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    Top 100 live albums

    1 WarCry
    Directo A La Luz (2006)
    9.48
    21
    2 Iced Earth
    Alive In Athens (1999)
    9.44
    387
    3 Ayreon
    Ayreon Universe (2018)
    9.41
    27
    4 King Diamond
    Songs For The Dead: Live At The Fillmore In Philadelphia (2019)
    9.39
    28
    5 UFO
    Strangers In The Night (1979)
    9.38
    48
    6 Riverside
    Reality Dream (2008)
    9.38
    45
    7 Helloween
    United Alive In Madrid (2019)
    9.36
    22
    8 Iron Maiden
    Live After Death (1985)
    9.34
    508
    9 Leprous
    Live At Rockefeller Music Hall (2016)
    9.34
    41
    10 King Diamond
    Songs For The Dead: Live At Graspop Metal Meeting (2019)
    9.32
    28
    11 Kamelot
    One Cold Winter's Night (2006)
    9.31
    196
    12 Emperor
    Live Inferno (2009)
    9.28
    101
    13 Death
    Vivus! (2012)
    9.22
    67
    14 Empyrium
    Into The Pantheon (2013)
    9.22
    32
    15 Deep Purple
    Made In Japan (1972)
    9.21
    195
    16 Paradise Lost
    The Anatomy Of Melancholy (2008)
    9.19
    53
    17 Tierra Santa
    Las Mil Y Una Noches (2003)
    9.18
    28
    18 Iron Maiden
    Rock In Rio (2002)
    9.16
    343
    19 Heaven And Hell
    Live At Radio City Music Hall (2007)
    9.16
    75
    20 Between The Buried And Me
    Colors_Live (2008)
    9.15
    60
    21 Septicflesh
    Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX (2020)
    9.14
    36
    22 Thin Lizzy
    Live And Dangerous (1978)
    9.13
    67
    23 Therion
    Live Gothic (2008)
    9.11
    144
    24 Iron Maiden
    Maiden England '88 (2013)
    9.11
    65
    25 Queensrÿche
    Operation: Livecrime (1991)
    9.11
    62
    26 Slayer
    Decade Of Aggression: Live (1991)
    9.10
    355
    27 Devin Townsend
    Ziltoid Live At The Royal Albert Hall (2015)
    9.09
    23
    28 Dark Tranquillity
    Where Death Is Most Alive (2009)
    9.09
    101
    29 Iron Maiden
    Flight 666: The Original Soundtrack Album (2009)
    9.07
    115
    30 Sentenced
    Buried Alive (2006)
    9.07
    80
    31 Opeth
    The Roundhouse Tapes (2007)
    9.06
    414
    32 Star One
    Live On Earth (2003)
    9.06
    36
    33 Judas Priest
    British Steel - 30th Anniversary - Live (2010)
    9.05
    20
    34 Kreator
    Live Kreation (2003)
    9.05
    141
    35 Powerwolf
    The Metal Mass Live (2016)
    9.05
    22
    36 Paradise Lost
    Draconian Times MMXI (2011)
