The Dark Saga
by Iced Earth
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Iced Earth bestography
The Dark Saga is ranked 3rd best out of 16 albums by Iced Earth on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Iced Earth is The Glorious Burden which is ranked number 14197 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 80.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Dark Saga track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (5 out of 10 tracks have been rated).
The Dark Saga rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | MasterOfPuppets | Top 500 Albums: 401-500 | 42/100 | - |
| 2026 | MasterOfPuppets | Top 13 Music Albums of 1996 | 6/13 | 3 |
| 2026 | MasterOfPuppets | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 91/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Albums of the year 1996 by Metal Storm | 18/20 | - |
| 2024 | svk4ever | Top 50 Music Albums of 1996 | 28/50 | 2 |
| 2020 |  Spyglass | Top Power Metal Albums | 85/100 | - |
| 2018 | tompeto | Top 32 Music Albums of 1996 | 26/32 | 1 |
| 2017 |  earlysparker | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 54/100 | 8 |
| 2017 |  Fischman | Best Heavy Metal Albums | 45/100 | - |
| 2015 |  OKC1 | Top 80 Music Albums of 1996 | 43/80 | 2 |
| 2015 | sonicdiscourse | 1996 To-Do List | 45/83 | - |
| 2014 |  Vaggelis | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 43/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 12 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 22 | |||
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The Dark Saga ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 5 ratings for this album. | Show all 18 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/03/2025 05:55 | Skippyrocks | 505 | 65/100 | |
| 08/09/2024 15:07 | MasterOfPuppets | 824 | 83/100 | |
| 08/31/2023 20:02 |  MetalMan67 | 5,998 | 71/100 | |
| 04/07/2023 11:36 |  MW19704U | 6,990 | 59/100 | |
| 09/17/2022 09:15 | Homer | 136 | 83/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.1/100, a mean average of 76.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.7.
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