The 500 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time

Rank	Artist name / Album title	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Megadeth Rust in Peace August 21, 1990 Thrash Metal	96.8	306	16
2	Judas Priest Painkiller September 3, 1990 Heavy Metal	96.8	264	17
3	Dream Theater Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory October 26, 1999 Progressive Metal	96.2	203	13
4	Dream Theater Images and Words July 7, 1992 Progressive Metal	94.7	219	16
5	Slayer Reign in Blood October 7, 1986 Thrash Metal	94.7	211	12
6	Metallica Ride the Lightning July 27, 1984 Thrash Metal	94.4	201	11
7	Helloween Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II August 1, 1988 Power Metal	94	171	13
8	Iron Maiden The Number of the Beast March 22, 1982 Heavy Metal, NWOBHM	94.9	124	9
9	Vektor Terminal Redux May 6, 2016 Technical Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal	94.1	146	7
10	Iron Maiden Powerslave September 3, 1984 Heavy Metal	94.6	116	5
11	Opeth Blackwater Park March 12, 2001 Progressive Metal, Death Metal	94.5	140	12
12	Black Sabbath Paranoid September 18, 1970 Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	95.3	108	7
13	Dream Theater Awake October 4, 1994 Progressive Metal	93.2	142	10
14	Judas Priest Defenders of the Faith January 24, 1984 Heavy Metal	93.9	117	6
15	Dark Tranquillity Damage Done July 22, 2002 Melodic Death Metal	92.6	126	9
16	Megadeth Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? July 20, 1986 Thrash Metal	93.9	125	9
17	Angra Temple of Shadows September 6, 2004 Power Metal	92.2	157	6
18	Black Sabbath Heaven and Hell April 25, 1980 Heavy Metal	94.1	97	6
19	Queensrÿche Operation: Mindcrime May 3, 1988 Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal	93.8	99	8
20	Omnium Gatherum New World Shadows February 4, 2011 Melodic Death Metal	92	143	6

21	Mayhem De mysteriis dom Sathanas May 24, 1994 Black Metal	92.7	133	11
22	Kamelot The Black Halo March 15, 2005 Power Metal	92.5	109	12
23	Death Symbolic March 21, 1995 Technical Death Metal	94.3	77	4
24	Stratovarius Visions April 28, 1997 Power Metal	93.7	96	8
25	Helloween Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I May 23, 1987 Power Metal	92.5	122	11
26	Metallica Master of Puppets February 21, 1986 Thrash Metal	90.3	241	19
27	Cryptopsy None So Vile July 3, 1996 Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal	92.7	99	5
28	Dream Theater Train of Thought November 11, 2003 Progressive Metal	92.8	102	6
29	Lacrimosa Elodia 1999 Symphonic Metal, Gothic Metal	93.8	75	6
30	Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force Rising Force March 5, 1984 Neoclassical Metal, Heavy Metal	93.8	80	5
31	Ozzy Osbourne Blizzard of Ozz September 20, 1980 Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	92.8	93	5
32	Sepultura Beneath the Remains September 5, 1989 Thrash Metal, Death Metal	93.5	95	8
33	Emperor In the Nightside Eclipse February 21, 1994 Symphonic Black Metal	92	104	4
34	Rhapsody Power of the Dragonflame March 18, 2002 Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	93.7	76	8
35	Darkthrone A Blaze in the Northern Sky February 26, 1992 Black Metal	91.7	97	5
36	Nightwish Oceanborn October 1, 1998 Symphonic Metal, Power Metal	92.4	101	6
37	Slayer Hell Awaits March 1985 Thrash Metal	92	97	8
38	Linkin Park Hybrid Theory October 24, 2000 Nu Metal, Rap Rock	94	61	3
39	Morbid Angel Altars of Madness May 12, 1989 Death Metal	93.4	70	6
40	Dark Tranquillity Fiction April 24, 2007 Melodic Death Metal	92	103	8

