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    Top 100 live albums

    1 Ayreon
    Ayreon Universe (2018)
    9.55
    20
    2 Iced Earth
    Alive In Athens (1999)
    9.43
    367
    3 UFO
    Strangers In The Night (1979)
    9.36
    44
    4 Iron Maiden
    Live After Death (1985)
    9.33
    480
    5 Riverside
    Reality Dream (2008)
    9.33
    43
    6 Empyrium
    Into The Pantheon (2013)
    9.31
    32
    7 Leprous
    Live At Rockefeller Music Hall (2016)
    9.29
    35
    8 Kamelot
    One Cold Winter's Night (2006)
    9.28
    190
    9 Emperor
    Live Inferno (2009)
    9.27
    93
    10 Thin Lizzy
    Live And Dangerous (1978)
    9.25
    60
    11 Kreator
    Live In East Berlin (1990)
    9.25
    20
    12 Paradise Lost
    The Anatomy Of Melancholy (2008)
    9.20
    51
    13 Between The Buried And Me
    Colors_Live (2008)
    9.19
    57
    14 Death
    Vivus! (2012)
    9.19
    58
    15 Deep Purple
    Made In Japan (1972)
    9.17
    180
    16 Queensrÿche
    Operation: Livecrime (1991)
    9.16
    58
    17 Iron Maiden
    Rock In Rio (2002)
    9.14
    329
    18 Heaven And Hell
    Live At Radio City Music Hall (2007)
    9.14
    72
    19 Therion
    Live Gothic (2008)
    9.12
    136
    20 Anathema
    Untouchable (2013)
    9.12
    26
    21 Star One
    Live On Earth (2003)
    9.11
    35
    22 Dark Tranquillity
    Where Death Is Most Alive (2009)
    9.09
    95
    23 Meshuggah
    The Ophidian Trek (2014)
    9.09
    32
    24 Slayer
    Decade Of Aggression: Live (1991)
    9.08
    341
    25 Iron Maiden
    Maiden England '88 (2013)
    9.08
    52
    26 Tierra Santa
    Las Mil Y Una Noches (2003)
    9.08
    25
    27 Devin Townsend
    The Retinal Circus (2013)
    9.06
    36
    28 Iron Maiden
    Flight 666: The Original Soundtrack Album (2009)
    9.06
    105
    29 Opeth
    The Roundhouse Tapes (2007)
    9.05
    402
    30 Sentenced
    Buried Alive (2006)
    9.03
    77
    31 Lacrimosa
    Lichtjahre (2007)
    9.03
    40
    32 Evergrey
    A Night To Remember (2005)
    9.02
    87
    33 The Gathering
    Sleepy Buildings - A Semi Acoustic Evening (2004)
    9.02
    87
    34 Nightwish
    End Of An Era (2006)
    9.01
    273
    35 Ozzy Osbourne
    Tribute (1987)
    9.01
    162
    36 Kreator
    Live Kreation (2003)
    9.01
    134
    37 Rammstein
    Völkerball (2006)
    9.00
    84
    38 Blind Guardian
    Live (2003)
    8.99
    281
    39 Nightwish
    Showtime, Storytime (2013)
    8.99
    83
    40 Dream Theater
    Score (2006)
    8.99
    149
    41 Dream Theater
    Live Scenes From New York (2000)
    8.98
    159
    42 Emperor
    Emperial Live Ceremony (2000)
    8.98
    115
    43 Judas Priest
    Unleashed In The East (1979)
    8.98
    212
    44 Suffocation
    The Close Of A Chapter: Live In Quebec City (2009)
    8.97
    29
    45 Behemoth
    Messe Noire (2018)
    8.96
    24
    46 Iced Earth
    Live In Ancient Kourion (2013)
    8.96
    70
    47 Megadeth
    That One Night: Live In Buenos Aires (2007)
    8.95
    153
    48 Epica
    The Classical Conspiracy (2009)
    8.95
    205
    49 The Gathering
    A Noise Severe (2007)
    8.95
    40
    50 Bloodbath
    The Wacken Carnage (2008)
    8.94
    177
    51 Porcupine Tree
    Coma Divine (1997)
