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Rank	Artist	Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Behemoth	The Satanist	Feb 3, 2014	92	56	4
2	Arch Enemy	War Eternal	Jun 9, 2014	86.7	83	6
3	Abysmal Torment	Cultivate the Apostate	Apr 29, 2014	94.4	10	0
4	Ne Obliviscaris	Citadel	Nov 7, 2014	85.2	79	4
5	Epica	The Quantum Enigma	May 2, 2014	87.6	45	3
6	Triptykon	Melana Chasmata	Apr 14, 2014	91	17	0
7	Shylmagoghnar	Emergence	Feb 27, 2014	92.5	12	0
8	Xandria	Sacrificium	May 2, 2014	91.3	14	0
9	Cult of Fire	Čtvrtá symfonie ohně [EP]	Dec 8, 2014	94.3	7	0
10	Animals as Leaders	The Joy of Motion	Mar 24, 2014	86.6	40	0
11	Edguy	Space Police - Defenders of the Crown	Apr 18, 2014	85.7	42	1
12	Saor	Aura	Jun 6, 2014	92.2	9	0
13	Fallujah	The Flesh Prevails	Jul 22, 2014	86.8	31	3
14	Harakiri for The Sky	Aokigahara	Apr 21, 2014	90.5	13	2
15	Judas Priest	Redeemer of Souls	Jul 15, 2014	86.1	33	4
16	Words of Farewell	The Black Wild Yonder	Feb 28, 2014	91.7	9	1
17	Insomnium	Shadows of the Dying Sun	Apr 28, 2014	86.6	29	2
18	Opeth	Pale Communion	Aug 26, 2014	85.3	39	4
19	Primal Fear	Delivering the Black	Jan 24, 2014	87.6	21	2
20	Mors Principium Est	Dawn of the 5th Era	Dec 5, 2014	88.1	18	1
21	Rings of Saturn	Lugal Ki En	Oct 14, 2014	88.8	15	0
22	Mare Cognitum	Phobos Monolith	Nov 3, 2014	92.1	7	1
23	Cannibal Corpse	A Skeletal Domain	Sep 16, 2014	86.4	26	1
24	Septicflesh	Titan	Jun 20, 2014	87.1	21	2
25	Drowned	Idola Specus	Jul 25, 2014	92.5	6	0
26	Mastodon	Once More 'Round the Sun	Jun 24, 2014	87.2	20	2
27	Suicide Silence	Ending is the Beginning [Live]	Feb 18, 2014	93	5	0
28	Gorgasm	Destined to Violate	Jul 31, 2014	93	5	0
29	Abigor	Leytmotif Luzifer (The 7 Temptations of Man)	Jul 18, 2014	93	5	0
30	Lantlôs	Melting Sun	May 2, 2014	91.4	7	1
31	Bloodshot Dawn	Demons	Oct 26, 2014	88.6	13	1
32	Destrage	Are You Kidding Me? No.	Mar 3, 2014	91.7	6	0
33	Sólstafir	Ótta	Aug 29, 2014	91.7	6	0
34	Devin Townsend Project	Z²	Oct 27, 2014	88.9	11	1
35	Scar Symmetry	The Singularity (Phase I - Neohumanity)	Oct 3, 2014	85.8	22	2
36	Anthem	Absolute World	Oct 22, 2014	90.7	7	0
37	Russell Allen / Jørn Lande	The Great Divide	Oct 17, 2014	90	8	0
38	Nocturnal	Storming Evil	Feb 28, 2014	92	5	0
39	Hannes Grossmann	The Radial Covenant	Jan 22, 2014	92	5	0
40	Dead Congregation	Promulgation of the Fall	May 5, 2014	92	5	0
41	Various Artists	Ronnie James Dio This Is Your Life	Mar 25, 2014	90.8	6	0
42	Belphegor	Conjuring the Dead	Aug 8, 2014	90.8	6	1
43	Ancient Bards	A New Dawn Ending	Apr 25, 2014	88.9	9	1
44	Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators	World on Fire	Sep 15, 2014	88.9	9	0
45	Crown the Empire	The Resistance: Rise of the Runaways	Jul 22, 2014	91	5	0
46	Metamorphosis	Artificial Disaster	Jun 17, 2014	91	5	0
47	Conquering Dystopia	Conquering Dystopia	Mar 10, 2014	86.8	13	1
48	Arion	Last of Us	2014	88.3	9	1
49	Delain	The Human Contradiction	Apr 7, 2014	88.8	8	0
50	Darkspace	Dark Space III I	Sep 6, 2014	88.8	8	0

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