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Top 100 Symphonic metal albums
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    Top 100 Symphonic metal albums

    1 Haggard
    Eppur Si Muove (2004)
    8.81
    564
    2 Therion
    Theli (1996)
    8.77
    722
    3 Virgin Steele
    Invictus (1998)
    8.71
    231
    4 Therion
    Vovin (1998)
    8.7
    715
    5 Wilderun
    Veil Of Imagination (2019)
    8.69
    468
    6 Septicflesh
    The Great Mass (2011)
    8.68
    1131
    7 Virgin Steele
    The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell Part II (1995)
    8.67
    167
    8 Therion
    Lemuria (2004)
    8.66
    676
    9 Lacrimosa
    Elodia (1999)
    8.65
    267
    10 Haggard
    Awaking The Centuries (2000)
    8.63
    400
    11 Therion
    Secret Of The Runes (2001)
    8.62
    582
    12 Diablo Swing Orchestra
    The Butcher's Ballroom (2006)
    8.6
    506
    13 Epica
    Design Your Universe (2009)
    8.6
    829
    14 Trans-Siberian Orchestra
    Beethoven's Last Night (2000)
    8.58
    99
    15 Cradle Of Filth
    Cruelty And The Beast (1998)
    8.58
    810
    16 Lacrimosa
    Stille (1997)
    8.58
    186
    17 Therion
    Sirius B (2004)
    8.57
    618
    18 Epica
    The Divine Conspiracy (2007)
    8.55
    786
    19 Virgin Steele
    The House Of Atreus Act I (1999)
    8.52
    154
    20 Wilderun
    Sleep At The Edge Of The Earth (2015)
    8.51
    250
    21 Fjoergyn
    Ernte Im Herbst (2005)
    8.5
    32
    22 Lacrimosa
    Lichtgestalt (2005)
    8.49
    142
    23 Hollenthon
    With Vilest Of Worms To Dwell (2001)
    8.48
    141
    24 Beyond The Bridge
    The Old Man And The Spirit (2012)
    8.48
    81
    25 Virgin Steele
    The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell Part I (1994)
    8.46
    163
    26 Dark Lunacy
    The Diarist (2006)
    8.43
    115
    27 Epica
    The Phantom Agony (2003)
    8.43
    653
    28 Stravaganzza
    Sentimientos (2005)
    8.42
    26
    29 Dark Lunacy
    Devoid (2000)
    8.42
    88
    30 Virgin Steele
    The House Of Atreus Act II (2000)
    8.41
    132
    31 Cradle Of Filth
    Midian (2000)
    8.41
    821
    32 Neurotech
    Antagonist (2011)
    8.38
    124
    33 Rotting Christ
    Sanctus Diavolos (2004)
    8.33
    357
    34 Diablo Swing Orchestra
    Sing-Along Songs For The Damned & Delirious (2009)
    8.32
    402
    35 Hollenthon
    Domus Mundi (1999)
    8.31
    91
    36 Within Temptation
    The Silent Force (2004)
    8.31
    599
    37 Fleshgod Apocalypse
    Oracles (2009)
    8.31
    290
    38 Throes Of Dawn
    Quicksilver Clouds (2004)
    8.3
    64
    39 Edenbridge
    MyEarthDream (2008)
    8.29
    137
    40 Hammerforce
    Access Denied (2013)
    8.29
    70
    41 Dark Lunacy
    Forget-Me-Not (2003)
    8.29
    90
    42 Epica
    Consign To Oblivion (2005)
    8.29
    622
    43 Epica
    The Quantum Enigma (2014)
    8.28
    560
    44 Xandria
    Neverworld's End (2012)
    8.28
    367
    45 Winds
    The Imaginary Direction Of Time (2004)
    8.26
    82
    46 Delain
    Lucidity (2006)
    8.26
    308
    47 Within Temptation
    Mother Earth (2000)
    8.26
    575
    48 Haggard
    And Thou Shalt Trust... The Seer (1997)
    8.25
    235
    49 Edenbridge
    Shine (2004)
    8.25
    111
    50 Cradle Of Filth
    Cryptoriana: The Seductiveness Of Decay (2017)
    8.25
    384
    51 Neurotech
    Symphonies (2016)
    8.24
    66
    52 Mechina
    Conqueror (2011)
    8.24
    63
    53 Soulfallen
    Grave New World (2009)
    8.23
    31
    54 Therion
    Deggial (2000)
    8.23
    459
    55 Unshine
    The Enigma Of Immortals (2008)
    8.23
    26
    56 Lacrimosa
    Echos (2003)
    8.22
    130
    57 Diablo Swing Orchestra
    Pandora's Piñata (2012)
    8.22
    370
    58 Hammerforce
    Dice (2009)
    8.22
    27
    59 Lacrimosa
    Fassade (2001)
    8.21
    128
    60 Orphaned Land
    All Is One (2013)
    8.21
    352
    61 Hammerforce
    Доступ закрыт (2013)
    8.21
    28
    62 Cradle Of Filth
    Hammer Of The Witches (2015)
    8.21
    337
    63 Scardust
    Strangers (2020)
    8.2
    35
    64 Dol Ammad
    Ocean Dynamics (2006)
    8.2
    41
    65 Winds
    Reflections Of The I (2002)
    8.2
    65
    66 Dreams Of Sanity
    Masquerade (1999)
    8.2
    40
    67 Throes Of Dawn
    The Great Fleet Of Echoes (2010)
    8.19
    103
    68 Ostura
    The Room (2018)
    8.19
    48
    69 Therion
    Gothic Kabbalah (2007)
    8.17
    620
    70 Arion
    Last Of Us (2014)
    8.17
    53
    71 Lingua Mortis Orchestra
    LMO [Collaboration] (2013)
    8.16
    165
    72 Beyond The Black
    Songs Of Love And Death (2015)
    8.15
    67
    73 Ignea
    The Sign Of Faith (2017)
    8.14
    44
    74 Turilli / Lione Rhapsody
    Zero Gravity (Rebirth And Evolution) (2019)
    8.12
    99
    75 Wilderun
    Olden Tales & Deathly Trails (2012)
    8.11
    194
    76 Elvellon
    Until Dawn (2018)
    8.11
    27
    77 Mechina
    Progenitor (2016)
    8.11
    101
    78 Neurotech
    The Decipher Volumes (2013)
    8.09
    102
    79 Cradle Of Filth
    Existence Is Futile (2021)
    8.07
    263
    80 Delain
    April Rain (2009)
    8.07
    332
    81 Orphaned Land
    Unsung Prophets & Dead Messiahs (2018)
    8.07
    299
    82 Omit
    Repose (2011)
    8.07
    28
    83 Winds
    Prominence And Demise (2007)
    8.07
    74
    84 Throes Of Dawn
    Our Voices Shall Remain (2016)
    8.05
    83
    85 Imperial Age
    Warrior Race (2016)
    8.04
    26
    86 Epica
    The Holographic Principle (2016)
    8.04
    339
    87 Haggard
    Tales Of Ithiria (2008)
    8.04
    321
    88 Hollenthon
    Opus Magnum (2008)
    8.03
    120
    89 Edenbridge
    Solitaire (2010)
    8.02
    123
    90 Angtoria
    God Has A Plan For Us All (2006)
    8.02
    186