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Top hard rock albums
The top-rated hard rock album on Riffiter is Back in Black by AC/DC, rated 4.6/5 by 9 listeners.
1,634 hard rock albums ranked by community ratings and listening on Riffiter. The community has rated 99 of 1,634 hard rock albums, averaging 3.7/5, spanning 1968 to 2026.
02 Highway to Hell
AC/DC · 1979
★ 4.6 · 9
03 Iron Man 2
AC/DC · 2010
★ 4.8 · 3
04 White Pony
Deftones · 2000
★ 4.8 · 2
05 Use Your Illusion I
Guns N' Roses · 1991
★ 4.4 · 4
06 Firepower
Judas Priest · 2018
★ 4.4 · 4
07 Rage Against The Machine - XX (20th Anniversary Special Edition)
Rage Against the Machine · 2012
★ 4.2 · 6
08 Fear Inoculum
Tool · 2019
★ 4.1 · 6
09 High Voltage
AC/DC · 1976
★ 4.1 · 5
10 For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)
AC/DC · 1981
★ 4.3 · 2
11 War Eternal
Arch Enemy · 2014
★ 4.3 · 2
12 Chinese Democracy
Guns N' Roses · 2008
★ 4.5 · 1
13 Ænima
Tool · 1996
★ 4.5 · 1
14 Kings of Metal
Manowar · 1988
★ 4.5 · 1
15 Dream Theater
Dream Theater · 2013
★ 4.5 · 1
16 The Astonishing
Dream Theater · 2016
★ 4.5 · 1
17 The Essential Judas Priest
Judas Priest · 2015
★ 4.5 · 1
18 Let There Be Rock
AC/DC · 1977
★ 4.0 · 6
19 Audioslave
Audioslave · 2002
★ 4.0 · 4
20 Blackwater Park
Opeth · 2001
★ 4.0 · 4
21 Live (Collector's Edition)
AC/DC · 2014
★ 4.0 · 3
22 Powerage
AC/DC · 1978
★ 4.0 · 3
23 Machine Head
Deep Purple · 1972
★ 3.9 · 7
24 Use Your Illusion II
Guns N' Roses · 1991
★ 4.0 · 2
25 Toys in the Attic
Aerosmith · 1975
★ 4.0 · 2
26 Silver Side Up
Nickelback · 2001
★ 4.0 · 1
27 Anthem of the Peaceful Army
Greta Van Fleet · 2018
★ 4.0 · 1
28 Fly on the Wall
AC/DC · 1985
★ 4.0 · 1
29 Ozzmosis
Ozzy Osbourne · 1995
★ 4.0 · 1
30 Redeemer of Souls
Judas Priest · 2014
★ 4.0 · 1
31 A Little South of Sanity
Aerosmith · 1998
★ 4.0 · 1
32 Defenders of the Faith (30th Anniversary Edition) (Remastered)
Judas Priest · 2015
★ 4.0 · 1
33 Deceivers
Arch Enemy · 2022
★ 4.0 · 1
34 Nostradamus
Judas Priest · 2008
★ 4.0 · 1
35 Cowboys From Hell
Pantera · 1990
★ 3.9 · 4
36 If You Want Blood You've Got It (Live)
AC/DC · 2015
★ 3.9 · 4
37 Lateralus
Tool · 2001
★ 3.9 · 4
38 City of Evil
Avenged Sevenfold · 2005
★ 3.9 · 4
39 Rock or Bust
AC/DC · 2014
★ 3.8 · 2
40 Here and Now
Nickelback · 2011
★ 3.8 · 2
41 Invincible Shield
Judas Priest · 2024
★ 3.8 · 2
42 Mother Earth
Within Temptation · 2000
★ 3.8 · 2
43 Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
AC/DC · 1976
★ 3.8 · 6
44 Appetite for Destruction
Guns N' Roses · 1987
★ 3.5 · 1
45 All the Right Reasons
Nickelback · 2005
★ 3.5 · 1
46 Out of Exile
Audioslave · 2005
★ 3.5 · 1
47 "The Spaghetti Incident?"
