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Most Acclaimed Metal Albums of All Time Beta

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#1 Led Zeppelin IV (1971)

Led Zeppelin | 16 lists

#2 Master of Puppets (1986)

Metallica | 17 lists

#3 Appetite for Destruction (1987)

Guns N' Roses | 18 lists

#4 Back in Black (1980)

AC/DC | 14 lists

#5 Paranoid (1970)

Black Sabbath | 10 lists

#6 Rage Against the Machine (1992)

Rage Against the Machine | 13 lists

#7 Raising Hell (1986)

Run-DMC | 13 lists

#8 Ill Communication (1994)

Beastie Boys | 13 lists

#9 Reign in Blood (1986)

Slayer | 11 lists

#10 Licensed to Ill (1986)

Beastie Boys | 11 lists

#11 Metallica ["The Black Album"] (1991)

Metallica | 9 lists

#12 Van Halen (1978)

Van Halen | 6 lists

#13 Songs for the Deaf (2002)

Queens of the Stone Age | 11 lists

#14 Check Your Head (1992)

Beastie Boys | 9 lists

#15 Superunknown (1994)

Soundgarden | 9 lists

#16 Nothing's Shocking (1988)

Jane's Addiction | 7 lists

#17 Master of Reality (1971)

Black Sabbath | 5 lists

#18 Toxicity (2001)

System of a Down | 8 lists

#19 Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)

Red Hot Chili Peppers | 6 lists

#20 A Night at the Opera (1975)

Queen | 4 lists

#21 Black Sabbath (1970)

Black Sabbath | 4 lists

#22 Run–D.M.C. (1984)

Run-DMC | 5 lists

#23 Rated R (2000)

Queens of the Stone Age | 9 lists

#24 Sunbather (2013)

Deafheaven | 8 lists

#25 Dirt (1992)

Alice in Chains | 4 lists

#26 1984 (1984)

Van Halen | 4 lists

#27 Californication (1999)

Red Hot Chili Peppers | 4 lists

#28 The Battle of Los Angeles (1999)

Rage Against the Machine | 5 lists

#29 Ace of Spades (1980)

Motörhead | 3 lists

#30 Live and Dangerous (1978)

Thin Lizzy | 2 lists

#31 Ritual de lo Habitual (1990)

Jane's Addiction | 4 lists

#32 Scum (1987)

Napalm Death | 3 lists

#33 Alive! (1975)

Kiss | 2 lists

#34 Bat Out of Hell (1977)

Meat Loaf | 2 lists

#35 Ride the Lightning (1984)

Metallica | 3 lists

#36 The Number of the Beast (1982)

Iron Maiden | 3 lists

#37 Badmotorfinger (1991)

Soundgarden | 3 lists

#38 Destroyer (1976)

Kiss | 2 lists

#50

Led Zeppelin

Rock / Metal / Blues Rock / Hard Rock / Heavy Metal

16 lists

Led Zeppelin IV 1971

#86

Metallica

Metal / Thrash Metal

17 lists

Master of Puppets 1986

#94

Guns N' Roses

Rock / Metal / Hard Rock / Heavy Metal

18 lists

Appetite for Destruction 1987

#98

AC/DC

Rock / Metal / Blues Rock / Hard Rock / Heavy Metal

14 lists

Back in Black 1980

#113

Black Sabbath

Rock / Metal / Hard Rock / Heavy Metal

10 lists

Paranoid 1970

#184

Rage Against the Machine

Rock / Punk / Metal / Alternative Metal / Alternative Rock / Hardcore Punk

13 lists

Rage Against the Machine 1992

#191

Run-DMC

Hip Hop / Metal / Alternative Metal / Boom Bap / Pop Rap / Turntablism

13 lists

Raising Hell 1986

#194

Beastie Boys

Rock / Hip Hop / Funk / Jazz / Punk / Metal / Alternative Hip Hop / Alternative Metal / Conscious Hip Hop / Hardcore Punk / Jazz-Funk / Turntablism

