All albums sorted by number of votes.
1 Burzum "Hvis Lyset Tar Oss" 135
2 Agalloch "Pale Folklore" 127
3 Iron Maiden "Powerslave" 105
4 Metallica "Ride the Lightning" 101
5 Katatonia "Brave Murder Day" 92
6 Dissection "Storm of the Light's Bane" 90
7 Drudkh "Autumn Aurora" 84
8 Megadeth "Rust in Peace" 79
9 Mayhem "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas" 78
10 Darkthrone "Transilvanian Hunger" 73
11 Bathory "Blood Fire Death" 72
12 Slayer "Reign in Blood" 70
13 Empyrium "Songs of Moors and Misty Fields" 66
14 In the Woods... "HEart of the Ages" 62
15 Bruce Dickinson "The Chemical Wedding" 60
16 Ulver "Bergtatt" 60
17 Emperor "In the Nightside Eclipse" 59
18 Immortal "Pure Holocaust" 56
19 Hate Forest "Battlefields" 49
20 Sepultura "Beneath the Remains" 48
21 Candlemass "Nightfall" 47
22 Dark Tranquillity "The Gallery" 47
23 Exodus "Bonded by Blood" 47
24 Kreator "Coma of Souls" 47
25 Skepticism "Stormcrowfleet" 47
26 Amon Amarth "Once Sent From the Golden Hall" 44
27 Black Sabbath "Vol. 4" 43
28 Testament "The Legacy" 42
29 Anathema "Judgement" 40
30 Helheim "Jormundgand" 38
31 Thergothon "Stream From the Heavens" 38
32 Eucharist "A Velvet Creation" 36
33 Primordial "Spirit the Earth Aflame" 36
34 At the Gates "Slaughter of the Soul" 34
35 In Flames "The Jester Race" 33
36 Nile "Black Seeds of Vengeance" 33
37 Obituary "Cause of Death" 33
38 Enslaved "Vikingligr Veldi" 32
39 Edge of Sanity "Crimson" 31
40 King Diamond "Abigail" 30
41 Mercyful Fate "Don't Break the Oath" 29
42 My Dying Bride "Turn Loose the Swans" 28
43 Judas Priest "Stained Class" 27
44 Dark Angel "Darkness Descends" 26
45 Dismember "Like an Everflowing Stream" 26
46 Queensrÿche "Operation: Mindcrime" 26
47 Summoning "Dol Guldur" 26
48 Amorphis "Tales From the Thousand Lakes" 25
49 Destruction "Eternal Devastation" 25
50 Motörhead "Overkill" 25
51 Negurã Bunget "'N Crugu Bradului" 25
52 Nokturnal Mortum "Goat Horns" 25
53 Rotting Christ "Thy Mighty Contract" 25
54 Sodom "Agent Orange" 25
55 Xasthur "Nocturnal Poisoning" 25
56 Vintersorg "Till Fjälls" 24
57 Dawn "Slaughtersun" 23
58 Deströyer 666 "Cold Steel... for an Iron Age" 23
59 Neurosis "Through Silver in Blood" 22
60 Reverend Bizarre "In the Rectory of the Bizarre Reverend" 20
61 Annihilator "Alice in Hell" 18
62 Evergrey "Solitude Dominance Tragedy" 15
63 Exciter "Violence and Force" 15
64 Scald "Will of the Gods is Great Power" 15
Everything below this point went out in the first round:
65 Blind Guardian "Nightfall in Middle Earth" 14
66 Celtic Frost "To Mega Therion" 14
67 Meshuggah "Chaosphere" 14
68 The Lord Weird Slough Feg "Twilight of the Idols" 14
69 Venom "Black Metal" 14
70 Iced Earth "Night of the Stormrider" 13
71 Nevermore "Dreaming Neon Black" 13
72 Opeth "Morningrise" 13
73 Pantera "Cowboys From Hell" 13
74 Satyricon "Nemesis Divina" 13
75 Astrofaes "Heritage" 12
76 Carcass "Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious" 12
77 Isis "Panopticon" 12
78 Morbid Angel "Altars of Madness" 12
79 Behemoth "Zos Kia Cultus" 11
80 Cathedral "Forest of Equilibrium" 11
81 Deicide "Deicide" 11
82 Graveland "Thousand Swords" 11
83 Hammers of Misfortune "The Bastard" 11
84 Mithras "World Beyond the Veil" 11
85 Accept "Balls to the Wall" 10
86 Death Angel "The Ultra-Violence" 10
87 Dio "Holy Diver" 10
88 Entombed "Left Hand Path" 10
