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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
    389
    3 Ayreon
    Ayreon Universe (2018)
    9.41
    27
    4 Helloween
    United Alive In Madrid (2019)
    9.38
    24
    5 King Diamond
    Songs For The Dead: Live At The Fillmore In Philadelphia (2019)
    9.38
    29
    6 UFO
    Strangers In The Night (1979)
    9.37
    49
    7 Riverside
    Reality Dream (2008)
    9.35
    46
    8 Iron Maiden
    Live After Death (1985)
    9.34
    510
    9 Leprous
    Live At Rockefeller Music Hall (2016)
    9.34
    41
    10 Kamelot
    One Cold Winter's Night (2006)
    9.31
    197
    11 King Diamond
    Songs For The Dead: Live At Graspop Metal Meeting (2019)
    9.31
    29
    12 Emperor
    Live Inferno (2009)
    9.28
    101
    13 Empyrium
    Into The Pantheon (2013)
    9.22
    32
    14 Death
    Vivus! (2012)
    9.22
    69
    15 Deep Purple
    Made In Japan (1972)
    9.21
    195
    16 Tierra Santa
    Las Mil Y Una Noches (2003)
    9.18
    28
    17 Thin Lizzy
    Live And Dangerous (1978)
    9.16
    69
    18 Iron Maiden
    Rock In Rio (2002)
    9.16
    343
    19 Heaven And Hell
    Live At Radio City Music Hall (2007)
    9.16
    76
    20 Gotthard
    Made In Switzerland (2006)
    9.15
    20
    21 Paradise Lost
    The Anatomy Of Melancholy (2008)
    9.15
    55
    22 Between The Buried And Me
    Colors_Live (2008)
    9.15
    60
    23 Iron Maiden
    Maiden England '88 (2013)
    9.11
    65
    24 Therion
    Live Gothic (2008)
    9.11
    143
    25 Queensrÿche
    Operation: Livecrime (1991)
    9.11
    62
    26 Slayer
    Decade Of Aggression: Live (1991)
    9.10
    355
    27 Dark Tranquillity
    Where Death Is Most Alive (2009)
    9.10
    102
    28 Devin Townsend
    Ziltoid Live At The Royal Albert Hall (2015)
    9.09
    23
    29 Powerwolf
    The Metal Mass Live (2016)
    9.09
    23
    30 Sentenced
    Buried Alive (2006)
    9.07
    80
    31 Septicflesh
    Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX (2020)
    9.07
    44
    32 Star One
    Live On Earth (2003)
    9.06
    36
    33 Kreator
    Live Kreation (2003)
    9.05
    141
    34 Paradise Lost
    Draconian Times MMXI (2011)
    9.05
    21
    35 Judas Priest
    British Steel - 30th Anniversary - Live (2010)
    9.05
    20
    36 In The Woods...
    Live At The Caledonien Hall (2003)
    9.05
    22
    37 Gojira
    Les Enfants Sauvages (2014)
    9.05
    20
    38 Iron Maiden
    Flight 666: The Original Soundtrack Album (2009)
    9.05
    115
    39 Nightwish
    Showtime, Storytime (2013)
    9.05
    96
    40 Opeth
    The Roundhouse Tapes (2007)
    9.05
    416
    41 Anathema
    Untouchable (2013)
    9.04
    28
    42 Rammstein
    Völkerball (2006)
    9.04
    90
    43 Rammstein
    Rammstein: Paris (2017)
    9.04
    23
    44 Lacrimosa
    Lichtjahre (2007)
    9.03
    40
    45 Megadeth
    That One Night: Live In Buenos Aires (2007)
    9.03
    158
    46 Evergrey
    A Night To Remember (2005)
    9.03
    94
    47 Ozzy Osbourne
    Tribute (1987)
    9.02
    172
    48 Devin Townsend
    The Retinal Circus (2013)
    9.02
    41
    49 Nightwish
    End Of An Era (2006)
    9.01
    289
    50 Suffocation
    The Close Of A Chapter (Live In Quebec) (2006)
    9.00
    22
    51 The Gathering
    Sleepy Buildings - A Semi Acoustic Evening (2004)
