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    Top 100 Power metal albums

    1 Wintersun
    Wintersun (2004)
    9
    1785
    2 Helloween
    Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II (1988)
    9
    1372
    3 Blind Guardian
    Imaginations From The Other Side (1995)
    8.98
    1409
    4 Helloween
    Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I (1987)
    8.92
    1343
    5 Gamma Ray
    Land Of The Free (1995)
    8.88
    717
    6 Blind Guardian
    Nightfall In Middle-Earth (1998)
    8.87
    1448
    7 Kamelot
    The Black Halo (2005)
    8.85
    1244
    8 Blind Guardian
    Somewhere Far Beyond (1992)
    8.8
    1145
    9 Symphony X
    The Divine Wings Of Tragedy (1997)
    8.8
    853
    10 Stratovarius
    Visions (1997)
    8.74
    818
    11 X Japan
    Art Of Life (1993)
    8.71
    136
    12 Lost Horizon
    A Flame To The Ground Beneath (2003)
    8.71
    381
    13 Kamelot
    Epica (2003)
    8.7
    941
    14 Warlord
    And The Cannons Of Destruction Have Begun... (1984)
    8.69
    123
    15 Symphony X
    The Odyssey (2002)
    8.69
    872
    16 Wuthering Heights
    Far From The Madding Crowd (2004)
    8.68
    149
    17 Iced Earth
    Something Wicked This Way Comes (1998)
    8.65
    1006
    18 Angra
    Temple Of Shadows (2004)
    8.65
    672
    19 Children Of Bodom
    Follow The Reaper (2000)
    8.65
    1533
    20 Sonata Arctica
    Ecliptica (1999)
    8.64
    888
    21 Sonata Arctica
    Silence (2001)
    8.64
    812
    22 Eternal Tears Of Sorrow
    A Virgin And A Whore (2001)
    8.64
    525
    23 Symphony X
    Paradise Lost (2007)
    8.64
    1067
    24 Symphony X
    V: The New Mythology Suite (2000)
    8.64
    734
    25 Avantasia
    The Metal Opera Part I (2001)
    8.64
    798
    26 Rhapsody
    Symphony Of Enchanted Lands (1998)
    8.63
    667
    27 Children Of Bodom
    Hatebreeder (1999)
    8.63
    1375
    28 Nightwish
    Oceanborn (1998)
    8.63
    1286
    29 Kamelot
    Karma (2001)
    8.62
    756
    30 Rhapsody
    Dawn Of Victory (2000)
    8.62
    638
    31 Gamma Ray
    Power Plant (1999)
    8.62
    533
    32 Falconer
    Falconer (2001)
    8.61
    297
    33 Sanctuary
    Into The Mirror Black (1990)
    8.61
    284
    34 Lost Horizon
    Awakening The World (2001)
    8.61
    316
    35 Gamma Ray
    Somewhere Out In Space (1997)
    8.6
    531
    36 Stratovarius
    Episode (1996)
    8.59
    579
    37 Labyrinth
    Return To Heaven Denied (1998)
    8.59
    177
    38 Masterplan
    Masterplan (2003)
    8.59
    393
    39 Iced Earth
    Night Of The Stormrider (1991)
    8.59
    681
    40 Kalmah
    Swampsong (2003)
    8.59
    545
    41 Conception
    In Your Multitude (1995)
    8.59
    127
    42 Manowar
    Kings Of Metal (1988)
    8.59
    715
    43 Epidemia
    Elfiyskaya Rukopis (2004)
    8.59
    37
    44 Nightwish
    Once (2004)
    8.58
    1403
    45 Bloodbound
    Nosferatu (2005)
    8.58
    125
    46 Iced Earth
    Burnt Offerings (1995)
    8.58
    766
    47 Wuthering Heights
    The Shadow Cabinet (2006)
    8.57
    146
    48 Heavenly
    Dust To Dust (2004)
    8.57
    198
    49 Edguy
