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    Top 100 live albums

    1 Iced Earth
    Alive In Athens (1999)
    9.43
    388
    2 King Diamond
    Songs For The Dead: Live At Graspop Metal Meeting (2019)
    9.32
    25
    3 Iron Maiden
    Live After Death (1985)
    9.31
    538
    4 Riverside
    Reality Dream (2008)
    9.3
    47
    5 UFO
    Strangers In The Night (1979)
    9.29
    58
    6 King Diamond
    Songs For The Dead: Live At The Fillmore In Philadelphia (2019)
    9.28
    29
    7 Helloween
    United Alive In Madrid (2019)
    9.28
    43
    8 Kamelot
    One Cold Winter's Night (2006)
    9.26
    183
    9 Leprous
    Live At Rockefeller Music Hall (2016)
    9.26
    50
    10 Between The Buried And Me
    Colors_Live (2008)
    9.26
    57
    11 Emperor
    Live Inferno (2009)
    9.25
    99
    12 Anathema
    Untouchable (2013)
    9.19
    32
    13 Deep Purple
    Made In Japan (1972)
    9.19
    222
    14 Paradise Lost
    The Anatomy Of Melancholy (2008)
    9.14
    57
    15 Iron Maiden
    Rock In Rio (2002)
    9.13
    350
    16 Iron Maiden
    Maiden England '88 (2013)
    9.12
    77
    17 Queensrÿche
    Operation: Livecrime (1991)
    9.12
    66
    18 Devin Townsend
    The Retinal Circus (2013)
    9.12
    41
    19 Empyrium
    Into The Pantheon (2013)
    9.11
    37
    20 Ayreon
    Ayreon Universe (2018)
    9.11
    37
    21 Septicflesh
    Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX (2020)
    9.1
    60
    22 Steven Wilson
    Home Invasion: In Concert At The Royal Albert Hall (2018)
    9.1
    21
    23 Running Wild
    The Final Jolly Roger (2011)
    9.09
    23
    24 Therion
    Live Gothic (2008)
    9.08
    146
    25 Tierra Santa
    Las Mil Y Una Noches (2003)
    9.08
    24
    26 Death
    Vivus! (2012)
    9.08
    64
    27 Lacrimosa
    Lichtjahre (2007)
    9.08
    37
    28 Thin Lizzy
    Live And Dangerous (1978)
    9.06
    81
    29 Slayer
    Decade Of Aggression: Live (1991)
    9.05
    371
    30 Heaven And Hell
    Live At Radio City Music Hall (2007)
    9.05
    73
    31 Lacrimosa
    Live (1998)
    9.05
    44
    32 Dark Tranquillity
    Where Death Is Most Alive (2009)
    9.04
    105
    33 Nightwish
    Showtime, Storytime (2013)
    9.03
    115
    34 Devin Townsend
    Ziltoid Live At The Royal Albert Hall (2015)
    9.03
    29
    35 Rammstein
    Völkerball (2006)
    9.03
    88
    36 Opeth
    Garden Of The Titans: Opeth Live At Red Rocks Amphitheater (2018)
    9.02
    57
    37 Nightwish
    End Of An Era (2006)
    9.02
    302
    38 Opeth
    The Roundhouse Tapes (2007)
    9
    415
    39 Star One
    Live On Earth (2003)
    9
    38
    40 Powerwolf
    The Metal Mass Live (2016)
    9
    22
    41 Meshuggah
    The Ophidian Trek (2014)
    8.97
    37
    42 Evergrey
    A Night To Remember (2005)
    8.97
    97
    43 Judas Priest
    Unleashed In The East (1979)
    8.97
    238
    44 Ozzy Osbourne
    Tribute (1987)
    8.97
    180
    45 Sentenced
    Buried Alive (2006)
    8.96
    79
    46 Blind Guardian
    Live (2003)
    8.96
    303
    47 Motörhead
    No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (1981)
    8.96
    126
    48 Stratovarius
    Visions Of Europe (1998)
    8.95
    134
    49 Dream Theater
    Score (2006)
    8.95
    149
    50 WarCry
    Directo A La Luz (2006)
    8.95
    22
    51 John Petrucci
