Top Alternative Metal Albums
Rank
All Time
Artist
Album
Subgenre(s)
Other Genre(s)
Year
1
203
Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine
Rap Metal
Rap Rock
1992
2
466
Jane's Addiction
Nothing's Shocking
Alternative Rock
,
Hard Rock
1988
3
585
Alice in Chains
Dirt
Grunge
1992
4
673
System of a Down
Toxicity
2001
5
770
Sepultura
Roots
Nu Metal
Groove Metal
1996
6
867
Tool
Aenima
1996
7
938
Soundgarden
Badmotorfinger
Grunge
,
Hard Rock
1991
8
1009
Rage Against the Machine
The Battle of Los Angeles
Rap Metal
1999
9
1113
Faith No More
The Real Thing
Funk Metal
Alternative Rock
1989
10
1168
Bad Brains
I Against I
Hardcore Punk
1986
11
1196
Faith No More
Angel Dust
Alternative Rock
1992
12
1301
Korn
Korn
Nu Metal
1994
13
1448
Tool
Lateralus
Progressive Rock
2001
14
1457
Living Colour
Vivid
Funk Metal
Hard Rock
1988
15
1558
Therapy?
Troublegum
Alternative Rock
1994
16
1818
Deftones
White Pony
Alternative Rock
2000
17
2172
Slipknot
Slipknot
Nu Metal
1999
18
2244
Helmet
Meantime
1992
19
2370
Living Colour
Time's Up
Funk Metal
Hard Rock
1990
20
2395
Korn
Follow the Leader
Nu Metal
1998
21
2425
Deftones
Around the Fur
Nu Metal
1997
22
2585
System of a Down
System of a Down
1998
23
2657
Rage Against the Machine
Evil Empire
Rap Metal
1996
Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
System of a Down
Mezmerize
2005
Deftones
Diamond Eyes
2010
Body Count
Body Count
Rap Metal
Crossover Thrash
1992
Faith No More
King for a Day - Fool for a Lifetime
1995
Linkin Park
Hybrid Theory
Nu Metal
Rap Rock
2000
Primus
Sailing the Seas of Cheese
Funk Metal
1991
Tool
Undertow
1993
Deftones
Koi no Yokan
2012
Slipknot
Iowa
Nu Metal
2001
Primus
Pork Soda
Funk Metal
Alternative Rock
,
Funk Rock
1993
Faith No More
Sol Invictus
Alternative Rock
2015
Slipknot
We Are Not Your Kind
2019
Soundgarden
Louder Than Love
Grunge
,
Hard Rock
1989
Tool
10,000 Days
Progressive Rock
2006
Deftones
Gore
Alternative Rock
2016
Alice in Chains
Black Gives Way to Blue
Grunge
2009
Metallica
St. Anger
2003
Slipknot
All Hope Is Gone
2008