    Mandrake (2001)
    8.57
    482
    50 Twilightning
    Delirium Veil (2003)
    8.56
    112
    51 Insania
    Fantasy - A New Dimension (2003)
    8.56
    27
    52 Kalmah
    Swamplord (2000)
    8.56
    547
    53 Helloween
    Walls Of Jericho (1985)
    8.56
    851
    54 Galneryus
    Advance To The Fall (2005)
    8.56
    118
    55 Iced Earth
    The Dark Saga (1996)
    8.56
    811
    56 Heavenly
    Virus (2006)
    8.56
    214
    57 Evergrey
    In Search Of Truth (2001)
    8.56
    392
    58 Evergrey
    Recreation Day (2003)
    8.56
    409
    59 Gamma Ray
    No World Order (2001)
    8.55
    532
    60 Edguy
    Hellfire Club (2004)
    8.55
    511
    61 Scar Symmetry
    Holographic Universe (2008)
    8.55
    529
    62 Timeless Miracle
    Into The Enchanted Chamber (2005)
    8.55
    101
    63 White Skull
    Public Glory, Secret Agony (2000)
    8.54
    63
    64 Kiko Loureiro
    Sounds Of Innocence (2012)
    8.54
    37
    65 Angra
    Holy Land (1996)
    8.54
    440
    66 Avalanch
    Llanto De Un Héroe (1999)
    8.54
    69
    67 Kiko Loureiro
    No Gravity (2005)
    8.54
    54
    68 Luca Turilli
    King Of The Nordic Twilight (1999)
    8.54
    219
    69 Dragonland
    Astronomy (2006)
    8.54
    262
    70 Evergrey
    The Inner Circle (2004)
    8.53
    387
    71 Vision Divine
    Stream Of Consciousness (2004)
    8.53
    96
    72 White Skull
    Tales From The North (1999)
    8.53
    68
    73 Shaman
    Ritual (2002)
    8.53
    165
    74 Kalmah
    They Will Return (2002)
    8.53
    509
    75 Masterplan
    Aeronautics (2005)
    8.53
    306
    76 Nightwish
    Wishmaster (2000)
    8.53
    1230
    77 Secret Sphere
    A Time Nevercome (2001)
    8.52
    71
    78 Rhapsody
    Power Of The Dragonflame (2002)
    8.52
    527
    79 Kalmah
    The Black Waltz (2006)
    8.52
    581
    80 Angra
    Rebirth (2001)
    8.52
    440
    81 Olympos Mons
    Medievil (2007)
    8.51
    41
    82 Fates Warning
    Awaken The Guardian (1986)
    8.51
    252
    83 Nightwish
    Century Child (2002)
    8.51
    1187
    84 Blind Guardian
    Tales From The Twilight World (1990)
    8.51
    880
    85 Saint Deamon
    In Shadows Lost From The Brave (2008)
    8.5
    66
    86 Pagan's Mind
    Enigmatic : Calling (2005)
    8.5
    195
    87 Highlord
    When The Aurora Falls... (2000)
    8.5
    28
    88 Theocracy
    As The World Bleeds (2011)
    8.49
    166
    89 Yngwie Malmsteen
    Rising Force (1984)
    8.49
    361
    90 Dark Moor
    The Gates Of Oblivion (2002)
    8.49
    236
    91 Conception
    Parallel Minds (1993)
    8.48
    145
    92 Vanden Plas
    Beyond Daylight (2002)
    8.48
    102
    93 Helloween
    The Dark Ride (2000)
    8.47
    763
    94 Freedom Call
    Eternity (2002)
    8.47
    215
    95 Insania
    Sunrise In Riverland (2001)
    8.47
    38
    96 Royal Hunt
    Moving Target (1995)
    8.47
    103
    97 Sabaton
    The Art Of War (2008)
    8.47
    494
    98 Blind Guardian
    At The Edge Of Time (2010)
    8.47
    1117
    99 Galneryus
    Angel Of Salvation (2012)
    8.47
    135
    100 Avantasia
    The Metal Opera Part II (2002)
    8.47
    641