|
No. of Ratings
|
Year of Release
|
Sub-Genre
|
Album
|
|
50,550
|
1970
|
Heavy Metal / Hard Rock
|
Paranoid
|
|
42,136
|
1986
|
Thrash Metal
|
Master of Puppets
|
|
39,185
|
1984
|
Thrash Metal
|
Ride the Lightning
|
|
33,829
|
1970
|
Heavy Metal / Hard Rock
|
Black Sabbath
|
|
33,173
|
1971
|
Heavy Metal / Traditional Doom Metal
|
Master of Reality
|
|
32,259
|
2001
|
Alternative Metal
|
Toxicity
|
|
31,171
|
1992
|
Rap Metal
|
Rage Against the Machine
|
|
29,370
|
1983
|
Thrash Metal
|
Kill 'Em All
|
|
29,357
|
2001
|
Alternative / Progressive Metal
|
Lateralus
|
|
29,288
|
1988
|
Thrash Metal
|
…And Justice for All
|
|
29,010
|
1991
|
Heavy Metal
|
Metallica
|
|
28,752
|
2000
|
Alternative Metal
|
White Pony
|
|
26,497
|
1992
|
Grunge / Alternative Metal
|
Dirt
|
|
25,367
|
1990
|
Thrash Metal
|
Rust In Peace
|
|
25,152
|
1996
|
Alternative Metal
|
Ænima
|
|
25,036
|
1986
|
Thrash Metal
|
Reign In Blood
|
|
23,988
|
2013
|
Blackgaze / Post-Metal
|
Sunbather
|
|
23,508
|
1997
|
Nu Metal / Alternative Metal
|
Around the Fur
|
|
23,449
|
1996
|
Atmospheric Black Metal / Ambient
|
Filosofem
|
|
22,648
|
1982
|
NWOBHM / Heavy Metal
|
The Number of the Beast
|
|
21,474
|
1995
|
Technical Death Metal
|
Symbolic
|
|
20,655
|
1984
|
Heavy Metal
|
Powerslave
|
|
20,425
|
1972
|
Heavy Metal / Hard Rock
|
Vol. 4
|
|
20,410
|
2000
|
Nu Metal / Rap Rock
|
Hybrid Theory
|
|
19,991
|
1973
|
Heavy Metal / Hard Rock
|
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
|
|
19,972
|
2000
|
Stoner Metal / Doom Metal
|
Dopethrone
|
|
19,540
|
2001
|
Mathcore / Metalcore
|
Jane Doe
|
|
18,977
|
2001
|
Progressive Metal
|
Blackwater Park
|
|
18,909
|
2006
|
Alternative / Progressive Metal
|
10,000 Days
|
|
18,635
|
2003
|
Post-Metal / Drone Metal
|
Boris at Last -Feedbacker-
|
|
17,853
|
1998
|
Alternative Metal
|
System of A Down
|
|
17,606
|
2005
|
Noise Rock / Stoner Metal
|
Pink
|
|
17,172
|
2003
|
Alternative Metal
|
St. Anger
|
|
17,085
|
1994
|
Stoner Rock / Stoner Metal
|
Kyuss [Welcome to Sky Valley]
|
|
16,993
|
2005
|
Alternative Metal
|
Mezmerize
|
|
16,494
|
1980
|
NWOBHM / Heavy Metal
|
Iron Maiden
|
|
16,242
|
1993
|
Alternative Metal
|
Undertow
|
|
15,817
|
2003
|
Nu Metal / Rap Rock
|
Meteora
|
|
15,757
|
1986
|
Thrash Metal
|
Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
|
|
15,584
|
1991
|
Technical Death Metal
|
Human
|
|
15,559
|
2004
|
Sludge / Progressive Metal
|
Leviathan
|
|
15,174
|
1988
|
Heavy Metal
|
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
|
|
15,046
|
2002
|
Post-Metal / Folk Metal
|
The Mantle
|
|
15,024
|
1983
|
Heavy Metal / NWOBHM
|
Piece of Mind
|
|
14,988
|
1990
|
Heavy Metal
|
Painkiller
|
|
14,782
|
1998
|
Technical Death Metal / Progressive Metal
|
The Sound of Perseverance
|
|
14,491
|
1995
|
Atmospheric Black Metal / Pagan Black Metal
|
Bergtatt: Et eeventyr i 5 capitler
|
|
14,420
|
1992
|
Alternative Metal
|
Angel Dust
|
|
14,417
|
1996
|
Hard Rock / Heavy Metal
|
Load
|
|
14,097
|
2008
|
Thrash Metal
|
Death Magnetic
|
|
14,079
|
1980
|
Heavy Metal
|
Heaven and Hell
|
|
13,894
|
2009
|
Progressive Metal
