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Best alternative metal albums

Alternative metal bends metal's weight toward alt-rock's experimentation: unconventional song structures, atmospheric dynamics, and genre-blending. The 1990s wave of Deftones, Tool, and System of a Down showed metal could be heavy without orthodoxy.

According to Riffiter listeners, the best alternative metal album is Iowa by Slipknot, rated 4.3/5 by 43 listeners.

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  1. Iowa cover№ 1IowaSlipknot · 20014.3Weighted score4.3 avg · 43 ratings
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  1. 2Koi No Yokan coverKoi No YokanDeftones · 20124.2 score · 4.4 avg · 20 ratings
  2. 3The Lost Children coverThe Lost ChildrenDisturbed · 20114.2 score · 4.3 avg · 27 ratings
  3. 4Superunknown coverSuperunknownSoundgarden · 19944.2 score · 4.3 avg · 23 ratings
  4. 5The Battle of Los Angeles coverThe Battle of Los AngelesRage Against the Machine · 19994.2 score · 4.3 avg · 22 ratings
  5. 6Toxicity coverToxicitySystem of a Down · 20024.2 score · 4.2 avg · 564 ratings
  6. 7Untouchables coverUntouchablesKorn · 20024.2 score · 4.3 avg · 15 ratings
  7. 8Fear Inoculum coverFear InoculumTool · 20194.2 score · 4.2 avg · 291 ratings
  8. 9White Pony coverWhite PonyDeftones · 20004.2 score · 4.2 avg · 204 ratings
  9. 10Saturday Night Wrist coverSaturday Night WristDeftones · 20064.2 score · 4.3 avg · 17 ratings
  10. 11.5: The Gray Chapter cover.5: The Gray ChapterSlipknot · 20144.1 score · 4.2 avg · 153 ratings
  11. 12Dirt coverDirtAlice in Chains · 19924.1 score · 4.2 avg · 23 ratings
  12. 13Ire coverIreParkway Drive · 20154.1 score · 4.3 avg · 12 ratings
  13. 14Fallen coverFallenEvanescence · 20034.1 score · 4.1 avg · 452 ratings
  14. 15The Surface Seems So Far coverThe Surface Seems So FarSeether · 20244.1 score · 4.2 avg · 15 ratings
  15. 16Diamond Eyes coverDiamond EyesDeftones · 20104.1 score · 4.1 avg · 141 ratings
  16. 17Mezmerize coverMezmerizeSystem of a Down · 20054.1 score · 4.1 avg · 271 ratings
  17. 18Sempiternal coverSempiternalBring Me the Horizon · 20134.1 score · 4.1 avg · 166 ratings
  18. 19Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium coverLive at the Grand Olympic AuditoriumRage Against the Machine · 20034.1 score · 4.2 avg · 17 ratings
  19. 20From Zero coverFrom ZeroLinkin Park · 20244.1 score · 4.2 avg · 27 ratings
  20. 21Alter Bridge coverAlter BridgeAlter Bridge · 20264.1 score · 4.2 avg · 27 ratings
  21. 22Meteora coverMeteoraLinkin Park · 20034.1 score · 4.1 avg · 837 ratings
  22. 23We Are Not Your Kind coverWe Are Not Your KindSlipknot · 20194.1 score · 4.1 avg · 194 ratings
  23. 2410,000 Days cover10,000 DaysTool · 20064.1 score · 4.1 avg · 100 ratings
  24. 25From Mars to Sirius coverFrom Mars to SiriusGojira · 20054.1 score · 4.1 avg · 59 ratings
  25. 26City of Evil coverCity of EvilAvenged Sevenfold · 20054.1 score · 4.1 avg · 144 ratings
  26. 27Greatest Hits: The Atlantic Years coverGreatest Hits: The Atlantic YearsP.O.D. · 20064.1 score · 4.1 avg · 29 ratings
  27. 28Afterglow coverAfterglowSleep Theory · 20254.1 score · 4.2 avg · 13 ratings
  28. 29Around the Fur coverAround the FurDeftones · 19974.1 score · 4.1 avg · 361 ratings
  29. 30Adrenaline coverAdrenalineDeftones · 19954.1 score · 4.2 avg · 12 ratings
  30. 31Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) coverVol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)Slipknot · 20044.1 score · 4.1 avg · 46 ratings
  31. 32Nothing coverNothingMeshuggah · 20024.0 score · 4.2 avg · 10 ratings
  32. 33Ænima coverÆnimaTool · 19964.0 score · 4.1 avg · 39 ratings
  33. 34System of a Down coverSystem of a DownSystem of a Down · 19984.0 score · 4.1 avg · 15 ratings
  34. 35House of Gold & Bones, Part 1 coverHouse of Gold & Bones, Part 1Stone Sour · 20124.0 score · 4.1 avg · 19 ratings
  35. 36Mechanical Animals coverMechanical AnimalsMarilyn Manson · 19984.0 score · 4.1 avg · 22 ratings
  36. 37Hail to the King coverHail to the KingAvenged Sevenfold · 20134.0 score · 4.1 avg · 11 ratings
  37. 38Slipknot coverSlipknotSlipknot · 19994.0 score · 4.0 avg · 160 ratings
  38. 39Negative Spaces coverNegative SpacesPoppy · 20244.0 score · 4.0 avg · 31 ratings
  39. 40I Let It in and It Took Everything coverI Let It in and It Took EverythingLoathe · 20204.0 score · 4.0 avg · 14 ratings
  40. 41The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 1 coverThe Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 1Five Finger Death Punch · 20134.0 score · 4.0 avg · 43 ratings
  41. 42Facelift coverFaceliftAlice in Chains · 19904.0 score · 4.0 avg · 18 ratings
  42. 439.0: Live cover9.0: LiveSlipknot · 20054.0 score · 4.0 avg · 32 ratings
  43. 44Gore coverGoreDeftones · 20164.0 score · 4.0 avg · 12 ratings
  44. 45Greatest Hits: Back to the Start coverGreatest Hits: Back to the StartMegadeth · 20054.0 score · 4.0 avg · 29 ratings
  45. 46Lateralus coverLateralusTool · 20014.0 score · 4.0 avg · 80 ratings
  46. 47Avenged Sevenfold coverAvenged SevenfoldAvenged Sevenfold · 20074.0 score · 4.0 avg · 10 ratings
  47. 48Undertow coverUndertowTool · 19934.0 score · 4.0 avg · 40 ratings
  48. 49Life Is but a Dream… coverLife Is but a Dream…Avenged Sevenfold · 20234.0 score · 4.0 avg · 37 ratings
  49. 50The Act coverThe ActThe Devil Wears Prada · 20193.9 score · 4.0 avg · 12 ratings

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