Best Heavy Metal Albums
1,035 albums
Rank | Cover art | Artist | Album | Rating | Votes | Reviews |
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1 | ![]() | Painkiller (1990) | 97.1 | 241 | 16 | |
2 | ![]() | The Number of the Beast (1982) | 94.5 | 109 | 9 | |
3 | ![]() | Powerslave (1984) | 94.9 | 99 | 5 | |
4 | ![]() | Defenders of the Faith (1984) | 93.7 | 118 | 6 | |
5 | ![]() | Paranoid (1970) | 94.3 | 94 | 7 | |
6 | ![]() | Operation: Mindcrime (1988) | 94.1 | 89 | 6 | |
7 | ![]() | Heaven and Hell (1980) | 93.7 | 85 | 4 | |
8 | ![]() | Blizzard of Ozz (1980) | 92.8 | 87 | 5 | |
9 | ![]() | Rising Force (1984) | 92.9 | 78 | 5 | |
10 | ![]() | Screaming for Vengeance (1982) | 91.8 | 92 | 4 | |
11 | ![]() | United Alive (2019) [Live] | 97.6 | 23 | 1 | |
12 | ![]() | Priest... Live! (1987) [Live] | 93 | 59 | 5 | |
13 | ![]() | Tribute: Randy Rhoads (1987) [Live] | 93.2 | 51 | 2 | |
14 | ![]() | Ace of Spades (1980) | 94 | 42 | 3 | |
15 | ![]() | Transcendence (1988) | 91.9 | 60 | 5 | |
16 | ![]() | Holy Diver (1983) | 90.9 | 71 | 9 | |
17 | ![]() | Black Sabbath (1970) | 91.6 | 60 | 4 | |
18 | ![]() | II : Remember (1987) | 93 | 43 | 4 | |
19 | ![]() | Firepower (2018) | 90.4 | 75 | 1 | |
20 | ![]() | Blue Blood (1989) | 90.1 | 80 | 6 | |
21 | ![]() | 91.7 | 54 | 3 | ||
22 | ![]() | Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988) | 92.1 | 49 | 5 | |
23 | ![]() | Master of Reality (1971) | 92 | 49 | 4 | |
24 | ![]() | Countdown to Extinction (1992) | 88.8 | 89 | 3 | |
25 | ![]() | Don't Break the Oath (1984) | 93 | 32 | 3 | |
26 | ![]() | Crimson Glory (1986) | 91.4 | 45 | 5 | |
27 | ![]() | Slave to the Grind (1991) | 89.8 | 64 | 8 | |
28 | ![]() | Ram It Down (1988) | 89.7 | 65 | 5 | |
29 | ![]() | Piece of Mind (1983) | 89.7 | 63 | 4 | |
30 | ![]() | Sad Wings of Destiny (1976) | 90.7 | 48 | 6 | |
31 | ![]() | Rising (1976) | 90.2 | 53 | 2 | |
32 | ![]() | Lazenca: A Space Rock Opera (1997) | 89.3 | 65 | 4 | |
33 | ![]() | Skid Row (1989) | 88.9 | 71 | 5 | |
34 | ![]() | Heading for Tomorrow (1990) | 89.5 | 59 | 5 | |
35 | ![]() | Screaming Symphony (1996) | 90 | 51 | 7 | |
36 | ![]() | British Steel (1980) | 86.7 | 106 | 5 | |
37 | ![]() | The Crimson Idol (1992) | 91.7 | 33 | 3 | |
38 | ![]() | Gutter Ballet (1989) | 91 | 38 | 5 | |
39 | ![]() | Marching Out (1985) | 91.1 | 36 | 2 | |
40 | ![]() | Endgame (2009) | 87.3 | 86 | 8 |
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