The Best Metal Albums of 2003

Rank	Artist	Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Dream Theater	Train of Thought	Nov 11, 2003	92.3	101	6
2	Led Zeppelin	How the West Was Won [Live]	May 27, 2003	95	39	4
3	Opeth	Damnation	Apr 22, 2003	92.5	61	6
4	Children of Bodom	Hate Crew Deathroll	Jan 7, 2003	89.8	87	3
5	Lost Horizon	A Flame to the Ground Beneath	Feb 10, 2003	90.1	77	6
6	Aborted	Goremageddon: The Saw and the Carnage Done	Apr 22, 2003	92.8	32	0
7	Kamelot	Epica	Jan 13, 2003	90.2	52	8
8	Vital Remains	Dechristianize	Aug 22, 2003	92.2	22	0
9	Masterplan	Masterplan	Jan 20, 2003	89.8	38	6
10	Gamma Ray	Skeletons in the Closet [Live]	Aug 25, 2003	91.8	22	1
11	Linkin Park	Meteora	Mar 25, 2003	90.4	30	0
12	Lamb of God	As the Palaces Burn	May 6, 2003	91	26	3
13	Twilightning	Delirium Veil	Apr 22, 2003	91.7	19	2
14	Lacrimosa	Echos	Jan 27, 2003	90.9	22	2
15	Sonata Arctica	Winterheart's Guild	Mar 17, 2003	88.6	36	6
16	Angra	Rebirth World Tour - Live in Sao Paulo [Live]	Jul 2, 2003	90.3	22	3
17	Adagio	Underworld	Oct 23, 2003	90.6	20	3
18	Stratovarius	Elements Pt.1	Jan 27, 2003	86.9	46	7
19	Galneryus	The Flag of Punishment	Oct 22, 2003	87.1	43	9
20	Darkspace	Dark Space I	2003	91.9	13	1
21	Runemagick	Darkness Death Doom	Sep 22, 2003	90.7	16	1
22	Sargeist	Satanic Black Devotion	Jul 22, 2003	91.7	11	1
23	Insania	Fantasy (A New Dimension)	Feb 3, 2003	88.9	19	3
24	A.C.T	Last Epic	2003	89.2	16	2
25	Epica	The Phantom Agony	Jun 17, 2003	88.1	20	4
26	Iron Maiden	Dance of Death	Sep 8, 2003	86.1	31	5
27	Soilwork	Figure Number Five	Apr 22, 2003	84.9	38	2
28	Dark Lunacy	Forget Me Not	Jun 2003	88.6	16	2
29	Mir	K.M.R	Jul 21, 2003	90.2	11	1
30	Theocracy	Theocracy	2003	92.1	7	2
31	Edguy	Burning Down the Opera [Live]	Jun 2, 2003	91	9	1
32	Katharsis	Kruzifixxion	2003	90.4	10	1
33	Disgorge	Necrholocaust	Feb 1, 2003	89.2	13	2
34	Machine Head	Through the Ashes of Empires	Oct 27, 2003	87.9	17	1
35	Norther	Mirror of Madness	Aug 12, 2003	87.1	20	2
36	At Vance	The Evil in You	May 19, 2003	86.6	22	1
37	Illnath	Cast Into Fields of Evil Pleasure	Jun 23, 2003	86.5	22	3
38	Draconian	Where Lovers Mourn	Oct 20, 2003	90.3	9	2
39	Dream Evil	Evilized	Jan 27, 2003	88.5	12	1
40	Dragonforce	Valley of the Damned	Jan 27, 2003	81.7	57	6

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