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    Top 100 live albums

    1 Iced Earth
    Alive In Athens (1999)
    9.42
    362
    2 Leprous
    Live At Rockefeller Music Hall (2016)
    9.36
    22
    3 UFO
    Strangers In The Night (1979)
    9.35
    40
    4 Iron Maiden
    Live After Death (1985)
    9.35
    456
    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 Emperor
    Live Inferno (2009)
    9.27
    89
    10 Kamelot
    One Cold Winter's Night (2006)
    9.27
    179
    11 Thin Lizzy
    Live And Dangerous (1978)
    9.22
    58
    12 Meshuggah
    The Ophidian Trek (2014)
    9.21
    24
    13 Anathema
    Untouchable (2013)
    9.20
    25
    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)
    9.16
    171
    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 Iron Maiden
    Rock In Rio (2002)
    9.12
    321
    20 Queensrÿche
    Operation: Livecrime (1991)
    9.12
    52
    21 Star One
    Live On Earth (2003)
    9.11
    35
    22 Suffocation
    The Close Of A Chapter: Live In Quebec City (2009)
    9.11
    28
    23 Therion
    Live Gothic (2008)
    9.10
    134
    24 Lacrimosa
    Live (1998)
    9.10
    40
    25 Iron Maiden
    Maiden England '88 (2013)
    9.09
    47
    26 Dark Tranquillity
    Where Death Is Most Alive (2009)
    9.08
    88
    27 The Gathering
    Sleepy Buildings - A Semi Acoustic Evening (2004)
    9.07
    83
    28 Slayer
    Decade Of Aggression: Live (1991)
    9.07
    323
    29 Sentenced
    Buried Alive (2006)
    9.06
    72
    30 Opeth
    The Roundhouse Tapes (2007)
    9.04
    392
    31 Devin Townsend
    The Retinal Circus (2013)
    9.03
    34
    32 Rammstein
    Völkerball (2006)
    9.03
    80
    33 Iron Maiden
    Flight 666: The Original Soundtrack Album (2009)
    9.03
    101
    34 Kreator
    Live Kreation (2003)
    9.03
    129
    35 Evergrey
    A Night To Remember (2005)
    9.02
    85
    36 Nightwish
    End Of An Era (2006)
    8.99
    261
    37 Blind Guardian
    Live (2003)
    8.99
    270
    38 Dream Theater
    Score (2006)
    8.99
    145
    39 Judas Priest
    Unleashed In The East (1979)
    8.99
    204
    40 Dream Theater
    Live Scenes From New York (2000)
    8.99
    154
    41 Ozzy Osbourne
    Tribute (1987)
    8.98
    159
    42 Emperor
    Emperial Live Ceremony (2000)
    8.97
    112
    43 Running Wild
    The Final Jolly Roger (2011)
    8.96
    28
    44 Within Temptation
    Black Symphony (2008)
    8.96
    124
    45 Stratovarius
    Visions Of Europe (1998)
    8.95
    119
    46 The Gathering
    A Noise Severe (2007)
    8.95
    37
    47 Bloodbath
    The Wacken Carnage (2008)
    8.94
    174
    48 Epica
    The Classical Conspiracy (2009)
    8.94
    197
    49 Porcupine Tree
    Coma Divine (1997)
    8.93
    41
    50 Megadeth
    That One Night: Live In Buenos Aires (2007)
    8.93
    144
    51 Iced Earth
    Live In Ancient Kourion (2013)
    8.93
    71
    52 Rage
    From The Cradle To The Stage (2004)
    8.93
    29
    53 Destruction
    The Curse Of The Antichrist - Live In Agony (2009)
    8.92
    24
    54 Nightwish
    Showtime, Storytime (2013)
    8.92
    72
    55 Led Zeppelin
    How The West Was Won (2003)
    8.91
    79
    56 Scorpions
    World Wide Live (1985)
    8.91
    79
    57 Death
    Live In L.A. (Death & Raw) (2001)
    8.90
    191
    58 Dream Theater
    Live At Budokan (2004)
    8.90
    156
    59 Pain Of Salvation
    The Second Death Of Pain Of Salvation (2009)
    8.89
    46
    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 Halford
    Live Insurrection (2001)
    8.88
    65
    63 Behemoth
    At The Arena Ov Aion - Live Apostasy (2008)
    8.87
    71
    64 Helloween
    Keeper Of The Seven Keys - The Legacy World Tour 2005/2006 - Live In Sao Paulo (2007)
    8.87
    122
    65 Moonspell
    Lusitanian Metal (2008)
    8.86
    58
    66 Arch Enemy
    Tyrants Of The Rising Sun: Live In Japan (2008)
    8.86
    101
    67 The Gathering
    Superheat (2000)
    8.85
    41
    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 Motörhead
    No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (1981)
    8.82
    97
    72 Iron Maiden
    Maiden England (1994)
    8.82
    67
    73 Savatage
    Final Bell / Ghost In The Ruins (1995)
    8.82
    51
    74 Megadeth
    Rust In Peace Live (2010)
    8.81
    73
    75 W.A.S.P.
    Double Live Assassins (1998)
    8.80
    46
    76 Sodom
    One Night In Bangkok (2003)
    8.80
    44
    77 Alice In Chains
    Unplugged (1996)
    8.79
    156
    78 Rush
    Different Stages (1998)
    8.78
    27
    79 Rainbow
    Live In Munich 1977 (2006)
    8.76
    29
    80 Katatonia
    Sanctitude (2015)
    8.75
    59
    81 Pain Of Salvation
    12:5 (2004)
    8.74
    111
    82 Satyricon
    Live At The Opera (2015)
    8.72
    39
    83 Arkona
    Жизн Во Славу (2006)
    8.71
    35
    84 Destruction
    Live Without Sense (1989)
    8.70
    47
    85 Gamma Ray
    Skeletons & Majesties Live (2012)
    8.70
    27
    86 Helloween
    I Want Out Live/Keepers Live (1989)
    8.69
    45
    87 Rainbow
    On Stage (1977)
    8.69
    64
    88 Shaman
    RituAlive (2003)
    8.68
    37
    89 Stream Of Passion
    Live In The Real World (2006)
    8.68
    38
    90 Death
    Live In Eindhoven (2001)
    8.68
    99
    91 Scorpions
    Tokyo Tapes (1978)
    8.66
    62
    92 Rush
    Exit... Stage Left (1981)
    8.65
    49
    93 Rotting Christ
    Lucifer Over Athens (2015)
    8.65
    23
    94 Devin Townsend
    European Tour (2011)
    8.65
    20
    95 Sonata Arctica
    Live In Finland (2011)
    8.64
    36
    96 Led Zeppelin
    Celebration Day (2012)
    8.64
    44
    97 Running Wild
    Live (2002)
    8.64
    25
    98 Freedom Call
    Live Invasion (2004)
    8.63
    35
    99 Iron Maiden
    En Vivo! (2012)
    8.63
    57
    100 Hypocrisy
    Hypocrisy Destroys Wacken (1999)
    8.62
    60