The Best Metal Albums of 2005

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Rank	Artist / Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
51	Evoken Antithesis of Light	Feb 28, 2005	89.4	10	1
52	Nekroholocaust In Memories of Fire	Jul 1, 2005	92.4	5	3
53	Disturbed Ten Thousand Fists	Sep 20, 2005	85.5	24	1
54	Naildown World Domination	Nov 23, 2005	88.1	13	2
55	Uaral Sounds of Pain	Jan 2005	88.1	13	2
56	Cardiant Midday Moon	Jul 21, 2005	88.8	11	0
57	Gamma Ray Majestic	Oct 11, 2005	84	33	4
58	Deathspell Omega Kénôse [EP]	2005	90.6	7	2
59	Circus Maximus The 1st Chapter	Jun 6, 2005	87	16	1
60	Hate Anaclasis: A Haunting Gospel of Malice & Hatred	Oct 25, 2005	93	4	0
61	Beyond Twilight Section X	Mar 29, 2005	92	5	2
62	Arsis A Diamond for Disease [EP]	Oct 25, 2005	92	5	0
63	Parkway Drive Killing With a Smile	Aug 21, 2005	92	5	0
64	System of a Down Hypnotize	Sep 27, 2005	87.5	14	0
65	Epica Consign to Oblivion	Apr 21, 2005	86.6	17	2
66	Sunoi Within the Depths of a Dream... a Moment's Respite	2005	86.7	16	1
67	Black Label Society Mafia	Mar 8, 2005	90.8	6	1
68	Kiko Loureiro No Gravity	Jan 28, 2005	87.8	12	1
69	Strapping Young Lad Alien	Mar 22, 2005	88.3	10	0
70	Sentenced The Funeral Album	May 30, 2005	87.5	12	0
71	Satanic Warmaster Carelian Satanist Madness	2005	86.7	14	2
72	Space Odyssey The Astral Episode	Mar 29, 2005	93.3	3	0
73	Mutiilation Rattenkönig	Jan 14, 2005	92	4	1
74	Sigh Gallows Gallery	Oct 31, 2005	92	4	0
75	Hate Eternal I, Monarch	Jun 28, 2005	88	10	1
76	Crashdiet Rest in Sleaze	Aug 24, 2005	91	5	0
77	Savage Circus Dreamland Manor	Aug 29, 2005	90.2	6	0
78	Soilwork Stabbing the Drama	Feb 28, 2005	83.6	27	3
79	Power Quest Magic Never Dies	2005	87	12	1
80	Black Witchery Upheaval of Satanic Might	Mar 11, 2005	89.3	7	1
81	Nightscape Symphony of the Night	Jul 21, 2005	89.8	6	0
82	五人一首内視鏡世界	Jul 22, 2005	90.4	5	0
83	Children of Bodom Are You Dead Yet?	Sep 14, 2005	79.5	60	5
84	Blood Red Throne Altered Genesis	Feb 22, 2005	90	5	0
85	Nine Inch Nails With Teeth	May 3, 2005	90	5	0
86	Bruce Dickinson Tyranny of Souls	May 24, 2005	89.2	6	0
87	Gotthard Lipservice	Jun 6, 2005	89.2	6	0
88	Hammerfall Chapter V : Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken	Mar 7, 2005	84.9	16	2
89	Arch Enemy Doomsday Machine	Jul 26, 2005	78.8	64	3
90	Redemption The Fullness of Time	Jun 2005	92	3	0
91	Soulfly Dark Ages	Oct 4, 2005	85.3	14	0
92	Municipal Waste Hazardous Mutation	Aug 29, 2005	87.2	9	0
93	Heed The Call	Oct 21, 2005	82.4	27	2
94	閃靈 (Chthonic) 賽德克巴萊 (Seediq Bale)	Jul 30, 2005	86.2	11	0
95	Total Hate Pure Hatred and Blasphemy [EP]	Oct 17, 2005	91.7	3	0
96	Dew-Scented Issue VI	Jun 20, 2005	91.7	3	0
97	Roadrunner United The All-Star Sessions	Oct 10, 2005	91.7	3	0
98	Paradise Lost Paradise Lost	Mar 17, 2005	88	7	0
99	The Crescents Neo Metalnesque	2005	86	11	0
100	Kapein Golgotha	Nov 24, 2005	89.4	5	1

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