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The 500 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time

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Rank Cover art Artist name / Album title Rating Votes Reviews
101Vulgar Display of Power
February 25, 1992
Groove Metal
90.4915
102Kill 'Em All
July 25, 1983
Thrash Metal
87.91519
103The Dark Ride
October 30, 2000
Power Metal
90.4796
104Resurrection
June 23, 2010
Power Metal, Progressive Metal
90.1867
105Individual Thought Patterns
June 22, 1993
Technical Death Metal, Death Metal
93.6491
106Ascendancy
March 15, 2005
Melodic Metalcore
90.8674
107Land of the Free
May 29, 1995
Power Metal
91.1646
108The Human Equation
May 24, 2004
Progressive Metal, Rock Opera
95292
109Firepower
March 9, 2018
Heavy Metal
90.5866
110The Perfect Element I
October 31, 2000
Progressive Metal
93.5313
111Heartwork
October 18, 1993
Melodic Death Metal
90.8915
112King
February 5, 2016
Symphonic Metal, Death Metal
91.2652
113Transilvanian Hunger
February 17, 1994
Black Metal
89.9884
114Aathma
February 24, 2017
Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal
92.1493
115Ænima
October 1, 1996
Alternative Metal, Progressive Metal
92.7424
116The Scarecrow
January 25, 2008
Power Metal, Rock Opera
90.2817
117Follow the Reaper
October 30, 2000
Melodic Death Metal, Power Metal
90.110910
118A Sombre Dance
July 31, 1999
Doom Metal, Symphonic Metal
90.5859
119Infinite
February 28, 2000
Power Metal
91.1719
120A Flame to the Ground Beneath
February 10, 2003
Power Metal, Progressive Metal
90.1786
121Blue Blood
April 21, 1989
Heavy Metal, Visual kei
90.7825
122Piece of Mind
May 16, 1983
Heavy Metal, NWOBHM
91844
123Time I
October 19, 2012
Symphonic Metal
91768
124Black Future
November 17, 2009
Technical Thrash Metal
91.4550
125A Paranormal Evening with the Moonflower Society
October 21, 2022
Symphonic Power Metal
93.1473
126Countdown to Extinction
July 6, 1992
Thrash Metal
89.11113
127My Arms, Your Hearse
August 18, 1998
Progressive Metal, Death Metal
92.3604
128Iconoclast
June 17, 2011
Progressive Metal, Power Metal
91674
129Persecution Mania
December 1, 1987
Thrash Metal
92.5474
130Power Plant
March 23, 1999
Power Metal
91.6546
131Somewhere Out in Space
August 25, 1997
Power Metal
91.6517
132The Sound of Perseverance
August 31, 1998
Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal
92.2847
133Deliverance
November 12, 2002
Progressive Metal, Death Metal
91.1686
134Episode
April 22, 1996
Power Metal
88.9997
135Nine
June 5, 2012
Progressive Metal
92502
136मृत्यु का तापसी अनुध्यान
November 30, 2013
Black Metal
94.2282
137Darkness Descends
November 17, 1986
Thrash Metal
92.3524
138Ascending to Infinity
June 22, 2012
Power Metal, Symphonic Metal
90.7665
139Colony
May 31, 1999
Melodic Death Metal
88.81104
140Spiritual Healing
February 16, 1990
Death Metal
93503
141II : Remember
November 1987
Hard Rock, Soft Rock, Heavy Metal
92.9414
142Nightfall in Middle-Earth
April 24, 1998
Power Metal
92.3497
143Annihilation of the Wicked
May 24, 2005
Technical Death Metal
91.9372
144Sad Wings of Destiny
March 23, 1976
Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Progressive Rock
92.3544
145Slave to the Grind
June 11, 1991
Heavy Metal, Glam Metal, Hard Rock
90.2738
146Ominous Doctrines of the Perpetual Mystical Macrocosm
November 19, 2010
Black Metal
96.5211
147Beyond
February 23, 2013
Melodic Death Metal
89.8899
148Effigy of the Forgotten
October 22, 1991
Brutal Death Metal
91491
149Pierced From Within
May 23, 1995
Brutal Death Metal
94.5282
150Legacy
May 15, 2001
Progressive Metal
94.6292
