The Best Metal Albums of 2005

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Rank	Artist / Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Kamelot The Black Halo	Mar 15, 2005	92.7	110	12
2	Opeth Ghost Reveries	Aug 29, 2005	92	83	10
3	Draconian Arcane Rain Fell	Jan 24, 2005	93.7	39	3
4	Trivium Ascendancy	Mar 15, 2005	90.8	68	4
5	Dream Theater Octavarium	Jun 7, 2005	87.9	104	8
6	Dark Tranquillity Character	Jan 24, 2005	90	53	3
7	Nile Annihilation of the Wicked	May 24, 2005	91.3	38	2
8	Kreator Enemy of God	Jan 11, 2005	89.9	49	2
9	Lamb of God Killadelphia [Live]	Dec 13, 2005	94.7	15	2
10	Porcupine Tree Deadwing	Mar 28, 2005	93.4	18	1
11	Bolt Thrower Those Once Loyal	Nov 14, 2005	92.7	20	1
12	Nocturnal Rites Grand Illusion	Sep 19, 2005	90.7	30	2
13	Exodus Shovel Headed Kill Machine	Oct 5, 2005	89.7	34	3
14	Between the Buried and Me Alaska	Sep 6, 2005	93.3	14	2
15	System of a Down Mezmerize	May 17, 2005	90.8	24	0
16	Shadow Gallery Room V	May 30, 2005	90.3	26	2
17	Avenged Sevenfold City of Evil	Jun 7, 2005	87.6	48	3
18	Bullet for My Valentine The Poison	Oct 3, 2005	88.7	37	0
19	Rob Rock Holy Hell	Apr 4, 2005	89.7	29	2
20	Gojira From Mars to Sirius	Sep 27, 2005	89.7	27	2
21	Primal Fear Seven Seals	Oct 21, 2005	91.1	18	4
22	Galneryus Advance to the Fall	Mar 23, 2005	87.3	42	4
23	Enemite 巫怨 (Wuyuan)	Mar 2005	93.9	9	1
24	Black Hole Hero	May 27, 2005	90.9	17	0
25	Nevermore This Godless Endeavor	Jul 26, 2005	89.8	21	2
26	Elysian Blaze Cold Walls and Apparitions	Jun 1, 2005	93.9	8	1
27	Pagan's Mind Enigmatic: Calling	Apr 18, 2005	90.9	14	1
28	Mors Principium Est The Unborn	Apr 2005	89.2	20	3
29	!T.O.O.H.! Order and Punishment	Dec 12, 2005	95	5	0
30	Aquaria Luxaeterna	Nov 2005	88.5	21	4
31	Boris Pink	Nov 18, 2005	96.7	3	0
32	Judas Priest Angel of Retribution	Feb 28, 2005	84.6	49	5
33	John Petrucci Suspended Animation	Mar 2005	87.6	24	3
34	Masterplan Aeronautics	Jan 24, 2005	86.7	29	3
35	Make a Change... Kill Yourself Make a Change... Kill Yourself	Jun 23, 2005	89.2	16	2
36	DevilDriver The Fury of Our Maker's Hand	Jun 28, 2005	89.1	16	1
37	Hypocrisy Virus	Sep 5, 2005	88.3	19	1
38	Thy Majestie Jeanne d'Arc	Oct 24, 2005	92.6	7	1
39	Arcturus Sideshow Symphonies	Sep 19, 2005	91.2	9	3
40	Riverside Second Life Syndrome	Oct 31, 2005	91	9	1
41	Vision Divine The Perfect Machine	Oct 5, 2005	87.9	18	1
42	Mournful Congregation The Monad of Creation	Apr 19, 2005	91.4	8	1
43	Alcest Le Secret [EP]	May 1, 2005	88.1	17	2
44	Thunderstone Tools of Destruction	Apr 18, 2005	90.6	9	1
45	Bon Jovi Have a Nice Day	Sep 20, 2005	87.4	18	2
46	Helloween Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy	Oct 31, 2005	82.8	52	5
47	Brainstorm Liquid Monster	Apr 4, 2005	90.9	8	0
48	Samchung Way of Men - 남도 (男道)	Oct 25, 2005	87.3	18	1
49	Serpent Cradle of Insanity	May 25, 2005	92.6	5	0
50	John Sykes Bad Boy Live! [Live]	2005	91	7	0

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