The Best Metal Albums of 2005

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Rank	Artist / Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
151	Dream Theater Official Bootleg: The Number of the Beast [Live]	Feb 2005	84.4	8	1
152	Dark Sanctuary Exaudi Vocem Meam (Part I)	Aug 1, 2005	86.4	5	0
153	Sonic Syndicate Eden Fire	Sep 13, 2005	82.5	12	1
154	Black Majesty Silent Company	2005	85.5	6	2
155	Origin Echoes of Decimation	Mar 15, 2005	85.5	6	0
156	Leaves' Eyes Vinland Saga	May 30, 2005	86.2	5	1
157	Seventh Wonder Become	Jun 22, 2005	84.7	7	1
158	Beseech Sunless Days	Sep 5, 2005	88.3	3	0
159	High on Fire Blessed Black Wings	Feb 1, 2005	88.3	3	0
160	Veil Dolor	Dec 2005	88.3	3	0
161	91 Suite Times They Change	Nov 2005	88.3	3	0
162	Mindly Rotten The Most Exquisite Agonies	Oct 31, 2005	88.3	3	0
163	Ssorc Infidel Eternal	Mar 2005	88.3	3	0
164	James LaBrie Elements of Persuasion	Mar 29, 2005	84	8	2
165	Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force Unleash the Fury	Feb 23, 2005	82.6	11	2
166	Meshuggah Catch Thirtythree	May 16, 2005	76.4	46	2
167	Cryptopsy Once Was Not	Oct 18, 2005	80	20	2
168	Dir En Grey Withering to Death.	Mar 9, 2005	86	5	0
169	Dark Funeral Attero Totus Sanctus	Oct 24, 2005	83.8	8	1
170	Cryonic Temple In Thy Power	May 30, 2005	85.8	5	2
171	Alice Cooper Dirty Diamonds	Aug 2, 2005	86.5	4	0
172	Obituary Frozen in Time	Jul 12, 2005	82.5	10	1
173	Darkest Hour Undoing Ruin	Jun 28, 2005	87.7	3	1
174	Timeless Miracle Into the Enchanted Chamber	2005	84	7	1
175	Morgart Die Schlacht (In Acht Sinfonien)	May 2005	86.3	4	0
176	Last Days of Humanity In Advanced Haemorrhaging Conditions [EP]	2005	86.3	4	0
177	Elegeion The Last Moment	May 21, 2005	83.7	7	1
178	Odal ...wilde Kraft	2005	84.3	6	1
179	Remembrance Frail Visions	Sep 30, 2005	86	4	1
180	Iron Maiden Death on the Road [Live]	Aug 29, 2005	82	10	2
181	Candlemass Candlemass	May 3, 2005	85	5	0
182	Cephalic Carnage Anomalies	Mar 15, 2005	85	5	0
183	Darkspace Dark Space ll	2005	84.2	6	1
184	Stryper Reborn	Aug 16, 2005	81.9	10	2
185	1349 Hellfire	Oct 24, 2005	81.9	10	1
186	Annihilator Schizo Deluxe	Nov 8, 2005	83.4	7	0
187	Darkane Layers of Lies	Jun 27, 2005	83.4	7	0
188	Morgana Lefay Grand Materia	2005	85.8	4	0
189	Michael Angelo Batio Hands Without Shadows	2005	85.8	4	0
190	Spheric Universe Experience Mental Torments	Mar 29, 2005	84.8	5	0
191	Charon Songs for the Sinners	Aug 31, 2005	87	3	0
192	Becoming The Archetype Terminate Damnation	2005	87	3	1
193	Jeremy The 2nd Advent	Nov 29, 2005	83.3	7	1
194	Highland Glory Forever Endeavour	Sep 26, 2005	82.6	8	0
195	Freedom Call The Circle of Life	Mar 21, 2005	83.1	7	1
196	Communic Conspiracy in Mind	Feb 21, 2005	86.7	3	0
197	Hour of Penance Pageantry for Martyrs	Jun 1, 2005	86.7	3	0
198	이현석 Myself	2005	86.7	3	0
199	Russell Allen Atomic Soul	Apr 26, 2005	86.7	3	1
200	Anorexia Nervosa The September EP [EP]	Sep 27, 2005	82.4	8	1

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