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95	1. Master of Puppets [Remastered & Expanded Edition] by Metallica November 10, 2017 The remastered release for the third full-length studio release of the heavy metal band features demos, mixes, interviews and live tracks from six different tour dates. A deluxe box set includes a book, five complete soundboard recordings of five previously unreleased gigs, a fan recording of another show on cassette, and two DVDs of interviews and two other concerts. User Score 9.2
92	2. Lost In The Sound Of Separation by Underoath September 2, 2008 The sixth album for the metal band from Florida was produced by Adam Dutkiewicz, Matt Goldman, and David Bendeth. User Score 7.1
90	3. Holy Hell by Architects November 9, 2018 The eighth full-length release for the British metalcore band is its first without Tom Searle, who passed away in August 2016. User Score 8.7
89	4. Songs For The Deaf by Queens of the Stone Age August 27, 2002 Stoner metal is back in the form of the third LP from Queens of the Stone Age, who are supplemented for this release (and supporting tour) by drummer Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters, Nirvana) and former Screaming Trees vocalist Mark Lanegan. User Score 8.9
88	5. Monoliths & Dimensions by Sunn O))) May 26, 2009 The metal band worked with composer Eyvind Kang on its seventh album, which features Australian guitar player Oren Ambarchi, vocalists Attila Csihar, Jessika Kenney, Earth's Dylan Carlson, and trombonists Julian Priester and Stuart Dempster as guest artists. User Score 6.8

87	6. Blue Record by Baroness October 13, 2009 The second full-length album for the Georgia-based rock band is its first with new guitarist Peter Adams. User Score 8.7
87	7. Rage Against the Machine XX [20th Anniversary Edition] by Rage Against the Machine November 27, 2012 The self-titled 1992 debut album from Rage Against the Machine is reissued and remastered. Additional B-sides, songs from the band's demo tape, and DVDs are included on the special edition/deluxe box set versions. User Score 8.8
86	8. Fortress by Protest the Hero January 29, 2008 The sophomore album for the post-hardcore/metal band from Whitby, Ontario, Canada. User Score 7.7
85	9. Fires Within Fires by Neurosis September 23, 2016 The 11t full-length release for the Oakland-based post-metal was recorded by producer Steve Albini. User Score 7.3
85	10. Mezmerize by System Of A Down May 17, 2005 Rick Rubin co-produced this first of two planned 2005 releases for SOAD (with 'Hypnotize' coming in the fall). User Score 8.5

85	11. Life Metal by Sunn O))) April 19, 2019 The Seattle drone metal specialists return with the first of two planned 2019 follow-ups to 2015's Kannon. This four-song set was produced by Steve Albini. User Score 7.4
84	12. Sulphur English by Inter Arma April 12, 2019 The Richmond, Virginia metal band's fourth album was produced by Mikey Allred. User Score tbd
84	13. The Serpent & the Sphere by Agalloch May 13, 2014 The fifth full-length release for the Oregon black metal band was produced by Billy Anderson. User Score 8.2
84	14. Low Teens by Every Time I Die September 23, 2016 The eighth full-length release for the Buffalo-based hardcore band features guest appearances from Tim Singer and Panic! at the Disco's Brendon Urie. User Score 7.8
83	15. Harmonicraft by Torche April 24, 2012 The third full-length album for the metal quartet from Miami was produced by the band's guitarist, Kurt Ballou. User Score 8.3

83	16. Blackjazz by Shining February 2, 2010 The Norwegian band led by Jorgen Munkeby has a sharper metal edge than Jaga Jazzist, which was Munkeby's previous band. User Score 7.1
83	17. Electric Messiah by High on Fire October 5, 2018 The eighth full-length studio release for the Oakland, California-based metal band led by Matt Pike was produced by Kurt Ballou. User Score 7.6
83	18. obZen by Meshuggah March 11, 2008 The Swedish metal band releases its sixth studio album. User Score 8.7
82	19. Blood Mountain by Mastodon September 12, 2006 The Atlanta metal band's third album marks their major-label debut. User Score 8.7
82	20. Option Paralysis by The Dillinger Escape Plan March 23, 2010 The fourth album for the rock band is its first on its Season of Mist label and with drummer Billy Rymer (Gil Sharone left to concentrate on his band Stolen Babies). User Score 7.4
82	21. Watershed by Opeth June 3, 2008 The Swedish metal band's ninth album is the first with Martin Axenrot and Fredrik Akesson, who replaced Martin Lopez and Peter Lindgren. User Score 8.7
82	22. Crack The Skye by Mastodon March 24, 2009 The fourth album from the Atlantia, Georgia rock band features songs about the murder of Rasputin. User Score 8.7
