The Best Metal Albums of 2014

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Rank	Artist name	Album title	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Behemoth	The Satanist	2014-02-03	91.9	57	4
2	Arch Enemy	War Eternal	2014-06-09	86.7	85	6
3	Cult of Fire	Čtvrtá symfonie ohně [EP]	2014-12-08	97.5	6	0
4	Abysmal Torment	Cultivate the Apostate	2014-04-29	94.4	10	0
5	Epica	The Quantum Enigma	2014-05-02	87.7	45	3
6	Ne Obliviscaris	Citadel	2014-11-07	85.2	79	4
7	Triptykon	Melana Chasmata	2014-04-14	91	17	0
8	Xandria	Sacrificium	2014-05-02	91.3	14	0
9	Shylmagoghnar	Emergence	2014-02-27	92.2	11	0
10	Animals as Leaders	The Joy of Motion	2014-03-24	86.6	38	0
11	Panopticon	Roads to the North	2014	93.1	8	0
12	Insomnium	Shadows of the Dying Sun	2014-04-28	86.9	33	3
13	Edguy	Space Police - Defenders of the Crown	2014-04-18	85.7	42	1
14	Saor	Aura	2014-06-06	92.2	9	0
15	Harakiri for The Sky	Aokigahara	2014-04-21	90.5	13	2
16	Fallujah	The Flesh Prevails	2014-07-22	86.7	30	3
17	Judas Priest	Redeemer of Souls	2014-07-15	86.1	33	4
18	Words of Farewell	The Black Wild Yonder	2014-02-28	91.7	9	1
19	Opeth	Pale Communion	2014-08-26	85.2	38	4
20	Primal Fear	Delivering the Black	2014-01-24	87.6	21	2
21	Mors Principium Est	Dawn of the 5th Era	2014-12-05	88.1	18	1
22	Mare Cognitum	Phobos Monolith	2014-11-03	92.1	7	1
23	Septicflesh	Titan	2014-06-20	87.1	21	2
24	Drowned	Idola Specus	2014-07-25	92.5	6	0
25	Cannibal Corpse	A Skeletal Domain	2014-09-16	86.1	26	1
26	Mastodon	Once More 'Round the Sun	2014-06-24	87.2	20	2
27	Suicide Silence	Ending is the Beginning [Live]	2014-02-18	93	5	0
28	Gorgasm	Destined to Violate	2014-07-31	93	5	0
29	Abigor	Leytmotif Luzifer (The 7 Temptations of Man)	2014-07-18	93	5	0
30	Lantlôs	Melting Sun	2014-05-02	91.4	7	1
31	Bloodshot Dawn	Demons	2014-10-26	88.6	13	1
32	Destrage	Are You Kidding Me? No.	2014-03-03	91.7	6	0
33	Sólstafir	Ótta	2014-08-29	91.7	6	0
34	Rings of Saturn	Lugal Ki En	2014-10-14	87.9	14	0
35	Scar Symmetry	The Singularity (Phase I - Neohumanity)	2014-10-03	85.8	22	2
36	Anthem	Absolute World	2014-10-22	90.7	7	0
37	Nocturnal	Storming Evil	2014-02-28	92	5	0
38	Hannes Grossmann	The Radial Covenant	2014-01-22	92	5	0
39	Dead Congregation	Promulgation of the Fall	2014-05-05	92	5	0
40	Devin Townsend Project	Z²	2014-10-27	88	12	1
41	Various Artists	Ronnie James Dio This Is Your Life	2014-03-25	90.8	6	0
42	Belphegor	Conjuring the Dead	2014-08-08	90.8	6	1
43	Dir En Grey	Arche	2014-12-10	90	7	1
44	Ancient Bards	A New Dawn Ending	2014-04-25	88.9	9	1
45	Slash	World on Fire	2014-09-15	88.9	9	0
46	Crown the Empire	The Resistance: Rise of the Runaways	2014-07-22	91	5	0
47	Metamorphosis	Artificial Disaster	2014-06-17	91	5	0
48	Conquering Dystopia	Conquering Dystopia	2014-03-10	86.8	13	1
