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Top 100 Metal Albums of All Time

Created : Dec 1, 2018 Last updated : Dec 31, 2018 100 items

100		Angra Temple of Shadows (2004)
99		Black Sabbath Master of Reality (1971)
98		Carcass Heartwork (1993)
97		Mercyful Fate Don't Break the Oath (1984)
96		Dokken Back for the Attack (1987)
95		Mötley Crüe Dr. Feelgood (1989)
94		Sonata Arctica Ecliptica (1999)
93		Judas Priest Stained Class (1978)
92		Vektor Terminal Redux (2016)
91		Alice in Chains Dirt (1992)
90		Megadeth Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? (1986)
89		Anthrax Among the Living (1987)
88		Slayer Hell Awaits (1985)
87		Metallica Metallica (1991)
86		Firehouse Firehouse (1990)
85		Liquid Tension Experiment Liquid Tension Experiment 2 (1999)
84		Gamma Ray Land of the Free (1995)
83		Metallica ...And Justice for All (1988)
82		Black Sabbath Black Sabbath (1970)
81		Manowar Kings of Metal (1988)
80		Impellitteri Stand in Line (1988)
79		Death Symbolic (1995)
78		Royal Hunt Moving Target (1995)
77		W.A.S.P. The Crimson Idol (1992)
76		N.EX.T Lazenca: A Space Rock Opera (1997)
75		Iron Maiden Piece of Mind (1983)
74		Blind Guardian Imaginations from the Other Side (1995)
73		Tiamat Wildhoney (1994)
72		Nightwish Century Child (2002)
71		Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine (1992)
70		Edguy Vain Glory Opera (1998)
69		Queensrÿche Operation: Mindcrime (1988)
68		Theatre of Tragedy Velvet Darkness They Fear (1996)
67		Dark Tranquillity Damage Done (2002)
66		Opeth Blackwater Park (2001)
65		Savatage Streets: A Rock Opera (1991)
64		Emperor In the Nightside Eclipse (1994)
63		Slayer Reign in Blood (1986)
62		Judas Priest Hell Bent for Leather (1978)
61		Heavenly Sign of the Winner (2001)
60		Halford Resurrection (2000)
59		Insania Fantasy (A New Dimension) (2003)
58		Iron Maiden Brave New World (2000)
57		Haggard And Thou Shalt Trust... the Seer (1997)
56		Cradle of Filth Dusk... and Her Embrace (1996)
55		Therion Secret of the Runes (2001)
54		Stratovarius Episode (1996)
53		Ozzy Osbourne Blizzard of Ozz (1980)
52		Lacrimosa Stille (1997)
51		Kamelot Karma (2001)
50		In Flames Colony (1999)
49		Within Temptation Mother Earth (2000)
48		Pantera Vulgar Display of Power (1992)
47		Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force Rising Force (1984)
46		Rhapsody Rain of a Thousand Flames (2001)
45		Lacrimas Profundere Burning: A Wish (2001)
44		Symphony X V: The New Mythology Suite (2000)
43		Judas Priest Sad Wings of Destiny (1976)
42		Rhapsody Power of the Dragonflame (2002)
41		Dream Theater Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (2002)
40		Metallica Master of Puppets (1986)
39		Def Leppard Pyromania (1983)
38		Firehouse Hold Your Fire (1992)
37		Bon Jovi Slippery When Wet (1986)
36		Crimson Glory Crimson Glory (1986)
35		Black Sabbath Paranoid (1970)
34		Motörhead Ace of Spades (1980)
33		Avantasia The Metal Opera (2001)
32		Judas Priest British Steel (1980)
31		Virgin Steele The House of Atreus: Act I (1999)
30		Dream Theater Train of Thought (2003)
29		Secret Sphere A Time Nevercome (2001)
28		Black Sabbath Heaven and Hell (1980)
27		Lost Horizon A Flame to the Ground Beneath (2003)
26		Judas Priest Screaming for Vengeance (1982)
25		Skid Row Slave to the Grind (1991)
24		Kamelot The Fourth Legacy (1999)
23		Megadeth Rust in Peace (1990)
22		In Flames Clayman (2000)
21		Anorexia Nervosa Drudenhaus (2000)
20		Rhapsody Symphony of Enchanted Lands (1998)
19		Lacrimosa Elodia (1999)
18		Skid Row Skid Row (1989)
17		Judas Priest Ram It Down (1988)
16		Iron Maiden The Number of the Beast (1982)
15		Helloween Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I (1987)
14		Nightwish Oceanborn (1998)
13		Stryper To Hell with the Devil (1986)
12		Iron Maiden Powerslave (1984)
11		Dio Holy Diver (1983)
10		Therion Vovin (1998)
9		Dream Theater Awake (1994)
8		Judas Priest Defenders of the Faith (1984)
7		Helloween Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II (1988)
6		Dream Theater Images and Words (1992)
5		N.EX.T The Return of N.EX.T Part 1 - The Being (1994)
4		Dream Theater Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory (1999)
3		Cradle of Filth Cruelty and the Beast (1998)
2		Metallica Ride the Lightning (1984)
1		Judas Priest Painkiller (1990)