The Best Metal Albums of 2003

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Rank	Artist / Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
101	Akercocke Choronzon	Nov 4, 2003	89	5	0
102	Dark Moor Dark Moor	Nov 24, 2003	83.6	17	1
103	Nevermore Enemies of Reality	Jul 28, 2003	86.3	9	1
104	Nocternity Onyx	2003	86.3	9	1
105	Avulsed Yearning for the Grotesque	Feb 2003	88	6	1
106	The Wake Ode to My Misery	Nov 3, 2003	86.1	9	1
107	Dying Fetus Stop at Nothing	May 13, 2003	87.1	7	0
108	Secret Sphere Scent of Human Desire	May 19, 2003	86.4	8	1
109	Strapping Young Lad Strapping Young Lad	Feb 11, 2003	86.4	8	0
110	The Black Dahlia Murder Unhallowed	Jun 16, 2003	88.2	5	0
111	Septic Flesh Sumerian Daemons	Feb 18, 2003	86.7	7	0
112	Omnium Gatherum Spirits and August Light	Feb 24, 2003	82.8	17	1
113	Luror The Iron Hand of Blackest Terror	Apr 2003	85.1	10	1
114	Brainstorm Soul Temptation	Jun 30, 2003	90.3	3	0
115	Mutiilation Majestas Leprosus	Mar 2003	90.3	3	0
116	Falkenbach Ok Nefna Tysvar Ty	Nov 3, 2003	88	5	0
117	Naglfar Sheol	Mar 24, 2003	84.9	10	1
118	Revenge Triumph.Genocide.Antichrist	Jan 6, 2003	86.4	7	0
119	Tiamat Prey	Oct 27, 2003	88.8	4	0
120	Mors Principium Est Inhumanity	Apr 17, 2003	83.7	13	3
121	Hatebreed The Rise of Brutality	Oct 28, 2003	88.8	4	0
122	Battlelore Sword's Song	May 12, 2003	87.8	5	0
123	Týr Eric the Red	Jun 27, 2003	90	3	0
124	Endstille Frühlingserwachen	May 2003	90	3	1
125	활 (Hwal) Hwal	Feb 27, 2003	90	3	0
126	Arch Enemy Anthems of Rebellion	Aug 26, 2003	78.7	40	3
127	Karelia Usual Tragedy	Feb 23, 2003	89.7	3	1
128	Nehemah Shadows From the Past...	2003	84.8	9	1
129	Decrepit Birth ...And Time Begins	Oct 7, 2003	88.3	4	1
130	Dreamtale Ocean's Heart	2003	86.5	6	1
131	Between the Buried and Me The Silent Circus	Oct 21, 2003	87.2	5	2
132	Kiss Kiss Symphony: Alive IV [Live]	Jul 22, 2003	86.3	6	0
133	The Gathering Souvenirs	Mar 24, 2003	88	4	1
134	Azrael Sunrise in the Dreamland	Aug 21, 2003	85	8	0
135	Avenged Sevenfold Waking the Fallen	Aug 26, 2003	82	16	1
136	Evergrey Recreation Day	Mar 11, 2003	87	5	1
137	Pantheist O Solitude	Apr 10, 2003	85.4	7	3
138	Darkest Hour Hidden Hands of a Sadist Nation	May 20, 2003	89	3	0
139	Wormed Planisphærium	2003	89	3	1
140	Highland Glory From the Cradle to the Brave	Mar 17, 2003	86.4	5	0
141	As I Lay Dying Frail Words Collapse	Jul 1, 2003	82.8	11	0
142	Alice Cooper The Eyes of Alice Cooper	Sep 23, 2003	88.3	3	0
143	Enslaved Below the Lights	Apr 14, 2003	88.3	3	0
144	Azarath Infernal Blasting	Dec 15, 2003	88.3	3	0
145	Blackmore's Night Ghost of a Rose	2003	88.3	3	0
146	Psycroptic The Scepter of the Ancients	Aug 12, 2003	88.3	3	0
147	Wolverine Cold Light of Monday	Nov 17, 2003	86	5	1
148	Nunslaughter Goat	Jul 7, 2003	86	5	0
149	Human Fortress Defenders of the Crown	Sep 1, 2003	86.8	4	1
150	Himsa Courting Tragedy and Disaster	Jun 17, 2003	85.8	5	0

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