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    Top 100 Power metal albums

    1 Helloween
    Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II (1988)
    9
    1374
    2 Wintersun
    Wintersun (2004)
    9
    1786
    3 Blind Guardian
    Imaginations From The Other Side (1995)
    8.98
    1407
    4 Helloween
    Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I (1987)
    8.92
    1344
    5 Gamma Ray
    Land Of The Free (1995)
    8.88
    716
    6 Blind Guardian
    Nightfall In Middle-Earth (1998)
    8.87
    1446
    7 Kamelot
    The Black Halo (2005)
    8.85
    1244
    8 Blind Guardian
    Somewhere Far Beyond (1992)
    8.8
    1146
    9 Symphony X
    The Divine Wings Of Tragedy (1997)
    8.8
    855
    10 Stratovarius
    Visions (1997)
    8.74
    817
    11 Lost Horizon
    A Flame To The Ground Beneath (2003)
    8.71
    381
    12 X Japan
    Art Of Life (1993)
    8.7
    136
    13 Kamelot
    Epica (2003)
    8.7
    941
    14 Warlord
    And The Cannons Of Destruction Have Begun... (1984)
    8.69
    124
    15 Symphony X
    The Odyssey (2002)
    8.69
    873
    16 Wuthering Heights
    Far From The Madding Crowd (2004)
    8.68
    149
    17 Iced Earth
    Something Wicked This Way Comes (1998)
    8.66
    1006
    18 Angra
    Temple Of Shadows (2004)
    8.65
    673
    19 Children Of Bodom
    Follow The Reaper (2000)
    8.65
    1532
    20 Sonata Arctica
    Ecliptica (1999)
    8.64
    890
    21 Eternal Tears Of Sorrow
    A Virgin And A Whore (2001)
    8.64
    525
    22 Sonata Arctica
    Silence (2001)
    8.64
    812
    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)
    8.63
    799
    26 Children Of Bodom
    Hatebreeder (1999)
    8.63
    1373
    27 Nightwish
    Oceanborn (1998)
    8.63
    1288
    28 Kamelot
    Karma (2001)
    8.62
    757
    29 Rhapsody
    Symphony Of Enchanted Lands (1998)
    8.62
    669
    30 Rhapsody
    Dawn Of Victory (2000)
    8.62
    637
    31 Gamma Ray
    Power Plant (1999)
    8.62
    531
    32 Sanctuary
    Into The Mirror Black (1990)
    8.61
    284
    33 Lost Horizon
    Awakening The World (2001)
    8.61
    317
    34 Falconer
    Falconer (2001)
    8.6
    297
    35 Gamma Ray
    Somewhere Out In Space (1997)
    8.6
    530
    36 Conception
    In Your Multitude (1995)
    8.59
    127
    37 Manowar
    Kings Of Metal (1988)
    8.59
    714
    38 Epidemia
    Elfiyskaya Rukopis (2004)
    8.59
    37
    39 Stratovarius
    Episode (1996)
    8.59
    581
    40 Labyrinth
    Return To Heaven Denied (1998)
    8.59
    178
    41 Masterplan
    Masterplan (2003)
    8.59
    393
    42 Iced Earth
    Night Of The Stormrider (1991)
    8.58
    679
    43 Kalmah
    Swampsong (2003)
    8.58
    546
    44 Nightwish
    Once (2004)
    8.58
    1407
    45 Bloodbound
    Nosferatu (2005)
    8.58
    125
    46 Heavenly
    Dust To Dust (2004)
    8.57
    198
    47 Kalmah
    Swamplord (2000)
    8.57
    549
    48 Edguy
    Mandrake (2001)
    8.57
    483
    49 Iced Earth
    Burnt Offerings (1995)
    8.57
    764
    50 Wuthering Heights
    The Shadow Cabinet (2006)
    8.57
    146
    51 Helloween
    Walls Of Jericho (1985)
    8.56
    853
    52 Heavenly
    Virus (2006)
    8.56
    213
    53 Galneryus
    Advance To The Fall (2005)
    8.56
    118
    54 Iced Earth
    The Dark Saga (1996)
    8.56
    811
    55 Evergrey
    In Search Of Truth (2001)
    8.56
    392
    56 Evergrey
    Recreation Day (2003)
    8.56
    409
    57 Twilightning
    Delirium Veil (2003)
    8.56
    112
    58 Insania
    Fantasy - A New Dimension (2003)
    8.56
    27
    59 Edguy
    Hellfire Club (2004)
    8.55
    511
    60 Scar Symmetry
    Holographic Universe (2008)
    8.55
    529
    61 Timeless Miracle
    Into The Enchanted Chamber (2005)
    8.55
    101
    62 Kiko Loureiro
    Sounds Of Innocence (2012)
    8.54
    37
    63 Kiko Loureiro
    No Gravity (2005)
    8.54
    54
    64 Kalmah
    They Will Return (2002)
    8.54
    509
    65 Avalanch
    Llanto De Un Héroe (1999)
    8.54
    69
    66 Angra
    Holy Land (1996)
    8.54
    440
    67 Dragonland
    Astronomy (2006)
    8.54
    262
    68 White Skull
    Public Glory, Secret Agony (2000)
    8.54
    63
    69 Luca Turilli
    King Of The Nordic Twilight (1999)
    8.54
    219
    70 Gamma Ray
    No World Order (2001)
    8.54
    530
    71 Shaman
    Ritual (2002)
    8.53
    165
    72 Nightwish
    Wishmaster (2000)
    8.53
    1231
    73 White Skull
    Tales From The North (1999)
    8.53
    68
    74 Vision Divine
    Stream Of Consciousness (2004)
    8.53
    97
    75 Evergrey
    The Inner Circle (2004)
    8.53
    387
    76 Angra
    Rebirth (2001)
    8.52
    441
    77 Masterplan
    Aeronautics (2005)
    8.52
    306
    78 Secret Sphere
    A Time Nevercome (2001)
    8.52
    71
    79 Fates Warning
    Awaken The Guardian (1986)
    8.52
    254
    80 Kalmah
    The Black Waltz (2006)
    8.52
    581
    81 Rhapsody
    Power Of The Dragonflame (2002)
    8.52
    527
    82 Nightwish
    Century Child (2002)
    8.51
    1189
    83 Olympos Mons
    Medievil (2007)
    8.51
    41
    84 Blind Guardian
    Tales From The Twilight World (1990)
    8.5
    879
    85 Pagan's Mind
    Enigmatic : Calling (2005)
    8.5
    195
    86 Highlord
    When The Aurora Falls... (2000)
    8.5
    28
    87 Yngwie Malmsteen
    Rising Force (1984)
    8.49
    361
    88 Dark Moor
    The Gates Of Oblivion (2002)
    8.49
    236
    89 Theocracy
    As The World Bleeds (2011)
    8.49
    166
    90 Conception
    Parallel Minds (1993)
    8.48
    145
    91 Vanden Plas
    Beyond Daylight (2002)
    8.48
    102
    92 Royal Hunt
    Moving Target (1995)
    8.47
    103
    93 Blind Guardian
    At The Edge Of Time (2010)
    8.47
    1116
    94 Angra
    Angels Cry (1993)
    8.47
    475
    95 Eldritch
    El Niño (1998)
    8.47
    30
    96 Galneryus
    Angel Of Salvation (2012)
    8.47
    135
    97 Avantasia
    The Metal Opera Part II (2002)
    8.47
    641
    98 Vanden Plas
    Christ.0 (2006)
    8.47
    144
    99 Helloween
    The Dark Ride (2000)
    8.47
    763
    100 Freedom Call
    Eternity (2002)
    8.47
    215