|
No. of Ratings
|
Year of Release
|
Sub-Genre
|
Album
|
|
52,153
|
1970
|
Heavy Metal / Hard Rock
|
Paranoid
|
|
43,373
|
1986
|
Thrash Metal
|
Master of Puppets
|
|
40,391
|
1984
|
Thrash Metal
|
Ride the Lightning
|
|
34,731
|
1970
|
Heavy Metal / Hard Rock
|
Black Sabbath
|
|
34,209
|
1971
|
Heavy Metal / Traditional Doom Metal
|
Master of Reality
|
|
33,736
|
2001
|
Alternative Metal
|
Toxicity
|
|
32,176
|
1992
|
Rap Metal
|
Rage Against the Machine
|
|
30,232
|
2001
|
Alternative / Progressive Metal
|
Lateralus
|
|
30,156
|
2000
|
Alternative Metal
|
White Pony
|
|
30,089
|
1983
|
Thrash Metal
|
Kill 'Em All
|
|
30,008
|
1988
|
Thrash Metal
|
…And Justice for All
|
|
29,677
|
1991
|
Heavy Metal
|
Metallica
|
|
27,526
|
1992
|
Grunge / Alternative Metal
|
Dirt
|
|
26,183
|
1990
|
Thrash Metal
|
Rust In Peace
|
|
25,745
|
1996
|
Alternative Metal
|
Ænima
|
|
25,581
|
1986
|
Thrash Metal
|
Reign In Blood
|
|
24,906
|
1997
|
Nu Metal / Alternative Metal
|
Around the Fur
|
|
24,656
|
2013
|
Blackgaze / Post-Metal
|
Sunbather
|
|
24,269
|
1996
|
Atmospheric Black Metal / Ambient
|
Filosofem
|
|
23,194
|
1982
|
NWOBHM / Heavy Metal
|
The Number of the Beast
|
|
22,350
|
1995
|
Technical Death Metal
|
Symbolic
|
|
21,167
|
1984
|
Heavy Metal
|
Powerslave
|
|
21,140
|
2000
|
Nu Metal / Rap Rock
|
Hybrid Theory
|
|
20,967
|
1972
|
Heavy Metal / Hard Rock
|
Vol. 4
|
|
20,667
|
2000
|
Stoner Metal / Doom Metal
|
Dopethrone
|
|
20,453
|
1973
|
Heavy Metal / Hard Rock
|
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
|
|
20,162
|
2001
|
Mathcore / Metalcore
|
Jane Doe
|
|
19,413
|
2006
|
Alternative / Progressive Metal
|
10,000 Days
|
|
19,393
|
2001
|
Progressive Metal
|
Blackwater Park
|
|
19,327
|
2003
|
Post-Metal / Drone Metal
|
Boris at Last -Feedbacker-
|
|
18,524
|
1998
|
Alternative Metal
|
System of A Down
|
|
18,248
|
2005
|
Noise Rock / Stoner Metal
|
Pink
|
|
17,595
|
2005
|
Alternative Metal
|
Mezmerize
|
|
17,519
|
2003
|
Alternative Metal
|
St. Anger
|
|
17,472
|
1994
|
Stoner Rock / Stoner Metal
|
Kyuss [Welcome to Sky Valley]
|
|
16,818
|
1980
|
NWOBHM / Heavy Metal
|
Iron Maiden
|
|
16,660
|
1993
|
Alternative Metal
|
Undertow
|
|
16,433
|
2003
|
Nu Metal / Rap Rock
|
Meteora
|
|
16,188
|
1986
|
Thrash Metal
|
Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
|
|
16,128
|
1991
|
Technical Death Metal / Death Metal
|
Human
|
|
15,918
|
2004
|
Sludge / Progressive Metal
|
Leviathan
|
|
15,536
|
1988
|
Heavy Metal
|
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
|
|
15,474
|
1990
|
Heavy Metal
|
Painkiller
|
|
15,352
|
2002
|
Post-Metal / Folk Metal
|
The Mantle
|
|
15,345
|
1983
|
Heavy Metal / NWOBHM
|
Piece of Mind
|
|
15,342
|
1998
|
Technical Death Metal / Progressive Metal
|
The Sound of Perseverance
|
|
14,850
|
1995
|
Atmospheric Black Metal / Pagan Black Metal
|
Bergtatt: Et eeventyr i 5 capitler
|
|
14,739
|
1996
|
Hard Rock / Heavy Metal
|
Load
|
|
14,711
|
1992
|
Alternative Metal
|
Angel Dust
|
|
14,672
|
2012
|
Alternative Metal
|
Koi No Yokan
|
|
14,386
|
1980
|
Heavy Metal
|
Heaven and Hell
