Top Metal Albums

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Book Albums

Top rated Metal albums featured in the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die book.
Led Zeppelin IV album cover

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin
1971
4.37 / 5
 Paranoid album cover

Paranoid

Black Sabbath
1970
4.2 / 5
 Led Zeppelin II album cover

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin
1969
4.12 / 5
 Led Zeppelin album cover

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin
1969
4.1 / 5
 Led Zeppelin III album cover

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin
1970
3.96 / 5
 Physical Graffiti album cover

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin
1975
3.92 / 5
 Back In Black album cover

Back In Black

AC/DC
1980
3.86 / 5
 Black Sabbath album cover

Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath
1970
3.83 / 5
 Metallica album cover

Metallica

Metallica
1991
3.79 / 5
 Vol. 4 album cover

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath
1972
3.75 / 5
 Appetite For Destruction album cover

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses
1987
3.74 / 5
 Master Of Puppets album cover

Master Of Puppets

Metallica
1986
3.73 / 5
 Van Halen album cover

Van Halen

Van Halen
1978
3.64 / 5
 Machine Head album cover

Machine Head

Deep Purple
1972
3.59 / 5
 The Number Of The Beast album cover

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden
1982
3.59 / 5
 1984 album cover

1984

Van Halen
1984
3.51 / 5
 Dirt album cover

Dirt

Alice In Chains
1992
3.47 / 5
 ...And Justice For All album cover

...And Justice For All

Metallica
1988
3.43 / 5
 Iron Maiden album cover

Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden
1980
3.41 / 5
 Deep Purple In Rock album cover

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple
1970
3.33 / 5

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