89 Mastodon "Remission" 10
90 Arch Enemy "Wages of Sin" 9
91 Beherit "Drawing Down the Moon" 9
92 Borknagar "Quintessence" 9
93 Death "Scream Bloody Gore" 9
94 Dream Theater "Awake" 9
95 Kayo Dot "Choirs of the Eye" 9
96 Moonspell "Wolfheart" 9
97 Saint Vitus "Born Too Late" 9
98 Anthrax "Among the Living" 8
99 Blut Aus Nord "The Work Which Transforms God" 8
100 Coroner "Mental Vortex" 8
101 Dimmu Borgir "Stormblåst" 8
102 Mastodon "Leviathan" 8
103 Napalm Death "Scum" 8
104 Sentenced "Amok" 8
105 Soilwork "A Predator's Portrait" 8
106 Suffocation "Pierced from Within" 8
107 Tiamat "Wildhoney" 8
108 Immolation "Close to a World Below" 7
109 Angra "Rebirth" 6
110 Godflesh "Streetcleaner" 6
111 Helloween "Walls of Jericho" 6
112 Overkill "The Years of Decay" 6
113 Samael "Passage" 6
114 Dark Funeral "Secrets of the Black Arts" 5
115 Manilla Road "Crystal Logic" 5
116 Pagan Altar "Vol. 1" 5
117 Unleashed "Where No Life Dwells" 5
118 Vader "Litany" 5
119 Cannibal Corpse "Tomb of the Mutilated" 4
120 Pestilence "Testimony of the Ancients" 4
121 Varathron "His Majesty at the Swamp" 4
122 Velvet Cacoon "Genevieve" 4
123 Children of Bodom "Hatebreeder" 3
124 Cradle of Filth "Dusk... and Her Embrace" 3
125 Manowar "Hail to England" 3
126 Nightwish "Wishmaster" 3
127 The Chasm "Deathcult for Eternity: The Triumph" 3
128 Stratovarius "Destiny" 0
Discuss. Notable things:
* The Chasm, Varathron, Pestilence (and arguably Manowar and Velvet Cacoon) really don't deserve to make the low 10, they were just up against exceptionally strong competition (or noone's heard them!)
* "Reign in Blood" didn't even make the top 10, but "Autumn Aurora", an album from last year, did.
1 Burzum "Hvis Lyset Tar Oss" 135
2 Agalloch "Pale Folklore" 127
3 Iron Maiden "Powerslave" 105
4 Metallica "Ride the Lightning" 101
5 Katatonia "Brave Murder Day" 92
6 Dissection "Storm of the Light's Bane" 90
7 Drudkh "Autumn Aurora" 84
8 Megadeth "Rust in Peace" 79
9 Mayhem "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas" 78
10 Darkthrone "Transilvanian Hunger" 73
11 Bathory "Blood Fire Death" 72
12 Slayer "Reign in Blood" 70
13 Empyrium "Songs of Moors and Misty Fields" 66
14 In the Woods... "HEart of the Ages" 62
15 Bruce Dickinson "The Chemical Wedding" 60
16 Ulver "Bergtatt" 60
17 Emperor "In the Nightside Eclipse" 59
18 Immortal "Pure Holocaust" 56
19 Hate Forest "Battlefields" 49
20 Sepultura "Beneath the Remains" 48
21 Candlemass "Nightfall" 47
22 Dark Tranquillity "The Gallery" 47
23 Exodus "Bonded by Blood" 47
24 Kreator "Coma of Souls" 47
25 Skepticism "Stormcrowfleet" 47
26 Amon Amarth "Once Sent From the Golden Hall" 44
27 Black Sabbath "Vol. 4" 43
28 Testament "The Legacy" 42
29 Anathema "Judgement" 40
30 Helheim "Jormundgand" 38
31 Thergothon "Stream From the Heavens" 38
32 Eucharist "A Velvet Creation" 36
33 Primordial "Spirit the Earth Aflame" 36
34 At the Gates "Slaughter of the Soul" 34
35 In Flames "The Jester Race" 33
36 Nile "Black Seeds of Vengeance" 33
37 Obituary "Cause of Death" 33
38 Enslaved "Vikingligr Veldi" 32
39 Edge of Sanity "Crimson" 31
40 King Diamond "Abigail" 30
41 Mercyful Fate "Don't Break the Oath" 29
42 My Dying Bride "Turn Loose the Swans" 28
43 Judas Priest "Stained Class" 27
44 Dark Angel "Darkness Descends" 26
45 Dismember "Like an Everflowing Stream" 26
