Best Death Metal Albums
1,561 albums
| Rank | Cover art | Artist | Album | Rating | Votes | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Blackwater Park (2001) | 93.8 | 134 | 11 | |
| 2 |  | Damage Done (2002) | 93.2 | 119 | 9 | |
| 3 |  | New World Shadows (2011) | 92 | 150 | 5 | |
| 4 |  | None So Vile (1996) | 93 | 91 | 4 | |
| 5 |  | Symbolic (1995) | 94 | 66 | 3 | |
| 6 |  | Burning Bridges (1999) | 91.2 | 117 | 10 | |
| 7 |  | Winter's Gate (2016) | 94.2 | 58 | 2 | |
| 8 |  | Fiction (2007) | 91.6 | 101 | 8 | |
| 9 |  | Beneath the Remains (1989) | 92.6 | 76 | 8 | |
| 10 |  | Altars of Madness (1989) | 93.5 | 60 | 4 | |
| 11 |  | Cause of Death (1990) | 92.3 | 77 | 4 | |
| 12 |  | Human (1991) | 93.7 | 55 | 5 | |
| 13 |  | Leprosy (1988) | 93.8 | 43 | 3 | |
| 14 |  | 12 Gauge (2010) | 91.4 | 73 | 2 | |
| 15 |  | Rise of the Tyrant (2007) | 89.6 | 110 | 9 | |
| 16 |  | Legion (1992) | 92.5 | 52 | 2 | |
| 17 |  | The Satanist (2014) | 91.8 | 59 | 5 | |
| 18 |  | Heartwork (1993) | 90.1 | 85 | 6 | |
| 19 |  | The Sound of Perseverance (1998) | 90.7 | 73 | 7 | |
| 20 |  | Aathma (2017) | 93.2 | 41 | 1 | |
| 21 |  | Hate Crew Deathroll (2003) | 89.8 | 88 | 4 | |
| 22 |  | Still Life (1999) | 91 | 66 | 6 | |
| 23 |  | Effigy of the Forgotten (1991) | 92.4 | 46 | 1 | |
| 24 |  | My Arms, Your Hearse (1998) | 91.7 | 53 | 4 | |
| 25 |  | Annihilation of the Wicked (2005) | 94.4 | 28 | 2 | |
| 26 |  | Beyond (2013) | 89.6 | 83 | 8 | |
| 27 |  | Spectrum of Death (1990) | 91.8 | 48 | 3 | |
| 28 |  | Follow the Reaper (2000) | 88.5 | 101 | 8 | |
| 29 |  | Deicide (1990) | 91.2 | 54 | 3 | |
| 30 |  | Spiritual Healing (1990) | 92.4 | 40 | 4 | |
| 31 |  | Crimson (1996) | 92.9 | 35 | 3 | |
| 32 |  | A Virgin and a Whore (2001) | 89.1 | 84 | 7 | |
| 33 |  | King (2016) | 90.7 | 58 | 2 | |
| 34 |  | Individual Thought Patterns (1993) | 93.4 | 31 | 1 | |
| 35 |  | Colony (1999) | 88.2 | 102 | 3 | |
| 36 |  | Spiritual Migration (2013) | 91.1 | 51 | 3 | |
| 37 |  | Akróasis (2016) | 93.9 | 26 | 2 | |
| 38 |  | Pierced From Within (1995) | 94.9 | 20 | 2 | |
| 39 |  | Deliverance (2002) | 90.3 | 57 | 6 | |
| 40 |  | Heart Like a Grave (2019) | 93.5 | 27 | 2 |
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