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Top 400 Metal Albums Ranked Mathematically (2026 Update)
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Each album had to meet all the following conditions in order to be eligible:
1) 10+ years old
2) Metalstorm: 200+ votes, average user score 8.0+
3) Rateyourmusic: 1000+ ratings, average…
Each album had to meet all the following conditions in order to be eligible:
1) 10+ years old
2) Metalstorm: 200+ votes, average user score 8.0+
3) Rateyourmusic: 1000+ ratings, average…
| 1. | Death - Symbolic |
| 2. | Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 3. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 4. | Judas Priest - Painkiller |
| 5. | Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality |
| + 395 more |
1001 Metal Albums to Hear Before You Die
An ongoing list for personal use as well as for reference for beginners (& veterans alike). This is solely my personal opinion and taste (Death & Prog mostly but do give every genre a try). Basically…
| 1. | Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin |
| 2. | King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King |
| 3. | Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III |
| 4. | Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 5. | Uriah Heep - Look At Yourself |
| + 350 more |
1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
WORK IN PROGESS! Welcome to what I consider the "1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" or in other words, a list of records of various genres in the arrays of Metal and Hard Rock that…
| 1. | High Tide - Sea Shanties |
| 2. | Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath |
| 3. | Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin |
| 4. | Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come |
| 5. | Josefus - Dead Man |
| + 1242 more |
The Best of Death Metal
My favorite old school death metal bands highlighted with my favorite album. All classic lineup with few exceptions of newer bands.
| 1. | Autopsy - Mental Funeral |
| 2. | Impetigo - Horror Of The Zombies |
| 3. | Death - Leprosy |
| 4. | Obituary - Cause Of Death |
| 5. | Possessed - Seven Churches |
| + 113 more |
The Top Albums Of Ch'ti
This is my top albums (only with those where I gave 8 or more). I will update the list now and then.
Keep in mind that I've only been seriously listening to metal for a few years, and that it's…
Keep in mind that I've only been seriously listening to metal for a few years, and that it's…
| 1. | Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja |
| 2. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 3. | Opeth - Ghost Reveries |
| 4. | Sepultura - Beneath The Remains |
| 5. | Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal |
| + 371 more |
Favorite Album Art, 1969-1999
Had to break up "Favorite Album Art" into two (edit: now four!) because it couldn't handle so many words and I was losing entries at the bottom.
| 1. | Korn - Issues |
| 2. | Manes - Under Ein Blodraud Maane |
| 3. | Maudlin Of The Well - My Fruit Psychobells... A Seed Combustible |
| 4. | Neurosis - Times Of Grace |
| 5. | Virgin Steele - The House Of Atreus Act I |
| + 112 more |
200+ Favorite Albums
Note: Tool intentionally ommitted because they don't consider themselves metal. Otherwise you'd see their first 4 albums in top 25.
Last updated: 1 July 2026.
Last updated: 1 July 2026.
| 1. | Dream Theater - Images And Words |
| 2. | Megadeth - Rust In Peace |
| 3. | Wintersun - Wintersun |
| 4. | Edge Of Sanity - Crimson |
| 5. | Vital Remains - Dechristianize |
| + 266 more |
My Album Of The Year, 1970-present
Here's my AotY for each year from 1970, with a runner up (or two) following.
Pink Floyd and Yes aren't on Metal Storm, King Crimson is, so I'll include King Crimson, but Pink Floyd would've…
Pink Floyd and Yes aren't on Metal Storm, King Crimson is, so I'll include King Crimson, but Pink Floyd would've…
| 1. | Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 2. | Deep Purple - In Rock |
| 3. | Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV |
| 4. | Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality |
| 5. | Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards |
| + 114 more |
The Most Metal / Rock Albums With Impact On Me
Kinda saw another relative lists on here that state this, one bad and one inspirational, so thought I might do my own.
Alphabetic order. And don't ask why a lot of Testament stuff is there, if their…
Alphabetic order. And don't ask why a lot of Testament stuff is there, if their…
| 1. | AC/DC - Back In Black |
| 2. | Accept - Stalingrad |
| 3. | Agalloch - The Mantle |
| 4. | Amon Amarth - Versus The World |
| 5. | Anthrax - Spreading The Disease |
| + 44 more |
Top 25 Albums Of 1989
Updated 11/14/18
| 1. | Helstar - Nosferatu |
| 2. | Sepultura - Beneath The Remains |
| 3. | Obituary - Slowly We Rot |
| 4. | Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness |
| 5. | Pestilence - Consuming Impulse |
| + 20 more |
1st Wave Black Metal
1st Wave of Black Metal. Most bands here may not be considered black metal as we know it today or even in the 2nd wave, but had some sort of influence of the genre's subject matter, sound and imagery.
| 1. | Bathory - Bathory |
| 2. | Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark |
| 3. | Bathory - Blood Fire Death |
| 4. | Blasphemy - Fallen Angel Of Doom |
| 5. | Bulldozer - The Day Of Wrath |
| + 43 more |
400+ Favorite Songs
Last updated on 7 July 2026.
| 1. | Dream Theater - Images And Words |
| 2. | Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja |
| 3. | Wintersun - Wintersun |
| 4. | Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane |
| 5. | Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast |
| + 468 more |