The 500 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time

Rank	Artist name / Album title	Rating	Votes	Reviews
101	Pantera Vulgar Display of Power February 25, 1992 Groove Metal	90.4	86	5
102	Metallica Kill 'Em All July 25, 1983 Thrash Metal	88.2	141	8
103	Helloween The Dark Ride October 30, 2000 Power Metal	90.7	76	6
104	Galneryus Resurrection June 23, 2010 Power Metal, Progressive Metal	90	86	8
105	Death Individual Thought Patterns June 22, 1993 Technical Death Metal, Death Metal	93.4	42	1
106	Trivium Ascendancy March 15, 2005 Melodic Metalcore	90.8	66	4
107	Gamma Ray Land of the Free May 29, 1995 Power Metal	91.1	64	6
108	Ayreon The Human Equation May 24, 2004 Progressive Metal, Rock Opera	95	29	2
109	Judas Priest Firepower March 9, 2018 Heavy Metal	90.5	81	5
110	Pain of Salvation The Perfect Element I October 31, 2000 Progressive Metal	93.5	31	3
111	Carcass Heartwork October 18, 1993 Melodic Death Metal	90.3	85	5
112	Fleshgod Apocalypse King February 5, 2016 Symphonic Metal, Death Metal	91.3	64	2
113	Darkthrone Transilvanian Hunger February 17, 1994 Black Metal	90	84	4
114	Persefone Aathma February 24, 2017 Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal	92.6	46	2
115	Tool Ænima October 1, 1996 Alternative Metal, Progressive Metal	92.3	39	4
116	Avantasia The Scarecrow January 25, 2008 Power Metal, Rock Opera	90.2	81	7
117	Children of Bodom Follow the Reaper October 30, 2000 Melodic Death Metal, Power Metal	89.5	104	10
118	Estatic Fear A Sombre Dance July 31, 1999 Doom Metal, Symphonic Metal	90.4	82	8
119	Stratovarius Infinite February 28, 2000 Power Metal	91	67	8
120	Lost Horizon A Flame to the Ground Beneath February 10, 2003 Power Metal, Progressive Metal	90.1	77	6

121	X Japan Blue Blood April 21, 1989 Heavy Metal, Visual kei	90.8	81	5
122	Iron Maiden Piece of Mind May 16, 1983 Heavy Metal, NWOBHM	91.3	77	4
123	Wintersun Time I October 19, 2012 Symphonic Metal	90.7	73	8
124	Vektor Black Future November 17, 2009 Technical Thrash Metal	91.5	53	0
125	Avantasia A Paranormal Evening with the Moonflower Society October 21, 2022 Symphonic Power Metal	93	45	3
126	Megadeth Countdown to Extinction July 6, 1992 Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	89.2	104	3
127	Opeth My Arms, Your Hearse August 18, 1998 Progressive Metal, Death Metal	91.9	54	4
128	Symphony X Iconoclast June 17, 2011 Progressive Metal, Power Metal	91.2	64	4
129	Sodom Persecution Mania December 1, 1987 Thrash Metal	92.5	47	4
130	Gamma Ray Power Plant March 23, 1999 Power Metal	91.7	53	5
131	Gamma Ray Somewhere Out in Space August 25, 1997 Power Metal	91.6	51	7
132	Death The Sound of Perseverance August 31, 1998 Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	91.6	75	7
133	Opeth Deliverance November 12, 2002 Progressive Metal, Death Metal	91	66	6
134	Stratovarius Episode April 22, 1996 Power Metal	88.8	96	6
135	Circus Maximus Nine June 5, 2012 Progressive Metal	91.7	49	2
136	Cult of Fire मृत्यु का तापसी अनुध्यान November 30, 2013 Black Metal	94.2	28	2
137	Dark Angel Darkness Descends November 17, 1986 Thrash Metal	92.7	49	3
138	Luca Turilli's Rhapsody Ascending to Infinity June 22, 2012 Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	90.7	66	5
139	In Flames Colony May 31, 1999 Melodic Death Metal	88.6	106	4
140	Death Spiritual Healing February 16, 1990 Death Metal	92.5	43	3

