Heavy Metal · Albums
Top heavy metal albums
The top-rated heavy metal album on Riffiter is Painkiller by Judas Priest, rated 4.8/5 by 6 listeners.
518 heavy metal albums ranked by community ratings and listening on Riffiter. The community has rated 85 of 518 heavy metal albums, averaging 3.8/5, spanning 1970 to 2025.
02 Paranoid
Black Sabbath · 1970
★ 4.9 · 4
03 The Number of the Beast
Iron Maiden · 1982
★ 4.6 · 7
04 Master of Reality
Black Sabbath · 1971
★ 4.6 · 4
05 Powerslave
Iron Maiden · 1984
★ 4.6 · 4
06 Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Iron Maiden · 1988
★ 4.6 · 4
07 British Steel
Judas Priest · 1980
★ 4.5 · 4
08 Blizzard of Ozz
Ozzy Osbourne · 1980
★ 4.4 · 5
09 Firepower
Judas Priest · 2018
★ 4.4 · 4
10 Impera
Ghost · 2022
★ 5.0 · 1
11 Nightmare
Avenged Sevenfold · 2010
★ 4.2 · 3
12 Sirens
Savatage · 1983
★ 4.3 · 2
13 Kings of Metal
Manowar · 1988
★ 4.5 · 1
14 Opus Eponymous
Ghost · 2010
★ 4.5 · 1
15 The Inner Sanctum
Saxon · 2007
★ 4.5 · 1
16 Wheels of Steel
Saxon · 1980
★ 4.0 · 4
17 Lightning to the Nations
Diamond Head · 1981
★ 4.0 · 3
18 City of Evil
Avenged Sevenfold · 2005
★ 3.9 · 4
19 Venom
Bullet for My Valentine · 2015
★ 4.0 · 1
20 Ozzmosis
Ozzy Osbourne · 1995
★ 4.0 · 1
21 Redeemer of Souls
Judas Priest · 2014
★ 4.0 · 1
22 Nostradamus
Judas Priest · 2008
★ 4.0 · 1
23 Abigail
King Diamond · 1987
★ 4.0 · 1
24 Glory to the Brave
HammerFall · 1997
★ 4.0 · 1
25 Dysfunctional
Dokken · 1995
★ 4.0 · 1
26 C'mon Take on Me
Hardcore Superstar · 2013
★ 4.0 · 1
27 Anvil Is Anvil
Anvil · 2016
★ 4.0 · 1
28 Power of the Night
Savatage · 1985
★ 4.0 · 1
29 Handful of Rain
Savatage · 1994
★ 4.0 · 1
30 Past Lives
Black Sabbath · 2002
★ 4.0 · 1
31 Live at Hammersmith Odeon
Black Sabbath · 2007
★ 4.0 · 1
32 A Matter of Life and Death
Iron Maiden · 2006
★ 4.0 · 1
33 Holy Diver
Dio · 1983
★ 3.8 · 2
34 Invincible Shield
Judas Priest · 2024
★ 3.8 · 2
35 Strong Arm of the Law
Saxon · 1980
★ 3.8 · 2
36 13
Black Sabbath · 2013
★ 3.5 · 1
37 Defenders of the Faith
Judas Priest · 1984
★ 3.5 · 1
38 Patient Number 9
Ozzy Osbourne · 2022
★ 3.5 · 1
39 Black Rain
Ozzy Osbourne · 2007
★ 3.5 · 1
40 Scream
Ozzy Osbourne · 2010
★ 3.5 · 1
41 Ram It Down
Judas Priest · 1988
★ 3.5 · 1
42 The Poison
Bullet for My Valentine · 2005
★ 3.5 · 1
43 Legal at Last
Anvil · 2020
★ 3.5 · 1
44 All Will Be Revealed
Diamond Head · 2005
★ 3.5 · 1
45 Heaven and Hell
Black Sabbath · 1980
★ 3.5 · 1
46 Crusader
Saxon · 1984
★ 3.5 · 1
47 '98 Live Meltdown
Judas Priest · 1998