|
|
14,344
|
2008
|
Thrash Metal
|
Death Magnetic
|
|
14,262
|
2005
|
Alternative Metal
|
Hypnotize
|
|
14,225
|
1999
|
Nu Metal
|
Slipknot
|
|
14,201
|
2019
|
Thrash Metal / Stoner Metal
|
Infest the Rats' Nest
|
|
14,173
|
2009
|
Progressive Metal
|
Crack the Skye
|
|
14,054
|
1981
|
NWOBHM / Heavy Metal
|
Killers
|
|
14,045
|
1996
|
Rap Metal / Alternative Metal
|
Evil Empire
|
|
14,043
|
1990
|
Grunge / Alternative Metal
|
Facelift
|
|
13,999
|
1994
|
Atmospheric Black Metal
|
Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
|
|
13,920
|
1992
|
Black Metal
|
A Blaze In the Northern Sky
|
|
13,895
|
2010
|
Alternative Metal
|
Diamond Eyes
|
|
13,782
|
1975
|
Heavy Metal / Hard Rock
|
Sabotage
|
|
13,704
|
1994
|
Black Metal
|
De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
|
|
13,514
|
2005
|
Progressive Metal / Death Metal
|
From Mars to Sirius
|
|
13,496
|
1999
|
Rap Metal / Alternative Metal
|
The Battle of Los Angeles
|
|
13,476
|
1997
|
Hard Rock / Heavy Metal
|
Reload
|
|
13,451
|
1992
|
Progressive Metal
|
Images and Words
|
|
13,393
|
2002
|
Alternative Metal
|
Steal This Album!
|
|
13,359
|
1986
|
Heavy Metal
|
Somewhere In Time
|
|
13,326
|
1990
|
Thrash Metal
|
Seasons In the Abyss
|
|
13,276
|
1999
|
Progressive Metal
|
Still Life
|
|
13,115
|
1988
|
Death Metal
|
Leprosy
|
|
12,995
|
2007
|
Shoegaze / Blackgaze / Post-Metal
|
Souvenirs d'un autre monde
|
|
12,915
|
1992
|
Groove Metal
|
Vulgar Display of Power
|
|
12,857
|
2003
|
Stoner Metal / Doom Metal
|
Dopesmoker
|
|
12,749
|
2004
|
Atmospheric Sludge Metal / Post-Metal
|
Panopticon
|
|
12,661
|
1994
|
Nu Metal
|
Korn
|
|
12,635
|
1988
|
Thrash Metal
|
South of Heaven
|
|
12,525
|
2006
|
Post-Metal / Atmospheric Black Metal
|
Ashes Against the Grain
|
|
12,408
|
1994
|
Symphonic Black Metal
|
In the Nightside Eclipse
|
|
12,371
|
2005
|
Progressive Metal
|
Ghost Reveries
|
|
12,326
|
2006
|
Alternative Metal / Alternative Rock
|
Saturday Night Wrist
|
|
12,273
|
1987
|
Death Metal
|
Scream Bloody Gore
|
|
12,269
|
1993
|
Technical Death Metal
|
Individual Thought Patterns
|
|
12,038
|
1994
|
Black Metal
|
Transilvanian Hunger
|
|
12,017
|
1996
|
Brutal Death Metal / Technical Death Metal
|
None So Vile
|
|
11,919
|
1992
|
Heavy Metal
|
Countdown to Extinction
|
|
11,872
|
2003
|
Stoner Metal
|
あくまのうた (Akuma No Uta)
|
|
11,867
|
2023
|
Progressive Metal / Thrash Metal
|
PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation
|
|
11,857
|
2001
|
Nu Metal / Alternative Metal
|
Iowa
|
|
11,850
|
1991
|
Grunge / Alternative Metal
|
Badmotorfinger
|
|
11,790
|
2019
|
Progressive Metal
|
Fear Inoculum
|
|
11,602
|
1990
|
Groove Metal / Thrash Metal
|
Cowboys From Hell
|
|
11,556
|
1982
|
Heavy Metal
|
Screaming for Vengeance
|
|
11,526
|
1995
|
Nu Metal / Alternative Metal
|
Adrenaline
|
|
11,519
|
1980
|
Heavy Metal / Hard Rock
|
Ace of Spades
|
|
11,473
|
1983
|
Heavy Metal
|
Holy Diver
|
|
11,458
|
1999
|
Progressive Metal
|
Metropolis, Pt. 2: Scenes From a Memory
|
|
11,443
|
1995
|
Grunge / Alternative Metal
|
Alice In Chains
|
|
11,327
