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The 100 best Metal albums of all time

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1
Black Sabbath
Paranoid
1970
Heavy Metal , Hard Rock
Rating Points: 4.585 excellent
2
Black Sabbath
Master of Reality
1971
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.531 excellent
3
Metallica
Master of Puppets
1986
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.432 excellent
4
Iron Maiden
Powerslave
1984
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.412 excellent
5
Metallica
Ride the Lightning
1984
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.401 excellent
6
Slayer
Reign in Blood
1986
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.376 excellent
7
Iron Maiden
The Number of the Beast
1982
Heavy Metal , NWOBHM
Rating Points: 4.370 excellent
8
Electric Wizard
Dopethrone
2000
Stoner Metal , Doom Metal
Rating Points: 4.344 excellent
9
Opeth
Blackwater Park
2001
Progressive Metal
Rating Points: 4.302 excellent
10
Black Sabbath
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
1973
Heavy Metal , Hard Rock
Rating Points: 4.300 excellent
11
Megadeth
Rust in Peace
1990
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.288 excellent
12
System of a Down
Toxicity
2001
Alternative Metal
Rating Points: 4.288 excellent
13
Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine
1992
Rap Metal
Rating Points: 4.288 excellent
14
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath Vol. 4
1972
Heavy Metal , Hard Rock
Rating Points: 4.282 excellent
15
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
1970
Heavy Metal , Hard Rock
Rating Points: 4.265 excellent
16
Tool
Ænima
1996
Progressive Metal , Alternative Metal
Rating Points: 4.253 excellent
17
Mastodon
Leviathan
2004
Progressive Metal , Sludge Metal
Rating Points: 4.228 excellent
18
Slayer
Seasons in the Abyss
1990
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.223 excellent
19
Iron Maiden
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
1988
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.215 excellent
20
Opeth
Ghost Reveries
2005
Progressive Metal
Rating Points: 4.213 excellent
21
Judas Priest
Painkiller
1990
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.195 excellent
22
Death
Human
1991
Death Metal , Technical Death Metal
Rating Points: 4.182 excellent
23
Tool
Lateralus
2001
Alternative Metal , Progressive Metal
Rating Points: 4.176 excellent
24
Metallica
Kill 'Em All
1983
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.170 excellent
25
Death
The Sound of Perseverance
1998
Progressive Metal , Technical Death Metal
Rating Points: 4.147 excellent
26
Motörhead
Ace of Spades
1980
Heavy Metal , Hard Rock
Rating Points: 4.124 excellent
27
Judas Priest
Stained Class
1978
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.123 excellent
28
Dio
Holy Diver
1983
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.121 excellent
29
Black Sabbath
Heaven and Hell
1980
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.118 excellent
30
Judas Priest
British Steel
1980
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.118 excellent
31
Motörhead
Overkill
1979
Heavy Metal , Hard Rock
Rating Points: 4.117 excellent
32
Faith No More
Angel Dust
1992
Alternative Metal
Rating Points: 4.116 excellent
33
Megadeth
Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
1986
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.114 excellent
34
Celtic Frost
To Mega Therion
1985
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.113 excellent
35
Mercyful Fate
Don't Break the Oath
1984
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.109 excellent
36
Slayer
South of Heaven
1988
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.105 excellent
37
Metallica
...And Justice for All
1988
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.100 excellent
38
Iron Maiden
Piece of Mind
1983
Heavy Metal , NWOBHM
Rating Points: 4.099 excellent
39
Dream Theater
Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From a Memory
1999
Progressive Metal
Rating Points: 4.091 excellent
40
Deftones
White Pony
2000
Alternative Metal
Rating Points: 4.088 excellent
41
Black Sabbath
Sabotage
1975
Heavy Metal , Hard Rock
Rating Points: 4.086 excellent
42
Queensrÿche
Operation: Mindcrime
1988
Heavy Metal , Progressive Metal
Rating Points: 4.085 excellent
43
Sepultura
Beneath the Remains
1989
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.084 excellent
44
Electric Wizard
Come My Fanatics...
