Top Ten - 2007

I rated 65 albums released in 2007. As in 2008, some well-known artists released some very good albums that still fell outside the top ten. I think that's more a testimony to how good the other artists are, and is a definite endorsement to check them out if you don't know them.

2007 Top Ten:
90.25 -- Gamma Ray - Land of the Free II
89.47 -- Dominici - O3 - A Trilogy Part 2
88.92 -- Wizard - Goochan
88.66 -- Manticora - The Black Circus Part 2
88.38 -- Cornerstone - Two Tales Of One Tomorrow
88.31 -- David Shankle Group - Hellborn
88.30 -- Kotipelto - Serenity
87.35 -- W.A.S.P. - Dominator
87.00 -- Iron Savior - Megatropolis
86.67 -- Saxon - The Inner Sanctum

Other 2007 releases:
86.66 -- Pink Cream 69 - In10sity
86.34 -- Diamond Head - What's In Your Head
86.12 -- Ted Nugent - Love Grenade
85.81 -- Messiah's Kiss - Dragonheart
85.08 -- Megadeth - United Abominations
84.84 -- Leaf Hound - Unleashed
84.78 -- Dark Moor - Tarot
83.81 -- Empire - Chasing Shadows
83.79 -- Masterplan - MK II
83.67 -- Helloween - Gambling with the Devil
83.54 -- Iron Fire - Blade of Triumph
83.26 -- Symphony X - Paradise Lost
83.11 -- Kamelot - Ghost Opera
82.76 -- Silent Force - Walk the Earth
82.46 -- Intense - As Our Army Grows
82.39 -- Blitzkrieg - Theatre of the Damned
82.29 -- Annihilator - Metal
82.10 -- Iced Earth - Framing Armageddon - Something Wicked Part 1
82.09 -- Excalion - Waterlines
81.72 -- Rob Rock - Garden of Chaos
81.70 -- Sarcofagus - Core Values
81.65 -- Nightwish - Dark Passion Play
81.50 -- Ozzy Osbourne - Black Rain
81.32 -- Sonata Arctica - Unia
80.83 -- Blue Cheer - What Doesn't Kill You
80.53 -- Nostradameus - Pathways
80.03 -- Ride the Sky - New Protection
79.95 -- Pride Tiger - The Lucky Ones
79.60 -- Great Sorrow - New Day Comes
79.07 -- Domine - Ancient Spirit Rising
78.62 -- Threshold - Dead Reckoning
77.81 -- Seven Witches - Deadly Sins
77.76 -- Scorpions - Humanity - Hour 1
77.33 -- Nocturnal Rites - The 8th Sin
77.19 -- Allen / Lande - The Revenge
76.11 -- Morgana Lefay - Aberrations of the Mind
76.10 -- Shaman - Immortal
75.91 -- Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos
75.82 -- Prophesia - Eye of the Storm
74.53 -- Barbarian - Heavy Metal Resurrección
74.05 -- Jikuu Kaizoku Seven Seas - Confusion
73.86 -- Bloodbound - Book of the Dead
73.39 -- Mägo de Oz - La Ciudad De Los Árboles
72.60 -- Evile - Enter the Grave
72.10 -- Anvil - This is Thirteen
71.35 -- Symphorce - Become Death
70.14 -- Double Dealer - Desert Of Lost Souls
69.94 -- Ken Hensley - Blood On the Highway
69.26 -- Circus Maximus - Isolate
67.31 -- Labyrinth - 6 Days to Nowhere
66.85 -- Edu Falaschi - Almah
65.57 -- Icy Steel - Icy Steel
64.78 -- Dawn of Destiny - Begins
61.38 -- Manowar - Gods of War
53.48 -- Civilization One - Revolution Rising