|
Crack the Skye
|
|
13,878
|
2012
|
Alternative Metal
|
Koi No Yokan
|
|
13,855
|
2019
|
Thrash Metal / Stoner Metal
|
Infest the Rats' Nest
|
|
13,791
|
2005
|
Alternative Metal
|
Hypnotize
|
|
13,782
|
1981
|
NWOBHM / Heavy Metal
|
Killers
|
|
13,680
|
1994
|
Atmospheric Black Metal
|
Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
|
|
13,660
|
1996
|
Rap Metal / Alternative Metal
|
Evil Empire
|
|
13,653
|
1999
|
Nu Metal
|
Slipknot
|
|
13,520
|
1990
|
Grunge / Alternative Metal
|
Facelift
|
|
13,471
|
1975
|
Heavy Metal / Hard Rock
|
Sabotage
|
|
13,447
|
1992
|
Black Metal
|
A Blaze In the Northern Sky
|
|
13,365
|
1994
|
Black Metal
|
De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
|
|
13,217
|
1992
|
Progressive Metal
|
Images and Words
|
|
13,204
|
1999
|
Rap Metal / Alternative Metal
|
The Battle of Los Angeles
|
|
13,198
|
1997
|
Hard Rock / Heavy Metal
|
Reload
|
|
13,167
|
2010
|
Alternative Metal
|
Diamond Eyes
|
|
13,067
|
1986
|
Heavy Metal
|
Somewhere In Time
|
|
13,042
|
1990
|
Thrash Metal
|
Seasons In the Abyss
|
|
12,996
|
2005
|
Progressive / Death Metal
|
From Mars to Sirius
|
|
12,995
|
1999
|
Progressive Metal
|
Still Life
|
|
12,955
|
2002
|
Alternative Metal
|
Steal This Album!
|
|
12,616
|
1988
|
Death Metal
|
Leprosy
|
|
12,614
|
2007
|
Shoegaze / Blackgaze / Post-Metal
|
Souvenirs d'un autre monde
|
|
12,580
|
1992
|
Groove Metal
|
Vulgar Display of Power
|
|
12,426
|
2004
|
Atmospheric Sludge Metal / Post-Metal
|
Panopticon
|
|
12,407
|
2003
|
Stoner Metal / Doom Metal
|
Dopesmoker
|
|
12,376
|
1988
|
Thrash Metal
|
South of Heaven
|
|
12,173
|
2006
|
Post-Metal / Atmospheric Black Metal
|
Ashes Against the Grain
|
|
12,136
|
1994
|
Nu Metal
|
Korn
|
|
12,098
|
2005
|
Progressive Metal
|
Ghost Reveries
|
|
12,062
|
1994
|
Symphonic Black Metal
|
In the Nightside Eclipse
|
|
11,876
|
1993
|
Technical Death Metal
|
Individual Thought Patterns
|
|
11,831
|
1987
|
Death Metal
|
Scream Bloody Gore
|
|
11,723
|
2006
|
Alternative Metal / Alternative Rock
|
Saturday Night Wrist
|
|
11,679
|
1994
|
Black Metal
|
Transilvanian Hunger
|
|
11,624
|
1992
|
Heavy Metal
|
Countdown to Extinction
|
|
11,559
|
1991
|
Grunge / Alternative Metal
|
Badmotorfinger
|
|
11,478
|
1996
|
Brutal Death Metal / Technical Death Metal
|
None So Vile
|
|
11,461
|
2003
|
Stoner Metal
|
あくまのうた (Akuma No Uta)
|
|
11,439
|
2019
|
Progressive Metal
|
Fear Inoculum
|
|
11,405
|
2001
|
Nu Metal / Alternative Metal
|
Iowa
|
|
11,327
|
1990
|
Groove Metal / Thrash Metal
|
Cowboys From Hell
|
|
11,300
|
1980
|
Heavy Metal / Hard Rock
|
Ace of Spades
|
|
11,284
|
1999
|
Progressive Metal
|
Metropolis, Pt. 2: Scenes From a Memory
|
|
11,274
|
1982
|
Heavy Metal
|
Screaming for Vengeance
|
|
11,273
|
2023
|
Progressive Metal / Thrash Metal
|
PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation
|
|
11,155
|
1983
|
Heavy Metal
|
Holy Diver
|
|
11,080
|
1995
|
Grunge / Alternative Metal
|
Alice In Chains
|
|
10,949
|
1995
|
Nu Metal / Alternative Metal
|
Adrenaline
|
|
10,943
|
1995
|
Melodic Black Metal
|
Storm of the Light's Bane