141	부활 (Boohwal) II : Remember November 1987 Hard Rock, Soft Rock, Heavy Metal	92.7	41	4
142	Blind Guardian Nightfall in Middle-Earth April 24, 1998 Power Metal	92.2	47	7
143	Nile Annihilation of the Wicked May 24, 2005 Technical Death Metal	93	34	2
144	Judas Priest Sad Wings of Destiny March 23, 1976 Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Progressive Rock	91.7	50	4
145	Skid Row Slave to the Grind June 11, 1991 Heavy Metal, Glam Metal, Hard Rock	90.2	70	8
146	Inquisition Ominous Doctrines of the Perpetual Mystical Macrocosm November 19, 2010 Black Metal	96.5	21	1
147	Omnium Gatherum Beyond February 23, 2013 Melodic Death Metal	89.6	89	8
148	Suffocation Effigy of the Forgotten October 22, 1991 Brutal Death Metal	90.8	45	1
149	Suffocation Pierced From Within May 23, 1995 Brutal Death Metal	94.5	27	2
150	Shadow Gallery Legacy May 15, 2001 Progressive Metal	94.6	29	2
151	Morbid Saint Spectrum of Death September 2, 1990 Thrash Metal, Death Metal	91.6	57	3
152	Black Medicine Irreversible July 28, 2015 Stoner Metal	98	12	1
153	SkeleToon Nemesis September 25, 2020 Power Metal	92.6	39	2
154	Dark Tranquillity Atoma November 4, 2016 Melodic Death Metal	91	52	3
155	Cradle of Filth Cryptoriana - The Seductiveness of Decay September 22, 2017 Symphonic Black Metal	91.7	49	3
156	Dream Theater Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence January 12, 2002 Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock	90.7	59	3
157	Stratovarius Nemesis February 22, 2013 Power Metal	89.3	89	6
158	Obscura Akróasis February 5, 2016 Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal	93.6	31	2
159	In Flames The Jester Race February 20, 1996 Melodic Death Metal	89	92	4
160	Between the Buried and Me Colors September 18, 2007 Progressive Metal, Metalcore	90.5	64	5
161	Eternal Tears of Sorrow A Virgin and a Whore October 18, 2001 Melodic Death Metal	88.9	83	7
162	Iron Maiden Somewhere in Time September 26, 1986 Heavy Metal	92.2	56	6
163	Gorgoroth Antichrist June 3, 1996 Black Metal	92.6	40	2
164	Vektor Outer Isolation November 22, 2011 Technical Thrash Metal	92.6	41	1
165	Shining V - Halmstad April 2007 Depressive Black Metal	93.7	29	1
166	Sepultura Arise March 20, 1991 Thrash Metal	91.8	67	4
167	Liquid Tension Experiment Liquid Tension Experiment March 10, 1998 Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal	92.4	40	1
168	At the Gates Slaughter of the Soul November 14, 1995 Melodic Death Metal	90.4	63	4
169	Persefone Spiritual Migration March 29, 2013 Progressive Metal, Melodic Death Metal	90.3	53	3
170	Slayer South of Heaven July 5, 1988 Thrash Metal	89.8	74	5
171	In Flames Whoracle October 27, 1997 Melodic Death Metal	88.7	67	4
172	Rhapsody of Fire Into the Legend January 15, 2016 Power Metal, Symphonic Metal	92.8	42	4
173	Vanden Plas Christ 0 March 31, 2006 Progressive Metal	92.6	32	5
174	Dream Theater Black Clouds & Silver Linings June 23, 2009 Progressive Metal	87.9	110	9
175	Cult of Fire Triumvirát July 13, 2012 Black Metal	95.7	17	1
176	Arcturus The Sham Mirrors April 22, 2002 Avant-garde Metal, Progressive Metal, Symphonic Metal	94.4	23	3
177	Sepultura Schizophrenia October 30, 1987 Thrash Metal, Death Metal	91.1	51	3
178	Dream Theater A View from the Top of the World October 22, 2021 Progressive Metal	91.5	53	4
179	Helloween The Time of the Oath February 29, 1996 Power Metal	90.3	62	11
180	Pantera Cowboys from Hell January 25, 1990 Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	88.1	103	5
181	First Fragment Dasein May 20, 2016 Technical Death Metal	97.8	11	0
182	Children of Bodom Hatebreeder April 26, 1999 Melodic Death Metal, Power Metal	88.3	77	8
183	Judas Priest Ram It Down May 17, 1988 Heavy Metal	89.7	66	5
184	Crimson Glory Crimson Glory October 20, 1986 Heavy Metal	91.4	51	5
185	Archgoat The Light-Devouring Darkness February 7, 2009 War Metal, Black Metal	93.3	17	0
186	Seventh Wonder Tiara October 12, 2018 Progressive Metal	93	31	2
187	Blind Guardian Imaginations from the Other Side April 5, 1995 Power Metal	91.8	40	6
188	Epica Design Your Universe October 16, 2009 Symphonic Metal	91.1	52	3
189	Scorpions Love at First Sting March 27, 1984 Hard Rock, Heavy Metal	92.7	36	3
190	Gamma Ray Heading for Tomorrow February 19, 1990 Power Metal, Heavy Metal	89.5	67	5
191	Lifelover Konkurs October 15, 2008 Black Metal, Depressive Rock	93.8	26	0
192	Lamb of God Ashes of the Wake August 31, 2004 Groove Metal	90.7	56	3
193	System of a Down Toxicity September 4, 2001 Alternative Metal, Nu Metal	92.6	35	0
194	Savatage Gutter Ballet November 1, 1989 Progressive Metal, Heavy Metal	91.7	43	5
195	Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force Marching Out September 30, 1985 Neoclassical Metal, Heavy Metal	91.5	38	2
196	Opeth Morningrise June 24, 1996 Progressive Metal, Death Metal	91.3	41	5
197	Aborted Goremageddon: The Saw and the Carnage Done April 22, 2003 Brutal Death Metal	92.2	33	0
198	Insomnium Heart Like a Grave October 4, 2019 Melodic Death Metal	92.9	35	2
199	Edguy Hellfire Club March 15, 2004 Power Metal	89.8	61	8
200	Possessed Seven Churches October 16, 1985 Thrash Metal, Death Metal	91.1	46	4

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