Best Death Metal Albums
2,014 albums
| Rank | Cover art | Artist / Album | Rating | Votes | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Blackwater Park (2001) | 94.4 | 142 | 12 |
| 2 |  | Symbolic (1995) | 94.8 | 90 | 6 |
| 3 |  | Damage Done (2002) | 92.7 | 134 | 9 |
| 4 |  | Beneath the Remains (1989) | 93.6 | 103 | 8 |
| 5 |  | New World Shadows (2011) | 91.9 | 150 | 6 |
| 6 |  | None So Vile (1996) | 92.6 | 107 | 5 |
| 7 |  | Winter's Gate (2016) | 94.3 | 71 | 3 |
| 8 |  | Human (1991) | 94 | 74 | 6 |
| 9 |  | Fiction (2007) | 92.2 | 107 | 8 |
| 10 |  | Altars of Madness (1989) | 93.3 | 76 | 6 |
| 11 |  | Burning Bridges (1999) | 90.8 | 131 | 10 |
| 12 |  | Leprosy (1988) | 93.9 | 61 | 3 |
| 13 |  | Cause of Death (1990) | 92.4 | 82 | 4 |
| 14 |  | The Sound of Perseverance (1998) | 92.2 | 84 | 7 |
| 15 |  | Legion (1992) | 92.7 | 64 | 3 |
| 16 |  | Individual Thought Patterns (1993) | 93.6 | 51 | 2 |
| 17 |  | Follow the Reaper (2000) | 90 | 111 | 10 |
| 18 |  | Heartwork (1993) | 90.8 | 92 | 5 |
| 19 |  | 12 Gauge (2010) | 91.4 | 78 | 3 |
| 20 |  | Still Life (1999) | 91.5 | 75 | 7 |
| 21 |  | My Arms, Your Hearse (1998) | 92.3 | 62 | 4 |
| 22 |  | Rise of the Tyrant (2007) | 89.9 | 107 | 9 |
| 23 |  | Hate Crew Deathroll (2003) | 90.1 | 100 | 5 |
| 24 |  | Deicide (1990) | 91.7 | 68 | 4 |
| 25 |  | Spiritual Healing (1990) | 93 | 50 | 3 |
| 26 |  | The Satanist (2014) | 92.1 | 60 | 4 |
| 27 |  | Deliverance (2002) | 91.2 | 69 | 6 |
| 28 |  | Pierced From Within (1995) | 94.9 | 29 | 2 |
| 29 |  | Beyond (2013) | 90 | 90 | 9 |
| 30 |  | Aathma (2017) | 92.5 | 50 | 3 |
| 31 |  | King (2016) | 91.2 | 66 | 2 |
| 32 |  | Colony (1999) | 88.6 | 112 | 3 |
| 33 |  | Atoma (2016) | 91.7 | 52 | 3 |
| 34 |  | The Jester Race (1996) | 89 | 96 | 4 |
| 35 |  | Spectrum of Death (1990) | 90.8 | 61 | 3 |
| 36 |  | Slaughter of the Soul (1995) | 90.3 | 68 | 4 |
| 37 |  | The Key (1990) | 92.6 | 40 | 1 |
| 38 |  | Heart Like a Grave (2019) | 93.2 | 34 | 2 |
| 39 |  | Effigy of the Forgotten (1991) | 91.5 | 50 | 1 |
| 40 |  | Anno 1696 (2023) | 93 | 34 | 1 |
| 41 |  | Dasein (2016) | 97.8 | 11 | 0 |
| 42 |  | Akróasis (2016) | 93 | 33 | 3 |
| 43 |  | Schizophrenia (1987) | 90.7 | 56 | 3 |
| 44 |  | A Virgin and a Whore (2001) | 88.9 | 83 | 7 |
| 45 |  | Morningrise (1996) | 91.2 | 48 | 5 |
| 46 |  | Nespithe (1993) | 92.9 | 32 | 0 |
| 47 |  | Time II (2024) | 92.9 | 32 | 3 |
| 48 |  | 92.3 | 36 | 0 | |
| 49 |  | Seven Churches (1985) | 90.9 | 49 | 4 |
| 50 |  | Crimson (1996) | 91.6 | 40 | 4 |
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