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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: 4.467 excellent
2
Black Sabbath
Master of Reality
1971
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.430 excellent
3
Metallica
Master of Puppets
1986
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.409 excellent
4
Metallica
Ride the Lightning
1984
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.401 excellent
5
Opeth
Blackwater Park
2001
Progressive Metal
Rating Points: 4.382 excellent
6
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
1970
Heavy Metal , Hard Rock
Rating Points: 4.316 excellent
7
Slayer
Reign in Blood
1986
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.303 excellent
8
Iron Maiden
Powerslave
1984
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.290 excellent
9
Megadeth
Rust in Peace
1990
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.288 excellent
10
System of a Down
Toxicity
2001
Alternative Metal
Rating Points: 4.288 excellent
11
Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine
1992
Rap Metal
Rating Points: 4.288 excellent
12
Opeth
Ghost Reveries
2005
Progressive Metal
Rating Points: 4.276 excellent
13
Tool
Ænima
1996
Progressive Metal , Alternative Metal
Rating Points: 4.253 excellent
14
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath Vol. 4
1972
Heavy Metal , Hard Rock
Rating Points: 4.244 excellent
15
Iron Maiden
The Number of the Beast
1982
Heavy Metal , NWOBHM
Rating Points: 4.240 excellent
16
Mastodon
Leviathan
2004
Progressive Metal , Sludge Metal
Rating Points: 4.228 excellent
17
Slayer
Seasons in the Abyss
1990
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.219 excellent
18
Death
Human
1991
Death Metal , Technical Death Metal
Rating Points: 4.218 excellent
19
Death
The Sound of Perseverance
1998
Progressive Metal , Technical Death Metal
Rating Points: 4.202 excellent
20
Iron Maiden
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
1988
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.197 excellent
21
Judas Priest
Painkiller
1990
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.195 excellent
22
Black Sabbath
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
1973
Heavy Metal , Hard Rock
Rating Points: 4.193 excellent
23
Deftones
White Pony
2000
Alternative Metal
Rating Points: 4.188 excellent
24
Tool
Lateralus
2001
Alternative Metal , Progressive Metal
Rating Points: 4.176 excellent
25
Metallica
Kill 'Em All
1983
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.170 excellent
26
Iron Maiden
Piece of Mind
1983
Heavy Metal , NWOBHM
Rating Points: 4.134 excellent
27
Motörhead
Ace of Spades
1980
Heavy Metal , Hard Rock
Rating Points: 4.124 excellent
28
Judas Priest
Stained Class
1978
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.123 excellent
29
Dio
Holy Diver
1983
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.121 excellent
30
Black Sabbath
Heaven and Hell
1980
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.118 excellent
31
Judas Priest
British Steel
1980
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.118 excellent
32
Motörhead
Overkill
1979
Heavy Metal , Hard Rock
Rating Points: 4.117 excellent
33
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
1980
NWOBHM , Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.115 excellent
34
Megadeth
Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
1986
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.114 excellent
35
Celtic Frost
To Mega Therion
1985
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.113 excellent
36
Mercyful Fate
Don't Break the Oath
1984
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.109 excellent
37
Metallica
...And Justice for All
1988
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.100 excellent
38
Death
Scream Bloody Gore
1987
Death Metal
Rating Points: 4.098 excellent
39
Dream Theater
Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From a Memory
1999
Progressive Metal
Rating Points: 4.091 excellent
40
Black Sabbath
Sabotage
1975
Heavy Metal , Hard Rock
Rating Points: 4.086 excellent
41
Queensrÿche
Operation: Mindcrime
1988
Heavy Metal , Progressive Metal
Rating Points: 4.085 excellent
42
Sepultura
Beneath the Remains
1989
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.084 excellent
43
Sepultura
Arise
1991
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.080 excellent
44
Dream Theater
Images and Words
1992
Progressive Metal
Rating Points: 4.078 excellent
45
Slayer
South of Heaven
1988
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.074 excellent
46
Sleep
Dopesmoker
2003
Stoner Metal , Doom Metal
Rating Points: 4.067 excellent
47
Artillery
By Inheritance
1990
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.066 excellent
48
Diamond Head
Lightning to the Nations
1980
NWOBHM , Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.062 excellent
49
Mastodon
Crack the Skye
2009
Progressive Metal
Rating Points: 4.058 excellent
50
King Diamond
Abigail
1987
