Top Ten - 2004

I rated 48 albums from 2004. I did something unusual here and removed the highest rated album. Let me explain... Twisted Sister's re-recording of Stay Hungry (entitled Still Hungry) slightly edged out Overlorde (receiving a 91.22 rating, same as the original), but because it will be recognized in the 1984 Top Ten list, I removed it from here. Now I won't have to list the same album twice, 20 years apart.



2004 Top Ten:

90.23 -- Overlorde - Return of the Snow Giant
90.11 -- Feinstein - Third Wish
89.91 -- Megadeth - The System has Failed
89.76 -- Cornerstone - Once Upon Our Yesterdays
89.53 -- Mob Rules - Among the Gods
89.24 -- Messiah's Kiss - Metal
88.78 -- W.A.S.P. - The Neon God, Pt. 2: The Demise
88.56 -- Tad Morose - Modus Vivendi
88.25 -- Nightwish - Once
87.09 -- Iron Savior - Battering Ram

Other 2004 releases:
86.67 -- W.A.S.P. - The Neon God, Pt. 1: The Rise
86.41 -- Edguy - Hellfire Club
85.67 -- Silent Force - Worlds Apart
85.62 -- Anthem - Eternal Warrior
85.33 -- Ten Years After - Now
84.50 -- Threshold - Subsurface
84.47 -- Persuader - Evolution Purgatory
84.06 -- Saxon - Lionheart
83.91 -- Sonata Arctica - Reckoning Night
83.88 -- Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden
83.85 -- Force of Evil - Force of Evil
83.11 -- October 31 - No Survivors
82.30 -- Tarot - Suffer Our Pleasures
81.86 -- Irish Coffee - Irish Coffee
81.62 -- Seven Witches - Year of the Witch
81.57 -- Metal Church - The Weight of the World
81.50 -- Nostradameus - Hellbound
81.43 -- Cans - Beyond the Gates
80.65 -- Heavenly - Dust to Dust
80.26 -- Dream Evil - Book of Heavy Metal
79.15 -- Fates Warning - FWX
79.04 -- UFO - You are Here
78.54 -- Axel Rudi Pell - Kings and Queens
78.34 -- Dio - Master of the Moon
77.48 -- Motörhead - Inferno
77.03 -- Statetrooper - The Calling
76.89 -- Chinchilla - Take No Prisoners
76.77 -- Scorpions - Unbreakable
71.87 -- Rottweiller - Rage of War
69.61 -- Dokken - Hell to Pay
69.54 -- Bang - The Maze
66.50 -- Jørn - Out to Every Nation
63.90 -- Angtoria - God Has A Plan for Us All
62.02 -- Winterhawk - Wind from the Sun
57.86 -- The Zombies - As Far As I Can See
57.52 -- Anvil - Back to Basics
48.73 -- Anubis Gate - Purification