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    Top 200 albums

    1. Megadeth Rust In Peace (1990) 9.17 | 1979
    2. Opeth Blackwater Park (2001) 9.15 | 2077
    3. Metallica Master Of Puppets (1986) 9.15 | 2487
    4. Metallica Ride The Lightning (1984) 9.14 | 2279
    5. Iron Maiden The Number Of The Beast (1982) 9.13 | 1863
    6. Judas Priest Painkiller (1990) 9.13 | 1374
    7. Death Symbolic (1995) 9.12 | 1372
    8. Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV (1971) 9.12 | 745
    9. Death The Sound Of Perseverance (1998) 9.10 | 1288
    10. Iron Maiden Powerslave (1984) 9.10 | 1721
    11. Agalloch Ashes Against The Grain (2006) 9.09 | 911
    12. Opeth Still Life (1999) 9.08 | 1370
    13. Agalloch The Mantle (2002) 9.08 | 989
    14. Dream Theater Images And Words (1992) 9.08 | 1262
    15. Queensrÿche Operation: Mindcrime (1988) 9.08 | 639
    16. Black Sabbath Paranoid (1970) 9.08 | 1144
    17. Dream Theater Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory (1999) 9.07 | 1113
    18. Edge Of Sanity Crimson (1996) 9.07 | 460
    19. King Crimson In The Court Of The Crimson King (1969) 9.06 | 275
    20. Dio Holy Diver (1983) 9.05 | 757
    21. Black Sabbath Black Sabbath (1970) 9.03 | 897
    22. Rainbow Rising (1976) 9.03 | 416
    23. Deep Purple Machine Head (1972) 9.02 | 446
    24. Nevermore Dead Heart, In A Dead World (2000) 9.00 | 663
    25. Slayer Reign In Blood (1986) 9.00 | 1619
    26. Iron Maiden Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son (1988) 8.99 | 1552
    27. Rush Moving Pictures (1981) 8.98 | 442
    28. Emperor Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk (1997) 8.98 | 640
    29. Anathema Judgement (1999) 8.97 | 688
    30. Summoning Stronghold (1999) 8.97 | 318
    31. Ayreon The Human Equation (2004) 8.97 | 685
    32. Orphaned Land Mabool (2004) 8.96 | 538
    33. Anathema Alternative 4 (1998) 8.96 | 668
    34. Nevermore This Godless Endeavor (2005) 8.96 | 813
    35. Opeth Ghost Reveries (2005) 8.96 | 1511
    36. Dissection Storm Of The Light's Bane (1995) 8.95 | 657
    37. Rush Hemispheres (1978) 8.95 | 246
    38. Tool Lateralus (2001) 8.95 | 793
    39. Pain Of Salvation The Perfect Element, Part I (2000) 8.94 | 333
    40. Pain Of Salvation Remedy Lane (2002) 8.94 | 373
    41. Green Carnation Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness (2001) 8.94 | 342
    42. Black Sabbath Heaven And Hell (1980) 8.93 | 698
    43. Rush 2112 (1976) 8.93 | 365
    44. Wintersun Wintersun (2004) 8.93 | 1270
    45. Porcupine Tree In Absentia (2002) 8.93 | 535
    46. Primordial To The Nameless Dead (2007) 8.92 | 409
    47. Saturnus Veronika Decides To Die (2006) 8.91 | 297
    48. Black Sabbath Master Of Reality (1971) 8.91 | 727
    49. The Gathering Mandylion (1995) 8.91 | 388
    50. Helloween Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II (1988) 8.91 | 868
    51. Tiamat Wildhoney (1994) 8.91 | 414
    52. Moonspell Wolfheart (1995) 8.90 | 557
    53. W.A.S.P. The Crimson Idol (1992) 8.90 | 297
    54. AC/DC Back In Black (1980) 8.90 | 681
    55. Negură Bunget OM (2006) 8.89 | 250
    56. Blind Guardian Imaginations From The Other Side (1995) 8.89 | 925
    57. Alice In Chains Dirt (1992) 8.89 | 488
    58. Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II (1969) 8.89 | 471
    59. Arcturus The Sham Mirrors (2002) 8.89 | 464
    60. Porcupine Tree Fear Of A Blank Planet (2007) 8.88 | 516
    61. My Dying Bride The Angel And The Dark River (1995) 8.88 | 414
    62. Haggard Eppur Si Muove (2004) 8.88 | 408
    63. Deep Purple In Rock (1970) 8.88 | 306
    64. Tool Ænima (1996) 8.88 | 659
    65. In Flames The Jester Race (1996) 8.88 | 988
    66. Death Human (1991) 8.88 | 953
