Best Avant-Garde Metal Albums of All Time

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RankAlbumArtist		Year	★ Overall		Critics	Users
397	Larks' Tongues in Aspic - King Crimson	1973	84.8	80.8	88	84.8	82.7	90.2	81	85.8
453	Toxicity - System of a Down	2001	84.5	80.8	81	90.2	86	92	78	83.4
463	"Bath" - maudlin of the Well	2001	84.5	76	100	82.8	80.6	89.6	74	88.2
498	Obscura - Gorguts	1998	84.2	79.4	90	83.6	82.9	91.2	75	87.6
510	Paracletus - Deathspell Omega	2010	84.2	78.4	90	83.4	83.9	92.8	75	85.8
769	Colored Sands - Gorguts	2013	83.1	78.4	87	83.6	83.6	90.6	74	84.2
818	Choirs of the Eye - Kayo Dot	2003	82.9	76.6	80	84.6	84.9	92.6	73	88.8
896	Nothingface - Voivod	1989	82.7	76	95	81.1	76	90.4	75	85.4
953	Angel Dust - Faith No More	1992	82.5	77.2	78	83.3	82.5	90.4	78	88
981	System of a Down - System of a Down	1998	82.4	76	88	85.8	81.5	89	75	81.6
988	Colors - Between the Buried and Me	2007	82.4	74.4	80	83.5	86.9	93	74	85
999	California - Mr. Bungle	1999	82.4	78.4	69	85.3	85.8	91.6	79	87.4
1010	Imaginary Sonicscape - Sigh	2001	82.3	74.8	87	81.5	86.2	89.2	75	82.6
1022	Dimension Hatröss - Voivod	1988	82.3	76.2	88	80.4	75.9	91.2	78	86.4
1055	Calculating Infinity - The Dillinger Escape Plan	1999	82.2	75.2	90	81.9	79.1	89.4	76	84
1133	Teethed Glory and Injury - Altar of Plagues	2013	82	73.4	87	81.8	83.3	90.6	76	82.2
1175	Written in Waters - Ved Buens Ende.....	1995	81.9	75.6	90	78.2	76.9	92.8	76	84
1273	Souls at Zero - Neurosis	1992	81.7	78.2	80	82.6	81.5	90.2	76	83.4
1385	Disco Volante - Mr. Bungle	1995	81.5	73.4	90	80.2	80	88.2	77	81.6
1414	I - Meshuggah	2004	81.4	78	77	84.4	83.7	89.8	74	83
1494	Hostile Architecture - Ashenspire	2022	81.2	74.4	90	80.8	81.3	89	74	79
1499	Fortress - Protest The Hero	2008	81.2	71.4	81	83	85.1	91.6	75	81.4
1569	Killing Technology - Voïvod	1987	81.1	76.4	85	81.4	79.6	89.4	72	83.6
1659	Frizzle Fry - Primus	1990	80.9	76.8	73	84.5	81.5	89.2	76	85.2
1668	Fas – Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum - Deathspell Omega	2007	80.9	77.2	80	82.2	79.7	89.8	72	85.2
1723	The Sham Mirrors - Arcturus	2002	80.8	72.6	90	78.4	78.3	89.4	74	82.8
1832	Sailing the Seas of Cheese - Primus	1991	80.6	75.8	78	82.5	79.5	89.6	76	82.6
1914	Mezmerize - System of a Down	2005	80.4	76.4	76	85.8	84.8	89.8	76	74
1915	The Great Misdirect - Between the Buried and Me	2009	80.4	75.4	70	85	86.4	92	76	78
2039	From Wisdom to Hate - Gorguts	2001	80.2	76.2	80	80.8	81.9	86.6	73	82.6
2222	Destroy Erase Improve - Meshuggah	1995	79.8	73.2	76	81.3	79.9	91	76	81.4
2303	The Spiritual Sound - Agriculture	2025	79.7	72.2	86	78.1	79.1	95.6	70	76.8
2313	The Congregation - Leprous	2015	79.7	75	70	82.8	83.6	92.4	73	80.8
2317	Alphaville - Imperial Triumphant	2020	79.7	72	87	77.8	79.6	91.6	71	78.6
2378	Ire Works - Dillinger Escape Plan	2007	79.5	74.2	80	82.4	80.4	90.8	75	74
