The Top 500 Heavy Metal Albums of All Time (Martin Popoff Book)

3
Reign in Blood

11
Rust in Peace

17
Holy Diver
4.2
4.7

18
Kill 'Em All

27
Metallica

32
Killers

39
Rising
4.3
4.8

44
South of Heaven

49
Among the Living

57
Hell Awaits
4.0
4.0

66
Heartwork
3.7
3.4

67
Arise
4.0
4.3

73
The Last in Line

77
Bonded by Blood

78
Blackout

85
W.A.S.P.

94
Chaos A.D.

105
Morbid Tales

111
"Them"

125
Alice in Hell

126
Overkill

128
Ænima

132
The New Order

139
The Gathering

140
Lovedrive

143
Burn My Eyes

156
Human
4.1
4.3

168
Undertow

171
Resurrection

174
Metal Heart

175
Danzig
3.4
4.0

179
Korn
3.7
1.5

184
The Legacy

185
Scream Bloody Gore

186
Tooth and Nail

188
Symbolic
4.4
4.4

196
Theli

198
No Remorse

200
Leprosy
4.3
4.2

203
NOLA
3.7
3.6

204
Low
3.4
3.7

211
Clayman
3.6
3.2

216
Pleasure to Kill

218
Visions

232
Gothic

239
Wolverine Blues

242
Youthanasia

249
Headhunter

258
Deicide
4.2
4.3

259
Covenant

260
Nightfall

269
Trouble
3.6
4.3

273
Wheels of Steel

288
Left Hand Path

290
Sirens
3.1
3.5

295
Battle Hymns

296
God Hates Us All

297
Icon

300
Whoracle
4.0
3.5

302
Clandestine

305
Colony
4.0
3.8

310
Wolfheart

316
Turbo

318
Blues for the Red Sun

325
Elegy

326
Godsmack

329
War of Words

336
Souls of Black

346
Welcome to Sky Valley

348
Iron Fist

350
Fabulous Disaster

352
Dream Evil
3.4
3.8

360
Blood Fire Death

368
All for One

371
Psalm 9
4.1
3.9

374
Cleansing
2.8
2.5

375
IX Equilibrium

384
Down
3.8
3.8

385
Metal on Metal

389
Voodoo

393
Wildhoney
4.2
4.1

401
On Stage
3.7
0.0

412
Bomber

418
Episode

420
Coma of Souls

423
Lateralus

432
Swansong
2.8
2.5

438
War and Pain
3.4
3.1

444
The Eye

445
Mental Vortex