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    Top 100 live albums

    1 Iced Earth
    Alive In Athens (1999)
    9.43
    357
    2 Leprous
    Live At Rockefeller Music Hall (2016)
    9.40
    20
    3 Iron Maiden
    Live After Death (1985)
    9.35
    451
    4 UFO
    Strangers In The Night (1979)
    9.33
    39
    5 Lacrimosa
    Lichtjahre (2007)
    9.32
    38
    6 Empyrium
    Into The Pantheon (2013)
    9.31
    29
    7 Death
    Vivus! (2012)
    9.30
    50
    8 Riverside
    Reality Dream (2008)
    9.28
    39
    9 Kamelot
    One Cold Winter's Night (2006)
    9.27
    177
    10 Emperor
    Live Inferno (2009)
    9.26
    88
    11 Anathema
    Untouchable (2013)
    9.21
    24
    12 Thin Lizzy
    Live And Dangerous (1978)
    9.21
    56
    13 Meshuggah
    The Ophidian Trek (2014)
    9.21
    24
    14 Paradise Lost
    The Anatomy Of Melancholy (2008)
    9.20
    49
    15 Tierra Santa
    Las Mil Y Una Noches (2003)
    9.17
    23
    16 Deep Purple
    Made In Japan (1972)
    9.15
    168
    17 Between The Buried And Me
    Colors_Live (2008)
    9.14
    56
    18 Heaven And Hell
    Live At Radio City Music Hall (2007)
    9.13
    67
    19 Queensrÿche
    Operation: Livecrime (1991)
    9.12
    49
    20 Iron Maiden
    Rock In Rio (2002)
    9.12
    316
    21 Therion
    Live Gothic (2008)
    9.11
    133
    22 Star One
    Live On Earth (2003)
    9.09
    34
    23 Dark Tranquillity
    Where Death Is Most Alive (2009)
    9.09
    87
    24 Lacrimosa
    Live (1998)
    9.08
    39
    25 Suffocation
    The Close Of A Chapter: Live In Quebec City (2009)
    9.08
    26
    26 Slayer
    Decade Of Aggression: Live (1991)
    9.07
    322
    27 The Gathering
    Sleepy Buildings - A Semi Acoustic Evening (2004)
    9.07
    83
    28 Sentenced
    Buried Alive (2006)
    9.06
    72
    29 Iron Maiden
    Maiden England '88 (2013)
    9.05
    44
    30 Opeth
    The Roundhouse Tapes (2007)
    9.05
    392
    31 Evergrey
    A Night To Remember (2005)
    9.04
    84
    32 Devin Townsend
    The Retinal Circus (2013)
    9.03
    34
    33 Rammstein
    Völkerball (2006)
    9.03
    78
    34 Iron Maiden
    Flight 666: The Original Soundtrack Album (2009)
    9.02
    100
    35 Kreator
    Live Kreation (2003)
    9.02
    128
    36 Judas Priest
    Unleashed In The East (1979)
    8.99
    202
    37 Dream Theater
    Live Scenes From New York (2000)
    8.99
    153
    38 Nightwish
    End Of An Era (2006)
    8.99
    262
    39 Blind Guardian
    Live (2003)
    8.99
    268
    40 Ozzy Osbourne
    Tribute (1987)
    8.98
    157
    41 Dream Theater
    Score (2006)
    8.98
    144
    42 Emperor
    Emperial Live Ceremony (2000)
    8.97
    111
    43 Running Wild
    The Final Jolly Roger (2011)
    8.96
    28
    44 Iced Earth
    Live In Ancient Kourion (2013)
    8.96
    67
    45 Within Temptation
    Black Symphony (2008)
    8.96
    124
    46 Bloodbath
    The Wacken Carnage (2008)
    8.95
    173
    47 The Gathering
    A Noise Severe (2007)
    8.95
    37
    48 Stratovarius
    Visions Of Europe (1998)
    8.94
    118
    49 Epica
    The Classical Conspiracy (2009)
    8.94
    197
    50 Rage
    From The Cradle To The Stage (2004)
    8.93
    29
    51 Megadeth
