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    Top 100 live albums

    1 WarCry
    Directo A La Luz (2006)
    9.48
    21
    2 King Diamond
    Songs For The Dead: Live At The Fillmore In Philadelphia (2019)
    9.46
    24
    3 Iced Earth
    Alive In Athens (1999)
    9.44
    385
    4 Ayreon
    Ayreon Universe (2018)
    9.41
    27
    5 King Diamond
    Songs For The Dead: Live At Graspop Metal Meeting (2019)
    9.40
    25
    6 Riverside
    Reality Dream (2008)
    9.38
    45
    7 UFO
    Strangers In The Night (1979)
    9.36
    47
    8 Iron Maiden
    Live After Death (1985)
    9.34
    506
    9 Leprous
    Live At Rockefeller Music Hall (2016)
    9.32
    40
    10 Kamelot
    One Cold Winter's Night (2006)
    9.29
    197
    11 Emperor
    Live Inferno (2009)
    9.28
    101
    12 Empyrium
    Into The Pantheon (2013)
    9.25
    32
    13 Death
    Vivus! (2012)
    9.23
    66
    14 Paradise Lost
    The Anatomy Of Melancholy (2008)
    9.19
    53
    15 Deep Purple
    Made In Japan (1972)
    9.19
    191
    16 Tierra Santa
    Las Mil Y Una Noches (2003)
    9.18
    28
    17 Thin Lizzy
    Live And Dangerous (1978)
    9.17
    65
    18 Iron Maiden
    Rock In Rio (2002)
    9.16
    341
    19 Between The Buried And Me
    Colors_Live (2008)
    9.16
    61
    20 Heaven And Hell
    Live At Radio City Music Hall (2007)
    9.16
    75
    21 Queensrÿche
    Operation: Livecrime (1991)
    9.13
    61
    22 Therion
    Live Gothic (2008)
    9.11
    144
    23 Iron Maiden
    Maiden England '88 (2013)
    9.10
    62
    24 Slayer
    Decade Of Aggression: Live (1991)
    9.09
    353
    25 Devin Townsend
    Ziltoid Live At The Royal Albert Hall (2015)
    9.09
    23
    26 Dark Tranquillity
    Where Death Is Most Alive (2009)
    9.08
    100
    27 Iron Maiden
    Flight 666: The Original Soundtrack Album (2009)
    9.07
    115
    28 Sentenced
    Buried Alive (2006)
    9.07
    80
    29 Opeth
    The Roundhouse Tapes (2007)
    9.06
    415
    30 Star One
    Live On Earth (2003)
    9.06
    36
    31 Nightwish
    Showtime, Storytime (2013)
    9.06
    95
    32 Judas Priest
    British Steel - 30th Anniversary - Live (2010)
    9.05
    20
    33 In The Woods...
    Live At The Caledonien Hall (2003)
    9.05
    21
    34 Kreator
    Live Kreation (2003)
    9.05
    141
    35 Powerwolf
    The Metal Mass Live (2016)
    9.05
    21
    36 Paradise Lost
    Draconian Times MMXI (2011)
    9.05
    21
    37 Devin Townsend
    The Retinal Circus (2013)
    9.05
    42
    38 Rammstein
    Rammstein: Paris (2017)
    9.05
    22
    39 Gojira
    Les Enfants Sauvages (2014)
    9.05
    20
    40 Evergrey
    A Night To Remember (2005)
    9.03
    92
    41 Lacrimosa
    Lichtjahre (2007)
    9.03
    40
    42 Rammstein
    Völkerball (2006)
    9.02
    91
    43 Nightwish
    End Of An Era (2006)
    9.02
    292
    44 Ozzy Osbourne
    Tribute (1987)
    9.02
    168
    45 Judas Priest
    Unleashed In The East (1979)
    9.00
    224
    46 Ayreon
    The Theater Equation (2016)
    9.00
    22
    47 Halford
    Live Insurrection (2001)
    9.00
    75
    48 Suffocation
    The Close Of A Chapter (Live In Quebec) (2006)
    9.00
    22
    49 Meshuggah
    The Ophidian Trek (2014)
    9.00
    32
    50 The Gathering
    Sleepy Buildings - A Semi Acoustic Evening (2004)
    9.00
    89
    51 Anathema
    Untouchable (2013)
    9.00
