Best Heavy Metal Albums
1,280 albums
| Rank | Cover art | Artist / Album | Rating | Votes | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501 |  | Wheels of Steel (1980) | 85 | 10 | 1 |
| 502 |  | Manic Frustration (1992) | 88 | 5 | 0 |
| 503 |  | Methods of Madness (1987) | 88 | 5 | 1 |
| 504 |  | Métamorphose (1984) | 88 | 5 | 0 |
| 505 |  | One (2012) | 88 | 5 | 1 |
| 506 |  | 88 | 5 | 0 | |
| 507 |  | Golgotha (2015) | 88 | 5 | 0 |
| 508 |  | Animal House (1988) | 87.2 | 6 | 1 |
| 509 |  | Battle Hymns (1982) | 83.5 | 14 | 1 |
| 510 |  | The Dark Saga (1996) | 82.1 | 19 | 2 |
| 511 |  | Victim of the System (1993) [EP] | 83.1 | 15 | 1 |
| 512 |  | Black Hand Inn (1994) | 86.4 | 7 | 2 |
| 513 |  | Order of the Black (2010) | 86.4 | 7 | 0 |
| 514 |  | Black Sails at Midnight (2009) | 85.3 | 9 | 1 |
| 515 |  | Knights of the New Thunder (1984) | 85.8 | 8 | 1 |
| 516 |  | Screamin' Live (1995) [Live] | 88.8 | 4 | 1 |
| 517 |  | Psychedelos (1998) | 88.8 | 4 | 0 |
| 518 |  | All for One (1983) | 88.8 | 4 | 0 |
| 519 |  | The Showdown (2010) | 83.7 | 13 | 0 |
| 520 |  | Graceful Inheritance (1986) | 88.8 | 4 | 1 |
| 521 |  | (r)Evolution (2014) | 88.8 | 4 | 0 |
| 522 |  | Conqueror's Oath (2018) | 88.8 | 4 | 0 |
| 523 |  | Nocturnes and Requiems (2017) | 88.8 | 4 | 2 |
| 524 |  | The House of Atreus: Act II (2000) | 84.8 | 10 | 2 |
| 525 |  | Out to Every Nation (2004) | 87.8 | 5 | 1 |
| 526 |  | The Battle (2005) | 82.5 | 17 | 2 |
| 527 |  | Japan Live '94 (1995) [Live] | 90 | 3 | 2 |
| 528 |  | 90 | 3 | 0 | |
| 529 |  | Faceless World (1990) | 90 | 3 | 0 |
| 530 |  | Word of Mouth (1994) | 90 | 3 | 0 |
| 531 |  | Done By Mirrors (1999) | 90 | 3 | 0 |
| 532 |  | A Time of Changes (1985) | 90 | 3 | 0 |
| 533 |  | Science of Annihilation (2009) | 90 | 3 | 0 |
| 534 |  | Live in Tokyo 2010 - MSG 30th Anniversary Concert (2010) [Live] | 90 | 3 | 0 |
| 535 |  | The Strange Case Of... (2012) | 84 | 12 | 2 |
| 536 |  | Death by Fire (2013) | 84 | 12 | 1 |
| 537 |  | The Year the Sun Died (2014) | 90 | 3 | 0 |
| 538 |  | Hwal (2003) | 90 | 3 | 0 |
| 539 |  | Midnight Ghost (2018) | 90 | 3 | 0 |
| 540 |  | Signs of Wings (2019) | 90 | 3 | 0 |
| 541 |  | Black Anima (2019) | 90 | 3 | 0 |
| 542 |  | Return to Live (2018) [Live] | 90 | 3 | 0 |
| 543 |  | Sounds of the Forgotten (2024) | 90 | 3 | 0 |
| 544 |  | Hell on Earth (2005) | 86.3 | 7 | 0 |
| 545 |  | Kim Kyung Ho Live (1997) [Live] | 84.3 | 11 | 2 |
| 546 |  | Static Impulse (2010) | 83.5 | 13 | 2 |
| 547 |  | War Machine (2024) | 85.6 | 8 | 0 |
| 548 |  | Europe (1983) | 84.2 | 11 | 1 |
| 549 |  | The Revenge (2007) | 84.2 | 11 | 1 |
| 550 |  | Eye of the Hurricane (1997) | 80 | 29 | 4 |
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