The Best Metal Albums of 2014

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Rank	Artist / Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Behemoth The Satanist	Feb 3, 2014	92.2	59	5
2	Arch Enemy War Eternal	Jun 9, 2014	86.7	88	7
3	Cult of Fire Čtvrtá symfonie ohně [EP]	Dec 8, 2014	95	11	0
4	Epica The Quantum Enigma	May 2, 2014	88.2	51	4
5	Abysmal Torment Cultivate the Apostate	Apr 29, 2014	94.4	11	0
6	Ne Obliviscaris Citadel	Nov 7, 2014	85.7	82	4
7	Triptykon Melana Chasmata	Apr 14, 2014	90.6	19	0
8	Xandria Sacrificium	May 2, 2014	91.2	15	0
9	Insomnium Shadows of the Dying Sun	Apr 28, 2014	87.6	33	2
10	Shylmagoghnar Emergence	Feb 27, 2014	90.7	16	0
11	Judas Priest Redeemer of Souls	Jul 15, 2014	86.5	39	6
12	Basarabian Hills Groping in a Misty Spread	Mar 23, 2014	96.3	4	0
13	Animals as Leaders The Joy of Motion	Mar 24, 2014	86.4	39	0
14	Edguy Space Police - Defenders of the Crown	Apr 18, 2014	85.9	43	1
15	Saor Aura	Jun 6, 2014	91.7	11	0
16	Abigor Leytmotif Luzifer (The 7 Temptations of Man)	Jul 18, 2014	94.2	6	0
17	Panopticon Roads to the North	Sep 22, 2014	91.9	10	0
18	Cannibal Corpse A Skeletal Domain	Sep 16, 2014	87.3	28	4
19	Opeth Pale Communion	Aug 26, 2014	85.5	40	4
20	Nuclearhammer Serpentine Hermetic Lucifer	Apr 10, 2014	96.7	3	0
21	Mors Principium Est Dawn of the 5th Era	Dec 5, 2014	88.4	20	1
22	Harakiri for The Sky Aokigahara	Apr 21, 2014	89.3	16	2
23	Fallujah The Flesh Prevails	Jul 22, 2014	86.4	31	3
24	Rings of Saturn Lugal Ki En	Oct 14, 2014	89	17	0
25	Ævangelist Writhes in the Murk	Sep 12, 2014	94	5	1
26	Mare Cognitum Phobos Monolith	Nov 3, 2014	91.9	8	1
27	Primal Fear Delivering the Black	Jan 24, 2014	87.5	22	2
28	Mastodon Once More 'Round the Sun	Jun 24, 2014	86.9	25	2
29	Words of Farewell The Black Wild Yonder	Feb 28, 2014	91.1	9	1
30	Suicide Silence Ending is the Beginning [Live]	Feb 18, 2014	92.5	6	0
31	Dead Congregation Promulgation of the Fall	May 5, 2014	92.5	6	0
32	Drowned Idola Specus	Jul 25, 2014	92.5	6	0
33	Gorgasm Destined to Violate	Jul 31, 2014	93	5	0
34	Scar Symmetry The Singularity (Phase I - Neohumanity)	Oct 3, 2014	86.3	23	2
35	Lantlôs Melting Sun	May 2, 2014	91.4	7	1
36	Artificial Brain Labyrinth Constellation	Feb 18, 2014	93.8	4	0
37	Teitanblood Death	Mar 13, 2014	93.8	4	1
38	Queen Live at the Rainbow '74 [Live]	Sep 8, 2014	93.8	4	0
39	Brother Firetribe Diamond in the Firepit	May 2, 2014	95	3	0
40	Arion Last of Us	2014	89	12	3

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