The Best Metal Albums of 2003

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Rank	Artist / Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Dream Theater Train of Thought	Nov 11, 2003	92.1	103	6
2	Led Zeppelin How the West Was Won [Live]	May 27, 2003	95	39	4
3	Opeth Damnation	Apr 22, 2003	92.4	67	7
4	Children of Bodom Hate Crew Deathroll	Jan 7, 2003	90	90	4
5	Lost Horizon A Flame to the Ground Beneath	Feb 10, 2003	90.3	80	6
6	Aborted Goremageddon: The Saw and the Carnage Done	Apr 22, 2003	93	32	0
7	Kamelot Epica	Jan 13, 2003	90.3	53	8
8	Vital Remains Dechristianize	Aug 22, 2003	92.1	27	1
9	Masterplan Masterplan	Jan 20, 2003	89.8	38	6
10	Lamb of God As the Palaces Burn	May 6, 2003	90.6	31	3
11	Linkin Park Meteora	Mar 25, 2003	90.2	33	0
12	Gamma Ray Skeletons in the Closet [Live]	Aug 25, 2003	91.8	22	1
13	Twilightning Delirium Veil	Apr 22, 2003	91.4	20	2
14	Stratovarius Elements Pt.1	Jan 27, 2003	87.3	48	7
15	Angra Rebirth World Tour - Live in Sao Paulo [Live]	Jul 2, 2003	90.3	24	3
16	Galneryus The Flag of Punishment	Oct 22, 2003	87.4	45	9
17	Sonata Arctica Winterheart's Guild	Mar 17, 2003	87.8	40	6
18	Lacrimosa Echos	Jan 27, 2003	90.1	23	2
19	Darkspace Dark Space I	2003	92.2	14	1
20	Adagio Underworld	Oct 23, 2003	90.6	20	3
21	Runemagick Darkness Death Doom	Sep 22, 2003	90.7	16	1
22	Insania Fantasy (A New Dimension)	Feb 3, 2003	89.2	21	3
23	Sargeist Satanic Black Devotion	Jul 22, 2003	91.5	12	1
24	Alice Cooper The Eyes of Alice Cooper	Sep 23, 2003	95	5	1
25	A.C.T Last Epic	2003	89.6	17	2
26	Iron Maiden Dance of Death	Sep 8, 2003	86.3	34	5
27	Portal Seepia	2003	95	4	1
28	Edguy Burning Down the Opera [Live]	Jun 2, 2003	91	10	1
29	Anathema A Natural Disaster	Nov 3, 2003	90.2	12	1
30	Soilwork Figure Number Five	Apr 22, 2003	84.3	44	2
31	Dark Lunacy Forget Me Not	Jun 2003	88.1	18	2
32	Epica The Phantom Agony	Jun 17, 2003	87.2	22	4
33	Theocracy Theocracy	2003	92.1	7	2
34	Mir K.M.R	Jul 21, 2003	89.7	12	1
35	Katharsis Kruzifixxion	2003	90.4	10	1
36	Gojira The Link	Apr 18, 2003	90.3	10	0
37	Disgorge Necrholocaust	Feb 1, 2003	89.1	13	2
38	Illnath Cast Into Fields of Evil Pleasure	Jun 23, 2003	86.8	22	3
39	Norther Mirror of Madness	Aug 12, 2003	87.1	20	2
40	Moonsorrow Kivenkantaja	Mar 10, 2003	91.6	7	1

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