Hit Parader Top 100 Hard Rock/Metal Albums Through the Years
Mar 26, 2020 16:07:12 GMT -5
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Post by lildude8218 on Mar 26, 2020 16:07:12 GMT -5
I was digging through magazines in my garage and found a copy of this list from 1997 and 2004. Turns out the magazine had done it several times through the years. Found a few more online. Thought it would be interesting to see how opinions of albums changed over the years.
1989
1997
2004
2005
1 | Metallica | Metallica | 1991
2 | Guns N' Roses | Appetite for Destruction | 1987
3 | Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin IV | 1971
4 | KISS | Alive! | 1975
5 | AC/DC | Back in Black | 1980
6 | Black Sabbath | Paranoid | 1970
7 | Aerosmith | Rocks | 1976
8 | Nirvana | Nevermind | 1991
9 | Ozzy Osbourne | Blizzard of Ozz | 1980
10 | Van Halen | Van Halen | 1978
11 | Mötley Crüe | Too Fast for Love | 1981
12 | Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin | 1969
13 | Judas Priest | Screaming for Vengeance | 1982
14 | Soundgarden | Superunknown | 1994
15 | Deep Purple | Machine Head | 1972
16 | KISS | Destroyer | 1976
17 | Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin II | 1969
18 | Metallica | Master of Puppets | 1986
19 | Alice in Chains | Dirt | 1992
20 | Korn | Korn | 1994
21 | Def Leppard | Pyromania | 1983
22 | Black Sabbath | Master of Reality | 1971
23 | Bon Jovi | Slippery When Wet | 1986
24 | Iron Maiden | Powerslave | 1984
25 | Pearl Jam | Ten | 1991
26 | Aerosmith | Permanent Vacation | 1987
27 | Guns N' Roses | Use Your Illusion I & II | 1991
28 | Stone Temple Pilots | Core | 1992
29 | Slipknot | Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) | 2004
30 | Metallica | Kill 'Em All | 1983
31 | AC/DC | Highway to Hell | 1979
32 | Ozzy Osbourne | No More Tears | 1991
33 | KISS | Love Gun | 1977
34 | Judas Priest | British Steel | 1980
35 | Def Leppard | Hysteria | 1987
36 | Ted Nugent | Cat Scratch Fever | 1977
37 | Slayer | Reign in Blood | 1986
38 | Queensrÿche | Operation: Mindcrime | 1988
39 | Pearl Jam | Vs. | 1993
40 | Aerosmith | Pump | 1989
41 | The Cult | Electric | 1987
42 | Pantera | Far Beyond Driven | 1994
43 | Van Halen | OU812 | 1988
44 | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Are You Experienced | 1967
45 | Sevendust | Sevendust | 1997
46 | Marilyn Manson | Antichrist Superstar | 1996
47 | Motörhead | Ace of Spades | 1980
48 | Soundgarden | Badmotorfinger | 1991
49 | Anthrax | State of Euphoria | 1988
50 | Metallica | Load | 1996
51 | Rush | 2112 | 1976
52 | Alice in Chains | Facelift | 1990
53 | Sepultura | Beneath the Remains | 1989
54 | Deep Purple | In Rock | 1970
55 | A Perfect Circle | Thirteenth Step | 2003
56 | Audioslave | Audioslave | 2002
57 | Bon Jovi | New Jersey | 1988
58 | Iron Maiden | The Number of the Beast | 1982
59 | Slipknot | Slipknot | 1999
60 | Nine Inch Nails | The Downward Spiral | 1994
61 | Shadows Fall | The War Within | 2004
