Best Metal Albums of All Time

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RankAlbumArtist		Year	★ Overall		Critics	Users
25	Paranoid - Black Sabbath	1970	89.6	84.8	96	89.5	87.4	92.8	86	90.8
45	Red - King Crimson	1974	89	85.4	92	89.9	86.9	92.8	86	89.8
59	Master of Puppets - Metallica	1986	88.6	80.6	100	88.9	85.2	93.2	83	89
78	Symbolic - Death	1995	88	83	89	89.6	88.5	94	81	91
88	Ride the Lightning - Metallica	1984	87.8	81.6	92	88.6	87	93	84	88.6
109	Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath	1970	87.5	81.4	97	85.5	84.8	92.8	83	88
134	Live After Death - Iron Maiden	1985	87	82.6	86	86.9	88.2	92.2	81	92
156	Master of Reality - Black Sabbath	1971	86.7	82.8	87	86.1	85.8	92	84	89.4
161	The Sound of Perseverance - Death	1998	86.7	79.8	90	88.8	88.7	93	79	87.4
163	Dirt - Alice in Chains	1992	86.6	80.4	87	87.6	87.3	93.2	82	88.8
164	Tribute - Ozzy Osbourne & Randy Rhoads	1987	86.6	79.8	92	86.5	91	90	79	88
167	Storm of the Light's Bane - Dissection	1995	86.6	79.6	90	85.2	89.1	95.4	78	88.8
172	In the Nightside Eclipse - Emperor	1994	86.5	78.8	100	84.4	84.8	93	77	87.8
178	Blackwater Park - Opeth	2001	86.4	80	85	88.7	89.4	93.2	79	89.8
179	Through Silver in Blood - Neurosis	1996	86.4	78.4	100	85	84.7	91.4	77	88.6
190	Ghost Reveries - Opeth	2005	86.4	79.8	89	87.9	89.6	92.8	80	85.4
192	Superunknown - Soundgarden	1994	86.4	78	97	86.4	84.7	90.6	81	86.8
200	Rust in Peace - Megadeth	1990	86.3	80.6	84	86.4	87.2	93.4	81	91.6
205	Like an Ever Flowing Stream - Dismember	1991	86.3	79	100	83.8	81.4	93	79	87.6
208	The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails	1994	86.2	82.2	83	89.4	85.5	92.6	82	88.8
212	Ashes Against the Grain - Agalloch	2006	86.2	78.8	93	86.2	87.7	93.2	78	86.4
230	Jane Doe - Converge	2001	86	80.2	92	87.6	85.4	93.4	75	88.4
244	None So Vile - Cryptopsy	1996	85.9	80.8	90	85.3	85.2	93.2	78	88.6
248	Still Life - Opeth	1999	85.9	80	85	87.4	89.4	91.8	78	89.4
251	Leviathan - Mastodon	2004	85.8	78.2	95	85.4	84.2	91.6	82	84.4
268	The Mantle - Agalloch	2002	85.7	77.6	90	85.8	86.6	94.4	78	87.4
272	Reign in Blood - Slayer	1986	85.7	79.4	93	84	83	93.8	79	87.4
284	flood - Boris	2000	85.6	81.6	80	87.9	88.8	94	81	85.8
287	Dopethrone - Electric Wizard	2000	85.6	81.4	83	87.8	86.8	93.4	80	86.6
289	Rock Dream - Boris	2007	85.6	84.2	80	92	94.9	88.8	77	82
293	The Shape of Punk to Come - Refused	1998	85.5	77.4	92	86.7	84.1	92.8	76	89.6
304	Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine	1992	85.4	80	80	88	85.8	92.6	83	88.4
309	A Blaze in the Northern Sky - Darkthrone	1992	85.4	78.8	94	84.6	84.4	93	77	85.8
320	The Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden	1982	85.3	78.6	88	84.6	84.3	91.8	81	88.6
321	Boris at Last -Feedbacker- - Boris	2003	85.3	81	89	87.2	85.4	90.6	78	85.6
325	Songs for the Deaf - Queens of the Stone Age	2002	85.2	80.2	82	88	85.3	92.4	83	85.4
334	Rising - Rainbow	1976	85.1	78.8	90	83.5	84.6	90.2	80	88.8
335	Portal of I - Ne Obliviscaris	2012	85.1	76.6	92	86.2	88.5	93.2	77	82.4
340	Nightfall - Candlemass	1987	85.1	78.6	90	83.6	86.2	92.2	79	86.2
342	Il était une forêt... - Gris	2007	85.1	80	90	89	90.3	92.8	71	82.6
360	Powerslave - Iron Maiden	1984	85	80.4	80	85.8	85.7	92.2	81	89.8
361	Dead as Dreams - Weakling	2000	85	79.6	90	86.3	86.4	94.6	73	85
369	Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk - Emperor	1997	84.9	79.2	90	84.9	85.8	92.8	75	86.8
371	Epicus Doomicus Metallicus - Candlemass	1986	84.9	78.4	90	84.7	85.6	93	75	87.6
372	Naked City - John Zorn	1990	84.9	76.8	95	84.1	85.2	90.6	77	85.6
378	Individual Thought Patterns - Death	1993	84.9	79.4	88	85.8	83.3	92.4	79	86.2
380	Van Halen - Van Halen	1978	84.9	74.6	100	81	83.7	89.4	80	85.4
386	Machine Head - Deep Purple	1972	84.8	78.2	90	81.8	82.6	90	83	88.2
