The Best Metal Albums of 2003

Rank	Artist / Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Dream Theater Train of Thought	Nov 11, 2003	92.9	105	6
2	Opeth Damnation	Apr 22, 2003	92.3	73	7
3	Children of Bodom Hate Crew Deathroll	Jan 7, 2003	90.1	100	5
4	Led Zeppelin How the West Was Won [Live]	May 27, 2003	93.8	38	3
5	Lost Horizon A Flame to the Ground Beneath	Feb 10, 2003	90.1	78	6
6	Aborted Goremageddon: The Saw and the Carnage Done	Apr 22, 2003	92.3	36	0
7	Linkin Park Meteora	Mar 25, 2003	90.7	45	3
8	Lamb of God As the Palaces Burn	May 6, 2003	91.3	38	2
9	Kamelot Epica	Jan 13, 2003	89.9	47	6
10	Masterplan Masterplan	Jan 20, 2003	90.4	40	6
11	Vital Remains Dechristianize	Aug 22, 2003	91.6	29	1
12	Boris Boris at Last - Feedbacker	Dec 25, 2003	98	5	0
13	Stratovarius Elements Pt.1	Jan 27, 2003	87.7	52	7
14	Gamma Ray Skeletons in the Closet [Live]	Aug 25, 2003	91.6	21	1
15	Angra Rebirth World Tour - Live in Sao Paulo [Live]	Jul 2, 2003	90.7	23	3
16	Galneryus The Flag of Punishment	Oct 22, 2003	87.8	42	8
17	Adagio Underworld	Oct 23, 2003	91.1	19	3
18	Sonata Arctica Winterheart's Guild	Mar 17, 2003	87.6	42	6
19	Iron Maiden Dance of Death	Sep 8, 2003	87.4	42	5
20	Anathema A Natural Disaster	Nov 3, 2003	92.3	13	1
21	Sargeist Satanic Black Devotion	Jul 22, 2003	90	22	2
22	Twilightning Delirium Veil	Apr 22, 2003	90.4	20	2
23	Lacrimosa Echos	Jan 27, 2003	89.6	24	2
24	Sleep Dopesmoker	Apr 22, 2003	92.5	12	0
25	Hate Forest Purity	2003	96	5	0
26	Runemagick Darkness Death Doom	Sep 22, 2003	90.4	16	1
27	Insania Fantasy (A New Dimension)	Feb 3, 2003	89.2	21	3
28	Portal Seepia	Nov 12, 2003	96.3	4	1
29	Darkspace Dark Space I	2003	90.9	13	2
30	Edguy Burning Down the Opera [Live]	Jun 2, 2003	90.3	14	1
31	For My Pain... Fallen	Mar 31, 2003	91.4	10	0
32	Katharsis Kruzifixxion	2003	90.9	11	1
33	Illnath Cast Into Fields of Evil Pleasure	Jun 23, 2003	87.7	23	4
34	Epica The Phantom Agony	Jun 17, 2003	86.9	27	4
35	A.C.T Last Epic	2003	89.4	15	2
36	Soilwork Figure Number Five	Apr 22, 2003	84.9	42	2
37	Dark Lunacy Forget Me Not	Jun 2003	88.1	20	3
38	Theocracy Theocracy	2003	92.4	7	2
39	Moonsorrow Kivenkantaja	Mar 10, 2003	90.8	10	1
40	Gojira The Link	Apr 18, 2003	90.2	11	1
41	Ondskapt Draco Sit Mihi Dux	Aug 15, 2003	92.5	6	1
42	Kreator Live Kreation [Live]	Jun 23, 2003	90.6	9	0
43	Norther Mirror of Madness	Aug 12, 2003	86.7	22	2
44	Dragonforce Valley of the Damned	Jan 27, 2003	82.9	52	5
45	Dimmu Borgir Death Cult Armageddon	Sep 8, 2003	83.7	43	7
46	The Haunted One Kill Wonder	Feb 17, 2003	89.2	12	1
47	The Darkness Permission to Land	Jul 7, 2003	93.8	4	0
48	At Vance The Evil in You	May 19, 2003	86.6	21	1
49	Tiamat Prey	Oct 27, 2003	95	3	0
50	Judas Priest Live in London [Live]	Jan 13, 2003	87.9	15	1

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