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Sep 17
Megadeth
Rust in Peace
87
critic score
(5)
86
user score
(1,807)
Aug 21
Alice in Chains
Facelift
65
critic score
(2)
80
user score
(1,156)
Feb 7
Primus
Frizzle Fry
80
critic score
(2)
85
user score
(774)
Sep 3
Judas Priest
Painkiller
84
critic score
(5)
85
user score
(662)
Oct 9
Slayer
Seasons in the Abyss
85
critic score
(5)
84
user score
(605)
Jul 3
Pantera
Cowboys from Hell
90
critic score
(2)
80
user score
(588)
Feb 16
Death
Spiritual Healing
80
critic score
(4)
77
user score
(506)
Oct 1
Iron Maiden
No Prayer for the Dying
52
critic score
(4)
59
user score
(292)
Sep 24
AC/DC
The Razors Edge
64
critic score
(3)
66
user score
(271)
Jun 4
Entombed
Left Hand Path
70
critic score
(2)
84
user score
(226)
Sep 19
Obituary
Cause of Death
70
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(145)
Aug 16
Cannibal Corpse
Eaten Back to Life
65
critic score
(2)
72
user score
(135)
Aug 20
Black Sabbath
Tyr
40
critic score
(2)
51
user score
(135)
Aug 21
Anthrax
Persistence of Time
80
critic score
(3)
77
user score
(134)
Apr 16
Bathory
Hammerheart
70
critic score
(2)
80
user score
(129)
Jun 25
Deicide
Deicide
95
critic score
(2)
80
user score
(126)
Nov 6
Scorpions
Crazy World
79
critic score
(2)
70
user score
(72)
Jul 1
Napalm Death
Harmony Corruption
50
critic score
(2)
74
user score
(72)
Jun 26
Danzig
Danzig II: Lucifuge
85
critic score
(2)
77
user score
(71)
Aug
Blasphemy
Fallen Angel of Doom....
60
critic score
(2)
75
user score
(70)
Oct 19
Kreator
Coma of Souls
80
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(69)
Sep 24
Testament
Souls of Black
71
critic score
(3)
78
user score
(63)
Dec 8
Helmet
Strap It On
90
critic score
(2)
77
user score
(60)
Jan
Alice in Chains
Man in the Box
93
user score
(59)
May 29
Artillery
By Inheritance
83
critic score
(3)
83
user score
(58)
Sep 23
Megadeth
Holy Wars... The Punishment Due
97
user score
(56)
Jul 3
Suicidal Tendencies
Lights...Camera...Revolution!
80
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(56)
Sep 1
Nirvana
Sliver
100
critic score
(1)
84
user score
(54)
Aug 7
Extreme
Extreme II: Pornograffitti
80
critic score
(1)
72
user score
(54)
Sep 2
Morbid Saint
Spectrum of Death
90
critic score
(1)
82
user score
(52)
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Aug 20
Queensrÿche
Empire
62
critic score
(3)
75
user score
(51)
Sep 12
Annihilator
Never, Neverland
90
critic score
(1)
80
user score
(49)
Oct 2
Blind Guardian
Tales from the Twilight World
90
critic score
(1)
78
user score
(48)
Sep 1
L7
Smell the Magic
80
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(47)
May 15
Dio
Lock up the Wolves
50
critic score
(4)
72
user score
(42)
Aug 1
Nocturnus
The Key
80
critic score
(1)
80
user score
(41)
Jan 29
Faith No More
Epic
96
user score
(38)
Apr 5
GWAR
Scumdogs of the Universe
90
critic score
(1)
67
user score
(38)
Jan 7
Paradise Lost
Lost Paradise
40
critic score
(2)
63
user score
(38)
Apr 11
Celtic Frost
Vanity / Nemesis
80
critic score
(1)
62
user score
(36)
Apr 10
Death Angel
Act III
77
critic score
(3)
81
user score
(35)
Oct 1
Sodom
Better Off Dead
50
critic score
(1)
73
user score
(29)
Jun 21
Exodus
Impact Is Imminent
30
critic score
(1)
61
user score
(27)
Sep 11
Warrant
Cherry Pie
60
critic score
(2)
63
user score
(27)
1990
King Diamond
The Eye
60
critic score
(2)
80
user score
(25)
Aug 20
Living Colour
Time's Up
77
critic score
(3)
72
user score
(25)
Jan 1
Trouble
Trouble
90
critic score
(1)
82
user score
(24)
Nov 26
Carnage
Dark Recollections
60
critic score
(1)
78
user score
(24)
Oct 23
Exhorder
Slaughter in the Vatican
60
critic score
(1)
75
user score
(24)
Nov 1
Iced Earth
Iced Earth
40
critic score
(1)
63
user score
(22)
1990
Demolition Hammer
Tortured Existence
40
critic score
(1)
78
user score
(21)
Jun 21
Poison
Flesh & Blood
69
critic score
(4)
62
user score
(20)
Sep 8
Warrant
Cherry Pie
91
critic score
(1)
38
user score
(19)
1990
Xentrix
For Whose Advantage?
75
user score
(17)
Aug
GROTESQUE
Incantation
83
user score
(17)
Jul
Alice in Chains
We Die Young
91
user score
(16)
Jul
Alice in Chains
We Die Young
76
user score
(16)
1990
Forbidden
Twisted Into Form
70
critic score
(3)
74
user score
(16)
1990
Solitude Aeturnus
Into The Depths Of Sorrow
90
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(15)
1990
Sepultura
Bestial Devastation
76
user score
(14)
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