62 | Mudvayne | L.D. 50 | 2000
63 | Megadeth | Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! | 1985
64 | Scorpions | Blackout | 1982
65 | Stone Temple Pilots | Purple | 1994
66 | Pantera | Vulgar Display of Power | 1992
67 | Montrose | Montrose | 1973
68 | Dokken | Tooth and Nail | 1984
69 | Quiet Riot | Metal Health | 1983
70 | Alice Cooper | Love It to Death | 1971
71 | Lamb of God | Ashes of the Wake | 2004
72 | Ratt | Ratt | 1983
73 | Mountain | Climbing! | (1970)]
74 | Queen | Queen | 1973
75 | System of a Down | Toxicity | 2001
76 | Accept | Balls to the Wall | 1983
77 | Free | Fire and Water | 1970
78 | Tool | Undertow | 1993
79 | Linkin Park | Hybrid Theory | 2000
80 | Rage Against the Empire | Evil Empire | 1996
81 | Dio | The Last in Line | 1984
82 | Monster Magnet | Powertrip | 1998
83 | Lita Ford | Lita | 1988
84 | Thin Lizzy | Jailbreak | 1976
85 | White Zombie | La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One | 1992
86 | Queensrÿche | Empire | 1990
87 | Blue Cheer | Vincebus Eruptum | 1968
88 | The Darkness | Permission to Land | 2003
89 | Grand Funk | We're an American Band | 1973
90 | Meshuggah | Nothing | 2002
91 | UFO | Lights Out | 1977
92 | Type O Negative | October Rust | 1996
93 | Deftones | White Pony | 2000
94 | Marilyn Manson | Smells Like Children | 1995
95 | Whitesnake | Whitesnake/1987 | 1987
96 | Rammstein | Sehnsucht | 1997
97 | Tesla | Psychotic Supper | 1991
98 | Creed | My Own Prison | 1997
99 | Poison | Look What the Cat Dragged In | 1986
100 | Chevelle | Wonder What's Next | 2002
You can also note how the editors clearly got lazy over the years and just plugged new albums into slots while keeping the majority of the list the same.
1989
1 | Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin IV | 1971
2 | Def Leppard | Pyromania | 1983
3 | AC/DC | Back in Black | 1980
4 | Mötley Crüe | Theatre of Pain | 1985
5 | Van Halen | Van Halen | 1978
6 | Judas Priest | Screaming for Vengeance | 1982
7 | KISS | Destroyer | 1976
8 | Metallica | ...And Justice for All | 1988
9 | Deep Purple | Machine Head | 1972
10 | Ozzy Osbourne | Blizzard of Ozz | 1980
11 | Iron Maiden | Powerslave | 1984
12 | Bon Jovi | Slippery When Wet | 1986
13 | Aerosmith | Rocks | 1976
14 | Black Sabbath | Paranoid | 1970
15 | Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin II | 1969
16 | Guns N' Roses | Appetite for Destruction | 1987
17 | KISS | Alive! | 1975
18 | Judas Priest | British Steel | 1980
19 | AC/DC | Highway to Hell | 1979
20 | Poison | Open Up and Say... Ahh! | 1988
21 | Alice Cooper | Love It to Death | 1971
22 | Megadeth | So Far, So Good... So What! | 1988
23 | Ratt | Out of the Cellar | 1984
24 | Ozzy Osbourne | The Ultimate Sin | 1986
25 | Mötley Crüe | Shout at the Devil | 1983
26 | Whitesnake | Whitesnake/1987 | 1987
27 | Scorpions | Love at First Sting | 1984
28 | Cinderella | Long Cold Winter | 1988
29 | Rainbow | Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow | 1975
