Best Metal Albums of All Time

51 lists

Overall top choices

1. Master of Puppets

   (Metallica)

   Rank1

   

2. The Number of the Beast

   (Iron Maiden)

   Rank2

   

3. Metallica

   (Metallica)

   Rank3

   

4. Reign in Blood

   (Slayer)

   Rank4

   

5. Back in Black

   (AC/DC)

   Rank4

   

6. Ace of Spades

   (Motörhead)

   Rank6

   

7. Killers

   (Iron Maiden)

   Rank7

   

8. Cowboys from Hell

   (Pantera)

   Rank8

   

9. Kill 'Em All

   (Metallica)

   Rank8

   

10. British Steel

    (Judas Priest)

    Rank10

    

11. Paranoid

    (Black Sabbath)

    Rank10

    

12. Iron Maiden

    (Iron Maiden)

    Rank10

    

13. Powerslave

    (Iron Maiden)

    Rank10

    

14. Vulgar Display of Power

    (Pantera)

    Rank14

    

15. Destroyer

    (Kiss)

    Rank14

    

16. ...And Justice for All

    (Metallica)

    Rank14

    

17. Van Halen

    (Van Halen)

    Rank14

    

18. Holy Diver

    (Dio)

    Rank14

    

19. Pyromania

    (Def Leppard)

    Rank19

    

20. Black Sabbath

    (Black Sabbath)

    Rank19