|
1995
|
Melodic Black Metal
|
Storm of the Light's Bane
|
|
11,302
|
2007
|
Progressive Rock / Progressive Metal
|
Fear of a Blank Planet
|
|
11,209
|
1989
|
Death Metal
|
Altars of Madness
|
|
11,195
|
1993
|
Sludge Metal
|
Houdini
|
|
10,992
|
1976
|
Hard Rock / Heavy Metal
|
Rising
|
|
10,872
|
2001
|
Neue Deutsche Härte
|
Mutter
|
|
10,800
|
2010
|
Grindcore / Powerviolence
|
Unsilent Death
|
|
10,799
|
1994
|
Sludge Metal
|
When the Kite String Pops
|
|
10,722
|
1983
|
Thrash Metal / Speed Metal
|
Show No Mercy
|
|
10,679
|
2022
|
Noise Rock / Sludge Metal
|
God's Country
|
|
10,635
|
1988
|
Black Metal / Thrash Metal
|
Blood Fire Death
|
|
10,621
|
2020
|
Alternative Metal
|
Ohms
|
|
10,443
|
1992
|
Stoner Rock / Stoner Metal
|
Blues for the Red Sun
|
|
10,419
|
1986
|
Epic Doom Metal
|
Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
|
|
10,353
|
2003
|
Alternative Metal
|
Deftones
|
|
10,298
|
1998
|
Avant-Garde Metal / Dissonant Death Metal / Technical Death Metal
|
Obscura
|
|
10,275
|
2006
|
Progressive Metal / Sludge Metal
|
Blood Mountain
|
|
10,244
|
1989
|
Alternative Metal / Funk Metal
|
The Real Thing
|
|
10,238
|
1980
|
Heavy Metal
|
British Steel
|
|
10,142
|
1985
|
Thrash Metal
|
Hell Awaits
|
|
10,009
|
1976
|
Heavy Metal
|
Sad Wings of Destiny
|
|
9,989
|
1993
|
Drone Metal / Drone
|
Earth 2: Special Low Frequency Version
|
|
9,868
|
1984
|
Hardcore Punk / Sludge Metal / Post-Hardcore
|
My War
|
|
9,681
|
2010
|
Blackgaze / Post-Metal / Shoegaze
|
Écailles de lune
|
|
9,676
|
2020
|
Alternative Metal
|
I Disagree
|
|
9,531
|
1996
|
Atmospheric Sludge Metal
|
Through Silver In Blood
|
|
9,518
|
2002
|
Progressive Metal
|
Deliverance
|
|
9,512
|
1998
|
Nu Metal
|
Follow the Leader
|
|
9,434
|
2004
|
Alternative Metal / Nu Metal
|
Vol 3: (The Subliminal Verses)
|
|
9,407
|
1992
|
Heavy Metal
|
Fear of the Dark
|
|
9,398
|
1997
|
Symphonic Black Metal
|
Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
|
|
9,393
|
2000
|
Heavy Metal
|
Brave New World
|
|
9,361
|
1990
|
Death Metal
|
Spiritual Healing
|
|
9,287
|
1989
|
Thrash Metal
|
Beneath the Remains
|
|
9,265
|
1984
|
Black Metal / Thrash Metal
|
Bathory
|
|
9,254
|
1991
|
Technical Death Metal / Progressive Metal
|
Unquestionable Presence
|
|
9,221
|
2016
|
Heavy Metal
|
Hardwired...to Self-Destruct
|
|
9,217
|
1989
|
Industrial Metal / Sludge Metal
|
Streetcleaner
|
|
9,212
|
1992
|
Stoner Metal / Doom Metal
|
Sleep's Holy Mountain
|
|
9,179
|
1998
|
Progressive Metal / Death Metal
|
My Arms, Your Hearse
|
|
9,104
|
1985
|
Thrash Metal / Speed Metal
|
Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!
|
|
9,052
|
1991
|
Funk Metal
|
Sailing the Seas of Cheese
|
|
8,997
|
1987
|
Black Metal
|
Under the Sign of the Black Mark
|
|
8,978
|
1990
|
Funk Metal
|
Frizzle Fry
|
|
8,942
|
1996
|
Progressive Metal
|
Morningrise
|
|
8,931
|
2010
|
Black Metal / Dissonant Black Metal
|
Paracletus
|
|
8,894
|
2018
|
Blackgaze / Post-Metal
|
Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
|
|
8,885
|
1988
|
Thrash Metal
|
So Far, So Good... So What!