30 | Dokken | Back for the Attack | 1987
31 | Quiet Riot | Metal Health | 1983
32 | Def Leppard | Hysteria | 1987
33 | Aerosmith | Permanent Vacation | 1987
34 | Black Sabbath | Heaven and Hell | 1980
35 | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Are You Experienced | 1967
36 | Cinderella | Night Songs | 1986
37 | Van Halen | 1984 | 1984
38 | Slayer | South of Heaven | 1988
39 | Iron Maiden | The Number of the Beast | 1982
40 | Europe | The Final Countdown | 1986
41 | Saxon | Wheels of Steel | 1980
42 | Anthrax | State of Euphoria | 1988
43 | Bad Company | Bad Company | 1974
44 | Dio | The Last in Line | 1984
45 | Van Halen | Van Halen II | 1979
46 | KISS | Animalize | 1984
47 | Poison | Look What the Cat Dragged In | 1986
48 | Scorpions | In Trance | 1975
49 | Accept | Restless and Wild | 1982
50 | Deep Purple | Made in Japan | 1972
51 | Lita Ford | Lita | 1988
52 | Mötley Crüe | Girls Girls Girls | 1987
53 | Queensrÿche | Operation: Mindcrime | 1988
54 | Dokken | Tooth and Nail | 1984
55 | Metallica | Master of Puppets | 1986
56 | Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin | 1969
57 | Y&T | Black Tiger | 1982
58 | UFO | Lights Out | 1977
59 | Twisted Sister | Stay Hungry | 1984
60 | Whitesnake | Slide It In | 1984
61 | Rush | 2112 | 1976
62 | Ted Nugent | Ted Nugent | 1975
63 | Led Zeppelin | Physical Graffiti | 1975
64 | Stryper | In God We Trust | 1988
65 | Thin Lizzy | Jailbreak | 1976
66 | Bon Jovi | 7800° Fahrenheit | 1985
67 | Angel | Helluva Band | 1976
68 | White Lion | Pride | 1987
69 | Metallica | Ride the Lightning | 1984
70 | Great White | Once Bitten | 1987
71 | Yngwie Malmsteem | Odyssey | 1988
72 | Grand Funk Railroad | Survival | 1971
73 | Uriah Heep | The Magician's Birthday | 1972
74 | Iron Butterfly | In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida | 1968
75 | Krokus | Headhunter | 1983
76 | Aerosmith | Aerosmith | 1973
77 | Montrose | Montrose | 1973
78 | Megadeth | Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? | 1986
79 | Tesla | Mechanical Resonance | 1986
80 | Blue Öyster Cult | Agents of Fortune | 1976
81 | Cream | Disraeli Gears | 1967
82 | Starz | Violation | 1977
83 | Blue Cheer | Vincebus Eruptum | 1968
84 | Ted Nugent | Cat Scratch Fever | 1977
85 | Mountain | Climbing! | 1970
86 | Motörhead | Ace of Spades | 1980
87 | W.A.S.P. | Inside the Electric Circus | 1986
88 | Manowar | Battle Hymns | 1982
89 | Kingdom Come | Kingdom Come | 1988
90 | L.A. Guns | L.A. Guns | 1988
91 | David Lee Roth | Eat 'Em and Smile | 1986
92 | Stryper | To Hell with the Devil | 1986
93 | Deep Purple | In Rock | 1970
94 | Triumph | Allied Forces | 1981
95 | Savatage | Hall of the Mountain King | 1987
96 | Loudness | Thunder in the East | 1985
97 | The Michael Schenker Group | MSG | 1981
98 | Death Angel | Frolic Through the Park | 1988
99 | Warlock | True as Steel | 1986
100 | Kix | Midnite Dynamite | 1985
2 | Def Leppard | Pyromania | 1983
3 | AC/DC | Back in Black | 1980
