    The Second Death Of Pain Of Salvation (2009)
    8.84
    55
    78 Death
    Live In L.A. (Death & Raw) (2001)
    8.84
    188
    79 KISS
    Alive! (1975)
    8.83
    82
    80 Ayreon
    The Theater Equation (2016)
    8.83
    23
    81 Porcupine Tree
    Coma Divine (1997)
    8.82
    40
    82 Alice In Chains
    Unplugged (1996)
    8.81
    204
    83 At The Gates
    Purgatory Unleashed - Live At Wacken (2010)
    8.81
    52
    84 Moonspell
    Lisboa Under The Spell (2018)
    8.79
    33
    85 Helloween
    Keeper Of The Seven Keys - The Legacy World Tour 2005/2006 - Live In Sao Paulo (2007)
    8.79
    131
    86 Gamma Ray
    Hell Yeah!!! The Awesome Foursome (2008)
    8.79
    73
    87 Behemoth
    At The Arena Ov Aion - Live Apostasy (2008)
    8.79
    73
    88 Led Zeppelin
    Celebration Day (2012)
    8.78
    65
    89 The Gathering
    A Noise Severe (2007)
    8.78
    41
    90 Gamma Ray
    Skeletons In The Closet (2003)
    8.77
    115
    91 Rainbow
    Live In Munich 1977 (2006)
    8.77
    31
    92 Testament
    Live In London (2005)
    8.77
    102
    93 Moonspell
    Lusitanian Metal (2008)
    8.76
    62
    94 Stream Of Passion
    Live In The Real World (2006)
    8.76
    37
    95 Iron Maiden
    Maiden England (1994)
    8.76
    80
    96 Suffocation
    The Close Of A Chapter (Live In Quebec) (2006)
    8.75
    20
    97 Helloween
    I Want Out Live/Keepers Live (1989)
    8.71
    49
    98 W.A.S.P.
    Double Live Assassins (1998)
    8.71
    55
    99 Destruction
    The Curse Of The Antichrist - Live In Agony (2009)
    8.71
    24
    100 Soen
    Atlantis (2022)
    8.7
    33