Top 500 Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Albums of All Time

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Nos. 200-101

 

200. "Leprosy" by Death

 

199. "Look at Yourself" by Uriah Heep

 

198. "No Remorse" by Motörhead

 

197. "Thunder and Lightning" by Thin Lizzy

 

196. "Theli" by Therion

 

195. "La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Vol. 1" by White Zombie

 

194. "Agents of Fortune" by Blue Öyster Cult

 

193. "A Farewell to Kings" by Rush

 

192. "The Warning" by Queensryche

 

191. "Deliverance" by Corrosion of Conformity

 

190. "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas" by Mayhem

 

189. "Love it to Death" by Alice Cooper

 

188. "Symbolic" by Death

 

187. "Land of the Free" by Gamma Ray

 

186. "Tooth and Nail" by Dokken

 

185. "Scream Bloody Gore" by Death

 

184. "The Legacy" by Testament

 

183. "Superunknown" by Soundgarden

 

182. "Strong Arm of the Law" by Saxon

 

181. "Angel Dust" by Faith No More

 

180. "Badlands" by Badlands

 

179. "Korn" by Korn

 

178. "Awaken the Guardian" by Fates Warning

 

177. "A Night at the Opera" by Queen

 

176. "Facelift" by Alice in Chains

 

175. "Danzig" by Danzig

 

174. "Metal Heart" by Accept

 

173. "Ten" by Pearl Jam

 

172. "Skid Row" by Skid Row

 

171. "Resurrection" by Halford

 

170. "Roots" by Sepultura

 

169. "Epicus Doomicus Metallicus" by Candlemass

 

168. "Undertow" by Tool

 

167. "Something Wicked This Way Comes" by Iced Earth

 

166. "Bloody Kisses" by Type O Negative

 

165. "Slippery When Wet" by Bon Jovi

 

164. "Demons & Wizards" by Uriah Heep

 

163. "Imaginations from the Other Side" by Blind Guardian

 

162. "Slipknot" by Slipknot

 

161. "Sin after Sin" by Judas Priest

 

160. "Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory" by Dream Theater

 

159. "Better than Raw" by Helloween

 

158. " Fair Warning" by Van Halen

 

157. "Creatures of the Night" by Kiss

 

156. "Human" by Death

 

155. "City" by Strapping Young Lad

 

154. "Hysteria" by Def Leppard

 

153. "In the Nightside Eclipse" by Emperor

 

152. "October Rust" by Type O Negative

 

151. "1984" by Van Halen

 

150. "High Voltage" by AC/DC

 

149. "The Great Southern Trendkill" by Pantera

 

148. "Tribute" by Ozzy Osbourne

 

147. "Practice What You Preach" by Testament

 

146. "Houses of the Holy" by Led Zeppelin

 

145. "Dreaming Neon Black" by Nevermore

 

144. "No More Tears" by Ozzy Osbourne

 

143. "Burn my Eyes" by Machine Head

 

142. "Walls of Jericho" by Helloween

 

141. "Angel Witch" by Angel Witch

 

140. "Lovedrive" by Scorpions

 

139. "The Gathering" by Testament

 

138. "Perfect Strangers" by Deep Purple

 

137. "Rage Against the Machine" by Rage Against the Machine

 

136. "Tales from the Thousand Lakes" by Amorphis

 

135. "Hemispheres" by Rush

 

134. "III" by Led Zeppelin

 

133. "Metal Health" by Quiet Riot

 

132. "The New Order" by Testament

 

131. "Kings of Metal" by Manowar

 

130. "No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith" by Motörhead

 

129. "Brave New World" by Iron Maiden

 

128. "Aenima" by Tool

 

127. "Show no Mercy" by Slayer

 

126. "Overkill" by Motörhead

 

125. "Alice in Hell" by Annihilator

 

124. "II" by Van Halen

 

123. "Spreading the Disease" by Anthrax

 

122. "Jailbreak" by Thin Lizzy

 

121. "Kiss" by Kiss

 

120. "Altars of Madness" by Morbid Angel

 

119. "Into the Pandemonium" by Celtic Frost

 

118. "Out of the Cellar" by Ratt

 

117. "Let There Be Rock" by AC/DC

 

116. "Whitesnake" by Whitesnake

 

115. "Love at First Sting" by Scorpions

 

114. "Nevermind" by Nirvana

 

113. "Slave to the Grind" by Skid Row

 

112. "Slaughter of the Soul" by At the Gates

 

