Top 50 Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Albums by Bork

And these are the top ten heavy metal artists:
1. Iron Maiden, 2. AC/DC, 3. Aerosmith, 4. Van Halen, 5. Judas Priest, 6. Led Zeppelin, 7. Kiss, 8. Metallica, 9. Guns N' Roses, 10. Deep Purple

• Chart updated: 11/28/2013 05:24
• (Created: 06/27/2013 06:17).
• Chart size: 50 albums.

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High Voltage (International) 
Compilation

 AC/DC

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[First added to this chart: 11/28/2013]

Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

139 charts

Rank Score:

870

Rank in 1976:

30

Rank in 1970s:

365

Overall Rank:

1,917

Average Rating:

 79 (224 votes)

Comments:

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Powerslave 

 Iron Maiden

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[First added to this chart: 11/28/2013]

Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

466 charts

Rank Score:

4,048

Rank in 1984:

11

Rank in 1980s:

61

Overall Rank:

436

Average Rating:

 81 (720 votes)

Comments:

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Machine Head 

 Deep Purple

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[First added to this chart: 11/28/2013]

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

807 charts

Rank Score:

6,771

Rank in 1972:

7

Rank in 1970s:

59

Overall Rank:

247

Average Rating:

 83 (1,012 votes)

Comments:

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Back In Black 

 AC/DC

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[First added to this chart: 11/28/2013]

Year of Release:

1980

Appears in:

1,271 charts

Rank Score:

10,653

Rank in 1980:

3

Rank in 1980s:

18

Overall Rank:

133

Average Rating:

 80 (1,863 votes)

Comments:

140

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The Number Of The Beast 

 Iron Maiden

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[First added to this chart: 11/28/2013]

Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

719 charts

Rank Score:

6,363

Rank in 1982:

3

Rank in 1980s:

34

Overall Rank:

269

Average Rating:

 81 (1,016 votes)

Comments:

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Appetite For Destruction 

 Guns N' Roses

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[First added to this chart: 11/28/2013]

Year of Release:

1987

Appears in:

1,382 charts

Rank Score:

11,576

Rank in 1987:

2

Rank in 1980s:

15

Overall Rank:

116

Average Rating:

 78 (1,938 votes)

Comments:

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Led Zeppelin II 

 Led Zeppelin

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[First added to this chart: 11/28/2013]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,931 charts

Rank Score:

22,075

Rank in 1969:

3

Rank in 1960s:

13

Overall Rank:

42

Average Rating:

 87 (2,730 votes)

Comments:

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Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap 

 AC/DC

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[First added to this chart: 11/28/2013]

Year of Release:

1976

Appears in:

243 charts

Rank Score:

985

Rank in 1976:

27

Rank in 1970s:

333

Overall Rank:

1,716

Average Rating:

 77 (416 votes)

Comments:

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Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) 

 Led Zeppelin

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[First added to this chart: 11/28/2013]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

3,137 charts

Rank Score:

41,499

Rank in 1971:

1

Rank in 1970s:

4

Overall Rank:

11

Average Rating:

 90 (3,971 votes)

Comments:

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Metallica 

 Metallica

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[First added to this chart: 11/28/2013]

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

954 charts

Rank Score:

7,451

Rank in 1991:

9

Rank in 1990s:

45

Overall Rank:

219

Average Rating:

 78 (1,542 votes)

Comments:

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Top 50 Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Albums composition

Decade	Albums	%
1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	2	4%
1970s	22	44%
1980s	19	38%
1990s	5	10%
2000s	2	4%
2010s	0	0%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%
AC/DC	7	14%
Aerosmith	6	12%
Iron Maiden	5	10%
Led Zeppelin	4	8%
Deep Purple	3	6%
Van Halen	3	6%
Kiss	3	6%
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Country	Albums	%
	23	46%
	16	32%
	8	16%
	1	2%
	1	2%
	1	2%

Top 50 Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Albums chart changes

Biggest fallers
Down 3 from 30th to 33rd Toys In The Attic by Aerosmith
Down 3 from 31st to 34th Ace Of Spades by Motörhead
Down 3 from 32nd to 35th Hysteria by Def Leppard

New entries
The Razors Edge by AC/DC
Sehnsucht by Rammstein
Painkiller by Judas Priest

Leavers
Strong Arm Of The Law by Saxon
Metal Heart by Accept
Somewhere In Time by Iron Maiden

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Top 50 Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Albums ratings

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70/100	06/16/2022 09:02	Armadilo	1	70/100
80/100	12/05/2020 20:38	Guigou	44	76/100
80/100	10/16/2020 14:37	Goliath	348	86/100
85/100	02/15/2020 08:56	vruslov	583	89/100
30/100	10/09/2017 08:35	MW19704U	15	57/100

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This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 79.2/100, a mean average of 72.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.5/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 16.2.

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From Goliath 10/16/2020 14:38

Kiss are a heavy make-up band, not heavy metal!

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From MW19704U 10/09/2017 08:34

Lots of essential stuff is missing, including whole subgenres like progressive metal, thrash metal or death metal. Also epic acts like Motorhead, Fates Warning, Megadeth, Slayer, Tool, Death, Pantera, Mercyful Fate or System of a down. For a metalhead this list is quite disappointing because it does not rudimental represent the metal genre in a reasonable way.

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From BowieGhostsBub 06/02/2017 19:01

Where's the Megadeth?? Haha, I just say that because they're my favorite. Great chart. But I at least think they're Countdown to Extinction or Youthanasia could have made the list. They were commercial hits. All in all, you've done a good job and have a good collection, but like TheHolyKiwi said you could use some more variety.

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From TheHolyKiwi 04/26/2015 08:17

I'd like to see more variety, like in the genres, bands, decades. This list is mainly full of classic bands, I'd love to see bands like Deftones, Tool, System of A Down, Mastodon, Opeth, Electric Wizard, Kyuss, Agalloch etc.
I guess you get what I mean now.

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From swhaze 05/21/2014 14:34

Nice list! This is probably the best Metal/Hard Rock ranking I have been able to find.

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From junodog4 09/28/2013 01:55

Great hard rock chart. I'd put these albums on repeat, and I'd be set in the hockey locker room for 2-3 seasons.

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