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1970: Black Sabbath, "Black Sabbath" ('Black Sabbath')
Runner-up: Black Sabbath, "Paranoid"
1971: Black Sabbath, "Sweet Leaf" ('Master of Reality')
Runner-up: Black Sabbath, "Children of the Grave"
1972: Black Sabbath, "Supernaut" ('Vol. 4')
Runner-up: Deep Purple, "Smoke on the Water"
1973: Black Sabbath, "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" ('Sabbath Bloody Sabbath')
Runner-up: Black Sabbath, "Killing Yourself to Live"
1974: Deep Purple, "Burn" ('Burn')
Runner-up: Queen, "Stone Cold Crazy"
1975: Rainbow, "Man on the Silver Mountain" ('Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow')
Runner-up: Black Sabbath, "Symptom of the Universe"
1976: Judas Priest, "Victim of Changes" ('Sad Wings of Destiny')
Runner-up: Rainbow, "Stargazer"
1977: Scorpions, "Sails of Charon" ('Taken by Force')
Runner-up: Judas Priest, "Sinner"
1978: Judas Priest, "Hell Bent for Leather" ('Killing Machine')
Runner-up: Judas Priest, "Beyond the Realms of Death"
1979: Motörhead, "Overkill" ('Overkill')
Runner-up: Scorpions, "Lovedrive"
1980: Ozzy Osbourne, "Crazy Train" ('Blizzard of Ozz')
Runner-up: Black Sabbath, "Heaven and Hell"
1981: Iron Maiden, "Wrathchild" ('Killers')
Runner-up: Ozzy Osbourne, "Over the Mountain"
1982: Iron Maiden, "Hallowed Be Thy Name" ('The Number of the Beast')
Runner-up: Iron Maiden, "The Number of the Beast"
1983: Dio, "Holy Diver" ('Holy Diver')
Runner-up: Iron Maiden, "The Trooper"
1984: Metallica, "Creeping Death" ('Ride the Lightning')
Runner-up: Judas Priest, "The Sentinel"
1985: Exodus, "Strike of the Beast" ('Bonded by Blood')
Runner-up: Anthrax, "Madhouse"
1986: Slayer, "Angel of Death" ('Reign in Blood')
Runner-up: Metallica, "Master of Puppets"
1987: Death, "Zombie Ritual" ('Scream Bloody Gore')
Runner-up: King Diamond, "Abigail"
1988: Metallica, "One" ('...And Justice for All')
Runner-up: Slayer, "South of Heaven"
1989: Morbid Angel, "Chapel of Ghouls" ('Altars of Madness')
Runner-up: Exodus, "The Toxic Waltz"
1990: Megadeth, "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" ('Rust in Peace')
Runner-up: Pantera, "Cowboys From Hell"
1991: Metallica, "Enter Sandman" ('Metallica')
Runner-up: Ozzy Osbourne, "No More Tears"
1992: Pantera, "Mouth for War" ('Vulgar Display of Power')
Runner-up: Nine Inch Nails, "Wish"
1993: Type O Negative, "Black No. 1" ('Bloody Kisses')
Runner-up: Sepultura, "Refuse / Resist"
1994: Pantera, "I'm Broken" ('Far Beyond Driven')
Runner-up: Megadeth "A Tout le Monde"
1995: Death, "Crystal Mountain" ('Symbolic')
Runner-up: At the Gates, "Slaughter of the Soul"
1996: Tool, "Ænima" ('Ænima')
Runner-up: Sepultura, "Roots Bloody Roots"
1997: Rammstein, "Du Hast" ('Sehnsucht')
Runner-up: In Flames, "Jotun"
1998: Korn, "Freak on a Leash" ('Follow the Leader')
Runner-up: Opeth, "Demon of the Fall"
1999: Slipknot, "Wait and Bleed" ('Slipknot')
Runner-up: Neurosis, "Times of Grace"
2000: Iron Maiden, "The Wicker Man" ('Brave New World')
Runner-up: Vader, "Wings"
2001: Tool, "Lateralus" ('Lateralus')
Runner-up: System of a Down, "Aerials"
2002: Meshuggah, "Rational Gaze" ('Nothing')
Runner-up: Mastodon, "March of the Fire Ants"
2003: Dimmu Borgir, "Progenies of the Great Apocalypse" ('Death Cult Armageddon')
Runner-up: Iron Maiden, "Paschendale"
2004: Killswitch Engage, "The End of Heartache" ('The End of Heartache')
Runner-up: Mastodon, "Blood and Thunder"
2005: Opeth, "Ghost of Perdition" ('Ghost Reveries')
Runner-up: System of a Down, "BYOB"
2006: Tool, "Vicarious" ('10,000 Days')
Runner-up: Cannibal Corpse, "Make Them Suffer"
2007: The Dillinger Escape Plan, "Milk Lizard" ('Ire Works')
Runner-up: Machine Head, "Aesthetics of Hate"
2008: Meshuggah, "Bleed" ('obZen')
Runner-up: Slipknot, "Psychosocial"
2009: Mastodon, "Oblivion" ('Crack the Skye')
Runner-up: Obscura, "The Anticosmic Overload"
2010: Ghost, "Ritual" ('Opus Eponymous')
Runner-up: Iron Maiden, "The Talisman"
2011: Septicflesh, "The Vampire From Nazareth" ('The Great Mass')
Runner-up: Anthrax, "The Devil You Know"
2012: Gojira, "L'Enfant Sauvage" ('L'Enfant Sauvage')
Runner-up: High on Fire, "Fertile Green"
2013: Ghost, "Year Zero" ('Infestissumam')
Runner-up: Gorguts, "An Ocean of Wisdom"
2014: Behemoth, "O Father O Satan O Sun!" ('The Satanist')
Runner-up: Slipknot, "The Negative One"
2015: Ghost, "Cirice" ('Meliora')
Runner-up: Iron Maiden, "If Eternity Should Fail"
2016: Ghost, "Square Hammer" ('Popestar' EP)
Runner-up: Gojira, "Silvera"
2017: Code Orange, "Forever" ('Forever')
Runner-up: Pallbearer, "I Saw the End"
2018: Judas Priest, "Lightning Strike" ('Firepower')
Runner-up: Sleep, "Giza Butler"
2019: Rammstein, "Deutschland" ('Rammstein')
Runner-up: Poppy, "Concrete"
2020: Spiritbox, "Holy Roller" ('Holy Roller' Single)
Runner-up: Architects, "Animals"
2021: Lorna Shore, "To the Hellfire" ('...And I Return to Nothingness')
Runner-up: Spiritbox, "Circle With Me"
2022: Arch Enemy, "Handshake With Hell"
Runner-up: Megadeth, "We'll Be Back"
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