Dance Of Death
by Iron Maiden
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Dance Of Death is ranked 14th best out of 37 albums by Iron Maiden on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Iron Maiden is The Number Of The Beast which is ranked number 265 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,025.
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Dance Of Death track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Dance Of Death rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,484th | 2000s rank: 591st | 2003 rank: 69th Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 96/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | SethGunde | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 63/100 | 36 |
| 2026 | steve397 | Top 77 Music Albums of the 2000s | 15/77 | 16 |
| 2026 | svk4ever | Top 50 Music Albums of 2003 | 5/50 | 5 |
| 2026 | MasterOfPuppets | Top 500 Albums: 101-200 | 13/100 | - |
| 2026 | mikepen | Top 57 Music Albums of the 2000s | 54/57 | 1 |
| 2026 | Gallowtree | Top 38 Music Albums of 2003 | 12/38 | 4 |
| 2026 | steve397 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 51/100 | 50 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 2003 Pt 2 | 32/39 | - |
| 2026 | svk4ever | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 32/100 | 14 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 89 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 433 | |||
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| ! | 10/10/2026 10:39 | Artem | 872 | 77/100 |
| ! | 10/05/2026 18:25 | Siromynian | 1,789 | 74/100 |
| ! | 07/21/2026 22:12 |  LedZep | 5,164 | 79/100 |
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Dance Of Death forum mentions
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BestEverAlbums 10/10/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5461): By steve397
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babyBlueSedan 07/07/2017 18:02 in What's the worst album cover you ever saw?
babyBlueSedan 07/07/2017 18:02 in What's the worst album cover you ever saw?“This has been my answer before and it will continue to be because there's "bad" and then there's "so bad they didn't even bother to finish it". Though I might not think it was as bad if it wasn't from a band known for great cover art.”
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Ozdalek 07/22/2020 20:29 | #256023 | TOP COMMENT
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Ozdalek 07/22/2020 20:29 | #256023 | TOP COMMENT
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My favourite Maiden album since Bruce and Adrian’s return. ‘Paschendale’ is one of the greatest songs they have ever created. ‘No More Lies’, the title track, the underrated ‘Montsegur’, the punchy ‘Wildest Dreams’, the catchy ‘Rainmaker’ are all excellent songs.
Some dismiss this album because of the awful cover, but they are missing out on a feast of modern Maiden classics.
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an_outlaw 12/24/2011 20:13 | #33685 | TOP COMMENT
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Advertised by the faithful as the band that keeps on giving, it is easy to see why this band don't disappoint. They keeping on giving. Forever. If you don't like their music you are not finding anything you like here. This isn't them doing anything different, an experiment so to speak. You get an Iron Maiden album. And by their standards, this one holds up well. 'Age Of Innocence' is fantastic rage against those who might deceit... or do already deceit. Fiery would be a great word to describe this album. Straight from the volcano into the laser oven you'll play it. Crashing in like 'Losfer Words' evil cousin comes 'Montsergur' proving this album is as loud as you get them. 'Rainmaker' is another show stopper. Turning it down ever so slightely, Iron Maiden show the hooks gleaming in this treasure piece. As I said, nothing really deviates from the standard, not that it matters as most of it good standard. Well actually... there is this one song called 'Journeyman'. Final one and this is an interesting case we have today detective. An Acoustic song? By Iron Maiden? An acoustic song... by Iron Maiden!? YES INDEED! "I do what I want and say what I want, and no can take it away" well if that is not describing Iron Maiden then throw my egg and mayo sandwich away. We have a mystery.
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garycottier TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/25/2016 13:06 | #169792 | TOP COMMENT
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Probably the weakest of the albums Iron Maiden have made since the return of Bruce Dickinson. Some enjoyable tracks, although the title track is one of the most hilarious songs i've ever heard, I don't know if Maiden were being sincere here, I think they probably were, I'm in tears every time I hear it. If you haven't heard it yet, try keeping a straight face when you do. As for the rest it's all enjoyable enough, but they don't seem to be able to write those short punchy anthemic metal tracks like they used to. They're much more proggy now, which is fine, but I miss those classic songs. And, yes, I agree, terrible cover, the worst of Maiden's career.
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ElDuderino 06/02/2023 11:46 | #297342 | TOP COMMENT
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Arguably the best Maiden album if it comes to epic songs, some "catchy" songs like Wildest Dreams or Gates of Tomorrow, but also real gems. Paschendale and the title track are maybe two of the best songs Maiden ever made.
The cover is still awful ...
It makes me sad to see this album ranked behind "the Final Frontier" and especially "Senjutsu", its possible to argue about the ranking compared with "The book of Souls" but worse than "Senjutsu"??? Thats just unfair.
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ElDuderino 08/24/2020 17:54 | #257389 | TOP COMMENT
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Arguably the best Maiden album if it comes to epic songs, some "catchy" songs like Wildest Dreams or Gates of Tomorrow, but also real gems. Paschendale and the title track are maybe two of the best songs Maiden ever made.
The cover is still awful ...
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