The Best Metal Albums of 2003

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Rank	Artist / Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
101	Candlemass Doomed for Live - Reunion 2002 [Live]	Jan 20, 2003	90	4	0
102	Benighted Insane Cephalic Production	2003	90	4	1
103	Vargsang Call of the Nightwolves	Mar 10, 2003	90	4	0
104	Abigail Forever Street Metal Bitch	2003	90	4	0
105	Utuk-Xul The Goat of the Black Possession	2003	90	4	0
106	Linkin Park Live in Texas [Live]	Nov 18, 2003	90	4	1
107	Supreme Majesty Danger	Sep 29, 2003	89	5	0
108	Akercocke Choronzon	Nov 4, 2003	89	5	0
109	Dark Moor Dark Moor	Nov 24, 2003	83.6	17	1
110	Nocternity Onyx	2003	86.3	9	1
111	The Wake Ode to My Misery	Nov 3, 2003	86.1	9	1
112	Strapping Young Lad Strapping Young Lad	Feb 11, 2003	85.2	11	0
113	Omnium Gatherum Spirits and August Light	Feb 24, 2003	82.8	19	1
114	Secret Sphere Scent of Human Desire	May 19, 2003	85.7	9	2
115	Luror The Iron Hand of Blackest Terror	Apr 2003	85.1	10	1
116	Brainstorm Soul Temptation	Jun 30, 2003	90.3	3	0
117	Mutiilation Majestas Leprosus	Mar 2003	90.3	3	0
118	Falkenbach Ok Nefna Tysvar Ty	Nov 3, 2003	88	5	0
119	Deftones Deftones	May 20, 2003	88	5	0
120	The Devin Townsend Band Accelerated Evolution	Mar 31, 2003	83.8	13	1
121	Nunslaughter Goat	Jul 7, 2003	86.4	7	0
122	Mors Principium Est Inhumanity	Apr 17, 2003	83.7	13	3
123	Hatebreed The Rise of Brutality	Oct 28, 2003	88.8	4	0
124	Týr Eric the Red	Jun 27, 2003	90	3	0
125	Endstille Frühlingserwachen	May 2003	90	3	1
126	As I Lay Dying Frail Words Collapse	Jul 1, 2003	84	12	0
127	활 (Hwal) Hwal	Feb 27, 2003	90	3	0
128	Avenged Sevenfold Waking the Fallen	Aug 26, 2003	81.9	19	1
129	Karelia Usual Tragedy	Feb 23, 2003	89.7	3	1
130	Arch Enemy Anthems of Rebellion	Aug 26, 2003	78.3	41	3
131	The Gathering Souvenirs	Mar 24, 2003	87.4	5	1
132	Nehemah Shadows From the Past...	2003	84.8	9	1
133	Dreamtale Ocean's Heart	2003	86.5	6	1
134	Kiss Kiss Symphony: Alive IV [Live]	Jul 22, 2003	86.3	6	0
135	Azrael Sunrise in the Dreamland	Aug 21, 2003	85	8	0
136	Evergrey Recreation Day	Mar 11, 2003	87	5	1
137	Pantheist O Solitude	Apr 10, 2003	85.4	7	3
138	Darkest Hour Hidden Hands of a Sadist Nation	May 20, 2003	89	3	0
139	Wormed Planisphærium	2003	89	3	1
140	The Black Dahlia Murder Unhallowed	Jun 16, 2003	86	6	1
141	Edge of Sanity Crimson II	Aug 26, 2003	83.3	11	0
142	Decrepit Birth ...And Time Begins	Oct 7, 2003	86.6	5	1
143	Deep Purple Bananas	Aug 25, 2003	87.5	4	0
144	Anthrax We've Come for You All	May 6, 2003	84.4	8	1
145	Highland Glory From the Cradle to the Brave	Mar 17, 2003	86.4	5	0
146	Alice Cooper The Eyes of Alice Cooper	Sep 23, 2003	88.3	3	0
147	Enslaved Below the Lights	Apr 14, 2003	88.3	3	0
148	Azarath Infernal Blasting	Dec 15, 2003	88.3	3	0
149	Blackmore's Night Ghost of a Rose	2003	88.3	3	0
150	Psycroptic The Scepter of the Ancients	Aug 12, 2003	88.3	3	0

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