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.055 excellent
51
Riot
ThunderSteel
1988
Heavy Metal , Power Metal
Rating Points: 4.055 excellent
52
Ozzy Osbourne
Blizzard of Ozz
1980
Heavy Metal , Hard Rock
Rating Points: 4.050 excellent
53
Judas Priest
Defenders of the Faith
1984
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.047 excellent
54
Judas Priest
Screaming for Vengeance
1982
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.046 excellent
55
System of a Down
Mezmerize
2005
Alternative Metal
Rating Points: 4.044 excellent
56
Savatage
Hall of the Mountain King
1987
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.045 excellent
57
Iron Maiden
Somewhere in Time
1986
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.039 excellent
58
Anthrax
Among the Living
1987
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.040 excellent
59
Opeth
Still Life
1999
Progressive Metal
Rating Points: 4.036 excellent
60
Manilla Road
Crystal Logic
1983
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.034 excellent
61
Crimson Glory
Transcendence
1988
Heavy Metal , Power Metal
Rating Points: 4.033 excellent
62
King Diamond
"Them"
1988
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.032 excellent
63
Judas Priest
Sad Wings of Destiny
1976
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.032 excellent
64
Manilla Road
The Deluge
1986
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.025 excellent
65
Ozzy Osbourne
Diary of a Madman
1981
Heavy Metal , Hard Rock
Rating Points: 4.020 excellent
66
Morbid Saint
Spectrum of Death
1990
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.018 excellent
67
W.A.S.P.
The Headless Children
1989
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.018 excellent
68
Testament
The New Order
1988
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.017 excellent
69
Nevermore
Dead Heart in a Dead World
2000
Progressive Metal
Rating Points: 4.017 excellent
70
Gojira
From Mars to Sirius
2005
Progressive Metal , Death Metal
Rating Points: 4.016 excellent
71
Primus
Sailing the Seas of Cheese
1991
Funk Metal
Rating Points: 4.013 excellent
72
Overkill
Horrorscope
1991
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.013 excellent
73
Testament
The Legacy
1987
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.011 excellent
74
Iron Maiden
Killers
1981
NWOBHM , Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.007 excellent
75
Deftones
Koi no yokan
2012
Alternative Metal
Rating Points: 4.002 excellent
76
Savatage
Gutter Ballet
1989
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.003 excellent
77
Annihilator
Never, Neverland
1990
Thrash Metal , Technical Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 3.999 excellent
78
Bruce Dickinson
The Chemical Wedding
1998
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.000 excellent
79
Helloween
Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I
1987
Power Metal , Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 3.999 excellent
80
Accept
Restless and Wild
1982
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 3.999 excellent
81
Saxon
Strong Arm of the Law
1980
NWOBHM , Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 3.996 excellent
82
Manilla Road
Open the Gates
1985
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 3.996 excellent
83
Testament
The Gathering
1999
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 3.995 excellent
84
Dio
The Last in Line
1984
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 3.994 excellent
85
Mercyful Fate
Melissa
1983
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 3.991 excellent
86
Trouble
Psalm 9
1984
Doom Metal
Rating Points: 3.991 excellent
87
Celtic Frost
Morbid Tales
1984
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 3.991 excellent
88
Angel Witch
Angel Witch
1980
NWOBHM , Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 3.987 excellent
89
Trouble
Trouble
1990
Heavy Metal , Doom Metal
Rating Points: 3.986 excellent
90
W.A.S.P.
The Crimson Idol
1992
Heavy Metal , Rock Opera
Rating Points: 3.984 excellent
91
Metallica
Metallica
1991
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 3.980 excellent
92
Sodom
Persecution Mania
1987
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 3.980 excellent
93
Demolition Hammer
Epidemic of Violence
1992
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 3.978 excellent
94
Sodom
Agent Orange
1989
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 3.977 excellent
95
Riot
Fire Down Under
1981
Heavy Metal , Hard Rock
Rating Points: 3.975 excellent
96
Savatage
Edge of Thorns
1993
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 3.970 excellent
97
Sepultura
Chaos A.D.
1993
Groove Metal , Trash metal
Rating Points: 3.964 excellent
98
Opeth
My Arms, Your Hearse
1998
Progressive Metal , Death Metal
Rating Points: 3.962 excellent
99
Deftones
Diamond Eyes
2010
Alternative Metal
Rating Points: 3.962 excellent
100
Kreator
Extreme Aggression
1989
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 3.962 excellent