    67. Katatonia Brave Murder Day (1996) 8.88 | 556
    68. Sepultura Arise (1991) 8.87 | 819
    69. Motörhead Ace Of Spades (1980) 8.87 | 507
    70. Mercyful Fate Don't Break The Oath (1984) 8.87 | 362
    71. Windir 1184 (2001) 8.87 | 294
    72. Bathory Hammerheart (1990) 8.87 | 408
    73. Iron Maiden Piece Of Mind (1983) 8.87 | 1416
    74. Guns N' Roses Appetite For Destruction (1987) 8.87 | 678
    75. King Diamond Abigail (1987) 8.87 | 434
    76. Dark Tranquillity The Gallery (1995) 8.87 | 682
    77. Draconian Arcane Rain Fell (2005) 8.87 | 528
    78. Sepultura Beneath The Remains (1989) 8.86 | 684
    79. Helloween Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I (1987) 8.86 | 855
    80. AC/DC Highway To Hell (1979) 8.86 | 477
    81. Septicflesh Communion (2008) 8.86 | 617
    82. Be'lakor Stone's Reach (2009) 8.86 | 677
    83. Testament The Legacy (1987) 8.86 | 590
    84. Ensiferum Ensiferum (2001) 8.86 | 980
    85. Slayer Seasons In The Abyss (1990) 8.86 | 1147
    86. Empyrium Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields (1997) 8.85 | 268
    87. Insomnium Above The Weeping World (2006) 8.85 | 523
    88. At The Gates Slaughter Of The Soul (1995) 8.85 | 736
    89. Saturnus Martyre (2000) 8.85 | 208
    90. Kamelot The Black Halo (2005) 8.85 | 883
    91. Motörhead Overkill (1979) 8.85 | 356
    92. Emperor In The Nightside Eclipse (1994) 8.85 | 613
    93. Paradise Lost Draconian Times (1995) 8.85 | 515
    94. Blind Guardian Nightfall In Middle-Earth (1998) 8.84 | 981
    95. Opeth My Arms, Your Hearse (1998) 8.84 | 1010
    96. Swallow The Sun The Morning Never Came (2003) 8.84 | 403
    97. Metallica ...And Justice For All (1988) 8.84 | 1954
    98. Control Denied The Fragile Art Of Existence (1999) 8.84 | 274
    99. Opeth Morningrise (1996) 8.84 | 1052
    100. Therion Theli (1996) 8.84 | 470
    101. Devin Townsend Ocean Machine: Biomech (1997) 8.84 | 241
    102. Rainbow Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (1975) 8.84 | 243
    103. Mercyful Fate Melissa (1983) 8.83 | 372
    104. Machine Head The Blackening (2007) 8.83 | 669
    105. Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin (1969) 8.83 | 458
    106. Overkill The Years Of Decay (1989) 8.83 | 283
    107. Savatage Hall Of The Mountain King (1987) 8.82 | 272
    108. Candlemass Nightfall (1987) 8.82 | 326
    109. Shining V - Halmstad (2007) 8.82 | 272
    110. Candlemass Epicus Doomicus Metallicus (1986) 8.82 | 375
    111. Dark Tranquillity Damage Done (2002) 8.82 | 754
    112. Moonsorrow Kivenkantaja (2003) 8.82 | 497
    113. Judas Priest Screaming For Vengeance (1982) 8.82 | 757
    114. Death Individual Thought Patterns (1993) 8.81 | 872
    115. Sodom Agent Orange (1989) 8.81 | 405
    116. Megadeth Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? (1986) 8.81 | 1211
    117. Windir Arntor (1999) 8.81 | 207
    118. Amorphis Tales From The Thousand Lakes (1994) 8.81 | 586
    119. My Dying Bride Turn Loose The Swans (1993) 8.81 | 396
    120. Pantera Vulgar Display Of Power (1992) 8.81 | 1020
    121. Savatage Gutter Ballet (1989) 8.81 | 254
    122. Gojira From Mars To Sirius (2005) 8.81 | 570
    123. Testament The Gathering (1999) 8.81 | 569
    124. Immortal At The Heart Of Winter (1999) 8.81 | 641
    125. Accept Restless And Wild (1982) 8.81 | 217
    126. Black Sabbath Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973) 8.80 | 600
    127. Morbid Angel Altars Of Madness (1989) 8.80 | 582
    128. Riverside Second Life Syndrome (2005) 8.80 | 355
    129. Gamma Ray Land Of The Free (1995) 8.80 | 433
    130. Riverside Out Of Myself (2003) 8.80 | 284
    131. Iron Maiden Somewhere In Time (1986) 8.80 | 1293
    132. Tristania Beyond The Veil (1999) 8.80 | 357