41	Insomnium Winter's Gate September 23, 2016 Melodic Death Metal	94.2	67	3
42	Аспид Кровоизлияние May 1993 Technical Thrash Metal	92.9	76	6
43	Ne Obliviscaris Portal of I May 7, 2012 Progressive Metal, Melodic Black Metal	91.3	114	9
44	Obituary Cause of Death September 19, 1990 Death Metal	92.5	78	4
45	Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine November 10, 1992 Rap Metal, Alternative Metal	92.9	58	4
46	Avantasia The Metal Opera July 10, 2001 Power Metal, Rock Opera	92.3	94	6
47	Arch Enemy Burning Bridges May 21, 1999 Melodic Death Metal	90.6	124	9
48	Royal Hunt Paradox September 23, 1997 Progressive Metal	93.8	53	5
49	Alcest Écailles de lune March 29, 2010 Blackgaze, Atmospheric Black Metal, Post-Rock	92.2	79	8
50	Judas Priest Screaming for Vengeance July 14, 1982 Heavy Metal	91.8	91	6
51	Heavenly Virus November 13, 2006 Power Metal	91.1	95	5
52	Death Human October 22, 1991 Technical Death Metal, Death Metal	93.8	66	6
53	Slayer Seasons in the Abyss October 9, 1990 Thrash Metal	91.8	100	5
54	Coroner Punishment for Decadence August 1, 1988 Technical Thrash Metal	95.1	44	0
55	Lacrimosa Stille March 14, 1997 Symphonic Metal, Gothic Metal	93.3	61	4
56	Black Sabbath Master of Reality July 21, 1971 Heavy Metal	93.3	65	4
57	Black Sabbath Black Sabbath February 13, 1970 Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	93.1	81	6
58	Symphony X V: The New Mythology Suite October 9, 2000 Progressive Metal	94.3	44	3
59	Dissection Storm of the Light's Bane November 17, 1995 Melodic Black Metal	92.6	85	8
60	Kreator Pleasure to Kill November 1, 1986 Thrash Metal	92.7	67	5
61	Iron Maiden Seventh Son of a Seventh Son April 11, 1988 Heavy Metal	93.6	63	5
62	Cradle of Filth Cruelty and the Beast April 27, 1998 Symphonic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	91.8	82	8
63	Liquid Tension Experiment Liquid Tension Experiment 2 June 15, 1999 Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal, Jazz Fusion	94.8	42	2
64	Seventh Wonder The Great Escape December 3, 2010 Progressive Metal	94.4	44	2
65	Dio Holy Diver May 23, 1983 Heavy Metal	92.7	86	10
66	Rhapsody Symphony of Enchanted Lands October 5, 1998 Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	91.1	109	14
67	Avantasia Moonglow February 15, 2019 Symphonic Metal, Power Metal	92.9	60	8
68	Metallica ...And Justice for All August 25, 1988 Thrash Metal	89	157	14
69	Death Leprosy November 16, 1988 Death Metal	93.8	49	3
70	Opeth Ghost Reveries August 29, 2005 Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	91.7	80	10
71	Gorgoroth Pentagram October 12, 1994 Black Metal	94.2	42	4
72	Sad Legend Sad Legend December 1998 Melodic Black Metal	92.3	59	3
73	Nine Inch Nails The Downward Spiral March 8, 1994 Industrial Rock, Industrial Metal	93.6	29	1
74	Destruction Eternal Devastation July 12, 1986 Thrash Metal	93.5	47	2
75	Deicide Legion June 9, 1992 Death Metal	92.8	57	2
76	Edguy Mandrake September 24, 2001 Power Metal	92.3	65	4
77	Crimson Glory Transcendence November 1, 1988 Heavy Metal	92.6	66	5
78	Motörhead Ace of Spades November 8, 1980 Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	93.6	49	3
79	Kalmah 12 Gauge March 3, 2010 Melodic Death Metal	91.6	76	3
80	Symphony X The Divine Wings of Tragedy March 24, 1997 Progressive Metal, Neoclassical Metal	92.8	49	6
81	Sonata Arctica Ecliptica September 4, 1999 Power Metal	90.4	97	7
82	Kamelot Karma July 10, 2001 Power Metal	92.3	60	8
83	Therion Vovin May 4, 1998 Symphonic Metal	93.9	42	4
84	Burzum Hvis lyset tar oss May 15, 1994 Black Metal, Atmospheric Black Metal	91.8	71	1
85	Anorexia Nervosa Drudenhaus April 1, 2000 Symphonic Black Metal	90.2	92	8
86	Angra Rebirth November 13, 2001 Power Metal	90.9	78	7
87	Heavenly Dust to Dust January 12, 2004 Power Metal	91.3	77	9
88	Arch Enemy Rise of the Tyrant September 24, 2007 Melodic Death Metal	90	106	9
89	Helloween 7 Sinners October 31, 2010 Power Metal	89.5	89	3
90	Tool Lateralus May 15, 2001 Alternative Metal, Progressive Metal	93.9	33	2
91	Draconian Arcane Rain Fell January 24, 2005 Gothic Metal, Doom Metal	93.8	38	3
92	N.EX.T The Return of N.EX.T Part 1 - The Being May 1994 Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	92.3	57	3
93	Deicide Deicide June 25, 1990 Death Metal	91.6	64	4
94	Cradle of Filth Dusk... and Her Embrace August 28, 1996 Symphonic Black Metal, Gothic Metal	89.9	89	8
95	Rainbow Rising May 17, 1976 Hard Rock, Heavy Metal	92.7	61	4
96	Children of Bodom Hate Crew Deathroll January 7, 2003 Melodic Death Metal, Power Metal	90	95	5
97	Opeth Still Life October 18, 1999 Progressive Metal, Death Metal	91.3	69	6
98	Behemoth The Satanist February 3, 2014 Black Metal, Blackened Death Metal	91.7	57	4
99	Turilli / Lione Rhapsody Zero Gravity (Rebirth and Evolution) July 5, 2019 Symphonic Metal, Power Metal	93.6	39	4
100	Ophelia 당신의 환상을 동정하라 February 2010 Doom Metal, Gothic Metal, Ethereal Wave	93.1	44	5

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