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    Top 100 Avantgarde metal albums

    1 Arcturus
    The Sham Mirrors (2002)
    8.76
    705
    2 Sigh
    Imaginary Sonicscape (2001)
    8.65
    194
    3 Mr. Bungle
    California (1999)
    8.63
    164
    4 Deathspell Omega
    Paracletus (2010)
    8.63
    346
    5 Dog Fashion Disco
    Adultery (2006)
    8.6
    40
    6 Diablo Swing Orchestra
    The Butcher's Ballroom (2006)
    8.59
    505
    7 Celtic Frost
    Monotheist (2006)
    8.58
    574
    8 Gorguts
    Obscura (1998)
    8.57
    317
    9 Unexpect
    In A Flesh Aquarium (2006)
    8.56
    256
    10 In The Woods...
    Omnio (1997)
    8.56
    208
    11 Todtgelichter
    Angst (2010)
    8.55
    141
    12 Mirrorthrone
    Carriers Of Dust (2006)
    8.55
    80
    13 Sigh
    Hangman's Hymn: Musikalische Exequien (2007)
    8.54
    183
    14 Stolen Babies
    There Be Squabbles Ahead (2006)
    8.51
    88
    15 Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
    Grand Opening And Closing (2001)
    8.51
    47
    16 Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
    Of Natural History (2004)
    8.5
    50
    17 Maudlin Of The Well
    Bath (2001)
    8.49
    87
    18 Vulture Industries
    The Dystopia Journals (2007)
    8.48
    73
    19 Pin-Up Went Down
    2 Unlimited (2008)
    8.47
    32
    20 Alchemist
    Spiritech (1997)
    8.46
    67
    21 Estradasphere
    Palace Of Mirrors (2006)
    8.46
    39
    22 Polkadot Cadaver
    Purgatory Dance Party (2007)
    8.46
    39
    23 Polkadot Cadaver
    Sex Offender (2011)
    8.46
    24
    24 Maudlin Of The Well
    Leaving Your Body Map (2001)
    8.45
    73
    25 Dog Fashion Disco
    Anarchists Of Good Taste (2001)
    8.42
    24
    26 Arcturus
    La Masquerade Infernale (1997)
    8.42
    468
    27 Unexpect
    Fables Of The Sleepless Empire (2011)
    8.42
    259
    28 Mirrorthrone
    Gangrene (2008)
    8.41
    91
    29 Estradasphere
    Buck Fever (2001)
    8.4
    30
    30 Akphaezya
    Anthology II: Links From The Dead Trinity (2008)
    8.4
    73
    31 Celtic Frost
    To Mega Therion (1985)
    8.4
    564
    32 Vulture Industries
    The Tower (2013)
    8.4
    187
    33 Buckethead
    Colma (1998)
    8.4
    73
    34 Pan.thy.monium
    Khaooohs And Kon-Fus-Ion (1996)
    8.37
    81
    35 Gorguts
    Colored Sands (2013)
    8.37
    266
    36 Fantômas
    The Director's Cut (2001)
    8.36
    96
    37 Orakle
    Tourments & Perdition (2008)
    8.35
    20
    38 Angizia
    Das Schachbrett Des Trommelbuben Zacharias (1999)
    8.35
    31
    39 Shaolin Death Squad
    Intelligent Design (2006)
    8.35
    31
    40 Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
    In Glorious Times (2007)
    8.34
    44
    41 Ved Buens Ende
    Written In Waters (1995)
    8.33
    110
    42 Peccatum
    Lost In Reverie (2004)
    8.32
    77
    43 Oceans Of Sadness
    The Arrogance Of Ignorance (2008)
    8.31
    54
    44 Dog Fashion Disco
    Committed To A Bright Future (2003)
    8.31
    26
    45 Diablo Swing Orchestra
    Sing-Along Songs For The Damned & Delirious (2009)
    8.31
    399
    46 Estradasphere
    Quadropus (2003)
    8.3
    20
    47 Sigh
    Gallows Gallery [Reissue] (2007)
    8.3
    69
    48 Mr. Bungle
