Top Metal Albums by 
Spyglass 
- Chart updated: 11/10/2020 16:15
- (Created: 11/08/2020 05:11).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Thrash Metal
Ironic. When I first finished this chart, Ride the Lightning was directly at the bottom, and now it's at the top. What album has more energy, fury, metallic noise and raw talent than Ride the Lightning? [First added to this chart: 11/09/2020]
Ironic. When I first finished this chart, Ride the Lightning was directly at the bottom, and now it's at the top. What album has more energy, fury, metallic noise and raw talent than Ride the Lightning? [First added to this chart: 11/09/2020]
Year of Release:
1984
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9,213
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Heavy Metal
I wish I didn't have this up here because pairing this with a Metallica album for the top two metal albums reeks of conformism. But Paranoid was one of the first albums I had ever heard and I've always been a huge fan of the album's dark atmosphere and surreal twists. [First added to this chart: 11/09/2020]
I wish I didn't have this up here because pairing this with a Metallica album for the top two metal albums reeks of conformism. But Paranoid was one of the first albums I had ever heard and I've always been a huge fan of the album's dark atmosphere and surreal twists. [First added to this chart: 11/09/2020]
Year of Release:
1970
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19,379
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Post-Metal / Atmospheric Sludge Metal
I've never heard an experimental metal album as perfectly written and damn atmospheric as this. Everything about it bleeds perfection for the album cover's eyesockets. [First added to this chart: 11/09/2020]
I've never heard an experimental metal album as perfectly written and damn atmospheric as this. Everything about it bleeds perfection for the album cover's eyesockets. [First added to this chart: 11/09/2020]
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Death Doom Metal / Gothic Metal / Doom Metal
There isn't a single metal album in the world that does a better job of representing everything that makes slow and dark metal what it is than The Dreadful Hours. Perfectly doomy, perfectly Gothic. [First added to this chart: 11/09/2020]
There isn't a single metal album in the world that does a better job of representing everything that makes slow and dark metal what it is than The Dreadful Hours. Perfectly doomy, perfectly Gothic. [First added to this chart: 11/09/2020]
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Thrash Metal / Heavy Metal
Almost everything that was incredible about Metallica's earlier album Ride the Lightning had been either matched on. The lyrics are more poetic and relatable, the production is clearer and more metallic and the instrumentation is mindblowing. But the clearer production takes away from the metal aura of Ride the Lightning and the album is generally more bloated. It's still enough to give it a high position on my metal list. [First added to this chart: 11/09/2020]
Almost everything that was incredible about Metallica's earlier album Ride the Lightning had been either matched on. The lyrics are more poetic and relatable, the production is clearer and more metallic and the instrumentation is mindblowing. But the clearer production takes away from the metal aura of Ride the Lightning and the album is generally more bloated. It's still enough to give it a high position on my metal list. [First added to this chart: 11/09/2020]
Year of Release:
1986
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13,249
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Prog Metal
Dream Theater have a stronger sense of thematic and epic delivery than most prog bands, and it shows at its greatest capabilities here. [First added to this chart: 11/09/2020]
Dream Theater have a stronger sense of thematic and epic delivery than most prog bands, and it shows at its greatest capabilities here. [First added to this chart: 11/09/2020]
Year of Release:
1999
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2,354
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Traditional Black Metal
The traditional age of black metal has a lot of classic gems, but many of the classic acts were just trying to start a scene. Immortal's harsh and powerful sense of atmosphere make this thrashy and melodic album much more than a classic traditional black metal album. At the Heart of Winter is dark, epic and adventurous. [First added to this chart: 11/09/2020]
The traditional age of black metal has a lot of classic gems, but many of the classic acts were just trying to start a scene. Immortal's harsh and powerful sense of atmosphere make this thrashy and melodic album much more than a classic traditional black metal album. At the Heart of Winter is dark, epic and adventurous. [First added to this chart: 11/09/2020]
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Power Metal
If you need a pick me up, there's hardly a better song to do the job than a Helloween song, especially off of their most creative album. [First added to this chart: 11/09/2020]
If you need a pick me up, there's hardly a better song to do the job than a Helloween song, especially off of their most creative album. [First added to this chart: 11/09/2020]
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Heavy Metal
Paranoid 2: The Drugging. [First added to this chart: 11/09/2020]
Paranoid 2: The Drugging. [First added to this chart: 11/09/2020]
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1971
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Heavy Metal
I don't think there's a more metal album in this world than Painkiller. Judas Priest came a long way from the hard rock and heavy metal days of the 70's and 80's. [First added to this chart: 11/09/2020]
I don't think there's a more metal album in this world than Painkiller. Judas Priest came a long way from the hard rock and heavy metal days of the 70's and 80's. [First added to this chart: 11/09/2020]
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1990
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Top Metal Albums composition
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1970s | 8 | 8% | |
| 1980s | 15 | 15% | |
| 1990s | 34 | 34% | |
| 2000s | 36 | 36% | |
| 2010s | 7 | 7% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Metallica | 4 | 4% | |
| Helloween | 3 | 3% | |
| Black Sabbath | 3 | 3% | |
| Neurosis | 3 | 3% | |
| Iron Maiden | 2 | 2% | |
| Dream Theater | 2 | 2% | |
| Sleep (US) | 2 | 2% | |
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41 | 41% | |
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16 | 16% | |
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7 | 7% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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Top Metal Albums chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 15th to 16th Dopethrone by Electric Wizard |
| Down 1 from 16th to 17th Toxicity by System Of A Down |
| Down 1 from 17th to 18th Rengeteg by Thy Catafalque |
| Leavers |
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 Blood Mountainby Mastodon |
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| 1. The Smiths | |
| 2. Prince | |
| 3. Pixies | |
| 4. The Cure | |
| 5. Talking Heads | |
| 6. U2 | |
| 7. Metallica | |
| 8. Kate Bush | |
| 9. R.E.M. | |
| 10. The Stone Roses | |
| 11. Sonic Youth | |
| 12. Michael Jackson | |
| 13. Bruce Springsteen | |
| 14. Tom Waits | |
| 15. Iron Maiden | |
| 16. Prince And The Revolution | |
| 17. Joy Division | |
| 18. New Order | |
| 19. Talk Talk | |
| 20. Rush |