Genre
Metal
The best metal albums, ranked: Master of Puppets, Ride the Lightning and Appetite for Destruction and 117 more.
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Faith No MoreThe best metal albums · 120
Master of Puppets
Metallica · 1986
Ride the Lightning
Metallica · 1984
Appetite for Destruction
Guns N’ Roses · 1987
Metallica
Metallica · 1991
…And Justice for All
Metallica · 1988
Kill ’Em All
Metallica · 1983
Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine · 1992
Reload
Metallica · 1997
Use Your Illusion II
Guns N’ Roses · 1991
Slipknot
Slipknot · 1999
The Number of the Beast
Iron Maiden · 1982
Death Magnetic
Metallica · 2008
Hardwired… to Self‐Destruct
Metallica · 2016
Dirt
Alice in Chains · 1992
St. Anger
Metallica · 2003
All Hope Is Gone
Slipknot · 2008
White Pony
Deftones · 2000
Iowa
Slipknot · 2001
Evil Empire
Rage Against the Machine · 1996
Piece of Mind
Iron Maiden · 1983
Powerslave
Iron Maiden · 1984
Rust in Peace
Megadeth · 1990
Blizzard of Ozz
Ozzy Osbourne · 1980
Paranoid
Black Sabbath · 1970
No More Tears
Ozzy Osbourne · 1991
Follow the Leader
Korn · 1998
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden · 1980
Load
Metallica · 1996
Somewhere in Time
Iron Maiden · 1986
Vulgar Display of Power
Pantera · 1992
Countdown to Extinction
Megadeth · 1992
Garage Inc.
Metallica · 1998
10,000 Days
Tool · 2006
Cowboys From Hell
Pantera · 1990
Killers
Iron Maiden · 1981
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Iron Maiden · 1988
Reign in Blood
Slayer · 1986
Peace Sells… but Who’s Buying?
Megadeth · 1986
Facelift
Alice in Chains · 1990
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath · 1970
Master of Reality
Black Sabbath · 1971
Diary of a Madman
Ozzy Osbourne · 1981
Youthanasia
Megadeth · 1994
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Black Sabbath · 2013
Bark at the Moon
Ozzy Osbourne · 1983
The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re‐Revisited
Metallica · 1987
Far Beyond Driven
Pantera · 1994
Patient Number 9
Ozzy Osbourne · 2022
Roots
Sepultura · 1996
The Ultimate Sin
Ozzy Osbourne · 1986
Vol 4
Black Sabbath · 1972
The Great Southern Trendkill
Pantera · 1996
Chaos A.D.
Sepultura · 1993
Heaven and Hell
Black Sabbath · 1980
So Far, So Good… So What!
Megadeth · 1988
Herzeleid
Rammstein · 1995
Melbourne Magnetic - November 18 2010
Metallica · 2010
Seasons in the Abyss
Slayer · 1990
South of Heaven
Slayer · 1988
The X Factor
Iron Maiden · 1995
Dystopia
Megadeth · 2016
Killing Is My Business… and Business Is Good!
Megadeth · 1985
Cryptic Writings
Megadeth · 1997
Ace of Spades
Motörhead · 1980
Down to Earth
Ozzy Osbourne · 2001
The Sick, the Dying… and the Dead!
Megadeth · 2022
2011-12-07: The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, USA
Metallica · 2011
Megadeth
Megadeth · 2026
God Hates Us All
Slayer · 2001
No Rest for the Wicked
Ozzy Osbourne · 1988
Virtual XI
Iron Maiden · 1998
Arise
Sepultura · 1991
Iron Maiden Audio Pieces 1986
Audio Pieces
Iron Maiden · 1986
Iron Maiden No me puedes dejar así / Decídete 1983
No me puedes dejar así / Decídete
Iron Maiden · 1983
Live After Death
Iron Maiden · 1985
Show No Mercy
Slayer · 1983
Reinventing the Steel
Pantera · 2000
Black Rain
Ozzy Osbourne · 2007
Mob Rules
Black Sabbath · 1981
Never Say Die!
Black Sabbath · 1978
Repentless
Slayer · 2015
Among the Living
Anthrax · 1987
Operation: Mindcrime
Queensrÿche · 1988
Technical Ecstasy
Black Sabbath · 1976
Hell Awaits
Slayer · 1985
Scream
Ozzy Osbourne · 2010
Risk
Megadeth · 1999
Opiate
Tool · 1992
Beneath the Remains
Sepultura · 1989
Spreading the Disease
Anthrax · 1985
Album of the Year
Faith No More · 1997
Overkill
Motörhead · 1979
Christ Illusion
Slayer · 2006
Born Again
Black Sabbath · 1983
Salival
Tool · 2000
Super Collider
Megadeth · 2013
Motörhead
Motörhead · 1977
Tribute
Ozzy Osbourne · 1987
Power Metal
Pantera · 1988
World Painted Blood
Slayer · 2009
The World Needs a Hero
Megadeth · 2001
Sap
Alice in Chains · 1992
Divine Intervention
Slayer · 1994
Diabolus in Musica
Slayer · 1998
A Real Dead One
Iron Maiden · 1993
Undisputed Attitude
Slayer · 1996
Persistence of Time
Anthrax · 1990
Empire
Queensrÿche · 1990
The System Has Failed
Megadeth · 2004
Schizophrenia
Sepultura · 1987
State of Euphoria
Anthrax · 1988
United Abominations
Megadeth · 2007
Orgasmatron
Motörhead · 1986
Orgullo, pasión, y gloria: Tres noches en La Ciudad de México
Metallica · 2009
Endgame
Megadeth · 2009
Bomber
Motörhead · 1979
I Am the Night
Pantera · 1985
Fistful of Metal
Anthrax · 1984
Metal Magic
Pantera · 1983
Th1rt3en
Megadeth · 2011