82	23. Les Voyages de l'ame by Alcest January 31, 2012 The French black metal band led by Neige releases its third album. User Score 8.5
82	24. Burn Piano Island, Burn by The Blood Brothers March 18, 2003 Known for their loud, angry, and extreme take on metal (well, even more so than your average metal band), The Blood Brothers return with their third album in as many years. User Score 8.5
82	25. All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us by Architects May 27, 2016 The seventh full-length release for the British metalcore band was produced by Henrik Udd and Fredrik Nordström. User Score 8.7
82	26. A Small Turn Of Human Kindness by Harvey Milk May 18, 2010 The Athens, Georgia-based band releases its seventh full-length album. User Score 6.5
82	27. Bears, Mayors, Scraps & Bones by Cancer Bats April 13, 2010 This is the third full-length album for the Canadian punk rock band. User Score 7.2
82	28. At Night We Live by Far May 25, 2010 This is the first album in over 12 years for the Sacramento rock band who is cited as an influence by such bands as Thursday and Blink 182. User Score 8.3
81	29. The Powerless Rise by As I Lay Dying May 11, 2010 The fifth album for the metal band from San Diego was produced by Adam Dutkiewicz and Daniel Castelman. User Score 8.3
80	30. Snakes For The Divine by High on Fire February 23, 2010 The fifth studio album for the metal band from Oakland, California, was produced by Greg Fidelman. User Score 6.8
80	31. One Day As A Lion [EP] by One Day As A Lion July 22, 2008 Rage Against the Machine's Zack De La Rocha releases his solo EP, which includes Mars Volta's Jon Theodore on drums. User Score 8.0
80	32. God Hates Us All by Slayer September 11, 2001 Produced by Matt Hyde, 'God Hates Us All' is the eighth studio album (and first in three years) for the Southern California thrash-metal band. Originally set for a July 2001 release, the album was delayed so that American Recordings head Rick Rubin and producer Sean Beavan could remix each of the tracks. User Score 8.4
80	33. Pink by Boris May 16, 2006 The Japanese band named after a Melvins song releases their latest album. User Score 8.5
80	34. Pleiades Dust [EP] by Gorguts May 13, 2016 The 33-minute one-track EP from the Canadian death metal band is about the House of Wisdom, an institution set in Baghdad from the 9th to 13th centuries. User Score 8.8
80	35. Twilight Of The Thunder God by Amon Amarth September 30, 2008 The Swedish metal band's latest release includes appearances by Apocalyptica, Entombed's Lars Goran Petrov, and Children of Bodom's Roope Latvala. User Score 8.7
80	36. Death Is This Communion by High on Fire September 18, 2007 The fourth album for the Oakland, California metal band. User Score 8.3
79	37. Wavering Radiant by Isis May 5, 2009 The fifth album for the Los Angeles rock band was produced by Joe Barresi. User Score 8.4
79	38. What We All Come To Need by Pelican October 27, 2009 This is the fourth album for the metal band from Chicago. User Score 8.2
79	39. Static Tensions by Kylesa March 17, 2009 The latest album for the metal band from Savannah, Georgia is its second featuring two drummers. User Score 7.9
78	40. Incarnate by Killswitch Engage March 11, 2016 The seventh full-length studio release for the metalcore quintet was produced by the band's guitarist Adam Dutkiewic. User Score 8.4
78	41. Antenna by Cave In March 18, 2003 This major-label debut for the Massachusetts alt-metal band finds the group willing to experiment with and open up its sound, adding more adventurous elements into the mix. User Score 8.0
78	42. Hypnotize by System Of A Down November 22, 2005 Co-produced by Rick Rubin, this 12-song disc was recorded during the same sessions as 'Mesmerize,' and is intended to be heard with that earlier 2005 disc as one complete set. User Score 8.6
78	43. World Painted Blood by Slayer November 3, 2009 Greg Fidelman and Rick Rubin produced the latest disc for the thrash metal band. User Score 8.4
78	44. Death Magnetic by Metallica September 12, 2008 The Rick Rubin-produced album for the heavy-metal band is its first to feature Robert Trujillo on bass. User Score 7.9
77	45. Steal This Album by System Of A Down November 26, 2002 Not the true follow-up to 'Toxicity' that fans were hoping for, 'Steal This Album' instead consists of outtakes from that 2001 album, originally leaked on the Internet in rough versions and now polished up for release on CD. User Score 8.7
77	46. The Old Believer by The Atlas Moth June 10, 2014 The third full-length release for the Chicago sludge rock band features guest appearances from Gojira’s Joe Duplantier as well as Subrosa violinists Kim Pack and Sarah Pendleton. User Score tbd
