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    Top 100 Alternative metal albums

    1 Tool
    Lateralus (2001)
    9.02
    1463
    2 Tool
    Ænima (1996)
    8.87
    1224
    3 The Birthday Massacre
    Walking With Strangers (2007)
    8.75
    57
    4 Poem
    Skein Syndrome (2016)
    8.71
    21
    5 Faith No More
    Angel Dust (1992)
    8.64
    521
    6 System Of A Down
    Toxicity (2001)
    8.64
    1110
    7 Ghost Brigade
    Isolation Songs (2009)
    8.63
    383
    8 Soen
    Lotus (2019)
    8.62
    627
    9 Rage Against The Machine
    Rage Against The Machine (1992)
    8.62
    656
    10 Tomahawk
    Anonymous (2007)
    8.58
    45
    11 Infectious Grooves
    Groove Family Cyco (1994)
    8.56
    36
    12 Tool
    10,000 Days (2006)
    8.56
    1093
    13 Faith No More
    The Real Thing (1989)
    8.56
    482
    14 Karnivool
    Sound Awake (2009)
    8.52
    143
    15 Sepultura
    Chaos A.D. (1993)
    8.52
    1144
    16 Nothingface
    Skeletons (2003)
    8.5
    22
    17 Poem
    Unique (2018)
    8.5
    34
    18 Fair To Midland
    Fables From A Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times Is True (2007)
    8.49
    73
    19 In Flames
    Clayman (2000)
    8.49
    1267
    20 Dredg
    El Cielo (2002)
    8.49
    57
    21 Polkadot Cadaver
    Sex Offender (2011)
    8.46
    26
    22 Primus
    Frizzle Fry (1990)
    8.46
    172
    23 Soen
    Lykaia (2017)
    8.46
    421
    24 Polkadot Cadaver
    Purgatory Dance Party (2007)
    8.45
    40
    25 Infectious Grooves
    The Plague That Makes Your Booty Move... It's The Infectious Grooves (1991)
    8.44
    48
    26 Dir En Grey
    Uroboros (2008)
    8.43
    81
    27 Primus
    Sailing The Seas Of Cheese (1991)
    8.43
    190
    28 Caligula's Horse
    In Contact (2017)
    8.42
    194
    29 Marilyn Manson
    Antichrist Superstar (1996)
    8.42
    335
    30 Linkin Park
    Hybrid Theory (2000)
    8.41
    251
    31 Ghost Brigade
    Guided By Fire (2007)
    8.4
    181
    32 The Birthday Massacre
    Superstition (2014)
    8.4
    40
    33 Deftones
    White Pony (2000)
    8.4
    433
    34 Incubus (US-CA)
    S.C.I.E.N.C.E. (1997)
    8.38
    81
    35 Faith No More
    King For A Day... Fool For A Lifetime (1995)
    8.38
    368
    36 Tomahawk
    Mit Gas (2003)
    8.38
    48
    37 Rishloo
    Feathergun (2009)
    8.37
    51
    38 Dir En Grey
    Dum Spiro Spero (2011)
    8.37
    60
    39 Tomahawk
    Tomahawk (2001)
    8.36
    50
    40 Fu Manchu
    The Action Is Go (1997)
    8.36
    42
    41 Dredg
    Catch Without Arms (2005)
    8.35
    46
    42 Rishloo
    Eidolon (2007)
    8.35
    43
    43 Trivium
    Shogun (2008)
    8.35
    612
    44 Caligula's Horse
    Bloom (2015)
    8.35
    145
    45 Fair To Midland
    Arrows & Anchors (2011)
    8.34
    126
    46 Red
    End Of Silence (2006)
    8.34
    38
    47 Karnivool
    Themata (2005)
    8.34
    85
    48 Maximum The Hormone
    Buiikikaesu (2007)
    8.34
    58
    49 Agent Fresco
    Destrier (2015)
