As always, these things are subjective, and I am sure it has been posted before, but Rolling Stone magazine has come up with the list of the 100 Greatest Metal Records...Ever
The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time | Rolling Stone
To save you reading the article, the full top 100 is:
100. Avenged Sevenfold – ‘City Of Evil’
99. Evanescence – ‘Fallen’
98. Sunn O))) – ‘Monoliths & Dimensions’
97. Gojira – ‘From Mars To Sirius’
96. Kvelertak – ‘Meir’
95. Dream Theater – ‘Images And Words’
94. Deafheaven – ‘Sunbather’
93. White Zombie – ‘La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One’
92. Eyehategod – ‘Take As Needed For Pain’
91. Naked City – ‘Torture Garden’
90. Body Count – ‘Body Count’
89. Nightwish – ‘Once’
88. Pig Destroyer – ‘Terrifyer’
87. Manowar – ‘Hail To England’
86. Lamb Of God – ‘As The Palaces Burn’
85. Darkthrone – ‘Transilvanian Hunger’
84. High On Fire – ‘Blessed Black Wings’
83. Baroness – ‘The Red Album’
82. Entombed – ‘The Left Hand Path’
81. Bathory – ‘Under The Sign Of The Black Mark’
80. Ministry – ‘Psalm 69: The Way To Succeed And The Way To Suck Eggs’
79. At The Gates – ‘Slaughter Of The Soul’
78. Voivod – ‘Dimension Hatröss’
77. Meshuggah – ‘Destroy Erase Improve’
76. Twisted Sister – ‘Stay Hungry’
75. Morbid Angel – ‘Covenant’
74. Venom – ‘Welcome To Hell’
73. Scorpions – ‘Blackout’
72. Isis – ‘Oceanic’
71. Living Colour – ‘Vivid’
70. Death – ‘Human’
69. Soundgarden – ‘Louder Than Love’
68. Marilyn Manson – ‘Portrait Of Am American Family’
67. Queensrÿche – ‘Operation: Mindcrime’
66. Deftones – ‘White Pony’
65. Faith No More – ‘Angel Dust’
64. Godflesh – ‘Streetcleaner’
63. Sodom – ‘Agent Orange’
62. Sleep – ‘Jerusalem’
61. Converge – ‘Jane Doe’
60. Melvins – ‘Bullhead’
59. Napalm Death – ‘From Enslavement To Obliteration’
58. Life Of Agony – ‘River Runs Red’
57. Emperor – ‘Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk’
56. The Dillinger Escape Plan – ‘Calculating Infinity’
55. Opeth – ‘Blackwater Park’
54. Helmet – ‘Meantime’
53. Type O Negative – ‘Bloody Kisses’
52. Def Leppard’ – ‘Pyromania’
51. Carcass – ‘Heartwork’
50. Slipknot – ‘Iowa’
49. Neurosis – ‘Through Silver In Blood’
48. Rainbow – ‘Rising’
47. Slayer – ‘South Of Heaven’
46. Mastodon – ‘Leviathan’
45. Exodus – ‘Bonded By Blood’
44. Mötley Crüe – ‘Shout At The Devil’
43. Judas Priest – ‘Stained Class’
42. Diamond Head – ‘Lightning To The Nations’
41. Kyuss – ‘Blues For The Red Sun’
40. Mayhem – ‘De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas’
39. Pantera – ‘Far Beyond Driven’
38. Iron Maiden – ‘Powerslave’
37. Black Sabbath – ‘Heaven And Hell’
36. Van Halen – ‘Women And Children First’
35. Metallica – ‘Kill ‘Em All’
34. Black Sabbath – ‘Master Of Reality’
33. Megadeth – ‘Countdown To Extinction’
32. Black Sabbath – ‘Sabotage’
31. Slayer – ‘Seasons In The Abyss’
30. Korn – ‘Korn’
29. Sepultura – ‘Chaos A.D.’
28. Celtic Frost – ‘Morbid Tales’
27. System Of A Down – ‘Toxicity’
26. Alice In Chains – ‘Dirt’
25. Metallica – ‘Metallica’
24. Rage Against The Machine – ‘Rage Against The Machine’
23. Danzig – ‘Danzig’
22. Mötley Crüe – ‘Too Fast For Love’
21. Metallica – ‘…And Justice For All’
20. Anthrax – ‘Among The Living’
19. Megadeth – ‘Rust In Peace’
18. Tool – ‘Ænima’
17. Mercyful Fate – ‘Melissa’
16. Dio – ‘Holy Diver’
15. Ozzy Osbourne – ‘Diary Of A Madman’
14. Black Sabbath – ‘Vol. 4’
13. Iron Maiden – ‘Iron Maiden’
12. Judas Priest – ‘Screaming For Vengeance’
11. Metallica – ‘Ride The Lightning’
10. Pantera – ‘Vulgar Display Of Power’
9. Ozzy Osbourne – ‘Blizzard Of Ozz’
8. Megadeth – ‘Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying?’
7. Motörhead – ‘No Remorse’
6. Slayer – ‘Reign In Blood’
5. Black Sabbath – ‘Black Sabbath’
4. Iron Maiden – ‘The Number Of The Beast’
3. Judas Priest – ‘British Steel’
2. Metallica – ‘Master Of Puppets’
1. Black Sabbath – ‘Paranoid’