The Best Metal Albums of 2003

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Rank	Artist name	Album title	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Dream Theater	Train of Thought	2003-11-11	92.1	89	5
2	Led Zeppelin	How the West Was Won [Live]	2003-05-27	95	39	4
3	Opeth	Damnation	2003-04-22	92.7	57	6
4	Children of Bodom	Hate Crew Deathroll	2003-01-07	89.7	82	3
5	Lost Horizon	A Flame to the Ground Beneath	2003-02-10	90	73	5
6	Aborted	Goremageddon: the Saw and the Carnage Done	2003-04-22	93.1	26	0
7	Kamelot	Epica	2003-01-13	89.6	51	8
8	Vital Remains	Dechristianize	2003-08-22	92.3	21	0
9	Twilightning	Delirium Veil	2003-04-22	92.4	20	2
10	Masterplan	Masterplan	2003-01-20	89.8	36	5
11	Gamma Ray	Skeletons in the Closet [Live]	2003-08-25	91.9	21	1
12	Lacrimosa	Echos	2003-01-27	91.3	21	2
13	Linkin Park	Meteora	2003-03-25	90	27	0
14	Lamb of God	As the Palaces Burn	2003-05-06	90.6	23	3
15	Sonata Arctica	Winterheart's Guild	2003-03-17	88.6	36	6
16	Galneryus	The Flag of Punishment	2003-10-22	87.1	43	9
17	Angra	Rebirth World Tour - Live in Sao Paulo [Live]	2003-07-02	90	21	3
18	Stratovarius	Elements Pt.1	2003-01-27	86.6	44	7
19	Adagio	Underworld	2003-10-23	90.2	19	3
20	Sargeist	Satanic Black Devotion	2003-07-22	92.2	11	1
21	Runemagick	Darkness Death Doom	2003-09-22	90.8	15	1
22	A.C.T	Last Epic	2003	89.9	18	2
23	Darkspace	Dark Space I	2003	91.6	12	1
24	Insania	Fantasy (A New Dimension)	2003-02-03	88.9	19	3
25	Epica	The Phantom Agony	2003-06-17	88.7	18	3
26	Soilwork	Figure Number Five	2003-04-22	85.1	39	2
27	Mir	K.M.R	2003-07-21	90.2	11	1
28	Theocracy	Theocracy	2003	92.1	7	2
29	Edguy	Burning Down the Opera [Live]	2003-06-02	91	9	1
30	Machine Head	Through the Ashes of Empires	2003-10-27	88	18	1
31	Iron Maiden	Dance of Death	2003-09-08	85.9	29	4
32	Norther	Mirror of Madness	2003-08-12	87.4	20	2
33	Illnath	Cast Into Fields of Evil Pleasure	2003-06-23	86.5	22	3
34	Katharsis	Kruzifixxion	2003	89.8	9	1
35	Dream Evil	Evilized	2003-01-27	88.9	11	1
36	At Vance	The Evil in You	2003-05-19	86.3	20	1
37	Disgorge	Necrholocaust	2003-02-01	88.5	12	1
38	Anathema	A Natural Disaster	2003-11-03	88.8	11	1
39	For My Pain	Fallen	2003-03-31	89.6	9	0
40	Dragonforce	Valley of the Damned	2003-01-27	81.7	55	6
41	Godiva	Godiva	2003-09-22	92	5	0
42	Dark Lunacy	Forget Me Not	2003-06	87.5	14	2
43	The Haunted	One Kill Wonder	2003-02-17	90.4	7	0
44	Draconian	Where Lovers Mourn	2003-10-20	89.8	8	2
45	Dimmu Borgir	Death Cult Armageddon	2003-09-08	82.5	42	7
46	Stratovarius	Elements Pt.2	2003-10-27	83.8	31	5
47	Gojira	The Link	2003-04-18	89.6	8	0
48	Judas Priest	Live in London [Live]	2003-01-13	86.8	15	1
49	Supreme Majesty	Danger	2003-09-29	90.5	6	0
50	Dimension Zero	This Is Hell	2003-10-27	85.4	19	3