    8.33
    48
    50 Therapy?
    Troublegum (1994)
    8.33
    86
    51 Ghost Brigade
    Until Fear No Longer Defines Us (2011)
    8.33
    321
    52 Hunter
    HellWood (2009)
    8.33
    24
    53 Linkin Park
    Meteora (2003)
    8.32
    199
    54 Dirty Shirt
    Dirtylicious (2015)
    8.31
    29
    55 Nothingface
    Violence (2000)
    8.3
    20
    56 Ghost Brigade
    IV - One With The Storm (2014)
    8.3
    268
    57 Trivium
    The Sin And The Sentence (2017)
    8.3
    367
    58 White Zombie
    Astro Creep: 2000 - Songs Of Love, Destruction And Other Synthetic Delusions Of The Electric Head (1995)
    8.3
    227
    59 Hamlet
    Insomnio (1998)
    8.29
    24
    60 Gojira
    L'Enfant Sauvage (2012)
    8.28
    853
    61 Chevelle
    Wonder What's Next (2002)
    8.26
    73
    62 A Perfect Circle
    Thirteenth Step (2003)
    8.26
    95
    63 Caligula's Horse
    The Tide, The Thief & River's End (2013)
    8.26
    133
    64 Biohazard
    State Of The World Address (1994)
    8.25
    91
    65 Hunter
    Medeis (2003)
    8.25
    20
    66 Fu Manchu
    King Of The Road (1999)
    8.24
    34
    67 Agent Fresco
    A Long Time Listening (2010)
    8.24
    29
    68 Rob Zombie
    Hellbilly Deluxe (1998)
    8.22
    304
    69 Helmet
    Meantime (1992)
    8.22
    89
    70 Evanescence
    Fallen (2003)
    8.2
    137
    71 Dir En Grey
    Vulgar (2003)
    8.2
    41
    72 Stam1na
    Stam1na (2005)
    8.2
    45
    73 Stam1na
    Uudet Kymmenen Käskyä (2006)
    8.2
    55
    74 Soen
    Imperial (2021)
    8.18
    432
    75 Biohazard
    Urban Discipline (1992)
    8.17
    99
    76 Audioslave
    Audioslave (2002)
    8.17
    52
    77 Soen
    Tellurian (2014)
    8.17
    327
    78 Djerv
    Djerv (2011)
    8.17
    35
    79 Marriages
    Salome (2015)
    8.15
    39
    80 Maximum The Hormone
    Yoshu Fukushu (2013)
    8.14
    37
    81 System Of A Down
    Mezmerize (2005)
    8.13
    835
    82 Primus
    Pork Soda (1993)
    8.13
    158
    83 Clawfinger
    Use Your Brain (1995)
    8.13
    62
    84 System Of A Down
    System Of A Down (1998)
    8.12
    755
    85 The Birthday Massacre
    Pins And Needles (2010)
    8.12
    42
    86 Waltari
    Yeah! Yeah! Die! Die! Death Metal Symphony In Deep C (1996)
    8.11
    57
    87 Mudvayne
    L.D. 50 (2000)
    8.1
    244
    88 Living Colour
    Vivid (1988)
    8.1
    52
    89 Hunter
    T.E.L.I... (2005)
    8.09
    23
    90 Helmet
    Betty (1994)
    8.09
    64
    91 Trivium
    In The Court Of The Dragon (2021)
    8.08
    302
    92 Tool
    Undertow (1993)
    8.07
    782
    93 Dir En Grey
    Arche (2014)
    8.06
    50
    94 Deftones
    Around The Fur (1997)
    8.06
    357
    95 Klone
    The Dreamer's Hideaway (2012)
    8.06
    48
    96 The Birthday Massacre
    Violet (2004)
    8.05
    37
    97 Soen
    Cognitive (2012)
    8.04
    301
    98 The Birthday Massacre
    Hide And Seek (2012)
    8.04
    24
    99 Dir En Grey
    Gauze (1999)
    8.03
    31
    100 Bad Brains
    I Against I (1986)
    8.03
    37