46 Queensrÿche "Operation: Mindcrime" 26
47 Summoning "Dol Guldur" 26
48 Amorphis "Tales From the Thousand Lakes" 25
49 Destruction "Eternal Devastation" 25
50 Motörhead "Overkill" 25
51 Negurã Bunget "'N Crugu Bradului" 25
52 Nokturnal Mortum "Goat Horns" 25
53 Rotting Christ "Thy Mighty Contract" 25
54 Sodom "Agent Orange" 25
55 Xasthur "Nocturnal Poisoning" 25
56 Vintersorg "Till Fjälls" 24
57 Dawn "Slaughtersun" 23
58 Deströyer 666 "Cold Steel... for an Iron Age" 23
59 Neurosis "Through Silver in Blood" 22
60 Reverend Bizarre "In the Rectory of the Bizarre Reverend" 20
61 Annihilator "Alice in Hell" 18
62 Evergrey "Solitude Dominance Tragedy" 15
63 Exciter "Violence and Force" 15
64 Scald "Will of the Gods is Great Power" 15
Everything below this point went out in the first round:
65 Blind Guardian "Nightfall in Middle Earth" 14
66 Celtic Frost "To Mega Therion" 14
67 Meshuggah "Chaosphere" 14
68 The Lord Weird Slough Feg "Twilight of the Idols" 14
69 Venom "Black Metal" 14
70 Iced Earth "Night of the Stormrider" 13
71 Nevermore "Dreaming Neon Black" 13
72 Opeth "Morningrise" 13
73 Pantera "Cowboys From Hell" 13
74 Satyricon "Nemesis Divina" 13
75 Astrofaes "Heritage" 12
76 Carcass "Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious" 12
77 Isis "Panopticon" 12
78 Morbid Angel "Altars of Madness" 12
79 Behemoth "Zos Kia Cultus" 11
80 Cathedral "Forest of Equilibrium" 11
81 Deicide "Deicide" 11
82 Graveland "Thousand Swords" 11
83 Hammers of Misfortune "The Bastard" 11
84 Mithras "World Beyond the Veil" 11
85 Accept "Balls to the Wall" 10
86 Death Angel "The Ultra-Violence" 10
87 Dio "Holy Diver" 10
88 Entombed "Left Hand Path" 10
89 Mastodon "Remission" 10
90 Arch Enemy "Wages of Sin" 9
91 Beherit "Drawing Down the Moon" 9
92 Borknagar "Quintessence" 9
93 Death "Scream Bloody Gore" 9
94 Dream Theater "Awake" 9
95 Kayo Dot "Choirs of the Eye" 9
96 Moonspell "Wolfheart" 9
97 Saint Vitus "Born Too Late" 9
98 Anthrax "Among the Living" 8
99 Blut Aus Nord "The Work Which Transforms God" 8
100 Coroner "Mental Vortex" 8
101 Dimmu Borgir "Stormblåst" 8
102 Mastodon "Leviathan" 8
103 Napalm Death "Scum" 8
104 Sentenced "Amok" 8
105 Soilwork "A Predator's Portrait" 8
106 Suffocation "Pierced from Within" 8
107 Tiamat "Wildhoney" 8
108 Immolation "Close to a World Below" 7
109 Angra "Rebirth" 6
110 Godflesh "Streetcleaner" 6
111 Helloween "Walls of Jericho" 6
112 Overkill "The Years of Decay" 6
113 Samael "Passage" 6
114 Dark Funeral "Secrets of the Black Arts" 5
115 Manilla Road "Crystal Logic" 5
116 Pagan Altar "Vol. 1" 5
117 Unleashed "Where No Life Dwells" 5
118 Vader "Litany" 5
119 Cannibal Corpse "Tomb of the Mutilated" 4
120 Pestilence "Testimony of the Ancients" 4
121 Varathron "His Majesty at the Swamp" 4
122 Velvet Cacoon "Genevieve" 4
123 Children of Bodom "Hatebreeder" 3
124 Cradle of Filth "Dusk... and Her Embrace" 3
125 Manowar "Hail to England" 3
126 Nightwish "Wishmaster" 3
127 The Chasm "Deathcult for Eternity: The Triumph" 3
128 Stratovarius "Destiny" 0
Discuss. Notable things:
* The Chasm, Varathron, Pestilence (and arguably Manowar and Velvet Cacoon) really don't deserve to make the low 10, they were just up against exceptionally strong competition (or noone's heard them!)
* "Reign in Blood" didn't even make the top 10, but "Autumn Aurora", an album from last year, did.