The Best Metal Albums of 2004

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Rank	Artist / Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Angra Temple of Shadows	Sep 6, 2004	92.2	165	7
2	Heavenly Dust to Dust	Jan 12, 2004	91.2	79	10
3	Ayreon The Human Equation	May 24, 2004	95	29	2
4	Lamb of God Ashes of the Wake	Aug 31, 2004	91.2	67	3
5	Edguy Hellfire Club	Mar 15, 2004	89.9	63	8
6	Vision Divine Stream of Consciousness	Apr 19, 2004	90.7	47	5
7	Nightwish Once	Jun 7, 2004	89.2	66	5
8	Behemoth Demigod	Oct 15, 2004	89.9	47	3
9	Disarmonia Mundi Fragments of D-Generation	May 17, 2004	91.6	29	3
10	Sonata Arctica Reckoning Night	Oct 11, 2004	89	47	5
11	Behexen By the Blessing of Satan	Mar 15, 2004	91.5	26	2
12	Necrophagist Epitaph	2004	92.6	18	1
13	Nyktalgia Nyktalgia	Sep 2004	94	11	1
14	Dream Theater Live at Budokan [Live]	Oct 5, 2004	90.1	23	1
15	Drudkh Autumn Aurora	Nov 28, 2004	90.1	23	3
16	Pain of Salvation BE	Oct 12, 2004	89.1	28	3
17	Mastodon Leviathan	Aug 31, 2004	88.6	31	2
18	Wintersun Wintersun	Sep 13, 2004	88	35	3
19	Insomnium Since the Day It All Came Down	Apr 5, 2004	89.6	23	1
20	Threshold Critical Energy [Live]	Feb 2, 2004	98.3	3	0
21	Rhapsody of Fire Symphony of Enchanted Lands II: The Dark Secret	Sep 27, 2004	86.9	41	8
22	Norther Death Unlimited	Mar 15, 2004	88.8	26	3
23	Anorexia Nervosa Redemption Process	Oct 11, 2004	86.9	40	6
24	Primal Fear Devil's Ground	Feb 23, 2004	88.2	27	3
25	Deathspell Omega Si Monvmentvm Reqvires, Circvmspice	Feb 2004	89.5	19	3
26	Inquisition Magnificent Glorification of Lucifer	Oct 2004	94.2	6	1
27	Threshold Subsurface	Jul 2004	91.8	10	0
28	Dream Evil The Book of Heavy Metal	Mar 31, 2004	87.5	25	2
29	Bloodbath Nightmares Made Flesh	Sep 27, 2004	87.1	27	2
30	Isis Panopticon	Oct 19, 2004	90.2	13	1
31	Iced Earth The Glorious Burden	Jan 12, 2004	86.7	29	4
32	Nocturnal Rites New World Messiah	Mar 24, 2004	87.8	22	2
33	Mayhem Chimera	Mar 29, 2004	87.1	25	3
34	The Chasm The Spell of Retribution	Nov 8, 2004	91.6	8	0
35	Within Temptation The Silent Force	Nov 16, 2004	85.7	30	3
36	Killswitch Engage The End of Heartache	2004	87.2	19	0
37	Shadows Fall The War Within	Sep 21, 2004	85.7	26	2
38	Thy Antichrist Wicked Testimonies	Jun 16, 2004	95	3	0
39	Megadeth The System Has Failed	Sep 14, 2004	82.4	55	4
40	Exodus Tempo of the Damned	Feb 2, 2004	85.3	28	2
41	Haggard Eppur si muove	Apr 26, 2004	87.2	18	2
42	Hibria Defying the Rules	Nov 28, 2004	84.6	32	3
43	Alter Bridge One Day Remains	Aug 10, 2004	90.6	8	0
44	Slumber Fallout	Oct 18, 2004	91.7	6	0
45	The Haunted rEVOLVEr	Oct 18, 2004	87.4	16	1
46	Bob Katsionis Imaginary Force	Apr 23, 2004	90.4	8	0
47	Dragonland Starfall	Oct 27, 2004	86.1	21	5
48	Rammstein Reise, Reise	Sep 27, 2004	88.5	12	0
49	Ensiferum Iron	Apr 15, 2004	87.8	14	1
50	Disillusion Back to Times of Splendor	Apr 6, 2004	89.7	9	0

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