Top Metal Albums
Rank All Time Artist Album Subgenre(s) Other Genre(s) Year
1
160
 Black Sabbath Paranoid Heavy Metal Hard Rock 1970
2
175
 Metallica Master of Puppets Thrash Metal 1986
3
203
 Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine Rap Metal Rap Rock 1992
4
220
 Metallica Metallica ["The Black Album"] Heavy Metal 1991
5
323
 Slayer Reign in Blood Thrash Metal 1986
6
429
 Iron Maiden The Number of the Beast NWOBHM 1982
7
466
 Jane's Addiction Nothing's Shocking Alternative Metal Alternative Rock, Hard Rock 1988
8
497
 Black Sabbath Black Sabbath Heavy Metal Hard Rock 1970
9
585
 Alice in Chains Dirt Alternative Metal Grunge 1992
10
639
 Deafheaven Sunbather Blackgaze 2013
11
673
 System of a Down Toxicity Alternative Metal 2001
12
682
 Motörhead Ace of Spades Heavy Metal Hard Rock 1980
13
713
 Metallica Kill 'Em All Thrash Metal 1983
14
747
 Motörhead No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith Heavy Metal Hard Rock 1981
15
770
 Sepultura Roots Groove Metal, Nu Metal 1996
16
784
 Black Sabbath Master of Reality Heavy Metal Hard Rock 1971
17
867
 Tool Aenima Alternative Metal 1996
18
899
 Pantera Vulgar Display of Power Groove Metal, Thrash Metal 1992
19
938
 Soundgarden Badmotorfinger Alternative Metal Grunge, Hard Rock 1991
20
1009
 Rage Against the Machine The Battle of Los Angeles Rap Metal 1999
21
1068
 Metallica Ride the Lightning Thrash Metal 1984
22
1113
 Faith No More The Real Thing Funk Metal Alternative Rock 1989
23
1120
 Ozzy Osbourne Blizzard of Ozz Heavy Metal Hard Rock 1980
24
1159
 Marilyn Manson Antichrist Superstar Industrial Metal Industrial Rock 1996
25
1168
 Bad Brains I Against I Alternative Metal Hardcore Punk 1986
26
1196
 Faith No More Angel Dust Alternative Metal Alternative Rock 1992
27
1200
 Black Sabbath Vol. 4 Heavy Metal Hard Rock 1972
28
1225
 Kyuss Blues for the Red Sun Stoner Metal Stoner Rock 1992
29
1248
 Metallica ...And Justice for All Thrash Metal 1988
30
1269
 Kyuss Welcome to Sky Valley Stoner Metal Stoner Rock 1994
31
1275
 Ministry Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed & the Way to Suck Eggs Industrial Metal 1992
32
1301
 Korn Korn Nu Metal 1994
33
1313
 Motörhead Overkill Heavy Metal Hard Rock 1979
34
1349
 Judas Priest British Steel Heavy Metal 1980
35
1381
 Napalm Death Scum Grindcore 1987
36
1448
 Tool Lateralus Alternative Metal Progressive Rock 2001
37
1457
 Living Colour Vivid Funk Metal Hard Rock 1988
38
1485
 Iron Maiden Iron Maiden NWOBHM 1980
39
1512
 Queensrÿche Operation: Mindcrime Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal 1988
40
1558
 Therapy? Troublegum Alternative Metal Alternative Rock 1994
41
1570
 Converge All We Love We Leave Behind Metalcore 2012
42
1671
 Mastodon Leviathan Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal 2004
43
1676
 Black Sabbath Heaven and Hell Heavy Metal Hard Rock 1980
44
1818
 Deftones White Pony Alternative Metal Alternative Rock 2000
45
1868
 Black Sabbath Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Heavy Metal Hard Rock 1973
46
1929
 Rainbow Rising Heavy Metal Hard Rock 1976
47
1941
 Venom Black Metal NWOBHM, Speed Metal 1982
48
1949
 Deafheaven New Bermuda Atmospheric Black Metal 2015
49
1973
 Dio Holy Diver Heavy Metal 1983
50
2038
 Mastodon Crack the Skye Progressive Metal 2009
51
2075
 Megadeth Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? Speed Metal, Thrash Metal 1986
52
2119
 Anthrax Among the Living Thrash Metal 1987
53
2152
 Sunn O))) Monoliths And Dimensions Drone Metal Drone 2009
54
2153
 Ministry The Land of Rape and Honey Industrial Metal Industrial, Industrial Rock 1988
55
2165
 Slayer Seasons in the Abyss Thrash Metal 1990
56
2172
 Slipknot Slipknot Nu Metal 1999
57
2199
 Megadeth Rust in Peace Speed Metal, Thrash Metal 1990