4 | Mötley Crüe | Theatre of Pain | 1985
5 | Van Halen | Van Halen | 1978
6 | Judas Priest | Screaming for Vengeance | 1982
7 | KISS | Destroyer | 1976
8 | Metallica | ...And Justice for All | 1988
9 | Deep Purple | Machine Head | 1972
10 | Ozzy Osbourne | Blizzard of Ozz | 1980
11 | Iron Maiden | Powerslave | 1984
12 | Bon Jovi | Slippery When Wet | 1986
13 | Aerosmith | Rocks | 1976
14 | Black Sabbath | Paranoid | 1970
15 | Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin II | 1969
16 | Guns N' Roses | Appetite for Destruction | 1987
17 | KISS | Alive! | 1975
18 | Judas Priest | British Steel | 1980
19 | AC/DC | Highway to Hell | 1979
20 | Poison | Open Up and Say... Ahh! | 1988
21 | Alice Cooper | Love It to Death | 1971
22 | Megadeth | So Far, So Good... So What! | 1988
23 | Ratt | Out of the Cellar | 1984
24 | Ozzy Osbourne | The Ultimate Sin | 1986
25 | Mötley Crüe | Shout at the Devil | 1983
26 | Whitesnake | Whitesnake/1987 | 1987
27 | Scorpions | Love at First Sting | 1984
28 | Cinderella | Long Cold Winter | 1988
29 | Rainbow | Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow | 1975
30 | Dokken | Back for the Attack | 1987
31 | Quiet Riot | Metal Health | 1983
32 | Def Leppard | Hysteria | 1987
33 | Aerosmith | Permanent Vacation | 1987
34 | Black Sabbath | Heaven and Hell | 1980
35 | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Are You Experienced | 1967
36 | Cinderella | Night Songs | 1986
37 | Van Halen | 1984 | 1984
38 | Slayer | South of Heaven | 1988
39 | Iron Maiden | The Number of the Beast | 1982
40 | Europe | The Final Countdown | 1986
41 | Saxon | Wheels of Steel | 1980
42 | Anthrax | State of Euphoria | 1988
43 | Bad Company | Bad Company | 1974
44 | Dio | The Last in Line | 1984
45 | Van Halen | Van Halen II | 1979
46 | KISS | Animalize | 1984
47 | Poison | Look What the Cat Dragged In | 1986
48 | Scorpions | In Trance | 1975
49 | Accept | Restless and Wild | 1982
50 | Deep Purple | Made in Japan | 1972
51 | Lita Ford | Lita | 1988
52 | Mötley Crüe | Girls Girls Girls | 1987
53 | Queensrÿche | Operation: Mindcrime | 1988
54 | Dokken | Tooth and Nail | 1984
55 | Metallica | Master of Puppets | 1986
56 | Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin | 1969
57 | Y&T | Black Tiger | 1982
58 | UFO | Lights Out | 1977
59 | Twisted Sister | Stay Hungry | 1984
60 | Whitesnake | Slide It In | 1984
61 | Rush | 2112 | 1976
62 | Ted Nugent | Ted Nugent | 1975
63 | Led Zeppelin | Physical Graffiti | 1975
64 | Stryper | In God We Trust | 1988
65 | Thin Lizzy | Jailbreak | 1976
66 | Bon Jovi | 7800° Fahrenheit | 1985
67 | Angel | Helluva Band | 1976
68 | White Lion | Pride | 1987
69 | Metallica | Ride the Lightning | 1984
70 | Great White | Once Bitten | 1987
71 | Yngwie Malmsteem | Odyssey | 1988
72 | Grand Funk Railroad | Survival | 1971
73 | Uriah Heep | The Magician's Birthday | 1972
74 | Iron Butterfly | In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida | 1968
