Rolling Stone: The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time

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#	Year	Title	Artist	Type	Rating	Releases
1	1970	Paranoid	Black Sabbath	Album	4.7	70
2	1986	Master of Puppets	Metallica	Album	4.6	74
3	1980	British Steel	Judas Priest	Album	4.05	31
4	1982	The Number of the Beast	Iron Maiden	Album	4.45	49
5	1970	Black Sabbath	Black Sabbath	Album	4.5	51
6	1986	Reign in Blood	Slayer	Album	4.35	37
7	1984	No Remorse	Motörhead	Album + Compilation	4.65	9
8	1986	Peace Sells… but Who’s Buying?	Megadeth	Album	4.2	30
9	1980	Blizzard of Ozz	Ozzy Osbourne	Album	4.15	28
10	1992	Vulgar Display of Power	Pantera	Album	4.15	18
11	1984	Ride the Lightning	Metallica	Album	4.65	58
12	1982	Screaming for Vengeance	Judas Priest	Album	4.6	25
13	1980	Iron Maiden	Iron Maiden	Album	4.3	32
14	1972	Vol 4	Black Sabbath	Album	4.2	38
15	1981	Diary of a Madman	Ozzy Osbourne	Album	3.6	21
16	1983	Holy Diver	Dio	Album	4.55	33
17	1983	Melissa	Mercyful Fate	Album	4.75	19
18	1996	Ænima	Tool	Album	4.5	18
19	1990	Rust in Peace	Megadeth	Album	4.3	31
20	1987	Among the Living	Anthrax	Album	3.75	22
21	1988	…And Justice for All	Metallica	Album	4.5	52
22	1981	Too Fast for Love	Mötley Crüe	Album	3	24
23	1988	Danzig	Danzig	Album	3.75	19
24	1992	Rage Against the Machine	Rage Against the Machine	Album	4.45	40
25	1991	Metallica (“The Black Album”)	Metallica	Album	4.1	58
26	1992	Dirt	Alice in Chains	Album	4.2	19
27	2001	Toxicity	System of a Down	Album	4.4	40
28	1984	Morbid Tales	Celtic Frost	Album	4	12
29	1993	Chaos A.D.	Sepultura	Album	4.3	19
30	1994	Korn	Korn	Album	3.95	14
31	1990	Seasons in the Abyss	Slayer	Album	4.55	32
32	1975	Sabotage	Black Sabbath	Album	3.95	34
33	1992	Countdown to Extinction	Megadeth	Album	3.9	34
34	1971	Master of Reality	Black Sabbath	Album	4.6	46
35	1983	Kill ’Em All	Metallica	Album	4.2	67
36	1980	Women and Children First	Van Halen	Album	4.1	32
37	1980	Heaven and Hell	Black Sabbath	Album	4.6	31
38	1984	Powerslave	Iron Maiden	Album	4.6	37
39	1994	Far Beyond Driven	Pantera	Album	3.8	16
40	1994	De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas	Mayhem	Album	4.7	17
41	1992	Blues for the Red Sun	Kyuss	Album	4.55	10
42	1980	Lightning to the Nations	Diamond Head	Album	4.25	9
43	1978	Stained Class	Judas Priest	Album	4.65	28
44	1983	Shout at the Devil	Mötley Crüe	Album	3.75	26
45	1985	Bonded by Blood	Exodus	Album	4.4	14
46	2004	Leviathan	Mastodon	Album	4.15	11
47	1988	South of Heaven	Slayer	Album	4.35	26
48	1976	Rising	Rainbow	Album	4.9	27
49	1996	Through Silver in Blood	Neurosis	Album	4.55	7
50	2001	Iowa	Slipknot	Album	4.25	17
51	1993	Heartwork	Carcass	Album	4.4	25
52	1983	Pyromania	Def Leppard	Album	4	38
53	1993	Bloody Kisses	Type O Negative	Album	4.15	20
54	1992	Meantime	Helmet	Album	4	11
55	2001	Blackwater Park	Opeth	Album	4.5	21
56	1999	Calculating Infinity	The Dillinger Escape Plan	Album	3.85	6
57	1997	Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk	Emperor	Album	4.2	29
58	1993	River Runs Red	Life of Agony	Album	2.65	8
59	1988	From Enslavement to Obliteration	Napalm Death	Album	3.65	12
60	1991	Bullhead	Melvins	Album	4	4
61	2001	Jane Doe	Converge	Album	4	13
62	1996	Jerusalem (52 minute version)	Sleep	Album	4.3	7
63	1989	Agent Orange	Sodom	Album	4.5	9
64	1989	Streetcleaner	Godflesh	Album	4.25	11
65	1992	Angel Dust	Faith No More	Album	3.9	26
66	2000	White Pony	Deftones	Album	4.3	28
67	1988	Operation: Mindcrime	Queensrÿche	Album	4.55	26
68	1994	Portrait of an American Family	Marilyn Manson	Album	3.75	13
69	1989	Louder Than Love	Soundgarden	Album	3.85	14
70	1991	Human	Death	Album	4.35	23
71	1988	Vivid	Living Colour	Album	3.35	16
72	2002	Oceanic	Isis	Album	4.5	15
73	1982	Blackout	Scorpions	Album	4.15	24
74	1981	Welcome to Hell	Venom	Album	3.65	12
75	1993	Covenant	Morbid Angel	Album	3.85	19
76	1984	Stay Hungry	Twisted Sister	Album	4.15	22
77	1995	Destroy Erase Improve	Meshuggah	Album		10
78	1988	Dimension Hatröss	Voivod	Album	3.25	15
79	1995	Slaughter of the Soul	At the Gates	Album	4.1	18
80	1992	ΚΕΦΑΛΗΞΘ (aka Psalm 69)	Ministry	Album	4.15	16
81	1987	Under the Sign of the Black Mark	Bathory	Album	4.55	8
82	1990	Left Hand Path	Entombed	Album	4.15	13
83	2007	Red Album	Baroness	Album	3.5	7
84	2005	Blessed Black Wings	High on Fire	Album	3	5
85	1994	Transilvanian Hunger	Darkthrone	Album	4.5	9
86	2003	As the Palaces Burn	Lamb of God	Album	4	8
87	1984	Hail to England	Manowar	Album	4.25	15
88	2004	Terrifyer	Pig Destroyer	Album	5	5
89	2004	Once	Nightwish	Album	4	28
90	1992	Body Count	Body Count	Album	4	7
91	1990	Torture Garden	Naked City	Album	3.4	3
92	1993	Take as Needed for Pain	Eyehategod	Album		6
93	1992	La Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1	White Zombie	Album	4	7
94	2013	Sunbather	Deafheaven	Album	3.5	6
95	1992	Images and Words	Dream Theater	Album	4.3	13
96	2013	Meir	Kvelertak	Album	3	7
97	2005	From Mars to Sirius	Gojira	Album	4.25	9
98	2009	Monoliths & Dimensions	Sunn O)))	Album	3.5	6
99	2003	Fallen	Evanescence	Album	4	39
100	2005	City of Evil	Avenged Sevenfold	Album	3.4	13

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