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Top 100 Heavy metal albums


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    Top 100 Heavy metal albums

    1 Judas Priest
    Painkiller (1990)
    9.27
    2263
    2 Black Sabbath
    Paranoid (1970)
    9.21
    2005
    3 Iron Maiden
    Powerslave (1984)
    9.19
    2762
    4 Iron Maiden
    9.17
    2948
    5 Iron Maiden
    9.15
    2514
    6 Rainbow
    Rising (1976)
    9.14
    881
    7 Led Zeppelin
    9.14
    1237
    8 Queensrÿche
    9.07
    1097
    9 Black Sabbath
    9.04
    1351
    10 Dio
    Holy Diver (1983)
    9.04
    1337
    11 Black Sabbath
    9.02
    1451
    12 Black Sabbath
    Black Sabbath (1970)
    9.02
    1667
    13 Deep Purple
    Machine Head (1972)
    9.02
    849
    14 W.A.S.P.
    9
    584
    15 Crimson Glory
    Transcendence (1988)
    8.95
    357
    16 Nevermore
    8.95
    1053
    17 King Diamond
    Abigail (1987)
    8.94
    814
    18 Nevermore
    8.92
    1161
    19 Alice In Chains
    Dirt (1992)
    8.9
    961
    20 Iron Maiden
    8.9
    2163
    21 Judas Priest
    8.87
    1358
    22 Iron Maiden
    Piece Of Mind (1983)
    8.87
    2284
    23 Judas Priest
    8.87
    1148
    24 Running Wild
    8.86
    389
    25 Led Zeppelin
    8.86
    845
    26 Savatage
    8.85
    566
    27 Motörhead
    Ace Of Spades (1980)
    8.84
    862
    28 Motörhead
    Overkill (1979)
    8.84
    681
    29 Mercyful Fate
    Melissa (1983)
    8.84
    749
    30 Mercyful Fate
    8.84
    731
    31 Warlord
    8.83
    115
    32 Savatage
    Gutter Ballet (1989)
    8.83
    492
    33 Riot
    ThunderSteel (1988)
    8.82
    216
    34 Jason Becker
    8.82
    100
    35 Black Sabbath
    8.81
    1227
    36 Virgin Steele
    Invictus (1998)
    8.81
    230
    37 Judas Priest
    8.81
    1019
    38 Led Zeppelin
    Led Zeppelin (1969)
    8.8
    841
    39 Running Wild
    8.8
    356
    40 Van Halen
    Van Halen (1978)
    8.8
    459
    41 W.A.S.P.
    8.76
    421
    42 Virgin Steele
    8.76
    166
    43 Iced Earth
    8.75
    1012
    44 Rainbow
    8.75
    529
    45 Tony MacAlpine
    8.74
    35
    46 Deep Purple
    In Rock (1970)
    8.74
    651
    47 Bruce Dickinson
    8.74
    530
    48 Crimson Glory
    Crimson Glory (1986)
    8.74
    244
    49 Rainbow
    8.73
    598
    50 Ozzy Osbourne
    8.73
    809
    51 Metal Church
    Metal Church (1984)
    8.72
    369
    52 Led Zeppelin
    8.72
    610
    53 Running Wild
    Port Royal (1988)
    8.71
    302
    54 Sentenced
    8.71
    495
    55 Aria
    8.7
    86
    56 King Diamond
    Conspiracy (1989)
    8.7
    460
    57 Legend
    8.7
    20
    58 Dio
    8.7
    704
    59 Iron Maiden
    8.7
    2039
    60 Accept
    8.69
    489
    61 Motörhead
    Inferno (2004)
    8.68
    477
    62 Aria
    8.68
    98
    63 Down
    Nola (1995)
    8.67
    395
    64 W.A.S.P.
    W.A.S.P. (1984)
    8.67
    460
    65 Diamond Head
    8.67
    270
    66 Scorpions
    Blackout (1982)
    8.66
    429
    67 Spiritual Beggars
    Ad Astra (2000)
    8.66
    141
    68 Savatage
    8.66
    400
    69 The Lord Weird Slough Feg
    8.65
    62
    70 Scorpions
    8.65
    392
    71 Iron Maiden
    Iron Maiden (1980)
    8.64
    1962
    72 Aria
    8.64
    66
    73 Bruce Dickinson
    8.64
    417
    74 Rage
    Black In Mind (1995)
    8.63
    177
    75 Iced Earth
    8.63
    685
    76 Accept
    8.62
    554
    77 Paul Gilbert
    8.62
    29
    78 King Diamond
    The Eye (1990)
    8.62
    379
    79 Halford
    Resurrection (2000)
    8.62
    274
    80 Virgin Steele
    8.62
    157
    81 Tony MacAlpine
    8.62
    29
    82 Manowar
    8.62
    725
    83 Iced Earth
    8.62
    774
    84 Judas Priest
    Stained Class (1978)
    8.61
    880
    85 Iced Earth
    The Dark Saga (1996)
    8.61
    816
    86 Megadeth
    8.61
    1923
    87 Ozzy Osbourne
    8.61
    565
    88 Black Sabbath
    Mob Rules (1981)
    8.61
    865
    89 Savatage
    8.61
    360
    90 The Lord Weird Slough Feg
    Traveller (2003)
    8.6
    78
    91 King Diamond
    "Them" (1988)
    8.6
    534
    92 Accept
    8.6
    566
    93 White Skull
    8.59
    68
    94 Paul Gilbert
    Fuzz Universe (2010)
    8.59
    37
    95 Nevermore
    8.59
    602
    96 Grave Digger
    Excalibur (1999)
    8.58
    265
    97 Viikate
    8.58
    36
    98 Tierra Santa
    8.57
    76
    99 Accept
    Metal Heart (1985)
    8.57
    478
    100 Pokolgép
    8.57
    21