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The Best Metal Albums of 2014 by User Score
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1
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Ne Obliviscaris - Citadel
November 7th, 2014
Progressive Metal
,
Melodic Death Metal
USER SCORE
86
214 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
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Behemoth - The Satanist
February 3rd, 2014
Blackened Death Metal
USER SCORE
84
756 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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Panopticon - Roads to the North
August 31st, 2014
Atmospheric Black Metal
USER SCORE
82
145 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
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Architects - Lost Forever // Lost Together
March 11th, 2014
Progressive Metalcore
,
Metalcore
USER SCORE
81
233 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
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Every Time I Die - From Parts Unknown
July 1st, 2014
Metalcore
,
Mathcore
USER SCORE
81
79 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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Thantifaxath - Sacred White Noise
April 15th, 2014
Black Metal
,
Progressive Metal
USER SCORE
80
72 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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Dir En Grey - Arche
December 10th, 2014
Alternative Metal
,
Progressive Metal
,
Visual kei
USER SCORE
80
54 ratings
Amazon
Music
8
.
The Contortionist - Language
September 16th, 2014
Progressive Metal
USER SCORE
80
110 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
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Thou - Heathen
March 25th, 2014
Sludge Metal
,
Doom Metal
USER SCORE
79
78 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
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Animals As Leaders - The Joy of Motion
March 25th, 2014
Progressive Metal
,
Djent
USER SCORE
79
204 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
YOB - Clearing The Path To Ascend
September 2nd, 2014
Doom Metal
,
Sludge Metal
USER SCORE
79
65 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Woods of Desolation - As the Stars
February 14th, 2014
Blackgaze
USER SCORE
78
70 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Beartooth - Disgusting
June 10th, 2014
Metalcore
,
Post-Hardcore
,
Melodic Hardcore
USER SCORE
78
159 ratings
Amazon
Music
14
.
Artificial Brain - Labyrinth Constellation
February 18th, 2014
Technical Death Metal
,
Dissonant Death Metal
USER SCORE
78
72 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Nothing More - Nothing More
June 24th, 2014
Alternative Rock
,
Djent
USER SCORE
78
54 ratings
Amazon
16
.
Knocked Loose - Pop Culture
June 13th, 2014
Beatdown Hardcore
,
Metalcore
USER SCORE
77
99 ratings
Amazon
17
.
Insomnium - Shadows of the Dying Sun
April 28th, 2014
Melodic Death Metal
USER SCORE
77
53 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Horrendous - Ecdysis
October 14th, 2014
Death Metal
USER SCORE
77
50 ratings
Amazon
Music
19
.
Pallbearer - Foundations of Burden
August 19th, 2014
Doom Metal
USER SCORE
77
148 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Lantlôs - Melting Sun
May 2nd, 2014
Shoegaze
,
Post-Rock
,
Blackgaze
USER SCORE
76
72 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Indian - From All Purity
January 21st, 2014
Sludge Metal
USER SCORE
76
53 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Cojum Dip - Cojum Dip
January 12th, 2014
Alternative Metal
,
Avant-Garde Metal
,
Math Rock
USER SCORE
76
59 ratings
Amazon
23
.
The Body - I Shall Die Here
April 1st, 2014
Drone Metal
,
Post-Industrial
USER SCORE
76
94 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Arch Enemy - War Eternal
June 10th, 2014
Melodic Death Metal
USER SCORE
76
76 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Mastodon - Once More 'Round the Sun
June 24th, 2014
Progressive Metal
,
Stoner Metal
USER SCORE
76
326 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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