51	Revenge	Triumph. Genocide. Antichrist	2003-01-06	91	5	0
52	Tad Morose	Modus Vivendi	2003-11-17	90.2	6	0
53	Kalmah	Swampsong	2003-05-23	83.8	25	2
54	Gorgasm	Masticate to Dominate	2003-10-31	88.2	9	1
55	Silent Eye	Silent Eye [EP]	2003-03-28	87.4	10	1
56	Septic Flesh	Sumerian Daemons	2003-02-18	90.4	5	0
57	Dark Moor	Between Light and Darkness [EP]	2003-04-28	88.9	7	1
58	Drudkh	Forgotten Legends	2003-08-18	88.1	8	3
59	Chimaira	The Impossibility of Reason	2003-05-13	88	8	1
60	Dir En Grey	Vulgar	2003-09-10	90	5	0
61	Blind Guardian	Live [Live]	2003-05-26	87.8	8	2
62	Dreamtale	Ocean's Heart	2003	89.8	5	0
63	Black Label Society	The Blessed Hellride	2003-04-22	89	6	2
64	Helloween	Rabbit Don't Come Easy	2003-05-12	81.3	34	4
65	Avulsed	Yearning for the Grotesque	2003-02	88	7	1
66	Azrael	Sunrise in the Dreamland	2003-08-21	88	7	0
67	Rage	Soundchaser	2003-08-27	84.9	14	3
68	Secret Sphere	Scent of Human Desire	2003-05-19	88.5	6	1
69	Space Odyssey	Embrace the Galaxy	2003	88.3	6	0
70	Catamenia	Chaos Born	2003-05-26	87	8	2
71	Strapping Young Lad	Strapping Young Lad	2003-02-11	85.9	10	0
72	Naglfar	Sheol	2003-03-24	85.4	11	1
73	Dark Moor	Dark Moor	2003-11-24	83.5	16	1
74	Nevermore	Enemies of Reality	2003-07-28	86.5	8	1
75	Nocternity	Onyx	2003	85.1	11	1
76	Omnium Gatherum	Spirits and August Light	2003-02-24	83.1	17	1
77	Mors Principium Est	Inhumanity	2003-04-17	84.2	13	3
78	Kreator	Live Kreation [Live]	2003-06-23	88	5	0
79	The Black Dahlia Murder	Unhallowed	2003-06-16	85.7	7	0
80	Kiss	Kiss Symphony: Alive IV [Live]	2003-07-22	86.3	6	0
81	Firewind	Burning Earth	2003-11-17	84.9	8	1
82	Nehemah	Shadows From the Past...	2003	84.8	8	1
83	As I Lay Dying	Frail Words Collapse	2003-07-01	83.8	10	0
84	All Shall Perish	Hate . Malice . Revenge	2003-04-19	84.2	9	2
85	Swallow the Sun	The Morning Never Came	2003-11	84.2	9	2
86	Power Quest	Neverworld	2003	86.6	5	1
87	The Wake	Ode to My Misery	2003-11-03	85.8	6	1
88	Arch Enemy	Anthems of Rebellion	2003-08-26	78.4	33	3
89	Highland Glory	From the Cradle to the Brave	2003-03-17	86.4	5	0
90	Trivium	Ember to Inferno	2003-10-14	82.4	12	0
91	Graveworm	Engraved in Black	2003-06-23	82.3	12	2
92	Waco Jesus	Filth	2003	86	5	1
93	Himsa	Courting Tragedy and Disaster	2003-06-17	85.8	5	0
94	Avenged Sevenfold	Waking the Fallen	2003-08-26	80.6	16	2
95	Edge of Sanity	Crimson II	2003-08-26	83	9	0
96	Holymarsh	Infliction Ov the Morbid Intention	2003-12	80.9	14	0
97	Between the Buried and Me	The Silent Circus	2003-10-21	85.2	5	2
98	Korn	Take a Look in the Mirror	2003-11-21	85	5	0
99	The Devin Townsend Band	Accelerated Evolution	2003-03-31	81.2	12	1
100	DevilDriver	DevilDriver	2003-08-28	82.9	8	0

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