1997
Doom Metal , Stoner Metal
Rating Points: 4.080 excellent
45
Sepultura
Arise
1991
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.080 excellent
46
Dream Theater
Images and Words
1992
Progressive Metal
Rating Points: 4.078 excellent
47
Iron Maiden
Somewhere in Time
1986
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.070 excellent
48
Sleep
Dopesmoker
2003
Stoner Metal , Doom Metal
Rating Points: 4.067 excellent
49
Artillery
By Inheritance
1990
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.066 excellent
50
Diamond Head
Lightning to the Nations
1980
NWOBHM , Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.062 excellent
51
Mastodon
Crack the Skye
2009
Progressive Metal
Rating Points: 4.058 excellent
52
King Diamond
Abigail
1987
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.055 excellent
53
Riot
ThunderSteel
1988
Heavy Metal , Power Metal
Rating Points: 4.055 excellent
54
Ozzy Osbourne
Blizzard of Ozz
1980
Heavy Metal , Hard Rock
Rating Points: 4.050 excellent
55
Judas Priest
Defenders of the Faith
1984
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.047 excellent
56
Judas Priest
Screaming for Vengeance
1982
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.046 excellent
57
System of a Down
Mezmerize
2005
Alternative Metal
Rating Points: 4.044 excellent
58
Savatage
Hall of the Mountain King
1987
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.045 excellent
59
Anthrax
Among the Living
1987
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.040 excellent
60
Faith No More
The Real Thing
1989
Alternative Metal , Funk Metal
Rating Points: 4.038 excellent
61
Manilla Road
Crystal Logic
1983
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.034 excellent
62
Crimson Glory
Transcendence
1988
Heavy Metal , Power Metal
Rating Points: 4.033 excellent
63
King Diamond
"Them"
1988
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.032 excellent
64
Judas Priest
Sad Wings of Destiny
1976
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.032 excellent
65
Trouble
Psalm 9
1984
Doom Metal
Rating Points: 4.027 excellent
66
Death
Scream Bloody Gore
1987
Death Metal
Rating Points: 4.025 excellent
67
Manilla Road
The Deluge
1986
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.025 excellent
68
Ozzy Osbourne
Diary of a Madman
1981
Heavy Metal , Hard Rock
Rating Points: 4.020 excellent
69
Morbid Saint
Spectrum of Death
1990
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.018 excellent
70
W.A.S.P.
The Headless Children
1989
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.018 excellent
71
Testament
The New Order
1988
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.017 excellent
72
Nevermore
Dead Heart in a Dead World
2000
Progressive Metal
Rating Points: 4.017 excellent
73
Gojira
From Mars to Sirius
2005
Progressive Metal , Death Metal
Rating Points: 4.016 excellent
74
Primus
Sailing the Seas of Cheese
1991
Funk Metal
Rating Points: 4.013 excellent
75
Trouble
Trouble
1990
Heavy Metal , Doom Metal
Rating Points: 4.014 excellent
76
Overkill
Horrorscope
1991
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.013 excellent
77
Opeth
Still Life
1999
Progressive Metal
Rating Points: 4.011 excellent
78
Testament
The Legacy
1987
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.011 excellent
79
Savatage
Gutter Ballet
1989
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.003 excellent
80
Annihilator
Never, Neverland
1990
Thrash Metal , Technical Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 3.999 excellent
81
Bruce Dickinson
The Chemical Wedding
1998
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.000 excellent
82
Helloween
Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I
1987
Power Metal , Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 3.999 excellent
83
Accept
Restless and Wild
1982
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 3.999 excellent
84
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
1980
NWOBHM , Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 3.998 excellent
85
Saxon
Strong Arm of the Law
1980
NWOBHM , Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 3.996 excellent
86
Manilla Road
Open the Gates
1985
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 3.996 excellent
87
Testament
The Gathering
1999
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 3.995 excellent
88
Dio
The Last in Line
1984
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 3.994 excellent
89
Iron Maiden
Killers
1981
NWOBHM , Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 3.992 excellent
90
Faith No More
King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime
1995
Alternative Metal
Rating Points: 3.992 excellent
91
Mercyful Fate
Melissa
1983
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 3.991 excellent
92
Celtic Frost
Morbid Tales
1984
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 3.991 excellent
93
Angel Witch
Angel Witch
1980
NWOBHM , Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 3.987 excellent
94
W.A.S.P.
The Crimson Idol
1992
Heavy Metal , Rock Opera
Rating Points: 3.984 excellent
95
Deftones
Koi no yokan
2012
Alternative Metal
Rating Points: 3.984 excellent
96
Metallica
Metallica
1991
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 3.980 excellent
97
Sodom
Persecution Mania
1987
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 3.980 excellent
98
Symphony X
The Divine Wings of Tragedy
1997
Progressive Metal , Neoclassical Metal
Rating Points: 3.980 excellent
99
Demolition Hammer
Epidemic of Violence
1992
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 3.978 excellent
100
Sodom
Agent Orange
1989
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 3.977 excellent