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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 |
*The List I'll Never Finish (Top 20 Albums)*
I just finished making this list and I hate it already. Trying to put your favorite albums in order is very hard. I went at thinking which 20 would I take with me to a deserted island so I went for some…
| 1. | Septicflesh - Communion |
| 2. | Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite |
| 3. | Septicflesh - The Great Mass |
| 4. | Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy |
| 5. | Ghost Brigade - Isolation Songs |
| + 15 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 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 |
Top 10 Of 2008
| 1. | In Mourning - Shrouded Divine |
| 2. | Scar Symmetry - Holographic Universe |
| 3. | Septicflesh - Communion |
| 4. | Gojira - The Way Of All Flesh |
| 5. | Psycroptic - Ob(Servant) |
| + 5 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 Top Albums Of The Decade: 2000's (On Going)
| 1. | Opeth - Blackwater Park |
| 2. | Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain |
| 3. | Green Carnation - Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness |
| 4. | Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja |
| 5. | Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet |
| + 121 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 |
Dark Metal: The Definitive Albums
The purpose of this list is not to find and record which albums are the best but to define Dark Metal. We will try to specify which albums are the definitive examples of Dark Metal. "Dark Metal"…
| 1. | Rotting Christ - Sanctus Diavolos |
| 2. | Celtic Frost - Monotheist |
| 3. | Nightfall - At Night We Prey |
| 4. | Septicflesh - Sumerian Daemons |
| 5. | Behemoth - I Loved You At Your Darkest |
| + 37 more |
The Best Metal Albums* From A To # (S)
This list is meant to be an extensive, but by no means exhaustive, collection of the greatest (modern) metal albums and eps. Running the gamut from avant-garde to trve norweigan black metal. *As someone…
| 1. | S.V.E.S.T. - Veritas Diaboli Manet In Aeternum: Le Diable Est Ma Raison |
| 2. | Sabachthani - Miserable Endings |
| 3. | Sabaoth - Les Illuminations |
| 4. | Sabaton - Carolus Rex |
| 5. | Sabbat - Dreamweaver |
| + 361 more |
Urs' Top 10 Of 2008 (updated)
How my tastes evolved over the last two years. For the sake of comparison, I reported the original list below the updated one.
| 1. | Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale |
| 2. | Virus - The Black Flux |
| 3. | TotalSelfHatred - Totalselfhatred |
| 4. | ColdWorld - Melancholie² |
| 5. | Mar De Grises - Draining The Waterheart |
| + 18 more |
2008: The Amphibian Halo (as In 'my Blurry View Of 2008')
Updated version of the list previously published here. You'll notice that the comments are a bit different for sure, as is the order:
1 to 3: best of the year (in preference order)
4 to 25: other…
1 to 3: best of the year (in preference order)
4 to 25: other…
| 1. | Textures - Silhouettes |
| 2. | Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale |
| 3. | Burst - Lazarus Bird |
| 4. | ADX - Division Blindée |
| 5. | Cynic - Traced In Air |
| + 20 more |