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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: 4.252 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
Iron Maiden
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
1988
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.197 excellent
19
Judas Priest
Painkiller
1990
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.195 excellent
20
Black Sabbath
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
1973
Heavy Metal , Hard Rock
Rating Points: 4.193 excellent
21
Tool
Lateralus
2001
Alternative Metal , Progressive Metal
Rating Points: 4.176 excellent
22
Metallica
Kill 'Em All
1983
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.170 excellent
23
Iron Maiden
Piece of Mind
1983
Heavy Metal , NWOBHM
Rating Points: 4.134 excellent
24
Motörhead
Ace of Spades
1980
Heavy Metal , Hard Rock
Rating Points: 4.124 excellent
25
Judas Priest
Stained Class
1978
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.123 excellent
26
Dio
Holy Diver
1983
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.121 excellent
27
Black Sabbath
Heaven and Hell
1980
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.118 excellent
28
Judas Priest
British Steel
1980
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.118 excellent
29
Motörhead
Overkill
1979
Heavy Metal , Hard Rock
Rating Points: 4.117 excellent
30
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
1980
NWOBHM , Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.115 excellent
31
Megadeth
Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
1986
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.114 excellent
32
Celtic Frost
To Mega Therion
1985
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.113 excellent
33
Mercyful Fate
Don't Break the Oath
1984
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.109 excellent
34
Metallica
...And Justice for All
1988
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.100 excellent
35
Dream Theater
Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From a Memory
1999
Progressive Metal
Rating Points: 4.091 excellent
36
Black Sabbath
Sabotage
1975
Heavy Metal , Hard Rock
Rating Points: 4.086 excellent
37
Queensrÿche
Operation: Mindcrime
1988
Heavy Metal , Progressive Metal
Rating Points: 4.085 excellent
38
Sepultura
Beneath the Remains
1989
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.084 excellent
39
Sepultura
Arise
1991
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.080 excellent
40
Dream Theater
Images and Words
1992
Progressive Metal
Rating Points: 4.078 excellent
41
Slayer
South of Heaven
1988
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.074 excellent
42
Artillery
By Inheritance
1990
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.066 excellent
43
Diamond Head
Lightning to the Nations
1980
NWOBHM , Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.062 excellent
44
Mastodon
Crack the Skye
2009
Progressive Metal
Rating Points: 4.058 excellent
45
King Diamond
Abigail
1987
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.055 excellent
46
Riot
ThunderSteel
1988
Heavy Metal , Power Metal
Rating Points: 4.055 excellent
47
Ozzy Osbourne
Blizzard of Ozz
1980
Heavy Metal , Hard Rock
Rating Points: 4.050 excellent
48
Judas Priest
Defenders of the Faith
1984
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.047 excellent
49
Judas Priest
Screaming for Vengeance
1982
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.046 excellent
50
System of a Down
Mezmerize
2005
Alternative Metal
Rating Points: 4.044 excellent
51
Savatage
Hall of the Mountain King
1987
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.045 excellent
52
Iron Maiden
Somewhere in Time
1986
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.039 excellent
53
Anthrax
Among the Living
1987
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.040 excellent
54
Opeth
Still Life
1999
Progressive Metal
Rating Points: 4.036 excellent
55
Manilla Road
Crystal Logic
1983
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.034 excellent
56
Crimson Glory
Transcendence
1988
Heavy Metal , Power Metal
Rating Points: 4.033 excellent
57
King Diamond
"Them"
1988
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.032 excellent
58
Judas Priest
Sad Wings of Destiny
1976
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.032 excellent
59
Manilla Road
The Deluge
1986
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.025 excellent
60
Ozzy Osbourne
Diary of a Madman
1981
Heavy Metal , Hard Rock
Rating Points: 4.020 excellent
61
Morbid Saint
Spectrum of Death
1990
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.018 excellent
62
W.A.S.P.
The Headless Children
1989
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.018 excellent
63
Testament
The New Order
1988
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.017 excellent
64
Nevermore
Dead Heart in a Dead World
2000
Progressive Metal
Rating Points: 4.017 excellent
65
Gojira
From Mars to Sirius
2005
Progressive Metal , Death Metal
Rating Points: 4.016 excellent
66
Primus
Sailing the Seas of Cheese
1991
Funk Metal
Rating Points: 4.013 excellent
67
Overkill
Horrorscope
1991
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.013 excellent
68
Testament
The Legacy
1987
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 4.011 excellent
69
Iron Maiden
Killers
1981
NWOBHM , Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.007 excellent
70
Savatage
Gutter Ballet
1989
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.003 excellent
71
Annihilator
Never, Neverland
1990
Thrash Metal , Technical Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 3.999 excellent
72
Bruce Dickinson
The Chemical Wedding
1998
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 4.000 excellent
73
Helloween
Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I
1987
Power Metal , Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 3.999 excellent
74
Accept
Restless and Wild
1982
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 3.999 excellent
75
Saxon
Strong Arm of the Law
1980
NWOBHM , Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 3.996 excellent
76
Manilla Road
Open the Gates
1985
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 3.996 excellent
77
Testament
The Gathering
1999
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 3.995 excellent
78
Dio
The Last in Line
1984
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 3.994 excellent
79
Mercyful Fate
Melissa
1983
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 3.991 excellent
80
Trouble
Psalm 9
1984
Doom Metal
Rating Points: 3.991 excellent
81
Celtic Frost
Morbid Tales
1984
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 3.991 excellent
82
Angel Witch
Angel Witch
1980
NWOBHM , Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 3.987 excellent
83
Trouble
Trouble
1990
Heavy Metal , Doom Metal
Rating Points: 3.986 excellent
84
W.A.S.P.
The Crimson Idol
1992
Heavy Metal , Rock Opera
Rating Points: 3.984 excellent
85
Metallica
Metallica
1991
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 3.980 excellent
86
Sodom
Persecution Mania
1987
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 3.980 excellent
87
Demolition Hammer
Epidemic of Violence
1992
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 3.978 excellent
88
Sodom
Agent Orange
1989
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 3.977 excellent
89
Riot
Fire Down Under
1981
Heavy Metal , Hard Rock
Rating Points: 3.975 excellent
90
Savatage
Edge of Thorns
1993
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 3.970 excellent
91
Sepultura
Chaos A.D.
1993
Groove Metal , Trash metal
Rating Points: 3.964 excellent
92
Opeth
My Arms, Your Hearse
1998
Progressive Metal , Death Metal
Rating Points: 3.962 excellent
93
Kreator
Extreme Aggression
1989
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 3.962 excellent
94
Accept
Balls to the Wall
1983
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 3.961 excellent
95
Overkill
The Years of Decay
1989
Thrash Metal
Rating Points: 3.958 excellent
96
System of a Down
System of a Down
1998
Alternative Metal
Rating Points: 3.956 excellent
97
Metal Church
Metal Church
1984
Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 3.955 excellent
98
Primus
Pork Soda
1993
Funk Metal , Avant-Garde Metal
Rating Points: 3.953 excellent
99
Mastodon
Blood Mountain
2006
Progressive Metal , Sludge Metal
Rating Points: 3.950 excellent
100
Helloween
Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II
1988
Power Metal , Heavy Metal
Rating Points: 3.947 excellent