Top Metal Albums
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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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9,194
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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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12,485
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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
[First added to this chart: 11/09/2020]
Year of Release:
1987
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11,162
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Heavy Metal / NWOBHM
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Year of Release:
1982
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6,106
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Traditional Doom Metal / Christian Metal
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Crossover Thrash
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Year of Release:
1983
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343
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Thrash Metal
[First added to this chart: 11/09/2020]
Year of Release:
1989
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298
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Heavy Metal
[First added to this chart: 11/09/2020]
Year of Release:
1989
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568
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Thrash Metal
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Year of Release:
1988
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5,119
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Top Metal Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Metallica | 4 | 4% | |
| Black Sabbath | 3 | 3% | |
| Neurosis | 3 | 3% | |
| Helloween | 3 | 3% | |
| Death (Metal) | 2 | 2% | |
| Judas Priest | 2 | 2% | |
| Mastodon | 2 | 2% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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41 | 41% | |
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16 | 16% | |
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7 | 7% | |
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7 | 7% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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Top Metal Albums chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
|---|
| Down 1 from 15th to 16thDopethrone by Electric Wizard |
| Down 1 from 16th to 17thToxicity by System Of A Down |
| Down 1 from 17th to 18thRengeteg by Thy Catafalque |
| Leavers |
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| Blood Mountain by Mastodon |
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