49	Arion	Last of Us	2014	88.3	9	1
50	Delain	The Human Contradiction	2014-04-07	88.8	8	0
51	Darkspace	Dark Space III I	2014-09-06	88.8	8	0
52	Gamma Ray	Empire of the Undead	2014-03-28	83.2	29	1
53	H.E.A.T	Tearing Down the Walls	2014-04-09	90	6	0
54	Overkill	White Devil Armory	2014-07-18	86.3	14	1
55	Lost Society	Terror Hungry	2014-04-04	86.3	14	0
56	Russell Allen / Jørn Lande	The Great Divide	2014-10-17	89.3	7	0
57	At the Gates	At War With Reality	2014-10-27	84.4	21	0
58	Madmans Esprit	Nacht	2014-10-06	86.4	13	1
59	Unearth	Watchers of Rule	2014-10-28	86.7	11	0
60	Ghost Bath	Funeral	2014-02-04	89.2	6	1
61	Eluveitie	Origins	2014-08-01	85.4	14	2
62	Vanden Plas	Chronicles of the Immortals - Netherworld I	2014-02-21	87.2	9	0
63	Dragonforce	Maximum Overload	2014-08-18	83.3	22	2
64	Unisonic	Light of Dawn	2014-08-01	82	29	2
65	Crash	Untamed Hands in Imperfect World [EP]	2014-12-11	87.9	7	0
66	Allegaeon	Elements of the Infinite	2014-06-24	84.3	16	1
67	Freedom Call	Beyond	2014-02-24	88.3	6	1
68	Emptiness	Nothing But the Whole	2014-05-27	88.3	6	1
69	Messgram	This Is a Mess, But It`s Us [EP]	2014-04-08	85.6	11	1
70	Goatwhore	Constricting Rage of the Merciless	2014-07-08	89	5	0
71	Rhadamanthys	Midnight Skies	2014-08-22	89	5	1
72	Clouds	Doliu	2014-05-27	86.9	8	1
73	Twilight Force	Tales of Ancient Prophecies	2014-06-04	85	12	2
74	CRUX	Elapse with the Relapse	2014-04-23	87.1	7	3
75	Work Of Art	Framework	2014-09-22	87.5	6	0
76	Dark Mirror Ov Tragedy	The Lunatic Chapters of Heavenly Creatures	2014-06-18	80.6	28	3
77	Vader	Tibi Et Igni	2014-05-30	85	10	0
78	Crystal Lake	Cubes [EP]	2014	88	5	1
79	Anathema	Distant Satellites	2014-06-09	81.3	23	1
80	Adrenaline Mob	Men of Honor	2014-02-24	84	12	1
81	Aversions Crown	Tyrant	2014-11-21	85.6	8	0
82	Doom:VS	Earthless	2014-05-05	86.7	6	1
83	Exodus	Blood In, Blood Out	2014-10-10	83.5	12	0
84	Carnifex	Die Without Hope	2014-03-04	87	5	0
85	Xerath	III	2014-09-15	87	5	0
86	While Heaven Wept	Suspended at Aphelion	2014-10-24	87	5	1
87	Ghost Brigade	IV - One with the Storm	2014-11-07	87	5	0
88	Divine Disorder	Garden of Dystopia	2014-11-03	87	5	1
89	Silent Eye	Dirty World of Angels	2014-08-07	84.4	9	0
90	Marty Friedman	Inferno	2014-05-27	85.8	6	1
91	Derdian	Human Reset	2014-07-23	85.8	6	0
92	Axel Rudi Pell	Into the Storm	2014-01-17	85	7	0
93	Alestorm	Sunset on the Golden Age	2014-08-01	85	7	0
94	Grave Digger	Return of the Reaper	2014-07-11	86	5	0
95	Misery Index	The Killing Gods	2014-05-23	83.3	9	0
96	Galneryus	Vetelgyus	2014-09-24	78.5	27	1
97	Exmortus	Slave to the Sword	2014-02-04	85	6	0
98	Won	Rocker's Manual	2014-04-01	85	6	3
99	Wovenwar	Wovenwar	2014-08-05	83.6	7	0
100	Iron Savior	Rise of the Hero	2014-02-28	85	5	0

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