Best Heavy Metal Albums

15 artists on TakeRank are tagged heavy metal on MusicBrainz, and fans have voted on 119 of their albums. Shogun by Trivium leads right now, ahead of Ascendancy by Trivium and Ten Thousand Fists by Disturbed. Every place here was won in head-to-head votes, with no critic scores and no streaming numbers mixed in.

15

Artists

119

Albums voted on

Top Heavy Metal albums

  1. 1
    Shogun

    Shogun

    Trivium (2008)

    1439

    86 votes

  2. 2
    Ascendancy

    Ascendancy

    Trivium (2005)

    1253

    85 votes

  3. 3
    Ten Thousand Fists

    Ten Thousand Fists

    Disturbed (2005)

    1240

    25 votes

  4. 4
    Slipknot

    Slipknot

    Slipknot (1999)

    1237

    36 votes

  5. 5
    Meliora

    Meliora

    Ghost (2015)

    1220

    41 votes

  6. 6
    Dirt

    Dirt

    Alice in Chains (1992)

    1217

    32 votes

  7. 7
    Master of Puppets

    Master of Puppets

    Metallica (1986)

    1208

    50 votes

  8. 8
    Toxicity

    Toxicity

    System of a Down (2001)

    1205

    46 votes

  9. 9
    City of Evil

    City of Evil

    Avenged Sevenfold (2005)

    1183

    34 votes

  10. 10
    Alice in Chains

    Alice in Chains

    Alice in Chains (1995)

    1175

    29 votes

  11. 11
    Impera

    Impera

    Ghost (2022)

    1162

    42 votes

  12. 12
    The Sin and the Sentence

    The Sin and the Sentence

    Trivium (2017)

    1162

    85 votes

  13. 13
    Nightmare

    Nightmare

    Avenged Sevenfold (2010)

    1146

    34 votes

  14. 14
    The Sickness

    The Sickness

    Disturbed (2000)

    1142

    25 votes

  15. 15
    Fallen

    Fallen

    Evanescence (2003)

    1127

    10 votes

  16. 16
    Appetite for Destruction

    Appetite for Destruction

    Guns N’ Roses (1987)

    1123

    9 votes

  17. 17
    System of a Down

    System of a Down

    System of a Down (1998)

    1122

    45 votes

  18. 18
    Iowa

    Iowa

    Slipknot (2001)

    1108

    35 votes

  19. 19
    Ride the Lightning

    Ride the Lightning

    Metallica (1984)

    1095

    49 votes

  20. 20
    …And Justice for All

    …And Justice for All

    Metallica (1988)

    1089

    49 votes

Top Heavy Metal songs

  1. 1
    Dirt

    Would?

    Alice in Chains - Dirt

    1155

    1 vote

  2. 2
    Toxicity

    Chop Suey!

    System of a Down - Toxicity

    1139

    15 votes

  3. 3
    Toxicity

    Needles

    System of a Down - Toxicity

    1129

    13 votes

  4. 4
    Mezmerize

    This Cocaine Makes Me Feel Like I’m on This Song

    System of a Down - Mezmerize

    1127

    13 votes

  5. 5
    Toxicity

    Deer Dance

    System of a Down - Toxicity

    1110

    14 votes

  6. 6
    Toxicity

    Prison Song

    System of a Down - Toxicity

    1106

    14 votes

  7. 7
    Mezmerize

    Revenga

    System of a Down - Mezmerize

    1104

    13 votes

  8. 8
    Hypnotize

    Holy Mountains

    System of a Down - Hypnotize

    1104

    2 votes

  9. 9
    Dirt

    Rooster

    Alice in Chains - Dirt

    1103

    1 vote

  10. 10
    Mezmerize

    Radio/Video

    System of a Down - Mezmerize

    1093

    15 votes

  11. 11
    Metallica

    The Unforgiven

    Metallica - Metallica

    1093

    1 vote

  12. 12
    Hypnotize

    Hypnotize

    System of a Down - Hypnotize

    1093

    15 votes

  13. 13
    All Hope Is Gone

    All Hope Is Gone

    Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone

    1086

    1 vote

  14. 14
    Slipknot

    Eyeless

    Slipknot - Slipknot

    1079

    3 votes

  15. 15
    Master of Puppets

    Damage, Inc.

    Metallica - Master of Puppets

    1079

    1 vote

  16. 16
    Slipknot

    Get This

    Slipknot - Slipknot

    1078

    1 vote

  17. 17
    Mezmerize

    Sad Statue

    System of a Down - Mezmerize

    1075

    2 votes

  18. 18
    System of a Down

    Sugar

    System of a Down - System of a Down

    1070

    15 votes

  19. 19
    Hypnotize

    Attack

    System of a Down - Hypnotize

    1066

    13 votes

  20. 20
    City of Evil

    M.I.A.

    Avenged Sevenfold - City of Evil

    1066

    3 votes

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