75 | Krokus | Headhunter | 1983
76 | Aerosmith | Aerosmith | 1973
77 | Montrose | Montrose | 1973
78 | Megadeth | Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? | 1986
79 | Tesla | Mechanical Resonance | 1986
80 | Blue Öyster Cult | Agents of Fortune | 1976
81 | Cream | Disraeli Gears | 1967
82 | Starz | Violation | 1977
83 | Blue Cheer | Vincebus Eruptum | 1968
84 | Ted Nugent | Cat Scratch Fever | 1977
85 | Mountain | Climbing! | 1970
86 | Motörhead | Ace of Spades | 1980
87 | W.A.S.P. | Inside the Electric Circus | 1986
88 | Manowar | Battle Hymns | 1982
89 | Kingdom Come | Kingdom Come | 1988
90 | L.A. Guns | L.A. Guns | 1988
91 | David Lee Roth | Eat 'Em and Smile | 1986
92 | Stryper | To Hell with the Devil | 1986
93 | Deep Purple | In Rock | 1970
94 | Triumph | Allied Forces | 1981
95 | Savatage | Hall of the Mountain King | 1987
96 | Loudness | Thunder in the East | 1985
97 | The Michael Schenker Group | MSG | 1981
98 | Death Angel | Frolic Through the Park | 1988
99 | Warlock | True as Steel | 1986
100 | Kix | Midnite Dynamite | 1985
1997
1. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
2. Metallica - Metallica
3. KISS - Alive
4. Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz
5. Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar
6. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
7. Aerosmith - Rocks
8. Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction
9. AC/DC - Back in Black
10. Van Halen - Van Halen
11. Motley Crue - Too Fast for Love
12. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
13. Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance
14. Soundgarden - Superunknown
15. Deep Purple - Machine Head
16. Queensryche - Operation:Mindcrime
17. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
18. Metallica - Master of Puppets
19. Alice in Chains - Dirt
20. Nirvana - Nevermind
21. Def Leppard - Pyromania
22. Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
23. Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
24. Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
25. Pearl Jam - Ten
26. Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation
27. Guns N Roses - Use Your Illusion I & II
28. Stone Temple Pilots - Core
29. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
30. Metallica - Kill 'Em All
31. AC/DC - Highway to Hell
32. Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears
33. KISS - Love Gun
34. Judas Priest - British Steel
35. Def Leppard - Hysteria
36. Marilyn Manson - Smells Like Children
37. Slayer - Hell Awaits
38. KISS - Destroyer
39. Pearl Jam - Vs.
40. Aerosmith - Pump
41. Queensryche - Empire
42. Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
43. Van Halen - OU812
44. Nirvana - In Utero
45. 311 - 311
46. Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction
47. Motorhead - Ace of Spades
48. Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
49. Anthrax - State of Euphoria
50. Metallica - Load
51. Rush - 2112
52. Alice in Chains - Facelift
53. Sepultura - Beneath the Remains
54. Deep Purple - In Rock
55. Bush - Razorblade Suitcase
56. Corrosion of Conformity - Deliverance
57. Bon Jovi - New Jersey
58. Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
59. Cream - Disraeli Gears
60. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
61. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
62. Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced?
63. Megadeth - Killing is My Business...and Business is Good
64. Scorpions - Blackout
65. Stone Temple Pilots - Purple
66. Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
67. Montrose - Montrose
68. Dokken - Tooth & Nail
69. Quiet Riot - Metal Health
70. Alice Cooper - Love it to Death
71. Helmet - Mean Time
72. Ratt- Ratt
73. Mountain - Climbing!
74. Queen - Queen
75. Saxon - Wheels of Steel
76. Accept - Balls to the Wall
77. Free - Fire and Water
78. Tool - Undertow
79. King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska
80. Live - Throwing Copper
81. Dio - The Last in Line
82. Faith No More - The Real Thing
83. Lita Ford - Lita
84. Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
85. White Zombie - La Sexorcisto, Devil Music Vol. 1
86. The Cult - Electric
87. Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum
88. Green Day - Dookie
89. Grand Funk - We're An American Band
90. Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
91. UFO - Lights Out
92. Type O Negative - October Rust
93. Silverchair - Frogstomp
94. Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever
95. Collective Soul - Collective Soul
96. Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way
97. Tesla - Psychotic Supper
98. The Offspring - Smash
99. Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire
100. Korn - Korn
2. Metallica - Metallica
3. KISS - Alive
4. Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz
5. Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar
6. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
7. Aerosmith - Rocks
8. Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction
9. AC/DC - Back in Black
10. Van Halen - Van Halen
11. Motley Crue - Too Fast for Love
12. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
13. Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance
14. Soundgarden - Superunknown
15. Deep Purple - Machine Head
16. Queensryche - Operation:Mindcrime
17. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
18. Metallica - Master of Puppets
19. Alice in Chains - Dirt
20. Nirvana - Nevermind
21. Def Leppard - Pyromania
22. Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
23. Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
24. Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
25. Pearl Jam - Ten
26. Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation
27. Guns N Roses - Use Your Illusion I & II
28. Stone Temple Pilots - Core
29. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
30. Metallica - Kill 'Em All
31. AC/DC - Highway to Hell
32. Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears
33. KISS - Love Gun
34. Judas Priest - British Steel
35. Def Leppard - Hysteria
36. Marilyn Manson - Smells Like Children
37. Slayer - Hell Awaits
38. KISS - Destroyer
39. Pearl Jam - Vs.
40. Aerosmith - Pump
41. Queensryche - Empire
42. Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
43. Van Halen - OU812
44. Nirvana - In Utero
45. 311 - 311
46. Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction
47. Motorhead - Ace of Spades
48. Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
49. Anthrax - State of Euphoria
50. Metallica - Load
51. Rush - 2112
52. Alice in Chains - Facelift
53. Sepultura - Beneath the Remains
54. Deep Purple - In Rock
55. Bush - Razorblade Suitcase
56. Corrosion of Conformity - Deliverance
57. Bon Jovi - New Jersey
58. Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
59. Cream - Disraeli Gears
60. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
61. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
62. Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced?
