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Heavy Metal
Critics' Highest Rated Heavy Metal Albums of 2024
Judas Priest
Invincible Shield
83
critic score
(14)
Lucifer
Lucifer V
79
critic score
(8)
Midnight
Hellish Expectations
78
critic score
(5)
Bruce Dickinson
The Mandrake Project
77
critic score
(12)
Saxon
Hell, Fire And Damnation
72
critic score
(7)
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Critics' Highest Rated Heavy Metal Albums of All Time
Black Sabbath
Paranoid
96
critic score
(6)
Motörhead
Overkill
88
critic score
(5)
Green Lung
This Heathen Land
85
critic score
(7)
Ghost
Opus Eponymous
84
critic score
(5)
Judas Priest
Painkiller
84
critic score
(5)
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Users' Highest Rated Heavy Metal Albums of 2024
Judas Priest
Invincible Shield
73
user score
(507)
Bruce Dickinson
The Mandrake Project
67
user score
(83)
Saxon
Hell, Fire And Damnation
63
user score
(84)
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Users' Highest Rated Heavy Metal Albums of All Time
Black Sabbath
Paranoid
89
user score
(4,290)
Black Sabbath
Master of Reality
85
user score
(2,146)
Iron Maiden
Powerslave
85
user score
(1,086)
Judas Priest
Painkiller
85
user score
(662)
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
85
user score
(2,258)
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Recent Heavy Metal Albums
Judas Priest
Invincible Shield
83
critic score
(14)
Midnight
Hellish Expectations
78
critic score
(5)
I Am The Intimidator
I Am the Intimidator
60
critic score
(1)
Judas Priest
Invincible Shield (Deluxe Edition)
Bruce Dickinson
The Mandrake Project
77
critic score
(12)
Traveler
Prequel To Madness
60
critic score
(1)
Chapel of Disease
Echoes Of Light
70
critic score
(3)
Mega Colossus
Showdown
80
critic score
(1)
Lucifer
Lucifer V
79
critic score
(8)
Savaged
Night Stealer
60
critic score
(1)
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Critics' Top Heavy Metal Artists
Black Sabbath
Ghost
Darkthrone
Iron Maiden
Motörhead
Black Label Society
Saxon
The Sword
Judas Priest
Metallica
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1969
1
1970
8
1971
5
1972
6
1973
3
1974
1
1975
1
1976
7
1977
5
1978
4
1979
9
1980
24
1981
19
1982
28
1983
39
1984
48
1985
50
1986
46
1987
32
1988
45
1989
32
1990
29
1991
22
1992
21
1993
22
1994
19
1995
26
1996
24
1997
21
1998
19
1999
18
2000
13
2001
16
2002
19
2003
14
2004
21
2005
11
2006
11
2007
21
2008
22
2009
20
2010
35
2011
9
2012
16
2013
29
2014
19
2015
31
2016
32
2017
43
2018
39
2019
60
2020
63
2021
93
2022
80
2023
54
2024
17
1,423 releases
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