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    Top 100 live albums

    1 Ayreon
    Ayreon Universe (2018)
    9.45
    22
    2 Iced Earth
    Alive In Athens (1999)
    9.44
    372
    3 UFO
    Strangers In The Night (1979)
    9.39
    46
    4 Riverside
    Reality Dream (2008)
    9.33
    43
    5 Iron Maiden
    Live After Death (1985)
    9.32
    486
    6 Empyrium
    Into The Pantheon (2013)
    9.31
    32
    7 Kreator
    Live In East Berlin (1990)
    9.29
    21
    8 Kamelot
    One Cold Winter's Night (2006)
    9.29
    193
    9 Leprous
    Live At Rockefeller Music Hall (2016)
    9.28
    36
    10 Emperor
    Live Inferno (2009)
    9.25
    95
    11 Death
    Vivus! (2012)
    9.20
    60
    12 Paradise Lost
    The Anatomy Of Melancholy (2008)
    9.19
    52
    13 Between The Buried And Me
    Colors_Live (2008)
    9.19
    57
    14 Deep Purple
    Made In Japan (1972)
    9.18
    185
    15 Thin Lizzy
    Live And Dangerous (1978)
    9.18
    62
    16 Queensrÿche
    Operation: Livecrime (1991)
    9.17
    60
    17 Heaven And Hell
    Live At Radio City Music Hall (2007)
    9.15
    73
    18 Iron Maiden
    Rock In Rio (2002)
    9.15
    333
    19 Therion
    Live Gothic (2008)
    9.12
    138
    20 Devin Townsend
    Ziltoid Live At The Royal Albert Hall (2015)
    9.10
    20
    21 Iron Maiden
    Maiden England '88 (2013)
    9.09
    53
    22 Tierra Santa
    Las Mil Y Una Noches (2003)
    9.08
    25
    23 Devin Townsend
    The Retinal Circus (2013)
    9.08
    37
    24 Slayer
    Decade Of Aggression: Live (1991)
    9.08
    346
    25 Dark Tranquillity
    Where Death Is Most Alive (2009)
    9.08
    96
    26 Meshuggah
    The Ophidian Trek (2014)
    9.07
    30
    27 Iron Maiden
    Flight 666: The Original Soundtrack Album (2009)
    9.06
    108
    28 Star One
    Live On Earth (2003)
    9.06
    36
    29 Opeth
    The Roundhouse Tapes (2007)
    9.05
    406
    30 Gojira
    Les Enfants Sauvages (2014)
    9.05
    20
    31 Anathema
    Untouchable (2013)
    9.04
    27
    32 Kreator
    Live Kreation (2003)
    9.04
    138
    33 Lacrimosa
    Lichtjahre (2007)
    9.03
    40
    34 Evergrey
    A Night To Remember (2005)
    9.03
    90
    35 Sentenced
    Buried Alive (2006)
    9.03
    78
    36 The Gathering
    Sleepy Buildings - A Semi Acoustic Evening (2004)
    9.02
    87
    37 Nightwish
    End Of An Era (2006)
    9.02
    277
    38 Ozzy Osbourne
    Tribute (1987)
    9.01
    165
    39 Destruction
    The Curse Of The Antichrist - Live In Agony (2009)