★ 3.5 · 1
48 Jugulator
Judas Priest · 1997
★ 3.5 · 1
49 BBC Archives
Iron Maiden · 2002
★ 3.5 · 1
50 Brave New World
Iron Maiden · 2000
★ 3.5 · 1
51 The Book of Souls
Iron Maiden · 2015
★ 3.6 · 4
52 Immortalized
Disturbed · 2015
★ 3.5 · 2
53 Somewhere Back in Time: The Best of 1980-1989
Iron Maiden · 2008
★ 3.5 · 2
54 Senjutsu
Iron Maiden · 2021
★ 3.5 · 2
55 Ten Thousand Fists
Disturbed · 2005
★ 3.5 · 2
56 Under Cover
Ozzy Osbourne · 2005
★ 3.5 · 2
57 Back From the Dead
Spın̈al Tap · 2009
★ 3.5 · 2
58 We Sold Our Soul for Rock 'n' Roll
Black Sabbath · 1975
★ 3.5 · 2
59 Live at Last
Black Sabbath · 1980
★ 3.5 · 2
60 Live at Donington: August 22nd 1992
Iron Maiden · 1993
★ 3.5 · 2
61 Prequelle
Ghost · 2018
★ 3.0 · 1
62 Metal Works '73-'93
Judas Priest · 1993
★ 3.0 · 1
63 Louder Than Hell
Manowar · 1996
★ 3.0 · 1
64 Diamonds: The Best of Dio
Dio · 1992
★ 3.0 · 1
65 Priest... Live!
Judas Priest · 1987
★ 3.0 · 1
66 The Sting
W.A.S.P. · 2000
★ 3.0 · 1
67 Hard 'n' Heavy
Anvil · 1981
★ 3.0 · 1
68 Vol 4
Black Sabbath · 1972
★ 3.0 · 1
69 Innocence Is No Excuse
Saxon · 1985
★ 3.0 · 1
70 Mob Rules
Black Sabbath · 1981
★ 3.0 · 1
71 Bullet for My Valentine
Bullet for My Valentine · 2004
★ 3.0 · 1
72 Hell on Stage Live
Manowar · 1999
★ 3.0 · 1
73 A Real Live Dead One
Iron Maiden · 1998
★ 3.0 · 1
74 Meliora
Ghost · 2015
★ 3.3 · 2
75 The Sickness
Disturbed · 2000
★ 3.3 · 2
76 Memoirs of a Madman
Ozzy Osbourne · 2014
★ 3.3 · 2
77 Skeletá
Ghost · 2025
★ 3.3 · 2
78 No More Tears
Ozzy Osbourne · 1991
★ 2.5 · 1
79 Sounding the Seventh Trumpet
Avenged Sevenfold · 2001
★ 3.0 · 2
80 Flight 666: The Original Soundtrack
Iron Maiden · 2009
★ 2.0 · 1
81 Tribute
Ozzy Osbourne · 1987
★ 2.0 · 1
82 Killing Machine
Judas Priest · 1978
★ 2.0 · 1
83 Canterbury
Diamond Head · 1983
★ 2.0 · 1
84 Diary of a Madman
Ozzy Osbourne · 1981
★ 1.5 · 1
85 The Lost Songs: 1978–1981
Dokken · 2020
★ 1.0 · 1
86 From Fear to Eternity: The Best of 1990–2010
Iron Maiden · 2011
87 En vivo!
Iron Maiden · 2012
88 Infestissumam
Ghost · 2013
89 Ed Hunter
Iron Maiden · 1999
90 The Lost Children
Disturbed · 2011
91 Death on the Road
Iron Maiden · 2005
92 Bark at the Moon
Ozzy Osbourne · 1983
93 The Ultimate Sin
Ozzy Osbourne · 1986
94 Danzig
Danzig · 1988
95 Battle Hymns
Manowar · 1982
96 Fighting the World
Manowar · 1987
97 If You Have Ghost
Ghost · 2013
98 Believe
Disturbed · 2002
99 Angel of Retribution
Judas Priest · 2005
100 The Triumph of Steel
Manowar · 1992
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