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    Top 100 live albums

    1 Iced Earth
    Alive In Athens (1999)
    9.43
    385
    2 UFO
    Strangers In The Night (1979)
    9.34
    56
    3 Leprous
    Live At Rockefeller Music Hall (2016)
    9.31
    49
    4 Iron Maiden
    Live After Death (1985)
    9.31
    528
    5 King Diamond
    Songs For The Dead: Live At Graspop Metal Meeting (2019)
    9.31
    26
    6 King Diamond
    Songs For The Dead: Live At The Fillmore In Philadelphia (2019)
    9.3
    30
    7 Helloween
    United Alive In Madrid (2019)
    9.3
    43
    8 Riverside
    Reality Dream (2008)
    9.3
    47
    9 Kamelot
    One Cold Winter's Night (2006)
    9.26
    185
    10 Between The Buried And Me
    Colors_Live (2008)
    9.26
    57
    11 Emperor
    Live Inferno (2009)
    9.25
    99
    12 Deep Purple
    Made In Japan (1972)
    9.21
    217
    13 Empyrium
    Into The Pantheon (2013)
    9.17
    35
    14 Anathema
    Untouchable (2013)
    9.17
    30
    15 Paradise Lost
    The Anatomy Of Melancholy (2008)
    9.16
    56
    16 Iron Maiden
    Maiden England '88 (2013)
    9.15
    75
    17 Iron Maiden
    Rock In Rio (2002)
    9.14
    347
    18 Lacrimosa
    Lichtjahre (2007)
    9.14
    36
    19 Queensrÿche
    Operation: Livecrime (1991)
    9.12
    65
    20 Devin Townsend
    Ziltoid Live At The Royal Albert Hall (2015)
    9.1
    29
    21 Steven Wilson
    Home Invasion: In Concert At The Royal Albert Hall (2018)
    9.1
    21
    22 Devin Townsend
    The Retinal Circus (2013)
    9.1
    40
    23 Running Wild
    The Final Jolly Roger (2011)
    9.09
    23
    24 Therion
    Live Gothic (2008)
    9.08
    145
    25 Tierra Santa
    Las Mil Y Una Noches (2003)
    9.08
    24
    26 Death
    Vivus! (2012)
    9.08
    62
    27 Ayreon
    Ayreon Universe (2018)
    9.08
    36
    28 Heaven And Hell
    Live At Radio City Music Hall (2007)
    9.07
    73
    29 Septicflesh
    Infernus Sinfonica MMXIX (2020)
    9.07
    58
    30 Thin Lizzy
    Live And Dangerous (1978)
    9.06
    81
    31 Slayer
    Decade Of Aggression: Live (1991)
    9.05
    364
    32 Lacrimosa
    Live (1998)
    9.05
    44
    33 Nightwish
    Showtime, Storytime (2013)
    9.04
    111
    34 Dark Tranquillity
    Where Death Is Most Alive (2009)
    9.04
    105
    35 Rammstein
    Völkerball (2006)
    9.03
    88
    36 Opeth
    Garden Of The Titans: Opeth Live At Red Rocks Amphitheater (2018)
    9.02
    56
    37 Nightwish
    End Of An Era (2006)
    9.01
    298
    38 Opeth
    The Roundhouse Tapes (2007)
    9
    412
    39 Star One
    Live On Earth (2003)
    9
    38
    40 Evergrey
    A Night To Remember (2005)
    8.99
    95
    41 Meshuggah
    The Ophidian Trek (2014)
    8.97
    37
    42 Judas Priest
    Unleashed In The East (1979)
    8.97
    233
    43 Ozzy Osbourne
    Tribute (1987)
    8.97
    179
    44 Paradise Lost
    Draconian Times MMXI (2011)
    8.96
    26
    45 Sentenced
    Buried Alive (2006)
    8.96
    78
    46 Blind Guardian
    Live (2003)
    8.96
    303
    47 Motörhead
    No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (1981)
    8.96
    127
    48 Dream Theater
    Live Scenes From New York (2001)
    8.95
    170
    49 Dream Theater
    Score (2006)
    8.95
    151
    50 WarCry
    Directo A La Luz (2006)
    8.95
    22
    51 John Petrucci
    An Evening With John Petrucci & Jordan Rudess [Collaboration] (2000)