|
|
8,833
|
2002
|
Atmospheric Sludge Metal
|
Oceanic
|
|
8,832
|
2008
|
Progressive Metal
|
Watershed
|
|
8,802
|
1987
|
Thrash Metal
|
Among the Living
|
|
8,784
|
1991
|
Thrash Metal
|
Arise
|
|
8,719
|
1991
|
Experimental Rock / Avant-Garde Metal / Funk Metal
|
Mr. Bungle
|
|
8,712
|
1993
|
Black Metal
|
Under a Funeral Moon
|
|
8,696
|
1979
|
Heavy Metal / Hard Rock
|
Overkill
|
|
8,672
|
1980
|
Heavy Metal / Hard Rock
|
Blizzard of Ozz
|
|
8,590
|
2011
|
Avant-Garde Metal / Heavy Metal
|
Lulu
|
|
8,590
|
2015
|
Hard Rock / Heavy Metal
|
Meliora
|
|
8,589
|
1994
|
Progressive Metal
|
Awake
|
|
8,519
|
1981
|
Heavy Metal
|
Mob Rules
|
|
8,461
|
1998
|
Drone Metal / Sludge Metal
|
Amplifier Worship
|
|
8,458
|
2015
|
Atmospheric Black Metal / Blackgaze
|
New Bermuda
|
|
8,373
|
1993
|
Melodic Death Metal
|
Heartwork
|
|
8,271
|
2012
|
Metalcore
|
All We Love We Leave Behind
|
|
8,243
|
1993
|
Progressive Metal / Technical Death Metal
|
Focus
|
|
8,239
|
1992
|
Black Metal
|
Burzum
|
|
8,225
|
2007
|
Progressive Metal / Metalcore
|
Colors
|
|
8,224
|
1978
|
Heavy Metal
|
Stained Class
|
|
8,108
|
1994
|
Heavy Metal
|
Youthanasia
|
|
8,077
|
2015
|
Black Metal
|
Exercises In Futility
|
|
8,072
|
2002
|
Sludge Metal / Progressive Metal / Metalcore
|
Remission
|
|
8,066
|
1995
|
Alternative Metal
|
King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime
|
|
7,974
|
1999
|
Atmospheric Black Metal
|
Paysage d'Hiver
|
|
7,964
|
1999
|
Metalcore
|
Calculating Infinity
|
|
7,956
|
2000
|
Nu Metal / Rap Metal / Rap Rock
|
Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Flavored Water
|
|
7,952
|
2014
|
Death Metal / Black Metal
|
The Satanist
|
|
7,947
|
1984
|
Heavy Metal
|
Defenders of the Faith
|
|
7,935
|
1984
|
Heavy Metal
|
Don't Break the Oath
|
|
7,871
|
1996
|
Groove Metal / Nu Metal / Alternative Metal
|
Roots
|
|
7,788
|
1993
|
Gothic Metal
|
Bloody Kisses
|
|
7,780
|
1996
|
Gothic Metal
|
October Rust
|
|
7,778
|
1990
|
Death Metal
|
Left Hand Path
|
|
7,775
|
1999
|
Nu Metal
|
Issues
|
|
7,762
|
1999
|
Black Metal
|
At the Heart of Winter
|
|
7,758
|
1995
|
Melodic Death Metal
|
Slaughter of the Soul
|
|
7,732
|
2005
|
Progressive Metal
|
Octavarium
|
|
7,692
|
2009
|
Drone Metal / Drone
|
Monoliths & Dimensions
|
|
7,677
|
2002
|
Stoner Metal
|
Heavy Rocks
|
|
7,646
|
2003
|
Alternative Metal
|
Fallen
|
|
7,640
|
1995
|
Progressive Metal
|
Orchid
|
|
7,576
|
1988
|
Heavy Metal / Progressive Metal
|
Operation: Mindcrime
|
|
7,536
|
1993
|
Groove Metal / Thrash Metal
|
Chaos A.D.
|
|
7,520
|
1994
|
Groove Metal
|
Far Beyond Driven
|
|
7,519
|
1983
|
Heavy Metal
|
Melissa
|
|
7,507
|
1987
|
Grindcore
|
Scum
|
|
7,488
|
2020
|
Avant-Garde Metal / Black Metal / Psychedelic Rock
|
Mestarin kynsi
|
|
7,488
|
1997
|
Neue Deutsche Härte
|
Sehnsucht
|
|
7,460
|
2008
|
Alternative Metal
|
All Hope Is Gone
|
|
7,443
|
2008
|
Progressive Metal / Death Metal
|
The Way of All Flesh
|
|
7,394
|
1997
|
Black Metal
|
Nattens madrigal: Aatte hymne til ulven i manden
|
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