Guns N' Roses · 1993
★ 3.5 · 1
48 Patient Number 9
Ozzy Osbourne · 2022
★ 3.5 · 1
49 Black Rain
Ozzy Osbourne · 2007
★ 3.5 · 1
50 Scream
Ozzy Osbourne · 2010
★ 3.5 · 1
51 Return to Forever (Tour Edition)
Scorpions · 2015
★ 3.5 · 1
52 Greatest Hits
Pat Benatar · 2005
★ 3.5 · 1
53 The Silent Force
Within Temptation · 2004
★ 3.5 · 1
54 Hollow Crown
Architects · 2009
★ 3.5 · 1
55 Helloween
Helloween · 1985
★ 3.5 · 1
56 Dark Horse
Nickelback · 2008
★ 3.5 · 2
57 Black Ice
AC/DC · 2008
★ 3.5 · 2
58 10,000 Days
Tool · 2006
★ 3.5 · 2
59 Ten Thousand Fists
Disturbed · 2005
★ 3.5 · 2
60 Acoustica
Scorpions · 2001
★ 3.5 · 2
61 Under Cover
Ozzy Osbourne · 2005
★ 3.5 · 2
62 The Razors Edge
AC/DC · 1990
★ 3.5 · 3
63 Best Of, Volume 1
Van Halen · 1996
★ 3.0 · 1
64 '74 Jailbreak
AC/DC · 1984
★ 3.0 · 1
65 Bonfire
AC/DC · 1997
★ 3.0 · 1
66 Blow Up Your Video
AC/DC · 1988
★ 3.0 · 1
67 Metal Works '73-'93
Judas Priest · 1993
★ 3.0 · 1
68 Blizzard Of Ozz (40th Anniversary Expanded Edition)
Ozzy Osbourne · 2020
★ 3.0 · 1
69 Carry Fire
Robert Plant · 2017
★ 3.0 · 1
70 Priest... Live!
Judas Priest · 1987
★ 3.0 · 1
71 Stiff Upper Lip
AC/DC · 2000
★ 3.3 · 2
72 The Sickness
Disturbed · 2000
★ 3.3 · 2
73 Memoirs of a Madman
Ozzy Osbourne · 2014
★ 3.3 · 2
74 Power Up
AC/DC · 2020
★ 3.3 · 3
75 No More Tears
Ozzy Osbourne · 1991
★ 2.5 · 1
76 The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboy's Vulgar Hits
Pantera · 2003
★ 2.5 · 1
77 The Here and Now
Architects · 2011
★ 2.5 · 1
78 Greatest Hits
Guns N' Roses · 2004
★ 3.0 · 2
79 Who Made Who
AC/DC · 1986
★ 3.0 · 2
80 Backtracks
AC/DC · 2009
★ 3.0 · 2
81 Damnation
Opeth · 2003
★ 3.0 · 2
82 Will to Power
Arch Enemy · 2017
★ 3.0 · 2
83 Fever (Tour Edition)
Bullet for My Valentine · 2010
★ 3.0 · 2
84 Pump
Aerosmith · 1989
★ 2.0 · 1
85 Tribute
Ozzy Osbourne · 1987
★ 2.0 · 1
86 Battle Cry
Judas Priest · 2016
★ 2.0 · 1
87 Killing Machine
Judas Priest · 1978
★ 2.0 · 1
88 Khaos Legions
Arch Enemy · 2011
★ 2.0 · 1
89 Def Leppard
Def Leppard · 2015
★ 2.8 · 2
90 Undertow
Tool · 1993
★ 3.0 · 3
91 Wages of Sin
Arch Enemy · 2001
★ 3.0 · 3
92 Live at River Plate
AC/DC · 2012
★ 2.8 · 3
93 March ör Die
Motörhead · 1992
★ 2.5 · 2
94 The End of Heartache (Special Edition)
Killswitch Engage · 2004
★ 2.5 · 2
95 Covered In Blood
Arch Enemy · 2019
★ 2.5 · 2
96 Flick of the Switch
AC/DC · 1983
★ 1.5 · 1
97 Diary of a Madman
Ozzy Osbourne · 1981
★ 1.5 · 1
98 Black Earth (Reissue)
Arch Enemy · 2013
★ 1.5 · 1
99 Killing Is My Business...And Business Is Good - The Final Kill
Megadeth · 2018
★ 2.3 · 3
100 Crazy World
Scorpions · 1990
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