    8.95
    21
    52 Powerwolf
    The Metal Mass Live (2016)
    8.95
    20
    53 Stratovarius
    Visions Of Europe (1998)
    8.94
    133
    54 Kreator
    Live Kreation (2003)
    8.94
    141
    55 Megadeth
    That One Night: Live In Buenos Aires (2007)
    8.93
    152
    56 Iced Earth
    Live In Ancient Kourion (2013)
    8.92
    78
    57 Rotting Christ
    Lucifer Over Athens (2015)
    8.92
    39
    58 Iron Maiden
    Flight 666: The Original Soundtrack Album (2009)
    8.92
    119
    59 Blaze
    As Live As It Gets (2003)
    8.91
    22
    60 Scorpions
    World Wide Live (1985)
    8.91
    95
    61 Gojira
    Les Enfants Sauvages (2014)
    8.91
    23
    62 Dream Theater
    Live At Budokan (2004)
    8.9
    163
    63 Emperor
    Emperial Live Ceremony (2000)
    8.9
    119
    64 Within Temptation
    Black Symphony (2008)
    8.9
    133
    65 Bloodbath
    The Wacken Carnage (2008)
    8.89
    179
    66 Katatonia
    Sanctitude (2015)
    8.89
    76
    67 The Gathering
    Sleepy Buildings - A Semi Acoustic Evening (2004)
    8.88
    91
    68 Halford
    Live Insurrection (2001)
    8.88
    69
    69 Epica
    The Classical Conspiracy (2009)
    8.87
    203
    70 Angra
    Angels Cry: 20th Anniversary Tour (2013)
    8.86
    21
    71 Pain Of Salvation
    The Second Death Of Pain Of Salvation (2009)
    8.86
    56
    72 In The Woods...
    Live At The Caledonien Hall (2003)
    8.86
    21
    73 Led Zeppelin
    How The West Was Won (2003)
    8.86
    97
    74 Rage
    From The Cradle To The Stage (2004)
    8.86
    28
    75 Savatage
    Final Bell / Ghost In The Ruins (1995)
    8.85
    60
    76 Death
    Live In L.A. (Death & Raw) (2001)
    8.84
    188
    77 Ayreon
    The Theater Equation (2016)
    8.83
    23
    78 Porcupine Tree
    Coma Divine (1997)
    8.82
    40
    79 KISS
    Alive! (1975)
    8.82
    84
    80 Megadeth
    Rust In Peace Live (2010)
    8.82
    84
    81 Alice In Chains
    Unplugged (1996)
    8.8
    209
    82 At The Gates
    Purgatory Unleashed - Live At Wacken (2010)
    8.8
    51
    83 Helloween
    Keeper Of The Seven Keys - The Legacy World Tour 2005/2006 - Live In Sao Paulo (2007)
    8.79
    131
    84 Gamma Ray
    Hell Yeah!!! The Awesome Foursome (2008)
    8.79
    73
    85 Behemoth
    At The Arena Ov Aion - Live Apostasy (2008)
    8.78
    74
    86 Led Zeppelin
    Celebration Day (2012)
    8.77
    66
    87 Iron Maiden
    Maiden England (1994)
    8.77
    82
    88 Stream Of Passion
    Live In The Real World (2006)
    8.76
    37
    89 Moonspell
    Lusitanian Metal (2008)
    8.76
    62
    90 Testament
    Live In London (2005)
    8.76
    101
    91 Gamma Ray
    Skeletons In The Closet (2003)
    8.76
    116
    92 The Gathering
    A Noise Severe (2007)
    8.75
    40
    93 Suffocation
    The Close Of A Chapter (Live In Quebec) (2006)
    8.75
    20
    94 Devin Townsend
    Ocean Machine - Live At The Ancient Roman Theatre Plovdiv (2018)
    8.73
    30
    95 Rainbow
    Live In Munich 1977 (2006)
    8.72
    32
    96 Destruction
    The Curse Of The Antichrist - Live In Agony (2009)
    8.71
    24
    97 Satyricon
    Live At The Opera (2015)
    8.69
    48
    98 Porcupine Tree
    Warszawa (2004)
    8.69
    32
    99 Helloween
    I Want Out Live/Keepers Live (1989)
    8.69
    48
    100 Amorphis
    Live At Helsinki Ice Hall (2021)
    8.69
    36