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The Best Metal Albums of All Time
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1
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Black Sabbath - Paranoid
September 18, 1970
Heavy Metal
,
Hard Rock
Critic Score
96
6
reviews
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2
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Metallica - Ride the Lightning
July 27, 1984
Thrash Metal
Critic Score
92
5
reviews
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3
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Blood Incantation - Hidden History of the Human Race
November 22, 2019
Death Metal
,
Progressive Metal
Critic Score
92
9
reviews
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4
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Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
July 21, 1987
Hard Rock
,
Glam Metal
Critic Score
92
7
reviews
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5
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Death - Symbolic
March 21, 1995
Technical Death Metal
Critic Score
90
5
reviews
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6
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Employed to Serve - Eternal Forward Motion
May 10, 2019
Post-Hardcore
,
Metalcore
Critic Score
90
7
reviews
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7
.
Sunn O))) - Black One
October 18, 2005
Drone Metal
,
Dark Ambient
,
Drone
Critic Score
90
6
reviews
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8
.
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
August 30, 2005
Progressive Metal
,
Progressive Death Metal
Critic Score
89
9
reviews
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9
.
Ulcerate - Stare Into Death And Be Still
April 24, 2020
Technical Death Metal
,
Dissonant Death Metal
,
Death Metal
Critic Score
89
6
reviews
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10
.
Deafheaven - Sunbather
June 11, 2013
Blackgaze
,
Post-Black Metal
,
Post-Metal
Critic Score
89
23
reviews
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11
.
Nova Twins - Supernova
June 17, 2022
Rap Rock
,
Industrial Rock
,
Punk Rock
,
Noise Rock
,
Nu Metal
Critic Score
89
14
reviews
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12
.
Motörhead - Overkill
March 24, 1979
Heavy Metal
,
Hard Rock
,
Speed Metal
Critic Score
88
5
reviews
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13
.
Green Lung - Black Harvest
October 22, 2021
Stoner Metal
Critic Score
88
5
reviews
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14
.
Kardashev - Liminal Rite
June 10, 2022
Deathcore
,
Post-Metal
,
Doomgaze
Critic Score
88
5
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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15
.
Fires in the Distance - Air Not Meant for Us
April 28, 2023
Melodic Death Metal
,
Death Doom Metal
Critic Score
88
5
reviews
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iTunes
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16
.
Periphery - Periphery IV: HAIL STAN
April 5, 2019
Progressive Metal
,
Djent
Critic Score
88
5
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
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Spotify
17
.
Møl - Diorama
November 5, 2021
Blackgaze
Critic Score
88
5
reviews
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iTunes
Music
Spotify
18
.
Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite
May 12, 2023
Deathgrind
,
Melodic Death Metal
,
Death Metal
Critic Score
88
7
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
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19
.
Static Dress - Rouge Carpet Disaster
May 18, 2022
Post-Hardcore
,
Metalcore
Critic Score
87
7
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
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20
.
Wilderun - Epigone
January 7, 2022
Progressive Metal
Critic Score
87
5
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
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21
.
Watain - The Agony & Ecstasy of Watain
April 29, 2022
Black Metal
Critic Score
87
5
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
22
.
Cavalera Conspiracy - Psychosis
November 17, 2017
Thrash Metal
Critic Score
87
5
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
23
.
Baroness - Blue Record
October 13, 2009
Sludge Metal
,
Progressive Metal
Critic Score
87
9
reviews
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iTunes
Music
Spotify
24
.
Haken - Virus
July 24, 2020
Progressive Metal
,
Djent
Critic Score
87
6
reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
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25
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Megadeth - Rust in Peace
September 17, 1990
Thrash Metal
Critic Score
87
5
reviews
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