58
2207
 Judas Priest Screaming for Vengeance Heavy Metal 1982
59
2244
 Helmet Meantime Alternative Metal 1992
60
2341
 Iron Maiden Powerslave NWOBHM 1984
61
2370
 Living Colour Time's Up Funk Metal Hard Rock 1990
62
2376
 Tool Fear Inoculum Progressive Metal 2019
63
2383
 Mötley Crüe Shout at the Devil Heavy Metal Glam Metal 1983
64
2385
 Power Trip Nightmare Logic Thrash Metal 2017
65
2395
 Korn Follow the Leader Nu Metal 1998
66
2425
 Deftones Around the Fur Nu Metal 1997
67
2469
 Fear Factory Demanufacture Industrial Metal 1995
68
2470
 Slayer South of Heaven Thrash Metal 1988
69
2508
 Scorpions Lovedrive Heavy Metal Hard Rock 1979
70
2585
 System of a Down System of a Down Alternative Metal 1998
71
2607
 Neurosis Through Silver in Blood Atmospheric Sludge Metal 1996
72
2623
 Sepultura Chaos A.D. Groove Metal, Thrash Metal 1993
73
2657
 Rage Against the Machine Evil Empire Rap Metal 1996
74
2711
 Melvins Houdini Sludge Metal 1993
75
2715
 Judas Priest Painkiller Heavy Metal 1990
76
2761
 Behemoth The Satanist Death Metal 2014
77
2918
 Mastodon Blood Mountain Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal 2006
78
2940
 Scorpions Blackout Heavy Metal Hard Rock 1982
79
2946
 Machine Head Burn My Eyes Groove Metal, Thrash Metal 1994

Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
System of a Down Mezmerize Alternative Metal 2005
Emperor In the Nightside Eclipse Symphonic Black Metal 1994
Godflesh Streetcleaner Industrial Metal, Sludge Metal 1989
Deftones Diamond Eyes Alternative Metal 2010
Body Count Body Count Crossover Thrash, Rap Metal 1992
Sepultura Arise Thrash Metal 1991
Naked City Torture Garden Grindcore Avant-Garde Jazz 1989
Opeth Blackwater Park Progressive Metal 2001
Iron Maiden Killers NWOBHM 1981
Scott Walker & Sunn O))) Soused Drone Metal Experimental Rock 2014
Ozzy Osbourne Diary of a Madman Heavy Metal Hard Rock 1981
Faith No More King for a Day - Fool for a Lifetime Alternative Metal 1995
Mastodon The Hunter Progressive Metal 2011
Rainbow Long Live Rock 'n' Roll Heavy Metal Hard Rock 1978
Baroness Blue Record Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal 2009
Linkin Park Hybrid Theory Nu Metal Rap Rock 2000
Black Sabbath Sabotage Heavy Metal Hard Rock 1975
Ministry The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste Industrial Metal Industrial Rock 1989
Entombed Wolverine Blues Death 'n' Roll 1993
Boris Pink Stoner Metal Noise Rock 2005
Type O Negative Bloody Kisses Gothic Metal 1993
Scorpions Love at First Sting Heavy Metal Hard Rock 1984
Pallbearer Foundations of Burden Doom Metal 2014
Dream Theater Images & Words Progressive Metal 1992
Baroness Purple Stoner Metal 2015
Gorguts Colored Sands Technical Death Metal 2013
Sepultura Beneath the Remains Thrash Metal 1989
Ghost Meliora Heavy Metal Hard Rock 2015
YOB Clearing the Path to Ascend Doom Metal 2014
White Zombie Astro-Creep: 2000 - Songs of Love, Destruction and Other Synthetic Delusions of the Electric Head Groove Metal, Industrial Metal 1995
Carcass Surgical Steel Melodic Death Metal 2013
Judas Priest Unleashed in the East - Live in Japan Heavy Metal 1979
The Dillinger Escape Plan Calculating Infinity Mathcore 1999
Danzig Danzig Heavy Metal Hard Rock 1988
Primus Sailing the Seas of Cheese Funk Metal 1991
Pantera Cowboys from Hell Groove Metal, Thrash Metal 1990
Deafheaven Ordinary Corrupt Human Love Blackgaze, Post-Metal 2018
Tribulation The Children of the Night Gothic Metal, Heavy Metal 2015
Iron Maiden Seventh Son of a Seventh Son Heavy Metal 1988
Oranssi Pazuzu Varahtelija Black Metal Psychedelic Rock 2016
Tool Undertow Alternative Metal 1993
Converge Axe to Fall Metalcore 2009
Converge Jane Doe Mathcore 2001
Pantera Far Beyond Driven Groove Metal 1994