    An Evening With John Petrucci & Jordan Rudess [Collaboration] (2000)
    8.95
    22
    52 Scorpions
    World Wide Live (1985)
    8.94
    96
    53 Iced Earth
    Live In Ancient Kourion (2013)
    8.94
    77
    54 Dream Theater
    Live Scenes From New York (2001)
    8.94
    170
    55 Kreator
    Live Kreation (2003)
    8.94
    142
    56 Iron Maiden
    Flight 666: The Original Soundtrack Album (2009)
    8.93
    122
    57 Megadeth
    That One Night: Live In Buenos Aires (2007)
    8.93
    152
    58 Paradise Lost
    Draconian Times MMXI (2011)
    8.92
    25
    59 Rotting Christ
    Lucifer Over Athens (2015)
    8.92
    39
    60 Blaze
    As Live As It Gets (2003)
    8.91
    22
    61 Katatonia
    Sanctitude (2015)
    8.91
    76
    62 Within Temptation
    Black Symphony (2008)
    8.9
    133
    63 Rage
    From The Cradle To The Stage (2004)
    8.9
    30
    64 Dream Theater
    Live At Budokan (2004)
    8.89
    163
    65 Bloodbath
    The Wacken Carnage (2008)
    8.89
    178
    66 Emperor
    Emperial Live Ceremony (2000)
    8.89
    118
    67 The Gathering
    Sleepy Buildings - A Semi Acoustic Evening (2004)
    8.88
    91
    68 Halford
    Live Insurrection (2001)
    8.88
    68
    69 Epica
    The Classical Conspiracy (2009)
    8.87
    201
    70 Savatage
    Final Bell / Ghost In The Ruins (1995)
    8.87
    63
    71 Angra
    Angels Cry: 20th Anniversary Tour (2013)
    8.86
    21
    72 Pain Of Salvation
    The Second Death Of Pain Of Salvation (2009)
    8.86
    56
    73 In The Woods...
    Live At The Caledonien Hall (2003)
    8.86
    21
    74 Led Zeppelin
    How The West Was Won (2003)
    8.86
    98
    75 Death
    Live In L.A. (Death & Raw) (2001)
    8.84
    188
    76 Ayreon
    The Theater Equation (2016)
    8.83
    23
    77 Gojira
    Les Enfants Sauvages (2014)
    8.83
    24
    78 Alice In Chains
    Unplugged (1996)
    8.81
    216
    79 KISS
    Alive! (1975)
    8.81
    88
    80 Gamma Ray
    Hell Yeah!!! The Awesome Foursome (2008)
    8.81
    74
    81 Porcupine Tree
    Coma Divine (1997)
    8.8
    41
    82 Megadeth
    Rust In Peace Live (2010)
    8.8
    85
    83 Behemoth
    At The Arena Ov Aion - Live Apostasy (2008)
    8.8
    74
    84 At The Gates
    Purgatory Unleashed - Live At Wacken (2010)
    8.8
    51
    85 The Gathering
    A Noise Severe (2007)
    8.78
    41
    86 Iron Maiden
    Maiden England (1994)
    8.77
    83
    87 Stream Of Passion
    Live In The Real World (2006)
    8.76
    37
    88 Led Zeppelin
    Celebration Day (2012)
    8.76
    66
    89 Helloween
    Keeper Of The Seven Keys - The Legacy World Tour 2005/2006 - Live In Sao Paulo (2007)
    8.76
    131
    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
    115
    93 Destruction
    The Curse Of The Antichrist - Live In Agony (2009)
    8.75
    24
    94 Suffocation
    The Close Of A Chapter (Live In Quebec) (2006)
    8.75
    20
    95 Devin Townsend
    Ocean Machine - Live At The Ancient Roman Theatre Plovdiv (2018)
    8.73
    30
    96 Rainbow
    Live In Munich 1977 (2006)
    8.73
    33
    97 Amorphis
    Live At Helsinki Ice Hall (2021)
    8.7
    37
    98 Satyricon
    Live At The Opera (2015)
    8.69
    51
    99 Porcupine Tree
    Warszawa (2004)
    8.69
    32
    100 Suffocation
    The Close Of A Chapter: Live In Quebec City (2009)
    8.69
    32