    9.00
    89
    52 Iced Earth
    Live In Ancient Kourion (2013)
    9.00
    75
    53 Judas Priest
    Unleashed In The East (1979)
    9.00
    226
    54 Ayreon
    The Theater Equation (2016)
    9.00
    22
    55 Halford
    Live Insurrection (2001)
    8.99
    74
    56 Dream Theater
    Score (2006)
    8.99
    153
    57 Opeth
    Garden Of The Titans: Opeth Live At Red Rocks Amphitheater (2018)
    8.98
    43
    58 The Gathering
    A Noise Severe (2007)
    8.98
    41
    59 Blind Guardian
    Live (2003)
    8.98
    297
    60 Meshuggah
    The Ophidian Trek (2014)
    8.97
    33
    61 Emperor
    Emperial Live Ceremony (2000)
    8.97
    126
    62 Dream Theater
    Live Scenes From New York (2000)
    8.96
    166
    63 Destruction
    The Curse Of The Antichrist - Live In Agony (2009)
    8.96
    28
    64 Angra
    Angels Cry: 20th Anniversary Tour (2013)
    8.95
    20
    65 Scorpions
    World Wide Live (1985)
    8.95
    93
    66 Within Temptation
    Black Symphony (2008)
    8.94
    132
    67 Rage
    From The Cradle To The Stage (2004)
    8.94
    31
    68 Megadeth
    Rust In Peace Live (2010)
    8.94
    84
    69 Bloodbath
    The Wacken Carnage (2008)
    8.93
    182
    70 Stratovarius
    Visions Of Europe (1998)
    8.93
    131
    71 Motörhead
    No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (1981)
    8.93
    110
    72 Death
    Live In L.A. (Death & Raw) (2001)
    8.92
    212
    73 Led Zeppelin
    How The West Was Won (2003)
    8.92
    93
    74 Epica
    The Classical Conspiracy (2009)
    8.91
    211
    75 Porcupine Tree
    Coma Divine (1997)
    8.91
    43
    76 Lacrimosa
    Live (1998)
    8.91
    44
    77 Dream Theater
    Live At Budokan (2004)
    8.91
    165
    78 Iron Maiden
    Maiden England (1994)
    8.90
    79
    79 At The Gates
    Purgatory Unleashed - Live At Wacken (2010)
    8.90
    51
    80 Running Wild
    The Final Jolly Roger (2011)
    8.90
    29
    81 Savatage
    Final Bell / Ghost In The Ruins (1995)
    8.88
    60
    82 Moonspell
    Lusitanian Metal (2008)
    8.88
    67
    83 Blaze
    As Live As It Gets (2003)
    8.88
    24
    84 Arch Enemy
    Tyrants Of The Rising Sun: Live In Japan (2008)
    8.88
    110
    85 Amorphis
    An Evening With Friends At Huvila (2017)
    8.88
    32
    86 Pain Of Salvation
    The Second Death Of Pain Of Salvation (2009)
    8.87
    53
    87 Behemoth
    At The Arena Ov Aion - Live Apostasy (2008)
    8.87
    79
    88 Testament
    Live In London (2005)
    8.86
    104
    89 Helloween
    I Want Out Live/Keepers Live (1989)
    8.86
    51
    90 Sodom
    One Night In Bangkok (2003)
    8.86
    49
    91 Rotting Christ
    Lucifer Over Athens (2015)
    8.84
    38
    92 Helloween
    Keeper Of The Seven Keys - The Legacy World Tour 2005/2006 - Live In Sao Paulo (2007)
    8.84
    134
    93 Suffocation
    The Close Of A Chapter: Live In Quebec City (2009)
    8.84
    32
    94 Katatonia
    Sanctitude (2015)
    8.82
    77
    95 Alice In Chains
    Unplugged (1996)
    8.82
    185
    96 W.A.S.P.
    Double Live Assassins (1998)
    8.82
    55
    97 Gamma Ray
    Skeletons In The Closet (2003)
    8.82
    125
    98 Gamma Ray
    Hell Yeah!!! The Awesome Foursome (2008)
    8.81
    79
    99 Behemoth
    Messe Noire (2018)
    8.81
    31
    100 Moonspell
    Lisboa Under The Spell (2018)
    8.81
    26