are so fun, and totally show the sort of people that use the site, ie tons of metalheads, some indie kids and a lot of weirdos.

2007 for instance:
http://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/album/2007

where porcupine tree almost win, Moonsorrow hit number 11, and Devin Townsend's Ziltoid the Omniscient and the new King Diamond beat the shit out of Bright Eyes (68). if only the real life charts looked like this.

the older year charts are generally more free of dream theater and the like, but 1983 is still acely odd just for number 4:
http://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/album/1982