Best Symphonic Metal Albums
77 albums
| Rank | Cover art | Artist | Album | Rating | Votes | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Elodia (1999) | 93.9 | 70 | 6 | |
| 2 |  |
Oceanborn (1998) | 92.5 | 84 | 8 | |
| 3 |  |
Stille (1997) | 93.7 | 54 | 5 | |
| 4 |  |
95.5 | 26 | 2 | ||
| 5 |  |
Moonglow (2019) | 92.9 | 44 | 9 | |
| 6 |  |
Vovin (1998) | 94.6 | 24 | 2 | |
| 7 |  |
King (2016) | 90.7 | 55 | 2 | |
| 8 |  |
Time I (2012) | 89.7 | 63 | 7 | |
| 9 |  |
Design Your Universe (2009) | 90.7 | 41 | 2 | |
| 10 |  |
Once (2004) | 88.5 | 50 | 5 | |
| 11 |  |
Dark Passion Play (2007) | 87.1 | 65 | 4 | |
| 12 |  |
Echos (2003) | 91.3 | 21 | 2 | |
| 13 |  |
Lingua Mortis (1996) | 92.4 | 16 | 2 | |
| 14 |  |
Awaking the Centuries (2000) | 90.9 | 22 | 1 | |
| 15 |  |
The Quantum Enigma (2014) | 87.6 | 45 | 3 | |
| 16 |  |
Veleno (2019) | 91.4 | 16 | 1 | |
| 17 |  |
Imaginaerum (2011) | 85.6 | 59 | 7 | |
| 18 |  |
Agony (2011) | 87.1 | 41 | 8 | |
| 19 |  |
LMO (2013) | 92 | 12 | 0 | |
| 20 |  |
Secret of the Runes (2001) | 91.3 | 14 | 3 | |
| 21 |  |
The Miskolc Experience (2009) [Live] | 93.6 | 7 | 0 | |
| 22 |  |
Mafia (2010) [EP] | 87.9 | 25 | 1 | |
| 23 |  |
89.5 | 17 | 1 | ||
| 24 |  |
The Unforgiving (2011) | 85.7 | 39 | 1 | |
| 25 |  |
Century Child (2002) | 86.3 | 33 | 4 | |
| 26 |  |
Bringer of Light (2012) | 93.3 | 6 | 0 | |
| 27 |  |
The Phantom Agony (2003) | 88.2 | 19 | 4 | |
| 28 |  |
Wishmaster (2000) | 85 | 37 | 5 | |
| 29 |  |
The Holographic Principle (2016) | 86.7 | 22 | 0 | |
| 30 |  |
The Divine Conspiracy (2007) | 87.1 | 20 | 4 | |
| 31 |  |
The Silent Force (2004) | 85.3 | 28 | 3 | |
| 32 |  |
Kingslayer (2017) | 90.6 | 8 | 0 | |
| 33 |  |
Mother Earth (2000) | 84.8 | 30 | 3 | |
| 34 |  |
Silverthorn (2012) | 82.8 | 44 | 2 | |
| 35 |  |
Consign to Oblivion (2005) | 88.4 | 12 | 1 | |
| 36 |  |
Theli (1996) | 89.1 | 9 | 0 | |
| 37 |  |
Tales of Ithiria (2008) | 88.6 | 9 | 1 | |
| 38 |  |
Autumnal (2009) | 85.6 | 18 | 1 | |
| 39 |  |
Gothic Kabbalah (2007) | 89.6 | 7 | 0 | |
| 40 |  |
The Highest of Dystopia (2015) | 91 | 5 | 1 |
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