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    Top 100 live albums

    1 Iced Earth
    Alive In Athens (1999)
    9.41
    391
    2 King Diamond
    Songs For The Dead: Live At The Fillmore In Philadelphia (2019)
    9.31
    32
    3 Iron Maiden
    Live After Death (1985)
    9.3
    540
    4 Helloween
    United Alive In Madrid (2019)
    9.29
    45
    5 Riverside
    Reality Dream (2008)
    9.28
    46
    6 Emperor
    Live Inferno (2009)
    9.27
    99
    7 Leprous
    Live At Rockefeller Music Hall (2016)
    9.26
    50
    8 UFO
    Strangers In The Night (1979)
    9.26
    61
    9 Kamelot
    One Cold Winter's Night (2006)
    9.25
    182
    10 Anathema
    Untouchable (2013)
    9.19
    32
    11 King Diamond
    Songs For The Dead: Live At Graspop Metal Meeting (2019)
    9.19
    26
    12 Between The Buried And Me
    Colors_Live (2008)
    9.19
    57
    13 The Gathering
    TG25: Live At Doornroosje (2016)
    9.19
    21
    14 Deep Purple
    Made In Japan (1972)
    9.18
    225
    15 Empyrium
    Into The Pantheon (2013)
    9.16
    37
    16 Steven Wilson
    Home Invasion: In Concert At The Royal Albert Hall (2018)
    9.14
    22
    17 Queensrÿche
    Operation: Livecrime (1991)
    9.13
    68
    18 Iron Maiden
    Rock In Rio (2002)
    9.12
    348
    19 Paradise Lost
    The Anatomy Of Melancholy (2008)
    9.12
    56
    20 Septicflesh
    Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX (2020)
    9.11
    64
    21 Ayreon
    Ayreon Universe (2018)
    9.11
    37
    22 Lacrimosa
    Lichtjahre (2007)
    9.11
    35
    23 Devin Townsend
    The Retinal Circus (2013)
    9.1
    40
    24 Iron Maiden
    Maiden England '88 (2013)
    9.09
    78
    25 Running Wild
    The Final Jolly Roger (2011)
    9.09
    23
    26 Tierra Santa
    Las Mil Y Una Noches (2003)
    9.08
    24
    27 Death
    Vivus! (2012)
    9.08
    64
    28 Therion
    Live Gothic (2008)
    9.07
    145
    29 Slayer
    Decade Of Aggression: Live (1991)
    9.06
    369
    30 Opeth
    Garden Of The Titans: Opeth Live At Red Rocks Amphitheater (2018)
    9.05
    61
    31 Heaven And Hell
    Live At Radio City Music Hall (2007)
    9.03
    71
    32 Devin Townsend
    Ziltoid Live At The Royal Albert Hall (2015)
    9.03
    29
    33 Lacrimosa
    Live (1998)
    9.02
    43
    34 Nightwish
    End Of An Era (2006)
    9.02
    301
    35 Dark Tranquillity
    Where Death Is Most Alive (2009)
    9.02
    104
    36 Rammstein
    Völkerball (2006)
    9.02
    89
    37 Nightwish
    Showtime, Storytime (2013)
    9.01
    117
    38 Thin Lizzy
    Live And Dangerous (1978)
    9.01
    84
    39 Star One
    Live On Earth (2003)
    9
    39
    40 Powerwolf
    The Metal Mass Live (2016)
    9
    22
    41 Opeth
    The Roundhouse Tapes (2007)
    8.99
    413
    42 Evergrey
    A Night To Remember (2005)
    8.97
    97
    43 Blind Guardian
    Live (2003)
    8.96
    306
    44 Judas Priest
    Unleashed In The East (1979)
    8.96
    240
    45 Ozzy Osbourne
    Tribute (1987)
    8.96
    182
    46 Meshuggah
    The Ophidian Trek (2014)
    8.95
    39
    47 Stratovarius
    Visions Of Europe (1998)
    8.95
    134
    48 Dream Theater
    Score (2006)
    8.95
    150
    49 Motörhead
    No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (1981)
    8.95
    128
    50 John Petrucci
    An Evening With John Petrucci & Jordan Rudess [Collaboration] (2000)
    8.95
    22
    51 Sentenced
