Metal-Rules.com's "Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums"

01. Master of Puppets    by Metallica
02. The Number of the Beast    by Iron Maiden
03. Ride the Lightning    by Metallica
04. Back in Black    by AC/DC
05. Reign in Blood    by Slayer
06. Powerslave    by Iron Maiden
07. Piece of Mind    by Iron Maiden
08. Holy Diver    by Dio
09. Seasons in the Abyss    by Slayer
10. Screaming for Vengeance    by Judas Priest
 
11. Operation: Mindcrime    by Queensryche
12. Painkiller    by Judas Priest
13. Appetite for Destruction    by Guns N' Roses
14. Shout At The Devil    by Motley Crue
15. Defenders of the Faith    by Judas Priest
16. Rust In Peace    by Megadeth
17. Black Sabbath    by Black Sabbath
18. Highway to Hell    by AC/DC
19. Blizzard of Ozz    by Ozzy Osbourne
20. Kill 'Em All    by Metallica
 
21. British Steel    by Judas Priest
22. W.A.S.P.    by W.A.S.P.
23. South of Heaven    by Slayer
24. Paranoid    by Black Sabbath
25. Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?    by Megadeth
26. Somewhere in Time    by Iron Maiden
27. The Last in Line    by Dio
28. Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pt. 2    by Helloween
29. Hell Bent for Leather    by Judas Priest
30. Van Halen    by Van Halen
 
31. Too Fast For Love    by Motley Crue
32. Balls to the Wall    by Accept
33. Killers    by Iron Maiden
34. Diary of a Madman    by Ozzy Osbourne
35. Show No Mercy    by Slayer
36. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath    by Black Sabbath
37. Ace of Spades    by Motorhead
38. Sad Wings of Destiny    by Judas Priest
39. Stained Class    by Judas Priest
40. Iron Maiden    by Iron Maiden
 
41. Among the Living    by Anthrax
42. Stay Hungry    by Twisted Sister
43. Heaven And Hell    by Black Sabbath
44. Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pt. 1    by Helloween
45. The Last Command    by W.A.S.P.
46. Long Live Rock 'n' Roll    by Rainbow
47. Pyromania    by Def Leppard
48. Slave to the Grind    by Skid Row
49. So Far, So Good...So What!    by Megadeth
50. Countdown to Extinction     by Megadeth
 
51. Hall of the Mountain King    by Savatage
52. Abigail    by King Diamond
53. Massive Killing Capacity    by Dismember
54. Resurrection    by Halford
55. Master of Reality    by Black Sabbath
56. Practice What You Preach    by Testament
57. Led Zeppelin IV (aka ZOSO)    by Led Zeppelin
58. Symbolic    by Death
59. Melissa    by Mercyful Fate
60. Beneath the Remains    by Sepultura
 
61. Accident of Birth    by Bruce Dickinson
62. Machine Head    by Deep Purple
63. Blackout    by Scorpions
64. 1984    by Van Halen
65. Hell Awaits    by Slayer
66. Black Metal    by Venom
67. Out of the Cellar    by Ratt
68. Don't Break the Oath    by Mercyful Fate
69. Something Wicked This Way Comes    by Iced Earth
70. Nightfall in Middle-Earth    by Blind Guardian
 
71. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap    by AC/DC
72. ...And Justice For All    by Metallica
73. "Them"    by King Diamond
74. Imaginations From the Other Side    by Blind Guardian
75. Glory to the Brave    by Hammerfall
76. Van Halen II    by Van Halen
77. The Years of Decay    by Overkill
78. Destroyer    by Kiss
79. Jester Race    by In Flames
80. Bonded    by Blood    by Exodus
 
81. The Mob Rules    by Black Sabbath
82. Skid Row    by Skid Row
83. Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!    by Megadeth
84. The Legacy    by Testament
85. Cowboys From Hell    by Pantera
86. Welcome to Hell    by Venom
87. Under the Blade    by Twisted Sister
88. Tooth and Nail    by Dokken
89. Restless and Wild    by Accept
90. Let There Be Rock    by AC/DC
 
91. Legacy of Kings    by Hammerfall
92. Wheels of Steel    by Saxon
93. Kings of Metal    by Manowar
94. You Can't Stop Rock 'N' Roll    by Twisted Sister
95. Love at First Sting    by Scorpions
96. Fair Warning    by Van Halen
97. Black Sabbath, Vol.4    by Black Sabbath
98. The Crimson Idol    by W.A.S.P.
99. Pleasure to Kill    by Kreator
100. Individual Thought Patterns    by Death
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September 2003