100 Greatest Metal Albums

[Chastise]

According to; www.digitaldreamdoor.com (I copied it from sourtimes.org)

1. paranoid - black sabbath
2. number of the beast - iron maiden
3. master of puppets - metallica
4. powerslave - iron maiden
5. black sabbath - black sabbath
6. ride the lightning - metallica
7. piece of mind - iron maiden
8. sad wings of destiny - judas priest
9. operation: mindcrime - queensryche
10. rust in peace - megadeth
11. screaming for vengeance - judas priest
12. blizzard of ozz - ozzy osbourne
13. seventh son of a seventh son - iron maiden
14. master of reality - black sabbath
15. reign in blood - slayer
16. holy diver - dio
17. rainbow rising - rainbow
18. painkiller - judas priest
19. appetite for destruction - guns 'n roses
20. british steel - judas priest
21. peace sells...but who's buying? - megadeth
22. van halen - van halen
23. ...and justice for all - metallica
24. somewhere in time - iron maiden
25. diary of a madman - ozzy osbourne
26. kill 'em all - metallica
27. ace of spades - motorhead
28. ritchie blackmore's rainbow - rainbow
29. don't break the oath - mercyful fate
30. sabotage - black sabbath
31. overkill - motorhead
32. volume 4 - black sabbath
33. stained class - judas priest
34. destroyer - kiss
35. lateralus - tool
36. welcome to hell - venom
37. long live rock and roll - rainbow
38. seasons in the abyss - slayer
39. cowboys from hell - pantera
40. 1984 - van halen
41. heaven & hell - black sabbath
42. pyromania - def leppard
43. sabbath bloody sabbath - black sabbath
44. metallica (black album) - metallica
45. abigail - king diamond
46. iron maiden - iron maiden
47. keeper of the seven keys pt. i - helloween
48. lightning to the nations - diamond head
49. hell bent for leather - judas priest
50. aenima - tool
51. vulgar display of power - pantera
52. badmotorfinger - soundgarden
53. black water park - opeth
54. killers - iron maiden
55. defenders of the faith - judas priest
56. south of heaven - slayer
57. among the living - anthrax
58. black metal - venom
59. hall of the mountain king - savatage
60. symbolic - death
61. bonded by blood - exodus
62. balls to the wall - accept
63. images & words - dream theater
64. love gun - kiss
65. far beyond driven - pantera
66. hysteria - def leppard
67. shout at the devil - motley crue
68. awake - dream theater
69. dirt - alice in chains
70. countdown to extinction - megadeth
71. melissa - mercyful fate
72. toxicity - system of a down
73. scum - napalm death
74. rage against the machine - rage against the machine
75. dark saga - iced earth
76. virgin killer - scorpions
77. divine wings of tragedy - symphony x
78. hail to england - manowar
79. the mob rules - black sabbath
80. sin after sin - judas priest
81. hell awaits - slayer
82. dr. feelgood - motley crue
83. skid row - skid row
84. scenes from a memory - dream theater
85. blackout - scorpions
86. slave to the grind - skid row
87. de mysteriis dom sathanas - mayhem
88. hatebreeder - children of bodom
89. blind - corrison of conformity
90. tales from the twilight world - blind guardian
91. killing is my business...and business is good - megadeth
92. the last command - w.a.s.p.
93. edge of thorns - savatage
94. beneath the remains - sepultura
95. the legacy - testament
96. the jester race - in flames
97. the chemical wedding - bruce dickinson
98. practice what you preach - testament
99. chaos a.d. - sepultura
100. human - death

Not cool...

 

[ConvergeNerd]

According to; www.digitaldreamdoor.com (I copied it from sourtimes.org)

1. paranoid - black sabbath
2. number of the beast - iron maiden
3. master of puppets - metallica
4. powerslave - iron maiden
5. black sabbath - black sabbath
6. ride the lightning - metallica
7. piece of mind - iron maiden
8. sad wings of destiny - judas priest
9. operation: mindcrime - queensryche
10. rust in peace - megadeth
11. screaming for vengeance - judas priest
12. blizzard of ozz - ozzy osbourne
13. seventh son of a seventh son - iron maiden
14. master of reality - black sabbath
15. reign in blood - slayer
16. holy diver - dio
17. rainbow rising - rainbow
18. painkiller - judas priest
19. appetite for destruction - guns 'n roses
20. british steel - judas priest
21. peace sells...but who's buying? - megadeth
22. van halen - van halen
23. ...and justice for all - metallica
24. somewhere in time - iron maiden
25. diary of a madman - ozzy osbourne
26. kill 'em all - metallica
27. ace of spades - motorhead
28. ritchie blackmore's rainbow - rainbow
29. don't break the oath - mercyful fate
30. sabotage - black sabbath
31. overkill - motorhead
32. volume 4 - black sabbath
33. stained class - judas priest
34. destroyer - kiss
35. lateralus - tool
36. welcome to hell - venom
37. long live rock and roll - rainbow
38. seasons in the abyss - slayer
39. cowboys from hell - pantera
40. 1984 - van halen
41. heaven & hell - black sabbath
42. pyromania - def leppard
43. sabbath bloody sabbath - black sabbath
44. metallica (black album) - metallica
45. abigail - king diamond
46. iron maiden - iron maiden
47. keeper of the seven keys pt. i - helloween
48. lightning to the nations - diamond head
49. hell bent for leather - judas priest
50. aenima - tool
51. vulgar display of power - pantera
52. badmotorfinger - soundgarden
53. black water park - opeth
54. killers - iron maiden
55. defenders of the faith - judas priest
56. south of heaven - slayer
57. among the living - anthrax
58. black metal - venom
59. hall of the mountain king - savatage
60. symbolic - death
61. bonded by blood - exodus
62. balls to the wall - accept
63. images & words - dream theater
64. love gun - kiss
65. far beyond driven - pantera
66. hysteria - def leppard
67. shout at the devil - motley crue
68. awake - dream theater
69. dirt - alice in chains
70. countdown to extinction - megadeth
71. melissa - mercyful fate
72. toxicity - system of a down
73. scum - napalm death
74. rage against the machine - rage against the machine
75. dark saga - iced earth
76. virgin killer - scorpions
77. divine wings of tragedy - symphony x
78. hail to england - manowar
79. the mob rules - black sabbath
80. sin after sin - judas priest
81. hell awaits - slayer
82. dr. feelgood - motley crue
83. skid row - skid row
84. scenes from a memory - dream theater
85. blackout - scorpions
86. slave to the grind - skid row
87. de mysteriis dom sathanas - mayhem
88. hatebreeder - children of bodom
89. blind - corrison of conformity
90. tales from the twilight world - blind guardian
91. killing is my business...and business is good - megadeth
92. the last command - w.a.s.p.
93. edge of thorns - savatage
94. beneath the remains - sepultura
95. the legacy - testament
96. the jester race - in flames
97. the chemical wedding - bruce dickinson
98. practice what you preach - testament
99. chaos a.d. - sepultura
100. human - death