77	47. Ultra Beatdown by DragonForce August 26, 2008 The metal band releases its first album with Frederic Leclercq on bass. User Score 7.6
76	48. Wolfmother by Wolfmother May 2, 2006 This is the first full-length release for the hard-rocking, classic rock-influenced Australian power trio. User Score 8.5
76	49. Stone by Baroness September 15, 2023 The sixth full-length release from heavy metal band Baroness was self-produced. User Score tbd
75	50. Black Cascade by Wolves in the Throne Room March 31, 2009 The third album for the Washington-based metal band was produced by Randall Dunn. User Score 8.6
75	51. Smile by Boris April 29, 2008 The Japanese experimental group's latest album features guest musicians Michio Kurihara of Ghost and Stephen O'Malley of Sunn O))). User Score 8.5
75	52. Lateralus by Tool May 15, 2001 The band's first album of new material in five years was produced by Tool with David Bottrill and features 13 tracks. User Score 8.9
75	53. Houses of the Molé by Ministry June 22, 2004 The oh-so-punny industrial rockers return with, believe it or not, their 10th LP (although that does include their early synth-pop releases when they were scary for very different reasons). User Score 7.5
74	54. Deftones by Deftones May 20, 2003 This self-titled release is the fourth studio album for the California alt-metal outfit. User Score 8.5
74	55. Wrath by Lamb of God February 24, 2009 The Virginian metal band's follow-up to its Grammy-nominated 2006 album, "Sacrament," was produced by Josh Wilbur. User Score 8.7
73	56. Scars On Broadway by Scars on Broadway July 29, 2008 The debut album for the band that includes System of a Down's Daron Malakian and John Dolmayan. User Score 7.7
73	57. Toxicity by System Of A Down September 4, 2001 This is the alternative metal band's follow-up to their hit 1998 self-titled debut. Rick Rubin produced the 14-track effort. User Score 8.9
73	58. Liberation Transmission by Lostprophets June 27, 2006 This is the third album for the hard-rocking Welsh band. User Score 7.7
73	59. The Last Sucker by Ministry September 18, 2007 The final album for the industrial rock band. User Score 8.2
73	60. Harvey Milk by Harvey Milk January 26, 2010 The actual first album for the Atlanta, Georgia, rock band finally receives an official release after being shelved in 1994. User Score tbd
72	61. White Pony by Deftones June 20, 2000 User Score 8.8
72	62. Killswitch Engage [2009] by Killswitch Engage June 30, 2009 The latest album for the Massachusetts rock band was produced with Brendan O'Brien. User Score 7.3
72	63. Strange Cousins From The West by Clutch July 14, 2009 The first album on the band's own label was produced by J. Robbins. User Score 8.4
72	64. Probot by Probot February 10, 2004 Probot is the all-star metal band founded by Nirvana/Foo Fighters drummer Dave Grohl and fronted by a variety of singers, including King Diamond, Max Cavalera (Sepultura), and Lemmy Kilmister (Motorhead). User Score 8.4
72	65. Christ Illusion by Slayer August 8, 2006 This is the first studio output for the original lineup of the metal band since 1990's Seasons In The Abyss. User Score 7.7
72	66. Saturday Night Wrist by Deftones October 31, 2006 Bob Erzin (Jane's Addiction) produced the alt-metal band's fifth album. System Of A Down vocalist Serj Tankian guests. User Score 8.7
71	67. Bleeding Through by Bleeding Through April 13, 2010 The metal band from Orange County, California releases its first album on the Rise Records label. User Score tbd
71	68. Nude With Boots by The Melvins July 8, 2008 The latest album for the metal band from Washington includes members from Big Business who joined the band on their last album. User Score 8.0
71	69. ATGCLVLSSCAP by Ulver January 22, 2016 The 12th full-length release from the Norwegian experimental group features tracks recorded live from 12 different shows in February 2014. User Score 7.7
71	70. Year Of The Black Rainbow by Coheed and Cambria April 13, 2010 The concept album produced by Atticus Rose and Joe Barresi is the prequel to the prog rock band's Amory Wars narrative, written by singer Claudio Sanchez. User Score 6.3
71	71. Gods Of The Earth by The Sword April 1, 2008 This is the sophomore album for the metal band from Austin, Texas. User Score 8.2
71	72. Come With Me If You Want to Live by Goblin Cock January 27, 2009 The California metal band started by Pinback's Rob Crow releases its second album. User Score tbd
70	73. In The Absence Of Truth by Isis October 31, 2006 This fourth LP for the metal band follow's 2004's acclaimed 'Panopticon' as well as an opening slot on Tool's latest tour. User Score 8.7
