25 for '25, or: The Best Metal Albums of the Century So Far

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2000 Albums
  1. Iron Maiden - Brave New World
  2. Halford - Resurrection
  3. Nightwish - Wishmaster
  4. Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element Part 1
  5. Ayreon - Universal Migrator Part 1: Dream Sequencer
  6. Skyclad - Folkemon
  7. Helloween - The Dark Ride
  8. Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite
  9. Children of Bodom - Follow the Reaper
  10. Blaze - Silicon Messiah
  11. Dio - Magica
  12. Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
  13. Nevermore - Dead Heart in a Dead World
  14. Immolation - Close To the World Below
  15. A Perfect Circle - Mer De Noms
  16. In Flames - Clayman

Final Power Ranking
  1. Iron Maiden - Brave New World =
  2. Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite +6
  3. Nightwish - Wishmaster =
  4. Blaze - Silicon Messiah +6
  5. Halford - Resurrection -3
  6. Helloween - The Dark Ride +1
  7. Ayron - Universal Migrator Part 1: Dream Sequencer -2
  8. Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element Part 1 -4
  9. In Flames - Clayman +7
  10. Skyclad - Folkemon -4
  11. Nevermore - Dead Heart in a Dead World +2
  12. Immolation - Close to a World Below +2
  13. A Perfect Circle - Mer De Noms +2
  14. Dio - Magica -3
  15. Electric Wizard - Dopethrone -3
  16. Children of Bodom - Follow the Reaper -7
 
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2001 Albums
  1. Opeth - Blackwater Park
  2. Iced Earth - Horror Show
  3. Tool - Lateralus
  4. Gamma Ray - No World Order
  5. Emperor - Prometheus
  6. Kreator - Violent Revolution
  7. Avantasia - The Metal Opera Part 1
  8. Lost Horizon - Awakening the World
  9. Kamelot - Karma
  10. Sonata Arctica - Silence
  11. Megadeth - The World Needs a Hero
  12. Devin Townsend - Terria
  13. System of a Down - Toxicity
  14. Converge - Jane Doe

Final Power Ranking
  1. Opeth - Blackwater Park =
  2. Kamelot - Karma +7
  3. Avantasia - The Metal Opera +4
  4. Iced Earth - Horror Show -2
  5. Tool - Lateralus -2
  6. Gamma Ray - No World Order -2
  7. System of a Down - Toxicity +6
  8. Kreator - Violent Revolution -2
  9. Devin Townsend - Terria +3
  10. Sonata Arctica - Silence =
  11. Emperor - Prometheus -6
  12. Lost Horizon - Awakening the World -4
  13. Converge - Jane Doe +1
  14. Megadeth - The World Needs a Hero -1
 
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2002 Albums and Power Rankings
  1. Symphony X - The Odyssey
  2. Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
  3. Blaze - Tenth Dimension
  4. Blind Guardian - A Night At the Opera
  5. Dio - Killing the Dragon
  6. Bloodbath - Resurrection Through Carnage
  7. Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane
  8. Rotting Christ - Genesis
  9. Rhapsody - Power of the Dragon Flame
  10. Luca Turilli - Prophet of the Last Eclipse
  11. Hammerfall - Crimson Thunder
  12. Agalloch - The Mantle
  13. Nightwish - Century Child
  14. Opeth - Deliverance
  15. Mastodon - Remission
 
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2003 Albums and Power Rankings
  1. Iron Maiden - Dance of Death
  2. Dream Theater - Train of Thought
  3. Evanescence - Fallen
  4. Human Fortress - Defenders of the Crown
  5. Swallow the Sun - The Morning Never Came
  6. Gojira - The Link
  7. Moonspell - The Antidote
  8. Live - Birds of Pray
  9. Arctus - The Sham Mirrors
  10. Sonata Arctica - Winterheart's Guild
  11. Children of Bodom - Hate Crew Deathroll
  12. Anthrax - We've Come For You All
  13. Avenged Sevenfold - Waking the Fallen
  14. Devin Townsend - Accelerated Evolution
  15. Queensryche - Tribe
 
