The Best Metal Albums of 2014

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Rank	Artist / Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
151	Ambush Firestorm	May 24, 2014	87.5	4	0
152	Outrun the Sunlight Terrapin	Dec 16, 2014	87.5	4	0
153	Skyforest Aftermath	Aug 29, 2014	85	7	1
154	Marty Friedman Inferno	May 27, 2014	83.9	9	2
155	Bloodbath Grand Morbid Funeral	Nov 17, 2014	83.9	9	0
156	Clouds Doliu	May 27, 2014	84.4	8	1
157	Pyrrhon The Mother of Virtues	Mar 28, 2014	88.3	3	0
158	Inanimate Existence A Never-Ending Cycle of Atonement	Jun 24, 2014	88.3	3	0
159	Behemoth XIADZ [EP]	Nov 1, 2014	88.3	3	0
160	Destiny Potato LUN	May 13, 2014	88.3	3	0
161	Kamijo Symphony of the Vampire [EP]	Mar 5, 2014	88.3	3	0
162	I Killed the Prom Queen Beloved	Feb 14, 2014	86	5	0
163	Won Rocker's Manual	Apr 1, 2014	86	5	2
164	Galneryus Vetelgyus	Sep 24, 2014	78.5	28	1
165	Black Hole Hope	Mar 11, 2014	83.8	8	2
166	Aborted The Necrotic Manifesto	Apr 29, 2014	82.2	11	0
167	Ghost Bath Funeral	Feb 4, 2014	86.3	4	2
168	YOB Clearing the Path to Ascend	Aug 29, 2014	86.3	4	0
169	Stormforge Sea of Stone [EP]	Jan 25, 2014	86.3	4	1
170	Nightbringer Ego Dominus Tuus	Sep 30, 2014	86.3	4	1
171	Sabaton Heroes	May 16, 2014	79.4	19	1
172	AC/DC Rock or Bust	Nov 28, 2014	80.9	13	1
173	Iron Savior Rise of the Hero	Feb 28, 2014	85	5	0
174	Eye of the Enemy The Vengeance Paradox	Apr 29, 2014	85	5	0
175	Xerath III	Sep 15, 2014	85	5	0
176	Wovenwar Wovenwar	Aug 5, 2014	85	5	0
177	Exmortus Slave to the Sword	Feb 4, 2014	84.2	6	0
178	Elvenking The Pagan Manifesto	May 9, 2014	82.2	9	1
179	Alterbeast Immortal	Mar 18, 2014	86.7	3	0
180	Crowbar Symmetry in Black	May 26, 2014	86.7	3	0
181	Upon This Dawning We Are All Sinners	Apr 29, 2014	86.7	3	0
182	Necroholocaust Holocaustic Goat Metal	Oct 22, 2014	86.7	3	0
183	Woods of Desolation As the Stars	Feb 14, 2014	82.9	7	0
184	Anubis Gate Horizons	Apr 15, 2014	82.9	7	0
185	Within Temptation Hydra	Jan 31, 2014	76.7	28	1
186	Horrendous Ecdysis	Oct 14, 2014	83.3	6	1
187	Persuader The Fiction Maze	Jan 21, 2014	85	4	0
188	Winger Better Days Comin'	Apr 22, 2014	85	4	0
189	Midnight No Mercy for Mayhem	Aug 19, 2014	85	4	0
190	Cloven Hoof Resist or Serve	Jun 6, 2014	85	4	0
191	Samchung 멸절 (滅絶) [EP]	Feb 21, 2014	85	4	0
192	과매기 Conviction	Jun 17, 2014	84	5	1
193	Winterfylleth The Divination of Antiquity	Oct 6, 2014	84	5	0
194	Sixx:A.M. Modern Vintage	Oct 7, 2014	84	5	0
195	Beyond Creation Earthborn Evolution	Oct 24, 2014	81.9	8	0
196	Sodom Sacred Warpath [EP]	Dec 1, 2014	82.5	6	0
197	Alcest Shelter	Jan 17, 2014	74.5	36	2
198	Warmen First of the Five Elements	Sep 30, 2014	83	5	0
199	Empyrium The Turn of the Tides	Jul 18, 2014	83	5	0
200	Bloodbound Stormborn	Nov 21, 2014	83	5	0

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