70	74. Mechanize by Fear Factory February 9, 2010 The metal band returns with original guitarist Dino Cazares for the group's first album in over four years. User Score 8.4
70	75. Vol 3: (The Subliminal Verses) by Slipknot May 25, 2004 Rick Rubin produced this third LP for the popular mask-wearing Des Moines-based metal outfit, who are set to headline Ozzfest this summer. User Score 8.4
70	76. Start Something by Lostprophets February 3, 2004 This is the second album for the nu-metal band out of Wales. User Score 8.6
69	77. Nation by Sepultura March 20, 2001 The first release in three years from the Brazilian heavy metal band, which is fronted for the second time out by new vocalist Derrick Green. User Score 6.6
69	78. Memento Mori by Flyleaf November 10, 2009 The second album for the Texas heavy metal rock band was produced by Howard Benson. User Score 8.8
69	79. Pyramids by Pyramids April 22, 2008 This is the debut album for the Denton, Texas, metal band. User Score 7.0
69	80. Along Came A Spider by Alice Cooper July 29, 2008 The latest album for the hard rock artist is about a serial killer named Spider. It also features Slash and Ozzy Osbourne as guest musicians. User Score 8.7
69	81. Black Gives Way To Blue by Alice in Chains September 29, 2009 The band's first album in more than 14 years was produced with Nick Raskulinecz and features new lead singer William DuVall (original singer Layne Staley died in 2002). User Score 8.7
69	82. Closing In by Early Man October 11, 2005 This debut LP from the guitar/drums duo of Mike Conte and Adam Bennati is defintely harder and heavier than your typical Matador release. User Score 8.0
68	83. Mind The Drift by Big Business May 12, 2009 The latest album for the rock band from Seattle was produced by Phil Ek. User Score 8.8
68	84. All Hope Is Gone by Slipknot August 26, 2008 The fourth album for the metal band was produced with Dave Fortman. User Score 7.8
68	85. Angel Of Retribution by Judas Priest March 1, 2005 Fifteen years after he left the British metal act, singer Rob Halford returns for this unlikely reunion album. User Score 8.5
68	86. 10,000 Days by Tool May 2, 2006 The dark, proggy, hugely-popular alt-metal outfit fronted by Maynard James Keenan returns with that rarest of things: a new Tool album. It's the band's first release in five years and just their fourth full-length in their 16-year history. User Score 8.4
68	87. Prior To The Fire by Priestess February 2, 2010 The Canadian rock band releases its second album produced by David Schiffman. User Score 7.4
68	88. Shallow Life by Lacuna Coil April 21, 2009 The fifth album for the Italian metal band was produced by Don Gilmore. User Score 6.4
68	89. The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion by Dredg June 9, 2009 Inspired partly by a Salman Rushdie essay, the California metal band's fourth album was produced by Matt Radosevich. User Score 8.8
68	90. Black Clouds & Silver Linings by Dream Theater June 23, 2009 The tenth album for the metal band was also released as a 3-disc set featuring instrumental mixes and cover songs. User Score 8.0
68	91. The Chair In The Doorway by Living Colour September 15, 2009 The New York band returns after five years to release its fifth album. User Score 8.0
68	92. Iowa by Slipknot August 28, 2001 Produced by Ross Robinson, 'Iowa' is the metal band's third album. User Score 8.4
67	93. Animositisomina by Ministry February 18, 2003 Al Jourgensen is back, and, apparently, angrier than ever. Included here on the industrial band's eighth album is a cover of Magazine's "The Light Pours Out of Me." User Score 8.3
67	94. The Way Of All Flesh by Gojira October 14, 2008 The fourth album for the French metal band features Lamb of God's Randy Blythe as a guest vocalist on one track. User Score 8.8
67	95. God Says No by Monster Magnet March 27, 2001 User Score 8.2
67	96. The Betrayed by Lostprophets January 18, 2010 The Welsh rock band recorded its first album for Sony in Los Angeles, and it is the last for drummer Ilan Rubin, who left to join Nine Inch Nails. User Score 7.6
67	97. Venus Doom by H.I.M. September 18, 2007 The Finnish hard rock band's sixth album includes one song that is over 10 minutes long. User Score 7.7
66	98. Shogun by Trivium September 30, 2008 The fourth album for the Florida-based metal quartet was produced by Nick Raskulinecz. User Score 8.9
66	99. A Crow Left Of The Murder by Incubus February 3, 2004 The alt-metal band's first album since their 2001 hit 'Morning View' features a slightly different lineup, with Ben Kenney replacing bassist Dirk Lance. Brendan O'Brien produced. User Score 8.2
66	100. Overcome by All That Remains September 16, 2008 The fourth album for the metal band was produced by Jason Suecof. User Score 8.6