    28
    52 Dream Theater
    Score (2006)
    8.99
    150
    53 Iced Earth
    Live In Ancient Kourion (2013)
    8.99
    76
    54 Megadeth
    That One Night: Live In Buenos Aires (2007)
    8.98
    161
    55 The Gathering
    A Noise Severe (2007)
    8.98
    41
    56 Blind Guardian
    Live (2003)
    8.98
    294
    57 Emperor
    Emperial Live Ceremony (2000)
    8.97
    125
    58 Dream Theater
    Live Scenes From New York (2000)
    8.96
    166
    59 Scorpions
    World Wide Live (1985)
    8.96
    90
    60 Destruction
    The Curse Of The Antichrist - Live In Agony (2009)
    8.96
    28
    61 Led Zeppelin
    How The West Was Won (2003)
    8.95
    92
    62 Opeth
    Garden Of The Titans: Opeth Live At Red Rocks Amphitheater (2018)
    8.95
    38
    63 Angra
    Angels Cry: 20th Anniversary Tour (2013)
    8.95
    20
    64 Rage
    From The Cradle To The Stage (2004)
    8.94
    31
    65 Motörhead
    No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (1981)
    8.93
    109
    66 Within Temptation
    Black Symphony (2008)
    8.93
    133
    67 Bloodbath
    The Wacken Carnage (2008)
    8.93
    180
    68 Stratovarius
    Visions Of Europe (1998)
    8.92
    130
    69 Epica
    The Classical Conspiracy (2009)
    8.91
    213
    70 Behemoth
    Messe Noire (2018)
    8.91
    33
    71 Lacrimosa
    Live (1998)
    8.91
    44
    72 Behemoth
    At The Arena Ov Aion - Live Apostasy (2008)
    8.91
    82
    73 Porcupine Tree
    Coma Divine (1997)
    8.91
    43
    74 Death
    Live In L.A. (Death & Raw) (2001)
    8.91
    209
    75 Dream Theater
    Live At Budokan (2004)
    8.90
    164
    76 Savatage
    Final Bell / Ghost In The Ruins (1995)
    8.90
    60
    77 Running Wild
    The Final Jolly Roger (2011)
    8.90
    29
    78 Megadeth
    Rust In Peace Live (2010)
    8.88
    84
    79 At The Gates
    Purgatory Unleashed - Live At Wacken (2010)
    8.88
    49
    80 Amorphis
    An Evening With Friends At Huvila (2017)
    8.88
    32
    81 Iron Maiden
    Maiden England (1994)
    8.88
    78
    82 Blaze
    As Live As It Gets (2003)
    8.88
    24
    83 Arch Enemy
    Tyrants Of The Rising Sun: Live In Japan (2008)
    8.88
    110
    84 Testament
    Live In London (2005)
    8.86
    104
    85 Moonspell
    Lusitanian Metal (2008)
    8.85
    67
    86 Rotting Christ
    Lucifer Over Athens (2015)
    8.85
    34
    87 Suffocation
    The Close Of A Chapter: Live In Quebec City (2009)
    8.84
    32
    88 Rhapsody Of Fire
    Live - From Chaos To Eternity (2013)
    8.84
    32
    89 Helloween
    I Want Out Live/Keepers Live (1989)
    8.84
    50
    90 Helloween
    Keeper Of The Seven Keys - The Legacy World Tour 2005/2006 - Live In Sao Paulo (2007)
    8.84
    133
    91 Gamma Ray
    Skeletons In The Closet (2003)
    8.83
    124
    92 Sodom
    One Night In Bangkok (2003)
    8.83
    48
    93 W.A.S.P.
    Double Live Assassins (1998)
    8.82
    55
    94 Pain Of Salvation
    The Second Death Of Pain Of Salvation (2009)
    8.82
    51
    95 Alice In Chains
    Unplugged (1996)
    8.81
    181
    96 Gamma Ray
    Hell Yeah!!! The Awesome Foursome (2008)
    8.81
    79
    97 Rainbow
    Live In Munich 1977 (2006)
    8.78
    32
    98 Katatonia
    Sanctitude (2015)
    8.77
    75
    99 Arkona
    Жизн Во Славу (2006)
    8.77
    39
    100 Accept
    Symphonic Terror - Live At Wacken 2017 (2018)
    8.76
    21