    That One Night: Live In Buenos Aires (2007)
    8.93
    144
    52 Porcupine Tree
    Coma Divine (1997)
    8.93
    41
    53 Nightwish
    Showtime, Storytime (2013)
    8.92
    72
    54 Destruction
    The Curse Of The Antichrist - Live In Agony (2009)
    8.92
    24
    55 Led Zeppelin
    How The West Was Won (2003)
    8.91
    78
    56 Scorpions
    World Wide Live (1985)
    8.91
    79
    57 Death
    Live In L.A. (Death & Raw) (2001)
    8.91
    191
    58 Pain Of Salvation
    The Second Death Of Pain Of Salvation (2009)
    8.91
    47
    59 Dream Theater
    Live At Budokan (2004)
    8.90
    155
    60 Rhapsody Of Fire
    Live - From Chaos To Eternity (2013)
    8.89
    27
    61 At The Gates
    Purgatory Unleashed - Live At Wacken (2010)
    8.89
    45
    62 Helloween
    Keeper Of The Seven Keys - The Legacy World Tour 2005/2006 - Live In Sao Paulo (2007)
    8.87
    121
    63 Behemoth
    At The Arena Ov Aion - Live Apostasy (2008)
    8.87
    71
    64 Moonspell
    Lusitanian Metal (2008)
    8.86
    58
    65 Halford
    Live Insurrection (2001)
    8.86
    64
    66 The Gathering
    Superheat (2000)
    8.85
    41
    67 Arch Enemy
    Tyrants Of The Rising Sun: Live In Japan (2008)
    8.85
    100
    68 Gamma Ray
    Skeletons In The Closet (2003)
    8.84
    121
    69 Testament
    Live In London (2005)
    8.83
    100
    70 Gamma Ray
    Hell Yeah!!! The Awesome Foursome (2008)
    8.83
    75
    71 Savatage
    Final Bell / Ghost In The Ruins (1995)
    8.82
    51
    72 Motörhead
    No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (1981)
    8.81
    96
    73 W.A.S.P.
    Double Live Assassins (1998)
    8.80
    45
    74 Iron Maiden
    Maiden England (1994)
    8.80
    66
    75 Sodom
    One Night In Bangkok (2003)
    8.80
    44
    76 Alice In Chains
    Unplugged (1996)
    8.79
    156
    77 Rush
    Different Stages (1998)
    8.78
    27
    78 Megadeth
    Rust In Peace Live (2010)
    8.77
    70
    79 Rainbow
    Live In Munich 1977 (2006)
    8.76
    29
    80 Katatonia
    Sanctitude (2015)
    8.75
    57
    81 Pain Of Salvation
    12:5 (2004)
    8.73
    109
    82 Arkona
    Жизн Во Славу (2006)
    8.71
    35
    83 Satyricon
    Live At The Opera (2015)
    8.71
    38
    84 Gamma Ray
    Skeletons & Majesties Live (2012)
    8.70
    27
    85 Helloween
    I Want Out Live/Keepers Live (1989)
    8.69
    45
    86 Shaman
    RituAlive (2003)
    8.68
    37
    87 Rainbow
    On Stage (1977)
    8.68
    63
    88 Death
    Live In Eindhoven (2001)
    8.68
    98
    89 Stream Of Passion
    Live In The Real World (2006)
    8.68
    38
    90 Destruction
    Live Without Sense (1989)
    8.67
    46
    91 Scorpions
    Tokyo Tapes (1978)
    8.66
    61
    92 Devin Townsend
    European Tour (2011)
    8.65
    20
    93 Rush
    Exit... Stage Left (1981)
    8.65
    49
    94 Rotting Christ
    Lucifer Over Athens (2015)
    8.65
    23
    95 Sonata Arctica
    Live In Finland (2011)
    8.64
    36
    96 Iron Maiden
    En Vivo! (2012)
    8.64
    55
    97 Running Wild
    Live (2002)
    8.64
    25
    98 Led Zeppelin
    Celebration Day (2012)
    8.64
    44
    99 Freedom Call
    Live Invasion (2004)
    8.63
    35
    100 Hypocrisy
    Hypocrisy Destroys Wacken (1999)
    8.62
    60