2468	I Don't Want to See You in Heaven - The Callous Daoboys	2025	79.4	70	85	77	77.9	97.2	68	80.6
2566	Goldstar - Imperial Triumphant	2025	79.2	72.8	87	76.8	74.7	93	72	78
2599	Torture Garden - Naked City	1990	79.1	74.4	80	77.7	81.2	91.4	73	76
2604	Monotheist - Celtic Frost	2006	79.1	77.4	73	82.5	82.5	90.2	70	78
2644	Mestarin kynsi - Oranssi Pazuzu	2020	79	75	78	76.9	79.2	92.6	73	78.4
2648	Värähtelijä - Oranssi Pazuzu	2016	79	74.6	77	78.8	78.8	90.8	76	77
2653	The Furnaces of Palingenesia - Deathspell Omega	2019	79	71.4	90	74.3	79.5	91	69	77.8
2661	Muuntautuja - Oranssi Pazuzu	2024	79	74.8	78	78	78.3	93.2	72	78.6
2663	H.A.Q.Q. - Liturgy	2019	79	72.6	82	80.4	81.9	87	75	74
2679	Slipknot - Slipknot	1999	79	69.6	80	81.6	83.2	92.4	72	74
2685	Kénôse - Deathspell Omega	2005	79	78.2	70	81.6	76.5	91.2	71	84.2
2835	Pork Soda - Primus	1993	78.7	73.8	75	81.7	78.8	88.8	75	77.8
2851	S.C.I.E.N.C.E. - Incubus	1997	78.7	72.4	72	82.5	79.4	88.2	75	81.2
2991	93696 - Liturgy	2023	78.4	72.4	79	81	79.9	90.4	72	74
2993	Korn - Korn	1994	78.4	70.6	77	79.8	81.5	89.8	74	76
3007	Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire & Demise - Emperor	2001	78.4	71.6	90	77.8	78.1	84.2	68	78.8
3165	Catch Thirtythree - Meshuggah	2005	78	73.8	70	81.5	80.8	88.2	72	79.8
3293	Locust Abortion Technician - Butthole Surfers	1987	77.7	70.8	85	74.3	73.2	89.8	73	78
3392	No Ritmo da Terra - Antropoceno	2026	77.5	73.8	80	80.2	79.2	84.4	71	74
3504	Hypnotize - System of a Down	2005	77.3	71	76	81.4	81.2	88.2	73	70
3583	Into the Pandemonium - Celtic Frost	1987	77.1	69	90	74.3	70.2	87	75	74
3607	L.D. 50 - Mudvayne	2000	77	69.2	72	77.4	77.6	88.4	74	80.6
3701	Steal This Album! - System of a Down	2002	76.8	70	77	80.8	78.3	86.4	73	72
3934	Mr. Bungle - Mr. Bungle	1991	76.1	73.8	52	80.3	82.4	90.2	72	82
3993	I Disagree - Poppy	2020	76	68.2	69	78.2	79.9	93.4	75	68
4043	Coma Ecliptic - Between the Buried and Me	2015	75.8	67.6	77	74.8	79.1	89.4	73	70
4222	Terra Incognita - Gojira	2001	75.3	69.8	70	77.6	76.4	90.2	71	72
4257	ION - Portal	2018	75.2	67.4	81	72.7	71.3	90	72	72
4357	Roots - Sepultura	1996	74.9	68.6	63	77.9	83.3	87.4	76	68
4436	Aesthethica - Liturgy	2011	74.6	67.6	76	78.5	77.7	84.4	74	64
4696	Elect the Dead - Serj Tankian	2007	73.5	65.8	66	79.7	77.6	85.6	74	66
4776	Antipop - Primus	1999	73.1	65.2	73	73.2	75.7	83.4	71	70
4950	Tales from the Punchbowl - Primus	1995	72	69.2	57	72.6	72.9	85.2	73	74
5047	Life Is Peachy - Korn	1996	71.2	64	61	72.7	76.8	86	70	68
5120	Brown Album - Primus	1997	70.4	67.2	57	71	71.8	84.6	73	68
5246	Life Is But a Dream... - Avenged Sevenfold	2023	68.5	56.2	82	54.7	67.9	91.8	59	68
5264	Grand Declaration of War - Mayhem	2000	68.3	60.8	80	59.1	58.1	85.8	70	64
5448	Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. - Slipknot	1996	62	52.6	50	55.2	68.3	85	65	58
5476	[untitled] - Korn	2007	58.1	49.2	49	53.9	60	80.6	64	50

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