Not cool...

Albums in bold aren't even metal. Tool sure as fuck is not a metal band. Soundgarden is hard rock. More than half of the bands that I put in bold are also hair "metal", which is not metal. It's hard rock.

 

[Metal head87]

I disagree about Mindcrime though. I wouldn't call it prog, but it was a heavy metal album.
Ozzy Osbourne=overrated as hell and not metal. I hate his music with a passion. Not just because of his wife though. I hated him even before his wife got on my nerves.

 

[sdmf2]

the list is garbage. the first 7 albums are by the same 3 bands...

 

[Folklore]

thats whats bothering me here, the band names are very repetitive here.

 

[AnTz0r]

allright, make your own top 10. opinions are like assholes, everybody has one

 

[Metal head87]

I have a top ten, but it's pretty much King Diamond, Mercyful Fate and Death albums. I'll make a top 100 later, I don't feel like doing it now. But there will be no Ozzy Osbourne, Metallica or Pantera in it that's for sure.

 

[Orfanos]

This top 100 is absolutely garbage.

Where is Fates Warning? Psychotic Waltz? Cloven Hoof? Only one from Manowar? There are many other names I can mention that they are missed (and yes, El Norra Alila is easily in the top 100 list of mine).

 

[Metal head87]

I wouldn't call this my definitive top 50 since everything after 20 were just put in the order of how it popped in my head. But here's something.

1) Don't Break The Oath- Mercyful Fate
2) Abigail- King Diamond
3) Melissa- Mercyful Fate
4) Sounds Of Perseverance- Death
5) Individual Though Patterns- Death
6) Mercyful Fate- Mercyful Fate
7) Human- Death
8) Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness- Green Carnation
9) Scream Bloody Gore- Death
10) Them- King Diamond
11) Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son- Iron Maiden
12) Deep Horizon- Scott Mosher
13) For All Tid- Dimmu Borgir
14) The Olden Domain- Borknagar
15) At The Heart Of Winter- Immortal
16) Elegy- Amorphis
17) The Fragile Art Of Existence- Control Denied
18) Focus- Cynic
19) Unquestionable Presence- Atheist
20) Brave New World- Iron Maiden
21) Extreme Aggression- Kreator
22) Powerslave- Iron Maiden
23) Whoracle- In Flames
24) De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas- Mayhem
25) Morbid Tales- Celtic Frost
26) In The Nightside Eclipse- Emperor
27) Transylvanian Hunger- Darkthrone
28) The Chainheart Machine- Soilwork
29) Images And Words- Dream Theater
30) Time Requiem- Time Requiem
31) Isa- Enslaved
32) The Inner Circle- Evergrey
33) Bonded By Blood- Exodus
34) Seven Chruches- Possessed
35) Battle Hymns- Manowar
36) Metal Church- Metal Church
37) Control And Resistance- Watchtower
38) Mind's Eye- Vinnie Moore
39) Ink Compatible- Spastic Ink
40) Forward To Termination- Sacrifice
41) Unlimited- Susperia
42) Urkraft- Thyrfing
43) Nosferatu- Helstar
44) Spiritual Black Dimension- Dimmu Borgir
45) To Mega Therion- Celtic Frost
46) Fate Of Norns- Amon Amarth
47) Sphynx- Melechesh
48) Riders Of The Apocalypse- Demonoid
49) Beneath The Remains- Sepultura
50) Character- Dark Tranquillity

 

[in_absentia]

for all tid also i have to say puritanical euphoric misanthropia.

 

[Imrama]

99. chaos a.d. - sepultura


hmm that should be far higher in the list.

kreator's endorama and pleasure to kill should sneak into the top 100.

darkness descends by dark angel too.