The Best Metal Albums of 1995

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Rank	Artist / Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Death Symbolic	Mar 21, 1995	94.8	90	6
2	Dissection Storm of the Light's Bane	Nov 17, 1995	93	96	9
3	Suffocation Pierced From Within	May 23, 1995	94.9	29	2
4	Gamma Ray Land of the Free	May 29, 1995	91.1	65	6
5	At the Gates Slaughter of the Soul	Nov 14, 1995	90.3	68	4
6	Blind Guardian Imaginations from the Other Side	Apr 5, 1995	92.3	42	6
7	Queen Made in Heaven	Nov 7, 1995	91.9	32	2
8	Krisiun Black Force Domain	Aug 14, 1995	92.5	21	1
9	Royal Hunt Moving Target	Sep 1995	90.5	32	6
10	Opeth Orchid	May 15, 1995	89.1	44	3
11	Savatage Dead Winter Dead	Sep 22, 1995	91	28	4
12	Deicide Once upon the Cross	Apr 18, 1995	88.9	45	4
13	N.EX.T The Return of N.EX.T Part 2 - World	Sep 1995	89.5	38	1
14	Dark Tranquillity The Gallery	Nov 27, 1995	87	64	4
15	Dream Theater A Change of Seasons [EP]	Sep 15, 1995	87.8	49	3
16	Symphony X The Damnation Game	Nov 6, 1995	89.7	27	3
17	Vader De Profundis	1995	89.7	27	3
18	Immortal Battles in the North	May 15, 1995	88.9	27	2
19	Steve Vai Alien Love Secrets [EP]	Mar 21, 1995	91.2	14	2
20	Anathema The Silent Enigma	Aug 23, 1995	91.5	12	2
21	Kataklysm Sorcery	Feb 10, 1995	90.5	13	0
22	Fear Factory Demanufacture	Jun 16, 1995	87	28	2
23	The Gathering Mandylion	Aug 22, 1995	90.3	13	3
24	Iced Earth Burnt Offerings	Apr 1, 1995	88	22	4
25	Paradise Lost Draconian Times	Jun 12, 1995	89.6	14	1
26	Rage Black in Mind	May 22, 1995	87	25	1
27	Shadow Gallery Carved in Stone	Jun 27, 1995	87.9	20	3
28	Gehenna Seen Through the Veils of Darkness (The Second Spell)	1995	91.1	9	0
29	Megadeth Hidden Treasures [EP]	Jul 18, 1995	85.9	29	2
30	Darkthrone Panzerfaust	Jun 6, 1995	85	35	1
31	Sentenced Amok	Jan 3, 1995	88.8	14	0
32	Scorpions Live Bites [Live]	1995	93.2	5	0
33	Black Hole Made in Korea	1995	87.9	16	0
34	Stratovarius Fourth Dimension	Apr 11, 1995	83.9	40	4
35	Summoning Minas Morgul	Oct 16, 1995	86.2	23	3
36	Helheim Jormundgand	1995	89	12	2
37	Sabbat Live at Blokula [Live]	Jun 1995	95	3	0
38	Ulver Bergtatt: Et eeventyr i 5 capitler	Feb 1995	85.3	25	2
39	Van Halen Balance	Jan 24, 1995	86.2	20	2
40	Ayreon The Final Experiment	Oct 27, 1995	90.7	7	1
41	Funeral Tragedies	1995	90	8	2
42	Alice in Chains Alice in Chains	Nov 7, 1995	85.2	23	1
43	Theatre of Tragedy Theatre of Tragedy	Jul 4, 1995	86.2	18	2
44	Mutiilation Vampires of Black Imperial Blood	1995	85.1	22	1
45	Yngwie Malmsteen Magnum Opus	Oct 17, 1995	84.7	23	1
46	Sentenced Love & Death [EP]	1995	93.3	3	0
47	Dimmu Borgir For all tid	1995	83.3	30	3
48	Sinister Hate	Jul 1, 1995	91	5	0
49	Gorgon The Lady Rides a Black Horse	1995	91	5	0
50	Skid Row Subhuman Race	Mar 28, 1995	82.7	33	4

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