1.Pretty Maids - Red, Hot And Heavy

2.Pretty Maids - Future World

3.Pretty Maids - Scream

4.Pretty Maids - Louder Than Ever

5.Pretty Maids - Jump The Gun

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1.Avantasia - Death Is Just A Feeling

2.Dream Theater - Beneath The Surface

3.Evergrey - Free

4.Firewind - Edge Of A Dream

5.Myrath - Sour Sigh

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1.Avantasia - Angel Of Babylon

2.Avantasia - The Wicked Symphony

3.Volbeat - Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies

4.Evergrey - Hymns For The Broken

5.Accept - Blood Of The Nations

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Must Listen: The First 5

1.Avantasia - Angel Of Babylon

2.Avantasia - The Wicked Symphony

3.Accept - Blood Of The Nations

4.Volbeat - Beyond Hell/Above Heaven

5.Pretty Maids - Pandemonium

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1.Helloween - 7 Sinners

2.Soilwork - The Panic Broadcast

3.Treat - Coup De Grâce

4.Pretty Maids - Pandemonium

5.Blaze Bayley - Promise And Terror

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Take a look at the Top Album lists of recent years and you'll notice an obvious trend. In 2005 the average rating of the top 25 albums is 8.76. Jump to 2014 and the average among the top 25 has dropped to 8.26. An almost linear decrease is observable for the 10 years in between.

I was curious to see what a Top 100 for 2000-2014 would look like if I factored the votes to account for the 'rating decline'. I hope you find it interesting.

1.Agalloch - The Mantle

2.Opeth - Blackwater Park

3.Blindead - Affliction XXIX II MXMVI

4.Aquilus - Griseus

5.Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World

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1.Kobra And The Lotus - Kobra And The Lotus

2.Sinner - Danger Zone

3.Danzig - Danzig

4.Iced Earth - Dystopia

5.Pretty Maids - Pandemonium

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My "Final Selection" for 2010. Top 10 in order. The Rest for A-Z.
As a big fan of Power and Folk metal, this year was quiet good. The return of Rhapsody, new actors as Ancient Bards, Sinbreed, great comeback - Accept, Masterplan with Jorn, long awaited albums - Orphaned Land, Blind Guardian and Alcest. Some discoveries - Finsterforst, Skiltron, Pretty Maids (shame on me)and Orden Ogan. Some unexpected suprises Black Majesty, Iron Fire. Not to say that many bands didnt disappoint me with their new album - Derdian, Freedom Call, Eluvetie, Galneyrus, Wuthering Heights. Good year, a little bit above the average

1.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

2.Pathfinder - Beyond The Space, Beyond The Time

3.Freedom Call - Legend Of The Shadowking

4.Derdian - New Era Pt. 3 - The Apocalypse

5.Rhapsody Of Fire - The Frozen Tears Of Angels

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1.Helloween - 7 Sinners

2.Pretty Maids - Pandemonium

3.Accept - Blood Of The Nations

4.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

5.Sebastien - Tears Of White Roses

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last updated: 14th December 2011

1.Machinae Supremacy - A View From The End Of The World

2.In Vain - Mantra

3.Illidiance - Damage Theory

4.Masterplan - Time To Be King

5.Instanzia - Ghosts

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