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Rank	Artist	Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Behemoth	The Satanist	Feb 3, 2014	91.8	59	5
2	Arch Enemy	War Eternal	Jun 9, 2014	86.6	86	7
3	Abysmal Torment	Cultivate the Apostate	Apr 29, 2014	94.4	11	0
4	Epica	The Quantum Enigma	May 2, 2014	87.9	49	4
5	Ne Obliviscaris	Citadel	Nov 7, 2014	85.5	80	4
6	Triptykon	Melana Chasmata	Apr 14, 2014	90.6	19	0
7	Xandria	Sacrificium	May 2, 2014	91.2	15	0
8	Insomnium	Shadows of the Dying Sun	Apr 28, 2014	87.7	32	2
9	Shylmagoghnar	Emergence	Feb 27, 2014	91.4	13	0
10	Animals as Leaders	The Joy of Motion	Mar 24, 2014	86.6	38	0
11	Cult of Fire	Čtvrtá symfonie ohně [EP]	Dec 8, 2014	92.8	9	0
12	Judas Priest	Redeemer of Souls	Jul 15, 2014	86.3	38	6
13	Edguy	Space Police - Defenders of the Crown	Apr 18, 2014	85.7	42	1
14	Cannibal Corpse	A Skeletal Domain	Sep 16, 2014	87.2	27	3
15	Nuclearhammer	Serpentine Hermetic Lucifer	Apr 10, 2014	96.7	3	0
16	Basarabian Hills	Groping in a Misty Spread	Mar 23, 2014	96.7	3	0
17	Mors Principium Est	Dawn of the 5th Era	Dec 5, 2014	88.4	20	1
18	Opeth	Pale Communion	Aug 26, 2014	85.6	38	4
19	Fallujah	The Flesh Prevails	Jul 22, 2014	86.4	31	3
20	Saor	Aura	Jun 6, 2014	91.3	10	0
21	Rings of Saturn	Lugal Ki En	Oct 14, 2014	89	17	0
22	Mastodon	Once More 'Round the Sun	Jun 24, 2014	87.5	24	2
23	Ævangelist	Writhes in the Murk	Sep 12, 2014	94	5	1
24	Harakiri for The Sky	Aokigahara	Apr 21, 2014	89.2	15	2
25	Primal Fear	Delivering the Black	Jan 24, 2014	87.6	21	2
26	Words of Farewell	The Black Wild Yonder	Feb 28, 2014	91.1	9	1
27	Mare Cognitum	Phobos Monolith	Nov 3, 2014	92.1	7	1
28	Septicflesh	Titan	Jun 20, 2014	87.1	21	2
29	Dead Congregation	Promulgation of the Fall	May 5, 2014	92.5	6	0
30	Drowned	Idola Specus	Jul 25, 2014	92.5	6	0
31	Suicide Silence	Ending is the Beginning [Live]	Feb 18, 2014	93	5	0
32	Gorgasm	Destined to Violate	Jul 31, 2014	93	5	0
33	Abigor	Leytmotif Luzifer (The 7 Temptations of Man)	Jul 18, 2014	93	5	0
34	Lantlôs	Melting Sun	May 2, 2014	91.4	7	1
35	Artificial Brain	Labyrinth Constellation	Feb 18, 2014	93.8	4	0
36	Queen	Live at the Rainbow '74 [Live]	Sep 8, 2014	93.8	4	0
37	Brother Firetribe	Diamond in the Firepit	May 2, 2014	95	3	0
38	Scar Symmetry	The Singularity (Phase I - Neohumanity)	Oct 3, 2014	86	24	2
39	Arion	Last of Us	2014	89	12	3
40	Bloodshot Dawn	Demons	Oct 26, 2014	88.6	13	1

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