    9.00
    27
    40 In The Woods...
    Live At The Caledonien Hall (2003)
    9.00
    20
    41 Nightwish
    Showtime, Storytime (2013)
    9.00
    88
    42 Rammstein
    Völkerball (2006)
    9.00
    84
    43 Blind Guardian
    Live (2003)
    8.99
    285
    44 Dream Theater
    Score (2006)
    8.99
    150
    45 Judas Priest
    Unleashed In The East (1979)
    8.98
    218
    46 Dream Theater
    Live Scenes From New York (2000)
    8.98
    164
    47 Suffocation
    The Close Of A Chapter: Live In Quebec City (2009)
    8.97
    30
    48 Opeth
    Garden Of The Titans: Opeth Live At Red Rocks Amphitheater (2018)
    8.97
    30
    49 Emperor
    Emperial Live Ceremony (2000)
    8.97
    118
    50 Iced Earth
    Live In Ancient Kourion (2013)
    8.97
    72
    51 Megadeth
    That One Night: Live In Buenos Aires (2007)
    8.96
    156
    52 The Gathering
    A Noise Severe (2007)
    8.95
    40
    53 Led Zeppelin
    How The West Was Won (2003)
    8.95
    87
    54 Suffocation
    The Close Of A Chapter (Live In Quebec) (2006)
    8.95
    20
    55 Scorpions
    World Wide Live (1985)
    8.94
    89
    56 Rage
    From The Cradle To The Stage (2004)
    8.94
    31
    57 Bloodbath
    The Wacken Carnage (2008)
    8.93
    179
    58 Porcupine Tree
    Coma Divine (1997)
    8.93
    42
    59 Stratovarius
    Visions Of Europe (1998)
    8.92
    127
    60 Epica
    The Classical Conspiracy (2009)
    8.92
    207
    61 Within Temptation
    Black Symphony (2008)
    8.92
    131
    62 Savatage
    Final Bell / Ghost In The Ruins (1995)
    8.91
    56
    63 Lacrimosa
    Live (1998)
    8.91
    44
    64 Halford
    Live Insurrection (2001)
    8.91
    69
    65 Death
    Live In L.A. (Death & Raw) (2001)
    8.90
    203
    66 Motörhead
    No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (1981)
    8.90
    103
    67 Running Wild
    The Final Jolly Roger (2011)
    8.90
    29
    68 Dream Theater
    Live At Budokan (2004)
    8.90
    162
    69 Arch Enemy
    Tyrants Of The Rising Sun: Live In Japan (2008)
    8.89
    108
    70 W.A.S.P.
    Double Live Assassins (1998)
    8.88
    51
    71 Behemoth
    Messe Noire (2018)
    8.88
    24
    72 Behemoth
    At The Arena Ov Aion - Live Apostasy (2008)
    8.88
    76
    73 At The Gates
    Purgatory Unleashed - Live At Wacken (2010)
    8.88
    49
    74 Helloween
    Keeper Of The Seven Keys - The Legacy World Tour 2005/2006 - Live In Sao Paulo (2007)
    8.87
    130
    75 Blaze
    As Live As It Gets (2003)
    8.86
    21
    76 Moonspell
    Lusitanian Metal (2008)
    8.85
    65
    77 Testament
    Live In London (2005)
    8.85
    102
    78 Amorphis
    An Evening With Friends At Huvila (2017)
    8.85
    27
    79 Megadeth
    Rust In Peace Live (2010)
    8.85
    81
    80 Iron Maiden
    Maiden England (1994)
    8.85
    74
    81 Rotting Christ
    Lucifer Over Athens (2015)
    8.85
    33
    82 Gamma Ray
    Skeletons In The Closet (2003)
    8.83
    122
    83 Helloween
    I Want Out Live/Keepers Live (1989)
    8.82
    49
    84 Gamma Ray
    Hell Yeah!!! The Awesome Foursome (2008)
    8.81
    77
    85 Sodom
    One Night In Bangkok (2003)
    8.81
    47
    86 Pain Of Salvation
    The Second Death Of Pain Of Salvation (2009)
    8.80
    50
    87 Alice In Chains
    Unplugged (1996)
    8.79
    175
    88 Rainbow
    Live In Munich 1977 (2006)
    8.78
    32
    89 Rhapsody Of Fire
    Live - From Chaos To Eternity (2013)
    8.77
    30
    90 Katatonia
    Sanctitude (2015)
    8.77
    66
    91 Arkona
    Жизн Во Славу (2006)
    8.76
    37
    92 Satyricon
    Live At The Opera (2015)
    8.74
    50
    93 Scorpions
    Tokyo Tapes (1978)
    8.74
    70
    94 Pain Of Salvation
    12:5 (2004)
    8.74
    117
    95 Rush
    Different Stages (1998)
    8.73
    30
    96 Destruction
    Live Without Sense (1989)
    8.73
    52
    97 Stream Of Passion
    Live In The Real World (2006)
    8.72
    39
    98 Led Zeppelin
    Celebration Day (2012)
    8.71
    51
    99 Sonata Arctica
    Live In Finland (2011)
    8.71
    41
    100 Rush
    Exit... Stage Left (1981)
    8.71
    56