2004 Albums and Power Rankings
  1. Nightwish - Once
  2. Megadeth - The System Has Failed
  3. Ayreon - The Human Equation
  4. Wintersun - Wintersun
  5. Motorhead - Inferno
  6. Alter Bridge - One Day Remains
  7. Samael - Rein of Light
  8. Clutch - Blast Tyrant
  9. Mastodon - Leviathan
  10. Behemoth - Demigod
  11. Dio - Master of the Moon
 
2005 Albums and Power Rankings
  1. Judas Priest - Angel of Retribution
  2. Bruce Dickinson - A Tyranny of Souls
  3. Opeth - Ghost Reveries
  4. Gojira - From Mars to Sirius
  5. Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal
  6. Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
  7. System of a Down - Hypnotize
  8. Arch Enemy - Doomsday Machine
  9. Gamma Ray - Majestic
  10. Messhuggah - Catch 33
  11. Tyranny - Tides of Awakening
  12. Reverend Bizarre - Crush the Insects
  13. Strapping Young Lad - Alien
  14. Avenged Sevenfold - City of Evil
  15. Riverside - Second Life Syndrome
 
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2006 Albums and Power Rankings
Iron Maiden - A Matter of Life and Death
Amon Amarth - With Oden on Our Side
Sabaton - Attero Dominatus
Tenacious D - The Pick of Destiny
Amorphis - Eclipse
Celtic Frost - Monotheist
Ahab - Call of the Wretched Seas
Edguy - Rocket Ride
uneXpect - In A Flesh Aquarium
Tool - 10,000 Days
Strapping Young Lad - The New Black
Mastodon - Blood Mountain
Devin Townsend - Synchestra
 
2007 Albums and Power Rankings
Nightwish - Dark Passion Play
Symphony X - Paradise Lost
Gamma Ray - Land of the Free II
Between the Buried and Me - Colors
Powerwolf - Lupus Dei
Anaal Nathrakh - Hell is Empty & All the Devils Are Here
Dethklok - Dethklok
Rotting Christ - Theogonia
Moonsorrow - Vildes Luku
Crystal Viper - The Curse of the Crystal Viper
UDO - Mastercutor
Megadeth - United Abominations
Ozzy Osbourne - Black Rain
Devin Townsend - Ziltoid the Omniscient
Iced Earth - Framing Armageddon: Something Wicket Part One
 
2008 Albums and Power Rankings
Judas Priest - Nostradamus
Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thunder God
Sabaton - The Art of War
Opeth - Watershed
Metallica - Death Magnetic
Testament - The Formation of Damnation
Trivium - Shogun
Moonspell - Night Eternal
Alestorm - Captain Morgan's Revenge
Kings X - XV
Blaze Bayley - The Man Who Would Not Die
Iced Earth - The Crucible of Man
Gojira - The Way of All Flesh
 
2009 Albums and Power Rankings
Mastodon - Crack the Skye
Heaven & Hell - The Devil You Know
Dream Theater - Black Clouds and Silver Linings
Megadeth - Endgame
Kreator - Hordes of Chaos
Rammstein - Liebe Ist Fur Alle Da
Nile - Those Whom God Detests
Sonata Arctica - Days of the Gray
Cains Offering - Gather the Faithful
Rishloo - Feathergun
Samael - Above
Amputated - Wading Through the Rancid Offal
Hammerfall - No Sacrifice, No Victory
Devin Townsend - Addicted
 
2010 Albums and Power Rankings
Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier
Blind Guardian - At the Edge of Time
Alter Bridge - III
Seventh Wonder - The Great Escape
Overkill - Ironbound
Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini
Fozzy - Chasing the Grail
Wuthering Heights - Salt
Rhapsody of Fire - Frozen Tears of Angels
Avantasia - The Wicked Symphony
Mekong Delta - Wanderer on the Edge of Time
Winterfylleth - The Mercian Sphere
Crystal Viper - Legends
Blaze Bayley - Promise & Terror
Sabaton - Coat of Arms
Halford - Halford IV Made of Metal
 
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