    8.93
    42
    52 Rage
    From The Cradle To The Stage (2004)
    8.93
    30
    53 Led Zeppelin
    How The West Was Won (2003)
    8.93
    84
    54 Scorpions
    World Wide Live (1985)
    8.92
    87
    55 Destruction
    The Curse Of The Antichrist - Live In Agony (2009)
    8.92
    25
    56 Within Temptation
    Black Symphony (2008)
    8.91
    129
    57 Dream Theater
    Live At Budokan (2004)
    8.91
    159
    58 Stratovarius
    Visions Of Europe (1998)
    8.91
    123
    59 Lacrimosa
    Live (1998)
    8.91
    44
    60 Halford
    Live Insurrection (2001)
    8.90
    68
    61 Death
    Live In L.A. (Death & Raw) (2001)
    8.90
    198
    62 Blaze
    As Live As It Gets (2003)
    8.90
    20
    63 Arch Enemy
    Tyrants Of The Rising Sun: Live In Japan (2008)
    8.90
    109
    64 Behemoth
    At The Arena Ov Aion - Live Apostasy (2008)
    8.89
    75
    65 Savatage
    Final Bell / Ghost In The Ruins (1995)
    8.89
    55
    66 Running Wild
    The Final Jolly Roger (2011)
    8.89
    28
    67 At The Gates
    Purgatory Unleashed - Live At Wacken (2010)
    8.88
    49
    68 Motörhead
    No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (1981)
    8.87
    101
    69 Helloween
    Keeper Of The Seven Keys - The Legacy World Tour 2005/2006 - Live In Sao Paulo (2007)
    8.86
    129
    70 Testament
    Live In London (2005)
    8.85
    102
    71 Megadeth
    Rust In Peace Live (2010)
    8.84
    79
    72 W.A.S.P.
    Double Live Assassins (1998)
    8.84
    49
    73 Amorphis
    An Evening With Friends At Huvila (2017)
    8.84
    25
    74 Gamma Ray
    Skeletons In The Closet (2003)
    8.83
    122
    75 Iron Maiden
    Maiden England (1994)
    8.83
    70
    76 Moonspell
    Lusitanian Metal (2008)
    8.82
    66
    77 Gamma Ray
    Hell Yeah!!! The Awesome Foursome (2008)
    8.82
    76
    78 Pain Of Salvation
    The Second Death Of Pain Of Salvation (2009)
    8.80
    50
    79 Rotting Christ
    Lucifer Over Athens (2015)
    8.80
    30
    80 Helloween
    I Want Out Live/Keepers Live (1989)
    8.79
    48
    81 Rhapsody Of Fire
    Live - From Chaos To Eternity (2013)
    8.79
    29
    82 Alice In Chains
    Unplugged (1996)
    8.78
    171
    83 Sodom
    One Night In Bangkok (2003)
    8.76
    45
    84 Arkona
    Жизн Во Славу (2006)
    8.76
    37
    85 Rainbow
    Live In Munich 1977 (2006)
    8.74
    31
    86 Katatonia
    Sanctitude (2015)
    8.74
    65
    87 Pain Of Salvation
    12:5 (2004)
    8.73
    116
    88 Stream Of Passion
    Live In The Real World (2006)
    8.72
    39
    89 Scorpions
    Tokyo Tapes (1978)
    8.72
    68
    90 Destruction
    Live Without Sense (1989)
    8.71
    49
    91 Rush
    Different Stages (1998)
    8.71
    28
    92 Sonata Arctica
    Live In Finland (2011)
    8.71
    38
    93 Satyricon
    Live At The Opera (2015)
    8.70
    47
    94 Gamma Ray
    Skeletons & Majesties Live (2012)
    8.70
    27
    95 Iron Maiden
    En Vivo! (2012)
    8.69
    62
    96 Death
    Live In Eindhoven (2001)
    8.69
    104
    97 Led Zeppelin
    Celebration Day (2012)
    8.68
    50
    98 Rush
    Exit... Stage Left (1981)
    8.67
    52
    99 Shaman
    RituAlive (2003)
    8.66
    38
    100 The Gathering
    Superheat (2000)
    8.66
    44