Top 100 albums
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    Top 100 albums

    1. Judas Priest Painkiller (1990) 9.15 | 774
    2. Megadeth Rust In Peace (1990) 9.15 | 960
    3. Death The Sound Of Perseverance (1998) 9.12 | 725
    4. Iron Maiden Powerslave (1984) 9.12 | 961
    5. Iron Maiden The Number Of The Beast (1982) 9.12 | 1031
    6. Death Symbolic (1995) 9.12 | 757
    7. Metallica Master Of Puppets (1986) 9.11 | 1493
    8. Metallica Ride The Lightning (1984) 9.11 | 1366
    9. Slayer Reign In Blood (1986) 9.10 | 944
    10. Opeth Blackwater Park (2001) 9.10 | 1168
    11. Iron Maiden Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son (1988) 9.10 | 890
    12. Black Sabbath Paranoid (1970) 9.10 | 617
    13. Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV (1971) 9.08 | 339
    14. Ensiferum Ensiferum (2001) 9.08 | 652
    15. Moonsorrow Voimasta Ja Kunniasta (2001) 9.08 | 242
    16. Ayreon The Human Equation (2004) 9.08 | 462
    17. Agalloch The Mantle (2002) 9.07 | 427
    18. Wintersun Wintersun (2004) 9.07 | 790
    19. Opeth Still Life (1999) 9.07 | 800
    20. Dream Theater Images And Words (1992) 9.06 | 736
    21. Orphaned Land Mabool (2004) 9.05 | 302
    22. Dream Theater Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory (1999) 9.05 | 640
    23. Edge Of Sanity Crimson (1996) 9.04 | 185
    24. Motörhead Ace Of Spades (1980) 9.03 | 281
    25. Agalloch Ashes Against The Grain (2006) 9.02 | 411
    26. Queensrÿche Operation: Mindcrime (1988) 9.01 | 319
    27. Moonsorrow Kivenkantaja (2003) 9.01 | 294
    28. Black Sabbath Black Sabbath (1970) 9.01 | 456
    29. Draconian Arcane Rain Fell (2005) 9.00 | 257
    30. Pain Of Salvation Remedy Lane (2002) 8.99 | 243
    31. Nevermore Dead Heart, In A Dead World (2000) 8.99 | 340
    32. Morbid Angel Altars Of Madness (1989) 8.99 | 283
    33. Deep Purple Machine Head (1972) 8.99 | 214
    34. Dissection Storm Of The Light's Bane (1995) 8.98 | 370
    35. Nevermore This Godless Endeavor (2005) 8.98 | 462
    36. Deep Purple In Rock (1970) 8.98 | 154
    37. Porcupine Tree In Absentia (2002) 8.98 | 291
    38. Motörhead Inferno (2004) 8.98 | 171
    39. The Gathering Mandylion (1995) 8.97 | 206
    40. Haggard Eppur Si Muove (2004) 8.97 | 254
    41. Summoning Stronghold (1999) 8.97 | 130
    42. Black Sabbath Master Of Reality (1971) 8.97 | 366
    43. Blind Guardian Imaginations From The Other Side (1995) 8.97 | 559
    44. Anathema Alternative 4 (1998) 8.96 | 322
    45. Sodom Agent Orange (1989) 8.96 | 177
    46. Sepultura Arise (1991) 8.96 | 429
    47. Anathema Judgement (1999) 8.96 | 362
    48. Rainbow Rising (1976) 8.96 | 158
    49. Opeth Ghost Reveries (2005) 8.96 | 889
    50. Tiamat Wildhoney (1994) 8.95 | 240
    51. Helloween Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II (1988) 8.95 | 447
    52. Windir 1184 (2001) 8.95 | 143
    53. Rush Moving Pictures (1981) 8.95 | 189
    54. Kreator Pleasure To Kill (1986) 8.95 | 275
    55. Kamelot The Black Halo (2005) 8.94 | 515
    56. In Flames The Jester Race (1995) 8.94 | 610
    57. Green Carnation Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness (2001) 8.94 | 219
    58. Testament The Legacy (1987) 8.94 | 297
    59. Tool Ænima (1996) 8.93 | 345
    60. Suffocation Pierced From Within (1995) 8.93 | 107
    61. Lacrimosa Elodia (1999) 8.93 | 129
    62. Moonspell Wolfheart (1995) 8.93 | 342
    63. Testament The Gathering (1999) 8.93 | 315
    64. Pain Of Salvation The Perfect Element, Part I (2000) 8.93 | 194
    65. Swallow The Sun The Morning Never Came (2003) 8.93 | 217
    66. Judas Priest Screaming For Vengeance (1982) 8.93 | 363
    67. Ensiferum Iron (2004) 8.93 | 557
    68. Opeth My Arms, Your Hearse (1998) 8.93 | 597
    69. The Sins Of Thy Beloved Lake Of Sorrow (1998) 8.92 | 107
    70. King Diamond Abigail (1987) 8.92 | 206
    71. Ayreon Into The Electric Castle (1998) 8.91 | 206
    72. Opeth Morningrise (1996) 8.91 | 605
    73. Blind Guardian Nightfall In Middle-Earth (1998) 8.91 | 623
    74. Lost Horizon A Flame To The Ground Beneath (2003) 8.91 | 144
    75. Amon Amarth With Oden On Our Side (2006) 8.91 | 830
    76. Immortal At The Heart Of Winter (1999) 8.91 | 362
    77. Saturnus Veronika Decides To Die (2006) 8.91 | 128
    78. Primordial To The Nameless Dead (2007) 8.90 | 207
    79. Death Human (1991) 8.90 | 492
    80. Exodus Bonded By Blood (1985) 8.90 | 208
    81. Empyrium Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields (1997) 8.90 | 122
    82. Slayer Seasons In The Abyss (1990) 8.90 | 618
    83. Dark Tranquillity The Gallery (1995) 8.90 | 422
    84. Control Denied The Fragile Art Of Existence (1999) 8.90 | 134
    85. W.A.S.P. The Crimson Idol (1992) 8.90 | 146
    86. Death Individual Thought Patterns (1993) 8.90 | 463
    87. Motörhead Overkill (1979) 8.90 | 183
    88. Arcturus The Sham Mirrors (2002) 8.90 | 303
    89. Kreator Coma Of Souls (1990) 8.90 | 247
    90. Emperor Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk (1997) 8.89 | 379
    91. Lost Horizon Awakening The World (2001) 8.89 | 123
    92. Sepultura Beneath The Remains (1989) 8.89 | 368
    93. Isis Panopticon (2004) 8.89 | 110
    94. Tool Lateralus (2001) 8.88 | 414
    95. Quo Vadis Defiant Imagination (2004) 8.88 | 102
    96. Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin I (1969) 8.88 | 200
    97. Bathory Hammerheart (1990) 8.88 | 241
    98. Iron Maiden Piece Of Mind (1983) 8.88 | 760
    99. Suffocation Effigy Of The Forgotten (1991) 8.88 | 113
    100. Judas Priest Defenders Of The Faith (1984) 8.88 | 273
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