392	Seventh Son of a Seventh Son - Iron Maiden	1988	84.8	79.8	85	85.5	84.7	91.2	80	87.4
393	Bergtatt – Et eeventyr i 5 capitler - Ulver	1995	84.8	78	92	82.5	82.9	93.8	77	87.4
397	Larks' Tongues in Aspic - King Crimson	1973	84.8	80.8	88	84.8	82.7	90.2	81	85.8
398	Lateralus - TOOL	2001	84.8	79.6	76	87.8	87.3	91.4	82	89.2
436	Pierced from Within - Suffocation	1995	84.5	79.4	85	84.4	86	92.4	77	87.6
446	Painkiller - Judas Priest	1990	84.5	81	75	85.6	86.4	93.6	80	90
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
472	Crack the Skye - Mastodon	2009	84.4	79.6	81	87.7	88.6	91	80	83
473	Oceanic - ISIS	2002	84.4	77.6	90	83.9	82.6	91.8	78	87
483	At the Heart of Winter - Immortal	1999	84.3	78.6	85	82.9	86.7	91.6	80	85.4
486	Beneath the Remains - Sepultura	1989	84.3	78	90	83.2	84.5	92.6	76	85.8
494	Unquestionable Presence - Atheist	1991	84.3	77.4	90	82	85.9	89.6	77	88
496	Panopticon - ISIS	2004	84.3	78.2	84	85	82.4	92.8	79	88.4
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
513	Terminal Redux - Vektor	2016	84.2	77.8	83	84.8	87.9	92	78	85.6
516	Fear of a Blank Planet - Porcupine Tree	2007	84.2	76.8	81	85.2	88.3	93.2	81	83.6
518	The Mountain - Haken	2013	84.2	74.2	95	81.9	85	91	79	83
532	We Are the Romans - Botch	1999	84.1	77.8	88	83.8	85.3	93.6	73	87
533	Slaughter of the Soul - At The Gates	1995	84.1	75.8	90	84.3	84.8	92.8	77	83.8
535	Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy	1976	84	77.4	90	81.5	83.8	89.6	80	86
536	Made In Japan - Deep Purple	1972	84	82	80	83.4	79.8	90	81	92
537	My Arms, Your Hearse - Opeth	1998	84	77.6	90	84	83.5	90.6	78	84.4
542	Abigail - King Diamond	1987	84	76.8	90	80.5	83.3	92.8	77	87.6
556	Absolute Elsewhere - Blood Incantation	2024	83.9	77.6	87	82.7	84.5	95.8	75	85
558	Annihilation of the Wicked - Nile	2005	83.9	77.6	88	85	85.4	91.2	79	81.4
560	The Gallery - Dark Tranquillity	1995	83.9	74.4	95	83.3	82.3	90.6	76	86
568	Come My Fanatics... - Electric Wizard	1997	83.9	77.4	90	83.2	84	91.8	77	84
576	Downward Is Heavenward - Hum	1998	83.9	77.2	87	84.5	83	94.8	76	84.6
579	Arntor - Windir	1999	83.9	76.4	90	83.9	84.7	94.8	73	84.2
582	Close to a World Below - Immolation	2000	83.8	80	90	84.3	82.6	91.4	70	88.6
589	Human - Death	1991	83.8	81	70	87.1	86.2	93.2	80	89.2
592	Consuming Impulse - Pestilence	1989	83.8	77.8	90	82.3	82.3	92.4	76	85.8
600	The Jester Race - In Flames	1996	83.8	74.8	95	83.3	81.9	92	74	85.4
604	Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - The Smashing Pumpkins	1995	83.8	78.4	76	86.4	85.7	92.4	83	84.4
615	To Mega Therion - Celtic Frost	1985	83.7	76	100	80	79.7	91.6	75	83.8
618	Don't Break the Oath - Mercyful Fate	1984	83.7	77.8	90	79.2	82	94	75	88
621	Remedy Lane - Pain of Salvation	2002	83.7	74.8	90	81.1	86.6	90.4	77	86
624	Terrifyer - Pig Destroyer	2004	83.7	78.4	90	84.5	83.3	91	74	84.6
626	Arise - Sepultura	1991	83.7	78.2	88	83	83.2	92.2	76	85.2
640	Ænima - TOOL	1996	83.6	78.6	71	87	86.1	93	81	88.8
644	Translating the Name - Saosin	2003	83.6	79.4	80	84.6	87.7	97.2	72	84.6
656	Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory - Dream Theater	1999	83.6	73.8	80	83.4	89.8	92.6	78	87.4
657	Meliora - Ghost	2015	83.6	72.4	81	80.6	81.8	91.2	78	100
660	World Downfall - Terrorizer	1989	83.6	76.4	95	81.3	79	92.8	75	85.4
663	あくまのうた [Akuma no uta] - Boris	2003	83.5	78.2	90	85.4	82.6	89.2	79	80.4
672	Sunbather - Deafheaven	2013	83.5	75.8	87	86.2	84.7	90.6	79	81.2
673	White Pony - Deftones	2000	83.5	79.8	73	87.5	83.9	92.8	80	87.4
675	Live and Dangerous - Thin Lizzy	1978	83.5	80.8	80	79.6	82.2	89.8	80	92
677	Images and Words - Dream Theater	1992	83.5	73.2	90	81.4	84.4	91	78	86.4
678	From Mars to Sirius - Gojira	2005	83.5	79.4	71	88.4	88.7	94.6	80	82.2

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