Metallica Death Magnetic Thrash Metal 2008
Anthrax Spreading the Disease Thrash Metal 1985
Electric Wizard Dopethrone Doom Metal, Stoner Metal 2000
Deftones Koi no Yokan Alternative Metal 2012
Gojira Magma Groove Metal, Progressive Metal 2016
Iron Maiden Live After Death NWOBHM 1985
Judas Priest Sad Wings of Destiny Heavy Metal 1976
Kvelertak Kvelertak Black 'n' Roll Hardcore Punk 2010
Slipknot Iowa Nu Metal 2001
Def Leppard High 'n' Dry NWOBHM Hard Rock 1981
Agalloch Marrow of the Spirit Atmospheric Black Metal 2010
Sleep The Sciences Doom Metal, Stoner Metal 2018
Converge The Dusk in Us Metalcore 2017
Primus Pork Soda Funk Metal Alternative Rock, Funk Rock 1993
Faith No More Sol Invictus Alternative Metal Alternative Rock 2015
Slipknot We Are Not Your Kind Alternative Metal 2019
Chelsea Wolfe Hiss Spun Doom Metal Gothic Rock 2017
Iron Maiden The Book of Souls Heavy Metal 2015
Baroness Red Album Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal 2007
Soundgarden Louder Than Love Alternative Metal Grunge, Hard Rock 1989
The Dillinger Escape Plan One of Us Is the Killer Mathcore 2013
Metallica Hardwired...to Self-Destruct Heavy Metal 2016
Opeth Ghost Reveries Progressive Metal 2005
Bring Me the Horizon Sempiternal Metalcore Post-Hardcore 2013
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Infest the Rats' Nest Stoner Metal, Thrash Metal 2019
The Ocean Pelagial Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal, Progressive Metal 2013
Baroness Gold & Grey Stoner Metal Stoner Rock 2019
Napalm Death From Enslavement to Obliteration Grindcore 1988
Thou Magus Doom Metal, Sludge Metal 2018
Kylesa Spiral Shadow Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal 2010
Rammstein Rammstein Neue Deutsche Härte 2019
Tool 10,000 Days Alternative Metal Progressive Rock 2006
Inter Arma Paradise Gallows Death Doom Metal, Sludge Metal 2016
Sunn O))) Life Metal Drone Metal 2019
Voivod Dimension Hatröss Progressive Metal, Technical Thrash Metal 1988
Mastodon Emperor of Sand Progressive Metal 2017
Mastodon Once More 'Round the Sun Progressive Metal, Stoner Metal 2014
Opeth Watershed Progressive Metal 2008
Every Time I Die Low Teens Mathcore 2016
The Dillinger Escape Plan Ire Works Mathcore 2007
Cult of Luna & Julie Christmas Mariner Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal 2016
Code Orange Forever Metalcore Post-Hardcore 2017
High on Fire Luminiferous Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal 2015
Carcass Heartwork Melodic Death Metal 1993
Emperor Anthems to the Welkins at Dusk Symphonic Black Metal 1997
Gojira L'Enfant Sauvage Death Metal, Progressive Metal 2012
Ghost Infestissumam Heavy Metal Hard Rock 2013
Zeal and Ardor Devil Is Fine Avant-Garde Metal Spirituals 2016
Enslaved Vertebrae Progressive Metal 2008
Deftones Gore Alternative Metal Alternative Rock 2016
Nails You Will Never Be One of Us Grindcore Powerviolence 2016
Triptykon Melana Chasmata Doom Metal 2014
Horrendous Anareta Death Metal 2015
Iron Maiden A Matter of Life and Death Heavy Metal 2006
High on Fire Death Is This Communion Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal 2007
Judas Priest Firepower Heavy Metal 2018
Cobalt Slow Forever Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Black Metal 2016
Triptykon Eparistera Daimones Doom Metal 2010
Alcest Souvenirs d'un Autre Monde Blackgaze, Post-Metal Shoegaze 2007
Wolves in the Throne Room Celestial Lineage Atmospheric Black Metal 2011
The Dillinger Escape Plan Dissociation Mathcore 2016
Oathbreaker Rheia Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Blackgaze 2016
Liturgy Aesthetica Black Metal 2011
Watain Lawless Darkness Black Metal 2010
Zu Carboniferous Avant-Garde Metal Math Rock, Noise Rock 2009
Danzig Danzig II: Lucifuge Heavy Metal Blues Rock, Hard Rock 1990