|
|
10,899
|
1989
|
Death Metal
|
Altars of Madness
|
|
10,891
|
1993
|
Sludge Metal
|
Houdini
|
|
10,826
|
2007
|
Progressive Rock / Progressive Metal
|
Fear of a Blank Planet
|
|
10,721
|
1976
|
Hard Rock / Heavy Metal
|
Rising
|
|
10,550
|
2001
|
Neue Deutsche Härte
|
Mutter
|
|
10,471
|
1983
|
Thrash Metal / Speed Metal
|
Show No Mercy
|
|
10,382
|
2010
|
Grindcore / Powerviolence
|
Unsilent Death
|
|
10,305
|
1988
|
Black Metal / Thrash Metal
|
Blood Fire Death
|
|
10,291
|
2022
|
Noise Rock / Sludge Metal
|
God's Country
|
|
10,266
|
1992
|
Stoner Rock / Stoner Metal
|
Blues for the Red Sun
|
|
10,263
|
2020
|
Alternative Metal
|
Ohms
|
|
10,167
|
1994
|
Sludge Metal
|
When the Kite String Pops
|
|
10,130
|
2006
|
Progressive Metal / Sludge Metal
|
Blood Mountain
|
|
10,099
|
1986
|
Epic Doom Metal
|
Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
|
|
10,083
|
1989
|
Alternative Metal / Funk Metal
|
The Real Thing
|
|
9,993
|
1980
|
Heavy Metal
|
British Steel
|
|
9,941
|
1998
|
Avant-Garde Metal / Dissonant Death Metal / Technical Death Metal
|
Obscura
|
|
9,927
|
1985
|
Thrash Metal
|
Hell Awaits
|
|
9,908
|
2003
|
Alternative Metal
|
Deftones
|
|
9,780
|
1976
|
Heavy Metal
|
Sad Wings of Destiny
|
|
9,702
|
1993
|
Drone Metal / Drone
|
Earth 2: Special Low Frequency Version
|
|
9,585
|
1984
|
Hardcore Punk / Sludge Metal / Post-Hardcore
|
My War
|
|
9,490
|
2020
|
Alternative Metal
|
I Disagree
|
|
9,364
|
2010
|
Blackgaze / Post-Metal / Shoegaze
|
Écailles de lune
|
|
9,353
|
2002
|
Progressive Metal
|
Deliverance
|
|
9,276
|
1996
|
Atmospheric Sludge Metal
|
Through Silver In Blood
|
|
9,250
|
2000
|
Heavy Metal
|
Brave New World
|
|
9,212
|
1992
|
Heavy Metal
|
Fear of the Dark
|
|
9,135
|
1998
|
Nu Metal
|
Follow the Leader
|
|
9,135
|
2004
|
Alternative Metal / Nu Metal
|
Vol 3: (The Subliminal Verses)
|
|
9,122
|
1997
|
Symphonic Black Metal
|
Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
|
|
9,075
|
1991
|
Technical Death Metal / Progressive Metal
|
Unquestionable Presence
|
|
9,053
|
1990
|
Death Metal
|
Spiritual Healing
|
|
9,029
|
1989
|
Thrash Metal
|
Beneath the Remains
|
|
8,990
|
2016
|
Heavy Metal
|
Hardwired...to Self-Destruct
|
|
8,976
|
1998
|
Progressive Metal / Death Metal
|
My Arms, Your Hearse
|
|
8,975
|
1992
|
Stoner Metal / Doom Metal
|
Sleep's Holy Mountain
|
|
8,967
|
1989
|
Industrial Metal / Sludge Metal
|
Streetcleaner
|
|
8,925
|
1984
|
Black Metal / Thrash Metal
|
Bathory
|
|
8,861
|
1985
|
Thrash Metal / Speed Metal
|
Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!
|
|
8,816
|
1991
|
Funk Metal
|
Sailing the Seas of Cheese
|
|
8,766
|
1996
|
Progressive Metal
|
Morningrise
|
|
8,756
|
2018
|
Blackgaze / Post-Metal
|
Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
|
|
8,721
|
1987
|
Black Metal
|
Under the Sign of the Black Mark
|
|
8,693
|
2002
|
Atmospheric Sludge Metal
|
Oceanic
|
|
8,690
|
2008
|
Progressive Metal
|
Watershed
|
|
8,689
|
2010
|
Black Metal
|
Paracletus
|
|
8,669
|
1990
|
Funk Metal
|
Frizzle Fry
|
|
8,660
|
1988
|
Thrash Metal
|
So Far, So Good... So What!