111. "Them" by King Diamond

 

110. "Seven Churches" by Possessed

 

109. "Billion Dollar Babies" by Alice Cooper

 

108. "Rage for Order" by Queensryche

 

107. "To Mega Therion" by Celtic Frost

 

106. "Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk" by Emperor

 

105. "Morbid Tales" by Celtic Frost

 

104. "Sound of White Noise" by Anthrax

 

103. "Badmotorfinger" by Soundgarden

 

102. "Montrose" by Montrose

 

101. "Rising Force" by Yngwie Malmsteen

[B. Brian Brunzell 0]

114. "Nevermind" by Nirvana

THANK YOU METAL FANS!!!!! I figured for sure that Nevermind would be in the top 5 or top 10, and to see it not even crack the top 100 brings me great joy. I bow to this book.

[Placebo Effect 0]

Once this list is completed, I'm actually going to use it as a reference in order to go through every album on the list starting at #1.

[Red Hot Thumbtack In The Eye 0]

200. "Leprosy" by Death

 

191. "Deliverance" by Corrosion of Conformity

 

190. "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas" by Mayhem

 

 

188. "Symbolic" by Death

 

185. "Scream Bloody Gore" by Death

 

166. "Bloody Kisses" by Type O Negative

 

156. "Human" by Death

 

155. "City" by Strapping Young Lad

 

153. "In the Nightside Eclipse" by Emperor

 

136. "Tales from the Thousand Lakes" by Amorphis

 

120. "Altars of Madness" by Morbid Angel

 

119. "Into the Pandemonium" by Celtic Frost

 

106. "Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk" by Emperor

 

I am ever so pleasantly suprised at these placements. Anthems... nearly cracking the top 100 makes my heart smile broardly. Placebo effect, check that one out first because it's the true number one album of all time.

 

If I end up seeing Transylvanian Hunger or one of that ilk in the top 100 I'm going to die. At least "we" are getting much better representation in one of these lists than I remember ever seeing.

[Steviekick 0]

198. "No Remorse" by Motörhead

195. "La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Vol. 1" by White Zombie

191. "Deliverance" by Corrosion of Conformity

190. "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas" by Mayhem

183. "Superunknown" by Soundgarden

181. "Angel Dust" by Faith No More

177. "A Night at the Opera" by Queen

176. "Facelift" by Alice in Chains

175. "Danzig" by Danzig

170. "Roots" by Sepultura

166. "Bloody Kisses" by Type O Negative

157. "Creatures of the Night" by Kiss

155. "City" by Strapping Young Lad

153. "In the Nightside Eclipse" by Emperor

152. "October Rust" by Type O Negative

138. "Perfect Strangers" by Deep Purple

137. "Rage Against the Machine" by Rage Against the Machine

130. "No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith" by Motörhead

126. "Overkill" by Motörhead

121. "Kiss" by Kiss

112. "Slaughter of the Soul" by At the Gates

106. "Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk" by Emperor

This is a great list and I can't way to see it's conclusion. I do see a ridiculous amount of Black Sabbath love.

[Guest Mindless_Aggression]

Korn, Slipknot, Pantera and Ratt should never ever be ahead of Faith No More in any list ever. Although, overall, the list has been respectable.

[Henry Spencer 0]

Random as hell.

[B. Brian Brunzell 0]

Korn, Slipknot, Pantera and Ratt should never ever be ahead of Faith No More in any list ever. Although, overall, the list has been respectable.

That makes two of us who feel that way.

[ZGangsta 0]

I expected to see "1984" and "Houses of the Holy" much higher on the list and am pretty surprised that "Whitesnake" got a higher placement then those two.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

Random as hell.

Seconded in spades.

 

Were one to just make a list of albums, and forget the numbers, sure, it's a pretty comprehensive cross section of metal and hard rock..but these placements..ughhhhhh. What's their criteria? None of this is mentioned here.

[caboose 0]

I get the feeling that the list has been put together and the author has forgotten certain albums, and then remembered them after starting the list or put in others to appeal to younger metal/rock fans.

[Slayer 0]

Random as hell.

Seconded in spades.

Thirded

[AboveAverage484 0]

Just wanted to remind everyone that these albums were voted on BY THE FANS. There tends to be a lot of randomness on lists like these when people themselves vote for them, as opposed to just some guy making a list.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

What fans? From Where? and who organized it?

[AboveAverage484 0]

The author put it together, polled like a few thousand fans and artists and put the list together based on their votes.