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	91.9	59	4
2	Arch Enemy War Eternal	Jun 9, 2014	86.9	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	Edguy Space Police - Defenders of the Crown	Apr 18, 2014	86.4	45	1
10	Threshold For the Journey	Sep 19, 2014	94.3	7	1
11	Saor Aura	Jun 6, 2014	91.3	14	0
12	Shylmagoghnar Emergence	Feb 27, 2014	90.7	16	0
13	Rings of Saturn Lugal Ki En	Oct 14, 2014	90.8	15	0
14	Animals as Leaders The Joy of Motion	Mar 24, 2014	86.7	38	0
15	Suicide Silence Ending is the Beginning [Live]	Feb 18, 2014	93.6	7	0
16	Xandria Sacrificium	May 2, 2014	90.4	14	0
17	Judas Priest Redeemer of Souls	Jul 15, 2014	85.4	44	6
18	Primal Fear Delivering the Black	Jan 24, 2014	88.2	23	2
19	Mors Principium Est Dawn of the 5th Era	Dec 5, 2014	88.3	22	1
20	Cannibal Corpse A Skeletal Domain	Sep 16, 2014	87	29	3
21	Opeth Pale Communion	Aug 26, 2014	85.3	41	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	Mare Cognitum Phobos Monolith	Nov 3, 2014	91.9	8	1
27	Mastodon Once More 'Round the Sun	Jun 24, 2014	87	24	2
28	At the Gates At War with Reality	Oct 27, 2014	86.7	25	1
29	Words of Farewell The Black Wild Yonder	Feb 28, 2014	91.1	9	1
30	Fallujah The Flesh Prevails	Jul 22, 2014	86	29	3
31	A.C.T Circus Pandemonium	Feb 19, 2014	92.1	7	0
32	Abysmal Torment Cultivate the Apostate	Apr 29, 2014	90	11	0
33	Anthem Absolute World	Oct 22, 2014	91.3	8	0
34	Ancient Bards A New Dawn Ending	Apr 25, 2014	89.5	12	1
35	Scar Symmetry The Singularity (Phase I - Neohumanity)	Oct 3, 2014	85.9	27	3
36	Drowned Idola Specus	Jul 25, 2014	93	5	0
37	Dir En Grey Arche	Dec 10, 2014	93	5	1
38	Lantlôs Melting Sun	May 2, 2014	91.4	7	1
39	Sólstafir Ótta	Aug 29, 2014	91.4	7	0
40	Nuclearhammer Serpentine Hermetic Lucifer	Apr 10, 2014	93.8	4	0
41	Near Death Condition Evolving Towards Extinction	Mar 18, 2014	95	3	0
42	Brother Firetribe Diamond in the Firepit	May 2, 2014	95	3	0
43	Belphegor Conjuring the Dead	Aug 8, 2014	89	12	1
44	Bloodshot Dawn Demons	Oct 26, 2014	89	12	1
45	Basarabian Hills Groping in a Misty Spread	Mar 23, 2014	95	3	0
46	Freedom Call Beyond	Feb 24, 2014	90	9	1
47	Avatar Hail the Apocalypse	May 16, 2014	91.7	6	0
48	Conquering Dystopia Conquering Dystopia	Mar 10, 2014	88.5	12	1
49	Artificial Brain Labyrinth Constellation	Feb 18, 2014	92	5	0
50	Crown the Empire The Resistance: Rise of the Runaways	Jul 22, 2014	92	5	0

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