The Best Metal Albums of 2014

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Rank	Artist / Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Behemoth The Satanist	Feb 3, 2014	92.1	60	4
2	Arch Enemy War Eternal	Jun 9, 2014	87	87	5
3	Epica The Quantum Enigma	May 2, 2014	88.7	47	4
4	Ne Obliviscaris Citadel	Nov 7, 2014	86.1	80	4
5	Triptykon Melana Chasmata	Apr 14, 2014	91.3	18	0
6	Cult of Fire Čtvrtá symfonie ohně [EP]	Dec 8, 2014	93	12	0
7	Insomnium Shadows of the Dying Sun	Apr 28, 2014	87.7	37	2
8	Nozomu Wakai's Destinia Requiem for a Scream	2014	98.3	3	0
9	Animals as Leaders The Joy of Motion	Mar 24, 2014	87.1	39	0
10	Edguy Space Police - Defenders of the Crown	Apr 18, 2014	86.4	45	1
11	Threshold For the Journey	Sep 19, 2014	94.3	7	1
12	Rings of Saturn Lugal Ki En	Oct 14, 2014	90.8	15	0
13	Saor Aura	Jun 6, 2014	90.4	16	0
14	Judas Priest Redeemer of Souls	Jul 15, 2014	85.7	45	6
15	Shylmagoghnar Emergence	Feb 27, 2014	89.7	17	0
16	Primal Fear Delivering the Black	Jan 24, 2014	88.2	23	2
17	Xandria Sacrificium	May 2, 2014	90	15	0
18	Mors Principium Est Dawn of the 5th Era	Dec 5, 2014	88.3	22	1
19	Cannibal Corpse A Skeletal Domain	Sep 16, 2014	87	29	3
20	Tuomas Holopainen The Life and Times of Scrooge	Apr 11, 2014	96.7	3	0
21	Opeth Pale Communion	Aug 26, 2014	85	44	4
22	Panopticon Roads to the North	Sep 22, 2014	91.3	10	0
23	Russell Allen / Jørn Lande The Great Divide	Oct 17, 2014	90.5	12	0
24	Arion Last of Us	2014	90.5	12	3
25	Emptiness Nothing But the Whole	May 27, 2014	91.7	9	1
26	Ancient Bards A New Dawn Ending	Apr 25, 2014	89.6	14	2
27	Mare Cognitum Phobos Monolith	Nov 3, 2014	91.9	8	1
28	Mastodon Once More 'Round the Sun	Jun 24, 2014	87	24	2
29	Words of Farewell The Black Wild Yonder	Feb 28, 2014	91.1	9	1
30	A.C.T Circus Pandemonium	Feb 19, 2014	92.1	7	0
31	Abysmal Torment Cultivate the Apostate	Apr 29, 2014	90	11	0
32	At the Gates At War with Reality	Oct 27, 2014	86.4	25	1
33	Fallujah The Flesh Prevails	Jul 22, 2014	85.6	30	3
34	Suicide Silence Ending is the Beginning [Live]	Feb 18, 2014	91.3	8	0
35	Anthem Absolute World	Oct 22, 2014	91.3	8	0
36	Scar Symmetry The Singularity (Phase I - Neohumanity)	Oct 3, 2014	85.9	27	3
37	Freedom Call Beyond	Feb 24, 2014	90	10	1
38	Teitanblood Death	Mar 13, 2014	93	5	1
39	Drowned Idola Specus	Jul 25, 2014	93	5	0
40	Dir En Grey Arche	Dec 10, 2014	93	5	1
41	Lantlôs Melting Sun	May 2, 2014	91.4	7	1
42	Near Death Condition Evolving Towards Extinction	Mar 18, 2014	95	3	0
43	Alestorm Sunset on the Golden Age	Aug 1, 2014	89	12	0
44	Brother Firetribe Diamond in the Firepit	May 2, 2014	95	3	0
45	Bloodshot Dawn Demons	Oct 26, 2014	89	12	1
46	Basarabian Hills Groping in a Misty Spread	Mar 23, 2014	95	3	0
47	Avatar Hail the Apocalypse	May 16, 2014	91.7	6	0
48	Belphegor Conjuring the Dead	Aug 8, 2014	88.2	13	1
49	Conquering Dystopia Conquering Dystopia	Mar 10, 2014	88.5	12	1
50	Twilight Force Tales of Ancient Prophecies	Jun 4, 2014	85.2	25	6

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