    9.05
    21
    37 In The Woods...
    Live At The Caledonien Hall (2003)
    9.05
    21
    38 Nightwish
    Showtime, Storytime (2013)
    9.05
    96
    39 Gojira
    Les Enfants Sauvages (2014)
    9.05
    20
    40 Rammstein
    Rammstein: Paris (2017)
    9.04
    23
    41 Evergrey
    A Night To Remember (2005)
    9.04
    93
    42 Rammstein
    Völkerball (2006)
    9.04
    91
    43 Megadeth
    That One Night: Live In Buenos Aires (2007)
    9.03
    158
    44 Lacrimosa
    Lichtjahre (2007)
    9.03
    40
    45 Ozzy Osbourne
    Tribute (1987)
    9.03
    171
    46 Devin Townsend
    The Retinal Circus (2013)
    9.02
    41
    47 Nightwish
    End Of An Era (2006)
    9.01
    290
    48 The Gathering
    Sleepy Buildings - A Semi Acoustic Evening (2004)
    9.00
    89
    49 Opeth
    Garden Of The Titans: Opeth Live At Red Rocks Amphitheater (2018)
    9.00
    42
    50 Anathema
    Untouchable (2013)
    9.00
    28
    51 Judas Priest
    Unleashed In The East (1979)
    9.00
    224
    52 Ayreon
    The Theater Equation (2016)
    9.00
    22
    53 Suffocation
    The Close Of A Chapter (Live In Quebec) (2006)
    9.00
    22
    54 Iced Earth
    Live In Ancient Kourion (2013)
    9.00
    75
    55 Halford
    Live Insurrection (2001)
    8.99
    74
    56 The Gathering
    A Noise Severe (2007)
    8.98
    41
    57 Blind Guardian
    Live (2003)
    8.98
    297
    58 Dream Theater
    Score (2006)
    8.98
    151
    59 Scorpions
    World Wide Live (1985)
    8.97
    91
    60 Emperor
    Emperial Live Ceremony (2000)
    8.97
    125
    61 Meshuggah
    The Ophidian Trek (2014)
    8.97
    33
    62 Destruction
    The Curse Of The Antichrist - Live In Agony (2009)
    8.96
    28
    63 Dream Theater
    Live Scenes From New York (2000)
    8.96
    166
    64 Angra
    Angels Cry: 20th Anniversary Tour (2013)
    8.95
    20
    65 Megadeth
    Rust In Peace Live (2010)
    8.94
    84
    66 Rage
    From The Cradle To The Stage (2004)
    8.94
    31
    67 Motörhead
    No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (1981)
    8.94
    110
    68 Within Temptation
    Black Symphony (2008)
    8.94
    132
    69 Bloodbath
    The Wacken Carnage (2008)
    8.93
    181
    70 Stratovarius
    Visions Of Europe (1998)
    8.93
    131
    71 Death
    Live In L.A. (Death & Raw) (2001)
    8.93
    208
    72 Led Zeppelin
    How The West Was Won (2003)
    8.93
    91
    73 Lacrimosa
    Live (1998)
    8.91
    44
    74 Epica
    The Classical Conspiracy (2009)
    8.91
    213
    75 Porcupine Tree
    Coma Divine (1997)
    8.91
    43
    76 Iron Maiden
    Maiden England (1994)
    8.90
    79
    77 At The Gates
    Purgatory Unleashed - Live At Wacken (2010)
    8.90
    51
    78 Dream Theater
    Live At Budokan (2004)
    8.90
    164
    79 Running Wild
    The Final Jolly Roger (2011)
    8.90
    29
    80 Savatage
    Final Bell / Ghost In The Ruins (1995)
    8.90
    60
    81 Pain Of Salvation
    The Second Death Of Pain Of Salvation (2009)
    8.89
    54
    82 Moonspell
    Lusitanian Metal (2008)
    8.88
    67
    83 Arch Enemy
    Tyrants Of The Rising Sun: Live In Japan (2008)
    8.88
    110
    84 Blaze
    As Live As It Gets (2003)
    8.88
    24
    85 Amorphis
    An Evening With Friends At Huvila (2017)
    8.88
    32
    86 Behemoth
    At The Arena Ov Aion - Live Apostasy (2008)
    8.86
    78
    87 Helloween
    I Want Out Live/Keepers Live (1989)
    8.86
    51
    88 Testament
    Live In London (2005)
    8.86
    104
    89 Helloween
    Keeper Of The Seven Keys - The Legacy World Tour 2005/2006 - Live In Sao Paulo (2007)
    8.84
    133
    90 Sodom
    One Night In Bangkok (2003)
    8.84
    49
    91 Suffocation
    The Close Of A Chapter: Live In Quebec City (2009)
    8.84
    32
    92 Rotting Christ
    Lucifer Over Athens (2015)
    8.83
    36
    93 W.A.S.P.
    Double Live Assassins (1998)
    8.82
    55
    94 Gamma Ray
    Skeletons In The Closet (2003)
    8.82
    125
    95 Gamma Ray
    Hell Yeah!!! The Awesome Foursome (2008)
    8.81
    79
    96 Moonspell
    Lisboa Under The Spell (2018)
    8.81
    26
    97 Alice In Chains
    Unplugged (1996)
    8.81
    182
    98 Katatonia
    Sanctitude (2015)
    8.80
    74
    99 Mayhem
    De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas Alive (2016)
    8.79
    29
    100 Rhapsody Of Fire
    Live - From Chaos To Eternity (2013)
    8.79
    34