151Spectrum of Death
September 2, 1990
Thrash Metal, Death Metal
90.8613
152Irreversible
July 28, 2015
Stoner Metal
97.3131
153Nemesis
September 25, 2020
Power Metal
92.5402
154Atoma
November 4, 2016
Melodic Death Metal
91.7513
155Cryptoriana - The Seductiveness of Decay
September 22, 2017
Symphonic Black Metal
91.7534
156Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
January 12, 2002
Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock
90.9613
157Nemesis
February 22, 2013
Power Metal
89.3916
158Akróasis
February 5, 2016
Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal
93.1333
159The Jester Race
February 20, 1996
Melodic Death Metal
89964
160Colors
September 18, 2007
Progressive Metal, Metalcore
90.5665
161A Virgin and a Whore
October 18, 2001
Melodic Death Metal
88.9837
162Somewhere in Time
September 26, 1986
Heavy Metal
92.2627
163Antichrist
June 3, 1996
Black Metal
92.2412
164Outer Isolation
November 22, 2011
Technical Thrash Metal
92.6441
165V - Halmstad
April 2007
Depressive Black Metal
93.8301
166Arise
March 20, 1991
Thrash Metal
91.5714
167Liquid Tension Experiment
March 10, 1998
Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal
92.4401
168Slaughter of the Soul
November 14, 1995
Melodic Death Metal
90.1664
169Spiritual Migration
March 29, 2013
Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal
90.3533
170South of Heaven
July 5, 1988
Thrash Metal
89.9815
171Whoracle
October 27, 1997
Melodic Death Metal
88.9704
172Into the Legend
January 15, 2016
Power Metal, Symphonic Metal
92.5424
173Christ 0
March 31, 2006
Progressive Metal
92.5335
174Black Clouds & Silver Linings
June 23, 2009
Progressive Metal
881119
175Triumvirát
July 13, 2012
Black Metal
95.3181
176The Sham Mirrors
April 22, 2002
Avant-garde Metal, Progressive Metal, Symphonic Metal
94.5243
177Schizophrenia
October 30, 1987
Thrash Metal, Death Metal
90.7563
178A View from the Top of the World
October 22, 2021
Progressive Metal
90.6594
179The Time of the Oath
February 29, 1996
Power Metal
90.36411
180Cowboys from Hell
January 25, 1990
Thrash Metal, Groove Metal
88.31096
181Dasein
May 20, 2016
Technical Death Metal
97.8110
182Hatebreeder
April 26, 1999
Melodic Death Metal, Power Metal
88.4808
183Ram It Down
May 17, 1988
Heavy Metal
89.8705
184Crimson Glory
October 20, 1986
Heavy Metal
91.3525
185The Light-Devouring Darkness
February 7, 2009
War Metal, Black Metal
93.3170
186Tiara
October 12, 2018
Progressive Metal
93312
187Imaginations from the Other Side
April 5, 1995
Power Metal
92.3426
188Design Your Universe
October 16, 2009
Symphonic Metal
91.1523
189Love at First Sting
March 27, 1984
Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
92.5373
190Heading for Tomorrow
February 19, 1990
Power Metal, Heavy Metal
89.7695
191Konkurs
October 15, 2008
Black Metal, Depressive Rock
93.8260
192Ashes of the Wake
August 31, 2004
Groove Metal
91.1643
193Toxicity
September 4, 2001
Alternative Metal, Nu Metal
92.8360
194Gutter Ballet
November 1, 1989
Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal
91.6455
195Marching Out
September 30, 1985
Neoclassical Metal, Heavy Metal
91.6412
196Morningrise
June 24, 1996
Progressive Metal, Death Metal
91.4495
197Goremageddon: The Saw and the Carnage Done
April 22, 2003
Brutal Death Metal
92.2350
198Heart Like a Grave
October 4, 2019
Melodic Death Metal
93.2342
199Hellfire Club
March 15, 2004
Power Metal
89.8618
200Seven Churches
October 16, 1985
Thrash Metal, Death Metal
90.9484
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Info / Statistics
Artists : 47,737
Reviews : 10,475
Albums : 172,120
Lyrics : 218,435