Best Live Metal Albums

Here is my list of the top 10 live metal albums. Most live versions of songs sound faster than the original and the sound quality is not very good. Many fans stay away from live albums because they want to hear an artist's song clearly as to not take way from the integrity of the song. If you are going to invest in a live metal album, you will not be disappointed by these.

The Top Ten

1 Live After Death - Iron Maiden

Best Live album ever made

2 Unleashed In the East - Judas Priest

3 Live S***: Binge & Purge - Metallica

Seattle '89 is without a doubt the best Metallica show ever, period. The fastest, tightest, and most aggressive they've ever sounded.

4 Speak of the Devil - Ozzy Osbourne

5 Alive In Athens - Iced Earth

This one is very good - Matt Barlow and Jon Schaffer at their prime in the late 90s.
It was recorded in Athens, Greece.

6 If You Want Blood You've Got It - AC/DC

Is AC/DC a metal band? It's debatable, but that's the first live album that I got into...so, that's my vote

AC/DC aren't metal.

7 Official Live: 101 Proof - Pantera

Pure against the grain american metal

8 Dio at Donington UK: Live 1983 & 1987 - Dio

9 Imaginations Through the Looking Glass (Live DVD 2004) - Blind Guardian

Watching this is an incredible experience for 2 reasons:
1) Blind Guardian are very good live so you get almost the same quality as in the studio versions
2) involvement of the crowd is awesome at their shows - fans sing a lot (just watch the second half of Valhalla or the entire live version of The Bard's Song).

10 AC/DC Live - AC/DC