Charts · Heavy Metal
Best heavy metal albums
Heavy metal is the genre's classic core: riff-led songs, virtuosic guitar solos, and commanding vocals, codified by Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, and the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. Its iconography and album-length ambition shaped every extreme style that followed.
According to Riffiter listeners, the best heavy metal album is Painkiller by Judas Priest, rated 4.8/5 by 6 listeners.
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Lightning to the NationsDiamond Head · 19814.03 ratings - 16
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