63. Megadeth - Killing is My Business...and Business is Good
64. Scorpions - Blackout
65. Stone Temple Pilots - Purple
66. Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
67. Montrose - Montrose
68. Dokken - Tooth & Nail
69. Quiet Riot - Metal Health
70. Alice Cooper - Love it to Death
71. Helmet - Mean Time
72. Ratt- Ratt
73. Mountain - Climbing!
74. Queen - Queen
75. Saxon - Wheels of Steel
76. Accept - Balls to the Wall
77. Free - Fire and Water
78. Tool - Undertow
79. King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska
80. Live - Throwing Copper
81. Dio - The Last in Line
82. Faith No More - The Real Thing
83. Lita Ford - Lita
84. Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
85. White Zombie - La Sexorcisto, Devil Music Vol. 1
86. The Cult - Electric
87. Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum
88. Green Day - Dookie
89. Grand Funk - We're An American Band
90. Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
91. UFO - Lights Out
92. Type O Negative - October Rust
93. Silverchair - Frogstomp
94. Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever
95. Collective Soul - Collective Soul
96. Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way
97. Tesla - Psychotic Supper
98. The Offspring - Smash
99. Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire
100. Korn - Korn
2004
1. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
2. Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction
3. Metallica - Metallica
4. KISS - Alive
5. AC/DC - Back in Black
6. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
7. Aerosmith - Rocks
8. Nirvana - Nevermind
9. Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz
10. Van Halen - Van Halen
11. Motley Crue - Too Fast for Love
12. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
13. Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance
14. Soundgarden - Superunknown
15. Deep Purple - Machine Head
16. KISS - Destroyer
17. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
18. Metallica - Master of Puppets
19. Alice in Chains - Dirt
20. Korn - Korn
21. Def Leppard - Pyromania
22. Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
23. Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
24. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
25. Pearl Jam - Ten
26. Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation
27. Guns N Roses - Use Your Illusion I & II
28. Stone Temple Pilots - Core
29. Korn - Follow the Leader
30. Metallica - Kill 'Em All
31. AC/DC - Highway to Hell
32. Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears
33. KISS - Love Gun
34. Judas Priest - British Steel
35. Def Leppard - Hysteria
36. Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever
37. Slayer - Hell Awaits
38. Queensryche - Operation:Mindcrime
39. Pearl Jam - Vs.
40. Aerosmith - Pump
41. The cult - Electric
42. Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
43. Van Halen - OU812
44. Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced?