13 lists

Ill Communication 1994

#207

Slayer

Rock / Metal / Thrash Metal

11 lists

Reign in Blood 1986

#10

#283

Beastie Boys

Rock / Hip Hop / Metal / Alternative Hip Hop / Hard Rock / Heavy Metal

11 lists

Licensed to Ill 1986

#11

#355

Metallica

Rock / Metal / Hard Rock / Heavy Metal / Thrash Metal

9 lists

Metallica ["The Black Album"] 1991

#12

#358

Van Halen

Rock / Metal / Hard Rock / Heavy Metal

6 lists

Van Halen 1978

#13

#398

Queens of the Stone Age

Rock / Metal / Alternative Metal / Hard Rock

11 lists

Songs for the Deaf 2002

#14

#408

Beastie Boys

Rock / Hip Hop / Funk / Punk / Metal / Alternative Metal / Alternative Rock / Hardcore Hip Hop

9 lists

Check Your Head 1992

#15

#439

Soundgarden

Rock / Metal / Alternative Metal / Alternative Rock / Grunge

9 lists

Superunknown 1994

#16

#475

Jane's Addiction

Rock / Metal / Alternative Metal / Alternative Rock

7 lists

Nothing's Shocking 1988

#17

#479

Black Sabbath

Rock / Metal / Hard Rock / Heavy Metal

5 lists

Master of Reality 1971

#18

#496

System of a Down

Rock / Metal / Alternative Metal

8 lists

Toxicity 2001

#19

#509

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Rock / Funk / Metal / Alternative Metal / Alternative Rock

6 lists

Blood Sugar Sex Magik 1991

#20

#540

Queen

Rock / Pop / Metal / Art Pop / Art Rock / Glam Rock / Hard Rock / Heavy Metal / Pop Rock / Prog Rock

4 lists

A Night at the Opera 1975

#21

#564

Black Sabbath

Rock / Metal / Blues Rock / Hard Rock / Heavy Metal

4 lists

Black Sabbath 1970

#22

#571

Run-DMC

Hip Hop / Metal / Alternative Metal / Hardcore Hip Hop

5 lists

Run–D.M.C. 1984

#23

#576

Queens of the Stone Age

Rock / Metal / Alternative Metal / Alternative Rock / Hard Rock

9 lists

Rated R 2000

#24

#592

Deafheaven

Rock / Metal / Shoegaze

8 lists

Sunbather 2013

#25

#670

Alice in Chains

Rock / Metal / Alternative Metal / Grunge / Hard Rock / Heavy Metal

4 lists

Dirt 1992

#26

#701

Van Halen

Rock / Metal / Hard Rock / Heavy Metal

4 lists

1984 1984

#27

#714

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Rock / Funk / Metal / Alternative Metal / Alternative Rock

4 lists

Californication 1999

#28

#754

Rage Against the Machine

Rock / Metal / Alternative Metal / Hard Rock / Heavy Metal

5 lists

The Battle of Los Angeles 1999

#29

#800

Motörhead

Rock / Metal / Hard Rock / Heavy Metal / Rock & Roll / Thrash Metal

3 lists

Ace of Spades 1980

#30

#820

Thin Lizzy

Rock / Metal / Blues Rock / Hard Rock / Heavy Metal

2 lists

Live and Dangerous 1978

#31

#833

Jane's Addiction

Rock / Metal / Alternative Metal / Alternative Rock

4 lists

Ritual de lo Habitual 1990

#32

#854

Napalm Death

Punk / Metal / Hardcore Punk / Thrash Metal

3 lists

Scum 1987

#33

#876

Kiss

Rock / Metal / Glam Rock / Hard Rock / Heavy Metal

2 lists

Alive! 1975

#34

#900

Meat Loaf

Rock / Metal / Hard Rock / Heavy Metal / Pop Rock

2 lists

Bat Out of Hell 1977

#35

#903

Metallica

Metal / Thrash Metal

3 lists

Ride the Lightning 1984

#36

#925

Iron Maiden

Metal / Heavy Metal

3 lists

The Number of the Beast 1982

#37

#939

Soundgarden

Rock / Metal / Alternative Metal / Alternative Rock / Grunge / Hard Rock

3 lists

Badmotorfinger 1991

#38

#981

Kiss

Rock / Metal / Hard Rock / Heavy Metal

2 lists

Destroyer 1976

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