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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Top 50 Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 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% |
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| 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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Top 50 Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Albums chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| 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 |
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 The Razors Edgeby AC/DC |
| Sehnsucht by Rammstein |
| Painkiller by Judas Priest |
| Leavers |
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 Strong Arm Of The Lawby Saxon |
| Metal Heart by Accept |
| Somewhere In Time by Iron Maiden |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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70/100  | 06/16/2022 09:02 | Armadilo | | 70/100 |
80/100 | 12/05/2020 20:38 | Guigou | | 76/100 |
80/100 | 10/16/2020 14:37 |  Goliath | | 86/100 |
85/100 | 02/15/2020 08:56 | vruslov | | 89/100 |
30/100 | 10/09/2017 08:35 |  MW19704U | | 57/100 |
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Goliath 10/16/2020 14:38
Kiss are a heavy make-up band, not heavy metal!
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.
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.
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.
swhaze 05/21/2014 14:34
Nice list! This is probably the best Metal/Hard Rock ranking I have been able to find.
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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