    Mr. Bungle (1991)
    8.29
    151
    49 Buckethead
    Decoding The Tomb Of Bansheebot (2007)
    8.29
    24
    50 Dreadnought
    Bridging Realms (2015)
    8.28
    46
    51 Oceans Of Sadness
    Mirror Palace (2007)
    8.28
    29
    52 Alchemist
    Organasm (2000)
    8.27
    59
    53 Buckethead
    The Elephant Man's Alarm Clock (2006)
    8.27
    22
    54 Solefald
    In Harmonia Universali (2003)
    8.25
    79
    55 Sigh
    In Somniphobia (2012)
    8.25
    215
    56 Virus
    Carheart (2003)
    8.24
    38
    57 Kayo Dot
    Hubardo (2013)
    8.24
    59
    58 Gorguts
    From Wisdom To Hate (2001)
    8.23
    133
    59 Omb
    SwineSong (2013)
    8.23
    47
    60 Winds
    The Imaginary Direction Of Time (2004)
    8.23
    82
    61 Ashenspire
    Speak Not Of The Laudanum Quandary (2017)
    8.22
    23
    62 Angizia
    Ein Toter Fährt Gern Ringelspiel (2004)
    8.22
    23
    63 Gire
    Gire (2007)
    8.21
    24
    64 Arcturus
    Sideshow Symphonies (2005)
    8.21
    414
    65 Dornenreich
    Her Von Welken Nächten (2001)
    8.21
    34
    66 Alchemist
    Austral Alien (2003)
    8.21
    58
    67 Transcending Bizarre?
    The Serpent's Manifolds (2008)
    8.2
    56
    68 Emptiness
    Nothing But The Whole (2014)
    8.2
    118
    69 Diablo Swing Orchestra
    Pandora's Piñata (2012)
    8.19
    363
    70 Ephel Duath
    The Painter's Palette (2003)
    8.19
    57
    71 Dissona
    Dissona (2012)
    8.18
    88
    72 Terra Tenebrosa
    The Tunnels (2011)
    8.17
    81
    73 Buckethead
    Electric Tears (2002)
    8.16
    37
    74 Manes
    Vilosophe (2003)
    8.15
    39
    75 Winds
    Reflections Of The I (2002)
    8.15
    67
    76 Solefald
    Norrøn Livskunst (2010)
    8.15
    96
    77 Alchemist
    Tripsis (2007)
    8.14
    51
    78 Transcending Bizarre?
    The Misanthrope's Fable (2010)
    8.14
    51
    79 Waltari
    Yeah! Yeah! Die! Die! Death Metal Symphony In Deep C (1996)
    8.14
    57
    80 Madder Mortem
    Desiderata (2006)
    8.14
    70
    81 Arcturus
    Arcturian (2015)
    8.13
    323
    82 Maudlin Of The Well
    Part The Second (2009)
    8.13
    82
    83 Kekal
    1000 Thoughts Of Violence (2003)
    8.12
    25
    84 Pan.thy.monium
    Dawn Of Dreams (1992)
    8.11
    56
    85 Solefald
    The Linear Scaffold (1997)
    8.11
    91
    86 Ephel Duath
    Pain Necessary To Know (2005)
    8.1
    31
    87 Kayo Dot
    Dowsing Anemone With Copper Tongue (2006)
    8.1
    31
    88 Akphaezya
    Anthology IV: The Tragedy Of Nerak (2012)
    8.09
    68
    89 Shining (NOR)
    Blackjazz (2010)
    8.08
    159
    90 Madder Mortem
    Eight Ways (2009)
    8.08
    75
    91 Winds
    Prominence And Demise (2007)
    8.08
    76
    92 Dreadnought
    Lifewoven (2013)
    8.08
    104
    93 Crotchduster
    Big Fat Box Of Shit (2004)
    8.08
    25
    94 Manes
    Under Ein Blodraud Maane (1999)
    8.07
    28
    95 Fantômas
    Fantômas (1999)
    8.07
    42
    96 Ihsahn
    Eremita (2012)
    8.06
    321
    97 Manes
    Slow Motion Death Sequence (2018)
    8.06
    48
    98 Kayo Dot
    Choirs Of The Eye (2003)
    8.06
    66
    99 Buckethead
    Crime Slunk Scene (2006)
    8.05
    44
    100 Madder Mortem
    Deadlands (2002)
    8.05
    65