| 1 | 1987 | Appetite for Destruction | Guns N’ Roses | Album | 4.4 | 67 |
| 2 | 1971 | [Led Zeppelin IV] | Led Zeppelin | Album | 4.8 | 81 |
| 3 | 1970 | Paranoid | Black Sabbath | Album | 4.65 | 64 |
| 4 | 1986 | Master of Puppets | Metallica | Album | 4.6 | 71 |
| 5 | 1980 | Back in Black | AC/DC | Album | 4.45 | 55 |
| 6 | 1978 | Van Halen | Van Halen | Album | 4.1 | 31 |
| 7 | 1969 | Led Zeppelin II | Led Zeppelin | Album | 4.5 | 61 |
| 8 | 1977 | Alive II | KISS | Album + Live | 4 | 29 |
| 9 | 1996 | Ænima | Tool | Album | 4.6 | 16 |
| 10 | 1980 | British Steel | Judas Priest | Album | 4.05 | 29 |
| 11 | 1983 | Shout at the Devil | Mötley Crüe | Album | 4 | 25 |
| 12 | 1999 | The Battle of Los Angeles | Rage Against the Machine | Album | 4.1 | 14 |
| 13 | 1986 | Reign in Blood | Slayer | Album | 4.3 | 34 |
| 14 | 1972 | Vol 4 | Black Sabbath | Album | 4.25 | 34 |
| 15 | 1998 | Follow the Leader | Korn | Album | 3.25 | 18 |
| 16 | 1983 | Pyromania | Def Leppard | Album | 4 | 36 |
| 17 | 1979 | Highway to Hell | AC/DC | Album | 4.45 | 44 |
| 18 | 1976 | Rocks | Aerosmith | Album | 3.7 | 24 |
| 19 | 1984 | No Remorse | Motörhead | Album + Compilation | 4.5 | 9 |
| 20 | 1986 | Look What the Cat Dragged In | Poison | Album | 3.75 | 9 |
| 21 | 1986 | Peace Sells… but Who’s Buying? | Megadeth | Album | 4.15 | 29 |
| 22 | 1968 | Vincebus Eruptum | Blue Cheer | Album | 3.35 | 11 |
| 23 | 2000 | Rated R | Queens of the Stone Age | Album | 4.05 | 17 |
| 24 | 1982 | The Number of the Beast | Iron Maiden | Album | 4.5 | 49 |
| 25 | 1984 | 1984 | Van Halen | Album | 3.7 | 33 |
| 26 | 1980 | Blizzard of Ozz | Ozzy Osbourne | Album | 4 | 27 |
| 27 | 1991 | Badmotorfinger | Soundgarden | Album | 3.9 | 26 |
| 28 | 1986 | Slippery When Wet | Bon Jovi | Album | 4 | 41 |
| 29 | 1992 | Dirt | Alice in Chains | Album | 4.3 | 19 |
| 30 | 1996 | Roots | Sepultura | Album | 4.3 | 20 |
| 31 | 1972 | Machine Head | Deep Purple | Album | 4.55 | 56 |
| 32 | 1986 | Eat ’Em and Smile | David Lee Roth | Album | 3.75 | 9 |
| 33 | 1990 | Danzig II - Lucifuge | Danzig | Album | 4 | 12 |
| 34 | 1984 | Out of the Cellar | Ratt | Album | 3.6 | 11 |
| 35 | 1989 | The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste | Ministry | Album | 3.85 | 12 |
| 36 | 1992 | Blues for the Red Sun | Kyuss | Album | 4.55 | 9 |
| 37 | 1989 | Skid Row | Skid Row | Album | 4 | 15 |
| 38 | 2001 | Toxicity | System of a Down | Album | 4.4 | 38 |
| 39 | 1998 | Devil Without a Cause | Kid Rock | Album | 3.5 | 9 |
| 40 | 1984 | This Is Spinal Tap | Spın̈al Tap | Album + Soundtrack | 3 | 7 |