    133. Lost Horizon Awakening The World (2001) 8.80 | 206
    134. Testament The New Order (1988) 8.79 | 510
    135. Kamelot Epica (2003) 8.79 | 645
    136. Rush Permanent Waves (1980) 8.79 | 217
    137. Ensiferum Iron (2004) 8.79 | 863
    138. Porcupine Tree Deadwing (2005) 8.79 | 480
    139. The Gathering Nighttime Birds (1997) 8.78 | 262
    140. Isis Panopticon (2004) 8.78 | 232
    141. Rainbow Long Live Rock & Roll (1978) 8.78 | 230
    142. Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti (1975) 8.78 | 312
    143. Ozzy Osbourne Blizzard Of Ozz (1980) 8.78 | 474
    144. Rotting Christ Theogonia (2007) 8.78 | 417
    145. Atheist Unquestionable Presence (1991) 8.78 | 327
    146. Symphony X The Divine Wings Of Tragedy (1997) 8.78 | 552
    147. Summoning Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame (2001) 8.78 | 206
    148. Exodus Bonded By Blood (1985) 8.78 | 486
    149. Amon Amarth With Oden On Our Side (2006) 8.78 | 1293
    150. Suffocation Pierced From Within (1995) 8.78 | 213
    151. Enslaved Axioma Ethica Odini (2010) 8.78 | 620
    152. Eternal Tears Of Sorrow A Virgin And A Whore (2001) 8.77 | 385
    153. Opeth Deliverance (2002) 8.77 | 1268
    154. Kreator Extreme Aggression (1989) 8.77 | 406
    155. Symphony X The Odyssey (2002) 8.77 | 614
    156. Kreator Coma Of Souls (1990) 8.77 | 478
    157. W.A.S.P. W.A.S.P. (1984) 8.76 | 247
    158. Judas Priest Defenders Of The Faith (1984) 8.76 | 579
    159. Pantera Cowboys From Hell (1990) 8.76 | 1067
    160. Therion Vovin (1998) 8.76 | 467
    161. Moonsorrow Voimasta Ja Kunniasta (2001) 8.76 | 427
    162. Rush A Farewell To Kings (1977) 8.76 | 209
    163. Possessed Seven Churches (1985) 8.76 | 202
    164. Symphony X Paradise Lost (2007) 8.76 | 791
    165. Slayer South Of Heaven (1988) 8.75 | 1012
    166. Agalloch Pale Folklore (1999) 8.75 | 535
    167. Moonspell Irreligious (1996) 8.75 | 444
    168. Bruce Dickinson The Chemical Wedding (1998) 8.75 | 287
    169. Opeth Damnation (2003) 8.75 | 1345
    170. Tristania Widow's Weeds (1998) 8.75 | 292
    171. Satyricon Nemesis Divina (1996) 8.74 | 390
    172. Between The Buried And Me Colors (2007) 8.74 | 331
    173. Theatre Of Tragedy Aégis (1998) 8.74 | 264
    174. Edge Of Sanity Crimson II (2003) 8.74 | 261
    175. Stratovarius Episode (1996) 8.74 | 364
    176. Blind Guardian Somewhere Far Beyond (1992) 8.74 | 711
    177. Devin Townsend Ziltoid The Omniscient (2007) 8.74 | 342
    178. Carcass Heartwork (1993) 8.74 | 629
    179. Enslaved Below The Lights (2003) 8.74 | 262
    180. Dimmu Borgir Enthrone Darkness Triumphant (1997) 8.74 | 774
    181. Iced Earth Something Wicked This Way Comes (1998) 8.73 | 721
    182. Haggard Awaking The Centuries (2000) 8.73 | 323
    183. My Dying Bride The Dreadful Hours (2001) 8.73 | 388
    184. Therion Lemuria (2004) 8.73 | 497
    185. Enslaved Isa (2004) 8.73 | 343
    186. Cynic Focus (1993) 8.73 | 454
    187. Katatonia The Great Cold Distance (2006) 8.73 | 709
    188. Angra Temple Of Shadows (2004) 8.73 | 442
    189. Yngwie Malmsteen Rising Force (1984) 8.72 | 222
    190. Theatre Of Tragedy Velvet Darkness They Fear (1996) 8.72 | 254
    191. Avantasia The Metal Opera Part I (2001) 8.72 | 562
    192. Overkill Horrorscope (1991) 8.71 | 250
    193. Immortal Sons Of Northern Darkness (2002) 8.71 | 670
    194. Bathory Blood Fire Death (1988) 8.71 | 385
    195. Ayreon Into The Electric Castle (1998) 8.71 | 348
    196. Dream Theater Awake (1994) 8.71 | 899
    197. Stratovarius Visions (1997) 8.71 | 530
    198. Anthrax Among The Living (1987) 8.71 | 589
    199. Dio The Last In Line (1984) 8.71 | 367
    200. King Diamond Conspiracy (1989) 8.70 | 233
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