Alice in Chains Black Gives Way to Blue Alternative Metal Grunge 2009
Cult of Luna A Dawn to Fear Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal 2019
YOB Our Raw Heart Doom Metal 2018
Nails Unsilent Death Grindcore Powerviolence 2010
Black Sabbath 13 Heavy Metal 2013
Leviathan Scar Sighted Black Metal 2015
Neurosis Given to the Rising Atmospheric Sludge Metal 2007
Blood Incantation Hidden History of the Human Race Death Metal, Progressive Metal 2019
Pallbearer Heartless Doom Metal 2017
Neurosis Fires Within Fires Atmospheric Sludge Metal 2016
Tribulation Down Below Gothic Metal, Heavy Metal 2018
Enslaved Axioma Ethica Odini Progressive Metal 2010
Architects Holy Hell Metalcore 2018
Jesu Conqueror Drone Metal, Post-Metal Shoegaze 2007
Bell Witch Mirror Reaper Funeral Doom Metal 2017
Pallbearer Sorrow and Extinction Traditional Doom Metal 2012
Metallica St. Anger Alternative Metal 2003
Neurosis Honor Found in Decay Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal 2012
Godflesh A World Lit Only by Fire Industrial Metal, Sludge Metal 2014
Knocked Loose A Different Shade of Blue Metalcore 2019
Rolo Tomassi Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It Mathcore Post-Hardcore 2018
Machine Head Unto the Locust Groove Metal 2011
Isis In the Absence of Truth Atmospheric Sludge Metal 2006
Devin Townsend Empath Avant-Garde Metal, Progressive Metal 2019
Inter Arma Sulphur English Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Death Doom Metal 2019
Deathspell Omega Paracletus Black Metal 2010
Alcest Spiritual Instinct Blackgaze, Post-Metal 2019
Converge No Heroes Mathcore 2006
Slayer Christ Illusion Thrash Metal 2006
Behemoth I Loved You at Your Darkest Black Metal, Death Metal 2018
Zeal and Ardor Stranger Fruit Avant-Garde Metal Spirituals 2018
Shining Blackjazz Avant-Garde Metal, Progressive Metal 2010
Panopticon Roads to the North Atmospheric Black Metal 2014
Harvey Milk Life... the Best Game in Town Sludge Metal 2008
Vein Errorzone Mathcore 2018
Panopticon Autumn Eternal Atmospheric Black Metal 2015
High on Fire Snakes For The Divine Heavy Metal, Stoner Metal 2010
The Dillinger Esc Plan Option Paralysis Mathcore 2010
Isis Wavering Radiant Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal 2009
Torche Meanderthal Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal 2008
Gojira The Way of All Flesh Death Metal, Progressive Metal 2008
Machine Head The Blackening Groove Metal, Thrash Metal 2007
Amenra Mass VI Atmospheric Sludge Metal 2017
Cult of Luna Vertikal Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal 2013
High on Fire De Vermis Mysteriis Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal 2012
Meshuggah obZen Djent 2008
Russian Circles Guidance Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Post-Metal Post-Rock 2016
Paradise Lost The Plague Within Doom Metal, Gothic Metal 2015
Slipknot All Hope Is Gone Alternative Metal 2008
Deathspell Omega Fas—Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum Black Metal 2007
Kylesa Static Tensions Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal 2009
Watain Sworn to the Dark Black Metal 2007
Electric Wizard Witchcult Today Doom Metal, Stoner Metal 2007
Nails Abandon All Life Grindcore Powerviolence 2013
Om Pilgrimage Stoner Metal Stoner Rock 2007
Down III: Over the Under Southern Metal, Stoner Metal 2007
Amon Amarth Twilight of the Thunder God Melodic Death Metal 2008
Primordial To the Nameless Dead Folk Metal 2007
Cobalt Gin Black Metal 2009
Municipal Waste The Art of Partying Crossover Thrash 2007
Cynic Traced in Air Progressive Metal 2008
Between the Buried and Me Colors Metalcore, Progressive Metal 2007
Motörhead Motörizer Heavy Metal Hard Rock 2008
Voivod The Wake Progressive Metal 2018