Best Heavy Metal Albums
1,135 albums
Rank | Cover art | Artist / Album | Rating | Votes | Reviews |
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1 | ![]() | Painkiller (1990) | 96.8 | 269 | 18 |
2 | ![]() | The Number of the Beast (1982) | 94.8 | 127 | 11 |
3 | ![]() | Powerslave (1984) | 94.8 | 116 | 5 |
4 | ![]() | Paranoid (1970) | 94.7 | 108 | 7 |
5 | ![]() | Defenders of the Faith (1984) | 93.6 | 127 | 6 |
6 | ![]() | Operation: Mindcrime (1988) | 94.1 | 99 | 7 |
7 | ![]() | Heaven and Hell (1980) | 94 | 100 | 4 |
8 | ![]() | Rising Force (1984) | 93.4 | 85 | 5 |
9 | ![]() | Blizzard of Ozz (1980) | 92.7 | 100 | 5 |
10 | ![]() | United Alive (2019) [Live] | 97.7 | 30 | 2 |
11 | ![]() | Screaming for Vengeance (1982) | 91.9 | 98 | 6 |
12 | ![]() | Black Sabbath (1970) | 92.5 | 74 | 5 |
13 | ![]() | Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988) | 93.2 | 63 | 5 |
14 | ![]() | Master of Reality (1971) | 93.1 | 64 | 4 |
15 | ![]() | Holy Diver (1983) | 91.7 | 84 | 9 |
16 | ![]() | Priest... Live! (1987) [Live] | 92.8 | 65 | 5 |
17 | ![]() | Tribute: Randy Rhoads (1987) [Live] | 93.3 | 55 | 2 |
18 | ![]() | Transcendence (1988) | 92.3 | 64 | 5 |
19 | ![]() | Ace of Spades (1980) | 93.6 | 47 | 3 |
20 | ![]() | 92.5 | 60 | 3 | |
21 | ![]() | Rising (1976) | 91.7 | 64 | 3 |
22 | ![]() | Firepower (2018) | 90.5 | 81 | 4 |
23 | ![]() | Blue Blood (1989) | 90.3 | 81 | 6 |
24 | ![]() | Piece of Mind (1983) | 90.5 | 77 | 4 |
25 | ![]() | II : Remember (1987) | 93 | 43 | 4 |
26 | ![]() | Live After Death (1985) [Live] | 92.8 | 43 | 3 |
27 | ![]() | Countdown to Extinction (1992) | 89 | 103 | 3 |
28 | ![]() | Sad Wings of Destiny (1976) | 91.5 | 55 | 6 |
29 | ![]() | Slave to the Grind (1991) | 90.3 | 71 | 9 |
30 | ![]() | Somewhere in Time (1986) | 91.4 | 52 | 7 |
31 | ![]() | Crimson Glory (1986) | 91.4 | 49 | 5 |
32 | ![]() | Don't Break the Oath (1984) | 92.6 | 36 | 3 |
33 | ![]() | Gutter Ballet (1989) | 91.6 | 45 | 5 |
34 | ![]() | Ram It Down (1988) | 89.5 | 73 | 5 |
35 | ![]() | Heading for Tomorrow (1990) | 89.7 | 68 | 5 |
36 | ![]() | Marching Out (1985) | 91.8 | 41 | 2 |
37 | ![]() | Love at First Sting (1984) | 92.5 | 34 | 2 |
38 | ![]() | Skid Row (1989) | 89 | 76 | 6 |
39 | ![]() | Metallica (1991) | 85.6 | 161 | 6 |
40 | ![]() | Lazenca: A Space Rock Opera (1997) | 89.3 | 68 | 5 |
41 | ![]() | Endgame (2009) | 87.6 | 97 | 9 |
42 | ![]() | Dark Quarterer (1987) | 93.7 | 22 | 1 |
43 | ![]() | To Hell with the Devil (1986) | 90.3 | 48 | 5 |
44 | ![]() | Vol 4 (1972) | 91.4 | 37 | 2 |
45 | ![]() | Screaming Symphony (1996) | 89.7 | 54 | 7 |
46 | ![]() | Dirt (1992) | 90.1 | 49 | 4 |
47 | ![]() | British Steel (1980) | 86.2 | 114 | 5 |
48 | ![]() | The Crimson Idol (1992) | 90.8 | 39 | 6 |
49 | ![]() | The Last in Line (1984) | 90.5 | 41 | 5 |
50 | ![]() | Iron Maiden (1980) | 89.3 | 54 | 3 |
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