|
|
8,649
|
1987
|
Thrash Metal
|
Among the Living
|
|
8,535
|
1991
|
Thrash Metal
|
Arise
|
|
8,528
|
1980
|
Heavy Metal / Hard Rock
|
Blizzard of Ozz
|
|
8,521
|
1979
|
Heavy Metal / Hard Rock
|
Overkill
|
|
8,513
|
1991
|
Experimental Rock / Avant-Garde Metal / Funk Metal
|
Mr. Bungle
|
|
8,458
|
1993
|
Black Metal
|
Under a Funeral Moon
|
|
8,449
|
1994
|
Progressive Metal
|
Awake
|
|
8,412
|
2011
|
Avant-Garde Metal / Heavy Metal
|
Lulu
|
|
8,391
|
2015
|
Hard Rock / Heavy Metal
|
Meliora
|
|
8,355
|
1981
|
Heavy Metal
|
Mob Rules
|
|
8,331
|
2015
|
Atmospheric Black Metal / Blackgaze
|
New Bermuda
|
|
8,186
|
1993
|
Melodic Death Metal
|
Heartwork
|
|
8,157
|
1998
|
Drone Metal / Sludge Metal
|
Amplifier Worship
|
|
8,097
|
2007
|
Progressive Metal / Metalcore
|
Colors
|
|
8,094
|
1993
|
Progressive Metal / Technical Death Metal
|
Focus
|
|
8,076
|
2012
|
Metalcore
|
All We Love We Leave Behind
|
|
8,029
|
1978
|
Heavy Metal
|
Stained Class
|
|
8,015
|
1992
|
Black Metal
|
Burzum
|
|
7,919
|
1994
|
Heavy Metal
|
Youthanasia
|
|
7,919
|
2002
|
Sludge Metal / Progressive Metal / Metalcore
|
Remission
|
|
7,912
|
1995
|
Alternative Metal
|
King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime
|
|
7,850
|
2015
|
Black Metal
|
Exercises In Futility
|
|
7,840
|
2014
|
Death Metal / Black Metal
|
The Satanist
|
|
7,765
|
1999
|
Atmospheric Black Metal
|
Paysage d'Hiver
|
|
7,760
|
1984
|
Heavy Metal
|
Don't Break the Oath
|
|
7,750
|
1984
|
Heavy Metal
|
Defenders of the Faith
|
|
7,750
|
1999
|
Metalcore
|
Calculating Infinity
|
|
7,680
|
2000
|
Nu Metal / Rap Metal / Rap Rock
|
Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Flavored Water
|
|
7,613
|
1996
|
Groove Metal / Nu Metal / Alternative Metal
|
Roots
|
|
7,594
|
2005
|
Progressive Metal
|
Octavarium
|
|
7,593
|
1995
|
Melodic Death Metal
|
Slaughter of the Soul
|
|
7,592
|
1999
|
Black Metal
|
At the Heart of Winter
|
|
7,590
|
1990
|
Death Metal
|
Left Hand Path
|
|
7,572
|
2009
|
Drone Metal / Drone
|
Monoliths & Dimensions
|
|
7,516
|
1993
|
Gothic Metal
|
Bloody Kisses
|
|
7,507
|
1995
|
Progressive Metal
|
Orchid
|
|
7,502
|
1999
|
Nu Metal
|
Issues
|
|
7,474
|
1988
|
Heavy Metal / Progressive Metal
|
Operation: Mindcrime
|
|
7,421
|
1996
|
Gothic Metal
|
October Rust
|
|
7,413
|
2003
|
Alternative Metal
|
Fallen
|
|
7,368
|
2020
|
Avant-Garde Metal / Black Metal / Psychedelic Rock
|
Mestarin kynsi
|
|
7,366
|
2002
|
Stoner Metal
|
Heavy Rocks
|
|
7,346
|
1994
|
Groove Metal
|
Far Beyond Driven
|
|
7,342
|
1983
|
Heavy Metal
|
Melissa
|
|
7,338
|
1997
|
Neue Deutsche Härte
|
Sehnsucht
|
|
7,323
|
1987
|
Grindcore
|
Scum
|
|
7,303
|
1993
|
Groove Metal / Thrash Metal
|
Chaos A.D.
|
|
7,244
|
2019
|
Avant-Garde Metal / Black Metal
|
H.A.Q.Q.
|
|
7,226
|
1997
|
Black Metal
|
Nattens madrigal: Aatte hymne til ulven i manden
|
|
7,221
|
2008
|
Alternative Metal
|
All Hope Is Gone
|
|