45. Sevendust - Sevendust
46. Staind - Break the Cycle
47. Motorhead - Ace of Spades
48. Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
49. Anthrax - State of Euphoria
50. Metallica - Load
51. Rush - 2112
52. Alice in Chains - Facelift
53. Sepultura - Beneath the Remains
54. Deep Purple - In Rock
55. A Perfect Circle - 13th Step
56. Audioslave - Audioslave
57. Bon Jovi - New Jersey
58. Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
59. Cream - Disraeli Gears
60. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
61. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
62. Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe
63. Megadeth - Killing is My Business...and Business is Good
64. Scorpions - Blackout
65. Stone Temple Pilots - Purple
66. Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
67. Montrose - Montrose
68. Dokken - Tooth & Nail
69. Quiet Riot - Metal Health
70. Alice Cooper - Love it to Death
71. Limp Bizkit - Significant Other
72. Ratt- Ratt
73. Mountain - Climbing!
74. Queen - Queen
75. Saxon - Wheels of Steel
76. Accept - Balls to the Wall
77. Free - Fire and Water
78. Tool - Undertow
79. Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
80. Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire
81. Dio - The Last in Line
82. Monster Magnet - Powertrip
83. Lita Ford - Lita
84. Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
85. White Zombie - La Sexorcisto, Devil Music Vol. 1
86. Queensryche - Empire
87. Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum
88. Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar
89. Grand Funk - We're An American Band
90. Meshuggah - Nothing
91. UFO - Lights Out
92. Type O Negative - October Rust
93. Puddle of Mudd - Come Clean
94. Marilyn Manson - Smells Like Children
95. Whitesnake - Slide it In
96. Rammstein - Sehnsucht
97. Tesla - Psychotic Supper
98. Creed - My Own Prison
99. Poison - Look What the Cat Dragged In
100. Deftones - White Pony
2. Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction
3. Metallica - Metallica
4. KISS - Alive
5. AC/DC - Back in Black
6. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
7. Aerosmith - Rocks
8. Nirvana - Nevermind
9. Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz
10. Van Halen - Van Halen
11. Motley Crue - Too Fast for Love
12. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
13. Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance
14. Soundgarden - Superunknown
15. Deep Purple - Machine Head
16. KISS - Destroyer
17. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
18. Metallica - Master of Puppets
19. Alice in Chains - Dirt
20. Korn - Korn
21. Def Leppard - Pyromania
22. Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
23. Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
24. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
25. Pearl Jam - Ten
26. Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation
27. Guns N Roses - Use Your Illusion I & II
28. Stone Temple Pilots - Core
29. Korn - Follow the Leader
30. Metallica - Kill 'Em All
31. AC/DC - Highway to Hell
32. Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears
33. KISS - Love Gun
34. Judas Priest - British Steel
35. Def Leppard - Hysteria
36. Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever
37. Slayer - Hell Awaits
38. Queensryche - Operation:Mindcrime
39. Pearl Jam - Vs.
40. Aerosmith - Pump
41. The cult - Electric
42. Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
43. Van Halen - OU812
44. Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced?
45. Sevendust - Sevendust
46. Staind - Break the Cycle
47. Motorhead - Ace of Spades
48. Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
49. Anthrax - State of Euphoria
50. Metallica - Load
51. Rush - 2112
52. Alice in Chains - Facelift
53. Sepultura - Beneath the Remains
54. Deep Purple - In Rock
55. A Perfect Circle - 13th Step
56. Audioslave - Audioslave
57. Bon Jovi - New Jersey
58. Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
59. Cream - Disraeli Gears
60. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
61. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
62. Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe
63. Megadeth - Killing is My Business...and Business is Good
64. Scorpions - Blackout
65. Stone Temple Pilots - Purple
66. Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
67. Montrose - Montrose
68. Dokken - Tooth & Nail
69. Quiet Riot - Metal Health
70. Alice Cooper - Love it to Death
71. Limp Bizkit - Significant Other
72. Ratt- Ratt
73. Mountain - Climbing!
74. Queen - Queen
75. Saxon - Wheels of Steel
76. Accept - Balls to the Wall
77. Free - Fire and Water
78. Tool - Undertow
79. Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
80. Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire
81. Dio - The Last in Line
82. Monster Magnet - Powertrip
