The Best Metal Albums of 2001

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Rank	Artist / Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Opeth Blackwater Park	Mar 12, 2001	94.5	141	12
2	Avantasia The Metal Opera	Jul 10, 2001	92.3	96	6
3	Edguy Mandrake	Sep 24, 2001	92.3	66	4
4	Kamelot Karma	Jul 10, 2001	92.2	65	8
5	Angra Rebirth	Nov 13, 2001	91.1	81	7
6	Tool Lateralus	May 15, 2001	94	37	2
7	Shadow Gallery Legacy	May 15, 2001	94.6	29	2
8	System of a Down Toxicity	Sep 4, 2001	92.8	38	0
9	Eternal Tears of Sorrow A Virgin and a Whore	Oct 18, 2001	88.9	83	7
10	Converge Jane Doe	Sep 4, 2001	95	20	0
11	Rammstein Mutter	Apr 2, 2001	92.8	29	0
12	Sonata Arctica Silence	Jul 16, 2001	89.8	54	6
13	Arch Enemy Wages of Sin	Apr 2, 2001	88.1	73	6
14	Destruction The Antichrist	Aug 27, 2001	91.3	33	0
15	Halford Live Insurrection [Live]	Mar 28, 2001	92.1	25	5
16	Forest of Shadows Where Dreams Turn to Dust [EP]	2001	92.3	23	2
17	Heavenly Sign of the Winner	Sep 24, 2001	88.6	53	4
18	Sigh Imaginary Sonicscape	Jul 23, 2001	92.8	20	0
19	Therion Secret of the Runes	Oct 8, 2001	92	24	3
20	Devin Townsend Terria	Aug 22, 2001	93.7	14	0
21	Envy All the Footprints You've Ever Left and the Fear Expecting Ahead	Sep 1, 2001	100	3	0
22	Lost Horizon Awakening the World	May 8, 2001	89	38	3
23	Black Witchery Desecration of the Holy Kingdom	Sep 2001	95	9	0
24	Rhapsody Rain of a Thousand Flames	Dec 19, 2001	88.4	41	5
25	Graveworm Scourge of Malice	Jul 31, 2001	89.1	32	5
26	Green Carnation Light of Day, Day of Darkness	Jan 8, 2001	93.8	10	1
27	Sodom M-16	Oct 22, 2001	89.3	28	0
28	Anaal Nathrakh The Codex Necro	Nov 27, 2001	90.9	19	0
29	Dream Theater Live Scenes From New York [Live]	Sep 11, 2001	90.1	22	5
30	Slipknot Iowa	Aug 28, 2001	84.8	73	4
31	Exhumed Slaughtercult	Aug 6, 2001	91.8	13	0
32	Moonsorrow Voimasta Ja Kunniasta	Nov 26, 2001	90.1	19	1
33	Insania Sunrise in Riverland	Mar 21, 2001	88.7	26	3
34	Jeremy Exodus Part ll [EP]	Jan 16, 2001	91.8	12	4
35	Primal Fear Nuclear Fire	Jan 29, 2001	87.2	33	4
36	Summoning Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame	Oct 31, 2001	88.5	24	2
37	My Dying Bride The Dreadful Hours	Nov 13, 2001	93.1	8	0
38	Andromeda Extension of the Wish	Apr 2, 2001	89.5	18	4
39	Anorexia Nervosa New Obscurantis Order	Oct 29, 2001	87.8	25	5
40	Savatage Poets and Madman	Apr 3, 2001	88.5	21	5
41	Lunar Aurora Ars Moriendi	2001	96.7	3	1
42	Secret Sphere A Time Nevercome	2001	88.8	17	2
43	Iced Earth Horror Show	Jun 25, 2001	87.3	24	4
44	Threshold Hypothetical	Mar 21, 2001	93.3	6	1
45	Shape of Despair Angels of Distress	2001	93.3	6	1
46	Dimmu Borgir Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia	Mar 12, 2001	85.1	39	1
47	Evergrey In Search of Truth	Sep 18, 2001	93.2	6	0
48	Gamma Ray No World Order	Sep 10, 2001	85.5	35	5
49	Nagelfar Virus West	2001	90.2	11	2
50	Emperor Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire & Demise	Oct 22, 2001	85.6	31	3

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