Best Symphonic Metal Albums
71 albums
| Rank | cover art | Artist name | Album title | Rating | Votes | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Elodia (1999) | 93.7 | 69 | 6 | |
| 2 |  |
Oceanborn (1998) | 92.5 | 80 | 8 | |
| 3 |  |
Stille (1997) | 93.3 | 54 | 5 | |
| 4 |  |
Vovin (1998) | 94.6 | 24 | 2 | |
| 5 |  |
King (2016) | 90.7 | 54 | 2 | |
| 6 |  |
Time I (2012) | 89.6 | 61 | 6 | |
| 7 |  |
Moonglow (2019) | 91.9 | 35 | 9 | |
| 8 |  |
Design Your Universe (2009) | 90.9 | 39 | 2 | |
| 9 |  |
Dark Passion Play (2007) | 87.2 | 64 | 4 | |
| 10 |  |
Once (2004) | 88.2 | 48 | 5 | |
| 11 |  |
Lingua Mortis (1996) | 93.2 | 15 | 2 | |
| 12 |  |
Echos (2003) | 91.3 | 21 | 2 | |
| 13 |  |
Awaking the Centuries (2000) | 90.9 | 22 | 1 | |
| 14 |  |
The Quantum Enigma (2014) | 87.5 | 44 | 3 | |
| 15 |  |
Imaginaerum (2011) | 85.6 | 58 | 7 | |
| 16 |  |
LMO (2013) | 92 | 12 | 0 | |
| 17 |  |
Secret of the Runes (2001) | 91.3 | 14 | 3 | |
| 18 |  |
Mafia (2010) [EP] | 88.3 | 25 | 1 | |
| 19 |  |
Agony (2011) | 86.3 | 38 | 6 | |
| 20 |  |
The Miskolc Experience (2009) [Live] | 93.6 | 7 | 0 | |
| 21 |  |
89.5 | 17 | 1 | ||
| 22 |  |
The Unforgiving (2011) | 85.7 | 39 | 1 | |
| 23 |  |
Century Child (2002) | 86.3 | 32 | 4 | |
| 24 |  |
The Phantom Agony (2003) | 88.7 | 18 | 3 | |
| 25 |  |
Bringer of Light (2012) | 93.3 | 6 | 0 | |
| 26 |  |
Wishmaster (2000) | 84.8 | 35 | 5 | |
| 27 |  |
The Divine Conspiracy (2007) | 87.1 | 20 | 4 | |
| 28 |  |
The Silent Force (2004) | 85.5 | 28 | 3 | |
| 29 |  |
The Holographic Principle (2016) | 86.6 | 20 | 0 | |
| 30 |  |
Mother Earth (2000) | 84.6 | 30 | 3 | |
| 31 |  |
Consign to Oblivion (2005) | 88.4 | 12 | 1 | |
| 32 |  |
Theli (1996) | 89.1 | 9 | 0 | |
| 33 |  |
Tales of Ithiria (2008) | 88.6 | 9 | 1 | |
| 34 |  |
Autumnal (2009) | 85.6 | 18 | 1 | |
| 35 |  |
Gothic Kabbalah (2007) | 89.6 | 7 | 0 | |
| 36 |  |
Silverthorn (2012) | 81.7 | 43 | 2 | |
| 37 |  |
The Highest of Dystopia (2015) | 91 | 5 | 1 | |
| 38 |  |
Fables & Dreams (2004) | 86.2 | 15 | 1 | |
| 39 |  |
The Human Contradiction (2014) | 88.8 | 8 | 0 | |
| 40 |  |
Labyrinth (2013) | 82.8 | 31 | 5 | |
| 41 |  |
The Heart of Everything (2007) | 85 | 17 | 2 | |
| 42 |  |
Lepaca Kliffoth (1995) | 89.5 | 6 | 0 | |
| 43 |  |
The Last Cradle (2010) | 86.2 | 12 | 1 | |
| 44 |  |
Deggial (2000) | 87.3 | 9 | 1 | |
| 45 |  |
Ancestral Romance (2010) | 84.6 | 16 | 0 | |
| 46 |  |
Eppur si muove (2004) | 85.6 | 12 | 2 | |
| 47 |  |
Acheron (2015) | 89 | 5 | 1 | |
| 48 |  |
Angels Fall First (1997) | 81.4 | 27 | 4 | |
| 49 |  |
Breathe Fire to the Sun (2011) | 87.7 | 6 | 0 | |
| 50 |  |
Sunrise in Eden (2000) | 82.9 | 17 | 4 |
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