    Buried Alive (2006)
    8.94
    77
    52 Scorpions
    World Wide Live (1985)
    8.94
    100
    53 Rage
    From The Cradle To The Stage (2004)
    8.94
    31
    54 Kreator
    Live Kreation (2003)
    8.93
    145
    55 Paradise Lost
    Draconian Times MMXI (2011)
    8.92
    25
    56 Dream Theater
    Live Scenes From New York (2001)
    8.92
    169
    57 Blaze
    As Live As It Gets (2003)
    8.91
    22
    58 Iced Earth
    Live In Ancient Kourion (2013)
    8.91
    80
    59 Iron Maiden
    Flight 666: The Original Soundtrack Album (2009)
    8.91
    120
    60 Megadeth
    That One Night: Live In Buenos Aires (2007)
    8.91
    152
    61 Dream Theater
    Live At Budokan (2004)
    8.9
    164
    62 Katatonia
    Sanctitude (2015)
    8.89
    76
    63 Within Temptation
    Black Symphony (2008)
    8.89
    131
    64 Savatage
    Final Bell / Ghost In The Ruins (1995)
    8.89
    65
    65 Bloodbath
    The Wacken Carnage (2008)
    8.88
    176
    66 The Gathering
    Sleepy Buildings - A Semi Acoustic Evening (2004)
    8.88
    91
    67 Halford
    Live Insurrection (2001)
    8.88
    67
    68 Rotting Christ
    Lucifer Over Athens (2015)
    8.87
    39
    69 Emperor
    Emperial Live Ceremony (2000)
    8.87
    121
    70 WarCry
    Directo A La Luz (2006)
    8.87
    23
    71 Angra
    Angels Cry: 20th Anniversary Tour (2013)
    8.86
    21
    72 Epica
    The Classical Conspiracy (2009)
    8.85
    200
    73 Death
    Live In L.A. (Death & Raw) (2001)
    8.84
    189
    74 Pain Of Salvation
    The Second Death Of Pain Of Salvation (2009)
    8.84
    55
    75 Led Zeppelin
    How The West Was Won (2003)
    8.84
    99
    76 Ayreon
    The Theater Equation (2016)
    8.83
    23
    77 Gojira
    Les Enfants Sauvages (2014)
    8.83
    24
    78 Gamma Ray
    Hell Yeah!!! The Awesome Foursome (2008)
    8.81
    75
    79 Alice In Chains
    Unplugged (1996)
    8.8
    219
    80 Porcupine Tree
    Coma Divine (1997)
    8.8
    41
    81 KISS
    Alive! (1975)
    8.8
    91
    82 Accept
    Symphonic Terror - Live At Wacken 2017 (2018)
    8.8
    20
    83 Megadeth
    Rust In Peace Live (2010)
    8.8
    85
    84 At The Gates
    Purgatory Unleashed - Live At Wacken (2010)
    8.8
    50
    85 The Gathering
    A Noise Severe (2007)
    8.78
    41
    86 Devin Townsend
    Ocean Machine - Live At The Ancient Roman Theatre Plovdiv (2018)
    8.77
    31
    87 Behemoth
    At The Arena Ov Aion - Live Apostasy (2008)
    8.77
    71
    88 Stream Of Passion
    Live In The Real World (2006)
    8.76
    37
    89 Helloween
    Keeper Of The Seven Keys - The Legacy World Tour 2005/2006 - Live In Sao Paulo (2007)
    8.76
    132
    90 Moonspell
    Lusitanian Metal (2008)
    8.76
    62
    91 Testament
    Live In London (2005)
    8.76
    101
    92 Gamma Ray
    Skeletons In The Closet (2003)
    8.76
    118
    93 Led Zeppelin
    Celebration Day (2012)
    8.75
    67
    94 Destruction
    The Curse Of The Antichrist - Live In Agony (2009)
    8.75
    24
    95 Suffocation
    The Close Of A Chapter (Live In Quebec) (2006)
    8.75
    20
    96 Satyricon
    Live At The Opera (2015)
    8.72
    50
    97 Amorphis
    Live At Helsinki Ice Hall (2021)
    8.7
    37
    98 Destruction
    Live Without Sense (1989)
    8.69
    68
    99 Suffocation
    The Close Of A Chapter: Live In Quebec City (2009)
    8.69
    32
    100 Porcupine Tree
    Warszawa (2004)
    8.68
    31