The Best METAL Album Of Every Year (1970-2023)

What do you guys think of my picks?? I tried to be as objective as possible, with my personal opinion only influencing things a tiny bit

Hmm, for 1987 I would've easily gone with 'Among The Living-Anthrax' (THE 'pinnacle' of thrash metal, folks!), 1988 I agree with many others on here when they mentioned 'Operation: Mindcrime' from Queensryche (also one of the best concept albums EVER made, period), and 1989 I feel 'Gretchen Goes To Nebraska' by King's X doesn't get the credit it fully deserves from the metal community as far as being one of the most influential albums of its era. Glad you put Black Sabbath "front-and-center" to start off the '70s! Got every single one of those releases, too...
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¿Where is Slayer's Reign in Blood Album? Ohh the disrespect.👎

By the time Painkiller release, can't be another album on top of this

Voivod is missing... what else? There might be some few. King Crimson, Rush are more progressive rock but still good

89’ and 93’ ✨

Dónde está Painkiller? Este lista está totalmente invalida.

Black Sabbath is not better than paranoid

2004 is Ashes of the Wake

2019 should have been Fear Inoclulum TBH

I respect a lot of the 97-23 picks but i was a bit shocked to not see a single one of these power metal albums. Like out of all these id think one would make the list. I respect it tho you seem to prefer death styles more which makes sense. Fucking love death and Children of Bodom
But anyways what about?


'92 Somewhere Far Beyond
'93 Angels Cry
'96 The Jester Race
'97 Visions
'98 Symphony of Enchanted Lands
'00 Dawn of Victory
'02 Holy War
'03 Valley of the Damned
'04 Sonic Firestorm
'05 Inhuman Rampage
'07 Dark Passion Play
'08 Ultra Beatdown
'09 No Sacrifice No Victory
'11 Amaranthe
'12 The Power Within
'14 Massive Addictive
'15 Blessed & Possessed
'17 Immortals
'18 The Sacrament of Sin
'19 The Eighth Mountain
'20 Manifest
'21 The Unknown
'23 Forgone

i feel like the year 1990 is often seen as the year when "rust in peace" came out... but to be honest there are quite a few great album from that year. just to name a few:
-"Painkiller" Judas Priest
-"Seasons in the Abyss" Slayer
-"Cowboys from Hell" Pantera
-"Spiritual Healing" Death
-"Persistence of time" Anthrax
I'm sure there are more but those are the ones that came to my head

Painkiller not being the best for 1990 is absolutely fucking criminal. That Megadeth album does not even compare to Painkiller, barely anything in the genre does.

Crack the Skye by Mastodon should’ve won 2009. It’s a prog metal masterpiece with an incredible concept and gorgeous instrumentation. The Czar is one of the best prog songs ever.

2005 - obviously it was Death - Symbolic.
Not that sh*t in the video

No way was Ozzys debut the best album of 1980. In a year of many great releases its between Sabbaths Heaven an Hell or AC DC with Back in Black, '78 was surely the year of the Powerage album.

Definitely would not want to ride in a car with this list maker.....😂😂

St. Anger album cover as the best album of a year is the best click bait Ever😂😂😂😂!

After 2000 it sounded like one song!!..all shite!!😂😂😂

Great list! Although it would be fun if you can only choose one album from a band.

My opinion (from the top of my head so there are most likely much better albums, even to me)
1990: Painkiller (Judas Priest)
2000: Clayman (In Flames)
2002: The Metal Opera, Pt2 (Avantasia)
2005: Ten Thousand Fists (Disturbed
2008: Dead By April (Dead By April)
2012: Carolus Rex (Sabaton
2017: Phoenix (Nocturnal Rites) / Berserker (Beast In Black)
2018: Firepower (JP)
2019: Berserker (Amon Amarth) / I, The Mask (In Flames)
2021: Creatures of the Dark Realm (Bloodbound)
2022: TWtEAW (Sabaton)
2023: Forgone (IF)

I would have put Operation Mindcrime for 88 and not sure about King Crimson, but good list otherwise.

96 - Sepultura Roots

Deveria ter o Operation Mind Crime

2023 should have been petrodragonic apocalypse imo

Бред. Чувак пытается лезть со своим уставом во все существующие монастыри

Always the mainstream = 0 personality

Not a single Gojira album ? T_T

1988 should be ajfa

If there was no Black Album, Arise would be on list. And I think Far Beyond Driven is far beyond the most.

Hehe według gustu ..brak Slayer a taki syf jak Rush itp ....

I came to see if St Anger was really on that list! Hahahaha! But did you remember At The Gates!

Gojira?! Come on! 2001 is ok with Toxicity.

I think 2019 goes to Kostolom from Slaughter to prevail

1988 Operation Mindrime QUEENSRYCHE

1990 Painkiller - Judas Priest 🎤🔥🤘🎸

I FREAKING LOVE GHOST YEEEEEEESSESEEWWWWWAAAW

Surely Symbolic - Death is the greatest album of 1995?

Looks like a fail to me..
No Slayer? Reign in Blood and South of Heaven are standard, required listening..
And NO MELVINS?
without Melvins there wouldn't have been Mastodon and many more...

A swing...
And a miss

ROOTS BLOODY ROOTS: 1996

So many ppl rage clicked at thumb nail of st anger for 03. Well played sir 😂

Nice Mainstream List 😉

Wait...didn't South of Heaven come out in 1988? Not on the list!??

Soad is not metal

Most of that albums are not metal. The Most Hard Rock. Rush moving Pictures metal? King Crimson Red metal? Metal does not even exist at that time!!!

No Candlemass? No Voi Vod?

and NOT anthrax...please

1980 and 1981 are jacked up big time

Yeah, Nah...😕