83. Lita Ford - Lita
84. Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
85. White Zombie - La Sexorcisto, Devil Music Vol. 1
86. Queensryche - Empire
87. Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum
88. Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar
89. Grand Funk - We're An American Band
90. Meshuggah - Nothing
91. UFO - Lights Out
92. Type O Negative - October Rust
93. Puddle of Mudd - Come Clean
94. Marilyn Manson - Smells Like Children
95. Whitesnake - Slide it In
96. Rammstein - Sehnsucht
97. Tesla - Psychotic Supper
98. Creed - My Own Prison
99. Poison - Look What the Cat Dragged In
100. Deftones - White Pony
2005
1 | Metallica | Metallica | 1991
2 | Guns N' Roses | Appetite for Destruction | 1987
3 | Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin IV | 1971
4 | KISS | Alive! | 1975
5 | AC/DC | Back in Black | 1980
6 | Black Sabbath | Paranoid | 1970
7 | Aerosmith | Rocks | 1976
8 | Nirvana | Nevermind | 1991
9 | Ozzy Osbourne | Blizzard of Ozz | 1980
10 | Van Halen | Van Halen | 1978
11 | Mötley Crüe | Too Fast for Love | 1981
12 | Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin | 1969
13 | Judas Priest | Screaming for Vengeance | 1982
14 | Soundgarden | Superunknown | 1994
15 | Deep Purple | Machine Head | 1972
16 | KISS | Destroyer | 1976
17 | Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin II | 1969
18 | Metallica | Master of Puppets | 1986
19 | Alice in Chains | Dirt | 1992
20 | Korn | Korn | 1994
21 | Def Leppard | Pyromania | 1983
22 | Black Sabbath | Master of Reality | 1971
23 | Bon Jovi | Slippery When Wet | 1986
24 | Iron Maiden | Powerslave | 1984
25 | Pearl Jam | Ten | 1991
26 | Aerosmith | Permanent Vacation | 1987
27 | Guns N' Roses | Use Your Illusion I & II | 1991
28 | Stone Temple Pilots | Core | 1992
29 | Slipknot | Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) | 2004
30 | Metallica | Kill 'Em All | 1983
31 | AC/DC | Highway to Hell | 1979
32 | Ozzy Osbourne | No More Tears | 1991
33 | KISS | Love Gun | 1977
34 | Judas Priest | British Steel | 1980
35 | Def Leppard | Hysteria | 1987
36 | Ted Nugent | Cat Scratch Fever | 1977
37 | Slayer | Reign in Blood | 1986
38 | Queensrÿche | Operation: Mindcrime | 1988
39 | Pearl Jam | Vs. | 1993
40 | Aerosmith | Pump | 1989
41 | The Cult | Electric | 1987
42 | Pantera | Far Beyond Driven | 1994
43 | Van Halen | OU812 | 1988
44 | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Are You Experienced | 1967
45 | Sevendust | Sevendust | 1997
46 | Marilyn Manson | Antichrist Superstar | 1996
47 | Motörhead | Ace of Spades | 1980
48 | Soundgarden | Badmotorfinger | 1991
49 | Anthrax | State of Euphoria | 1988
50 | Metallica | Load | 1996
51 | Rush | 2112 | 1976
52 | Alice in Chains | Facelift | 1990
53 | Sepultura | Beneath the Remains | 1989
54 | Deep Purple | In Rock | 1970
55 | A Perfect Circle | Thirteenth Step | 2003
56 | Audioslave | Audioslave | 2002
57 | Bon Jovi | New Jersey | 1988
58 | Iron Maiden | The Number of the Beast | 1982
59 | Slipknot | Slipknot | 1999
60 | Nine Inch Nails | The Downward Spiral | 1994
61 | Shadows Fall | The War Within | 2004
62 | Mudvayne | L.D. 50 | 2000
63 | Megadeth | Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! | 1985
64 | Scorpions | Blackout | 1982
65 | Stone Temple Pilots | Purple | 1994
66 | Pantera | Vulgar Display of Power | 1992
67 | Montrose | Montrose | 1973
68 | Dokken | Tooth and Nail | 1984
69 | Quiet Riot | Metal Health | 1983
70 | Alice Cooper | Love It to Death | 1971
71 | Lamb of God | Ashes of the Wake | 2004
72 | Ratt | Ratt | 1983
73 | Mountain | Climbing! | (1970)]
74 | Queen | Queen | 1973
75 | System of a Down | Toxicity | 2001
76 | Accept | Balls to the Wall | 1983
77 | Free | Fire and Water | 1970
78 | Tool | Undertow | 1993
79 | Linkin Park | Hybrid Theory | 2000
80 | Rage Against the Empire | Evil Empire | 1996
81 | Dio | The Last in Line | 1984
82 | Monster Magnet | Powertrip | 1998
83 | Lita Ford | Lita | 1988
84 | Thin Lizzy | Jailbreak | 1976
85 | White Zombie | La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One | 1992
86 | Queensrÿche | Empire | 1990
87 | Blue Cheer | Vincebus Eruptum | 1968
88 | The Darkness | Permission to Land | 2003
89 | Grand Funk | We're an American Band | 1973
90 | Meshuggah | Nothing | 2002
91 | UFO | Lights Out | 1977
92 | Type O Negative | October Rust | 1996
93 | Deftones | White Pony | 2000
94 | Marilyn Manson | Smells Like Children | 1995
95 | Whitesnake | Whitesnake/1987 | 1987
96 | Rammstein | Sehnsucht | 1997
97 | Tesla | Psychotic Supper | 1991
98 | Creed | My Own Prison | 1997
99 | Poison | Look What the Cat Dragged In | 1986
100 | Chevelle | Wonder What's Next | 2002
You can also note how the editors clearly got lazy over the years and just plugged new albums into slots while keeping the majority of the list the same.