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Top 100 Heavy metal albums


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    Top 100 Heavy metal albums

    1 Judas Priest
    Painkiller (1990)
    9.26
    2249
    2 Black Sabbath
    Paranoid (1970)
    9.2
    2025
    3 Iron Maiden
    Powerslave (1984)
    9.16
    2740
    4 Iron Maiden
    9.13
    2915
    5 Iron Maiden
    9.13
    2494
    6 Rainbow
    Rising (1976)
    9.12
    878
    7 Led Zeppelin
    9.12
    1236
    8 Queensrÿche
    9.06
    1089
    9 Black Sabbath
    9.01
    1354
    10 Dio
    Holy Diver (1983)
    9
    1340
    11 Black Sabbath
    Black Sabbath (1970)
    8.99
    1689
    12 Deep Purple
    Machine Head (1972)
    8.99
    851
    13 Black Sabbath
    8.98
    1466
    14 W.A.S.P.
    8.94
    576
    15 King Diamond
    Abigail (1987)
    8.91
    799
    16 Alice In Chains
    Dirt (1992)
    8.91
    962
    17 Nevermore
    8.9
    1036
    18 Nevermore
    8.88
    1143
    19 Iron Maiden
    8.86
    2159
    20 Crimson Glory
    Transcendence (1988)
    8.84
    367
    21 Judas Priest
    8.82
    1368
    22 Iron Maiden
    Piece Of Mind (1983)
    8.82
    2284
    23 Led Zeppelin
    8.82
    841
    24 Mercyful Fate
    8.82
    723
    25 Judas Priest
    8.81
    1155
    26 Mercyful Fate
    Melissa (1983)
    8.81
    744
    27 Motörhead
    Ace Of Spades (1980)
    8.81
    850
    28 Motörhead
    Overkill (1979)
    8.8
    680
    29 Black Sabbath
    8.78
    1236
    30 Savatage
    8.77
    565
    31 Savatage
    Gutter Ballet (1989)
    8.77
    490
    32 Deep Purple
    In Rock (1970)
    8.75
    667
    33 Led Zeppelin
    Led Zeppelin (1969)
    8.75
    844
    34 Running Wild
    8.75
    395
    35 Warlord
    8.73
    122
    36 Judas Priest
    8.71
    1024
    37 Van Halen
    Van Halen (1978)
    8.7
    467
    38 Jason Becker
    8.7
    106
    39 Ozzy Osbourne
    8.7
    828
    40 Tony MacAlpine
    8.68
    38
    41 Aria
    8.67
    88
    42 Iced Earth
    8.66
    1003
    43 Rainbow
    8.66
    539
    44 Riot
    ThunderSteel (1988)
    8.65
    224
    45 Iron Maiden
    8.65
    2026
    46 Led Zeppelin
    8.64
    614
    47 Bruce Dickinson
    8.64
    537
    48 Running Wild
    8.64
    357
    49 Diamond Head
    8.64
    279
    50 Rainbow
    8.64
    605
    51 Dio
    8.64
    712
    52 Aria
    8.63
    97
    53 Crimson Glory
    Crimson Glory (1986)
    8.63
    256
    54 Down
    Nola (1995)
    8.63
    401
    55 W.A.S.P.
    8.63
    417
    56 Motörhead
    Inferno (2004)
    8.62
    468
    57 Metal Church
    Metal Church (1984)
    8.62
    372
    58 King Diamond
    Conspiracy (1989)
    8.62
    449
    59 Aria
    8.62
    68
    60 Virgin Steele
    8.62
    167
    61 Accept
    8.62
    487
    62 Spiritual Beggars
    Ad Astra (2000)
    8.61
    137
    63 Virgin Steele
    Invictus (1998)
    8.61
    235
    64 Sentenced
    8.61
    493
    65 Scorpions
    Blackout (1982)
    8.6
    435
    66 Scorpions
    8.6
    408
    67 Iron Maiden
    Iron Maiden (1980)
    8.6
    1968
    68 W.A.S.P.
    W.A.S.P. (1984)
    8.6
    451
    69 Bruce Dickinson
    8.6
    430
    70 Iced Earth
    8.59
    675
    71 Running Wild
    Port Royal (1988)
    8.59
    313
    72 Manowar
    8.59
    711
    73 Savatage
    8.59
    399
    74 Iced Earth
    8.58
    760
    75 Megadeth
    8.57
    1926
    76 Paul Gilbert
    Fuzz Universe (2010)
    8.57
    40
    77 Mägo De Oz
    Finisterra (2000)
    8.57
    150
    78 Iced Earth
    The Dark Saga (1996)
    8.56
    808
    79 Halford
    Resurrection (2000)
    8.56
    266
    80 Ozzy Osbourne
    8.56
    580
    81 Marty Friedman
    Dragon's Kiss (1988)
    8.55
    99
    82 Judas Priest
    Stained Class (1978)
    8.55
    877
    83 Paul Gilbert
    8.55
    31
    84 King Diamond
    The Eye (1990)
    8.55
    376
    85 Almafuerte
    8.55
    20
    86 Accept
    8.55
    560
    87 Black Sabbath
    Mob Rules (1981)
    8.55
    870
    88 The Lord Weird Slough Feg
    Traveller (2003)
    8.55
    76
    89 Savatage
    8.55
    356
    90 Accept
    8.54
    553
    91 White Skull
    8.54
    63
    92 Kat
    8.53
    57
    93 King Diamond
    "Them" (1988)
    8.53
    522
    94 Judas Priest
    Firepower (2018)
    8.53
    857
    95 Nevermore
    8.53
    592
    96 White Skull
    8.53
    68
    97 Tony MacAlpine
    8.52
    31
    98 Hibria
    8.52
    132
    99 Rage
    Black In Mind (1995)
    8.52
    173
    100 The Lord Weird Slough Feg
    8.52
    60