Metal Hammer have compiled a list of 100 greatest metal albums of the 21st century.
Source comments: “This is it, folks. The ultimate list counting down the greatest albums of the 21st century. It’s taken us ages to put together, not just picking the records, but ordering them and obeying the three rules we set. ”
Full list of albums can be seen below. To see their rules while compiling the list and commentary on each album, visit original article on Metal Hammer.
100) Halestorm – Into The Wild Life (2015)
99) Queens Of The Stone Age – Songs For The Deaf (2002)
98) Sabaton – The Art Of War (2008)
97) Orange Goblin – A Eulogy For The Damned (2012)
96) Of Mice & Men – The Flood (2011)
95) Napalm Death – Apex Predator – Easy Meat
94) Cradle Of Filth – Midian (2000)
93) Chimaira – The Impossibility Of Reason (2003)
92) Babymetal – Babymetal (2014)
91) Blut Aus Nord – The Work Which Transforms God (2003)
90) Akercocke – Choronzon (2003)
89) Municipal Waste – The Art Of Partying (2007)
88) Tesseract – Polaris (2015)
87) Beastmilk – Climax (2013)
86) Arch Enemy – Anthems Of Rebellion (2003)
85) Disturbed – The Sickness (2000)
84) Atreyu – Suicide Notes And Butterfly Kisses (2002)
83) Turbonegro – Scandinavian Leather (2003)
82) Airbourne – Runnin’ Wild (2007)
81) Hatebreed – Perseverance (2002)
80) Cult Of Luna – The Beyond (2003)
79) Asking Alexandria – From Death To Destiny (2013)
78) Wolves In The Throne Room – Black Cascade (2009)
77) Anthrax – We’ve Come For You All (2003)
76) Children Of Bodom – Hate Crew Deathroll (2003)
75) Enslaved – Isa (2004)
74) Cancer Bats – Dead Set On Living (2012)
73) Dream Theater – Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence (2002)
72) Dragonforce – Inhuman Rampage (2006)
71) Korn – Untouchables (2002)
70) Marmozets – The Weird And Wonderful Marmozets (2014)
69) Turisas – Battle Metal (2004)
68) Strapping Young Lad – Alien (2005)
67) Slayer – God Hates Us All (2001)
66) Steel Panther – Feel The Steel (2009)
65) Five Finger Death Punch – The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell, Volume 1 (2013)
64) Cannibal Corpse – Kill (2006)
63) The Darkness – Permission To Land (2003)
62) The Black Dahlia Murder – Ritual
61) In Flames – Come Clarity (2006)
60) Nightwish – Dark Passion Play (2007)
59) Lacuna Coil – Comalies (2002)
58) Every Time I Die – Ex Lives (2012)
57) Nine Inch Nails – With Teeth
56) Sikth – Death Of A Dead Day
55) Kvelertak – Kvelertak (2010)
54) Isis – Oceanic
53) Parkway Drive – Ire
52) Papa Roach – Infest (2000)
51) Alice In Chains – Black Gives Way To Blue
50) Immortal – Sons Of Northern Darkness (2002)
49) Amon Amarth – Twilight Of The Thunder God (2008)
48) Carcass – Surgical Steel (2013)
47) The Dillinger Escape Plan – Miss Machine (2004)
46) Heaven & Hell – The Devil You Know (2009)
45) HIM – Dark Light (2005)
44) Ihsahn – After (2010)
43) While She Sleeps – This Is The Six (2012)
42) Watain – Lawless Darkness (2010)
41) Suicide Silence – You Can’t Stop Me (2014)
40) Testament – The Formation Of Damnation (2008)
39) Glassjaw – Everything You Wanted To Know About Silence (2000)
38) Trap Them – Darker Handcraft (2011)
37) My Chemical Romance – Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge (2004)
36) Rammstein – Mutter (2001)
35) Converge – Jane Doe (2001)
34) Baroness – Red Album (2007)
33) Within Temptation – The Silent Force (2004)
32) Gallows – Grey Britain (2009)
31) Electric Wizard – Dopethrone
30) Limp Bizkit – Chocolate Sarfish And The Hotdog Flavored Water (2000)
29) Satyricon – Volcano (2002)
28) Clutch – Blast Tyrant (2004)
27) Poison The Well – You Come Before You (2003)
26) Ghost – Meliora (2015)
25) Bullet For My Valentine – The Poison (2005)
24) Celtic Frost – Monotheist (2006)
23) Architects – Lost Forever // Lost Together (2014)
22) Opeth – Blackwater Park (2001)
21) Dimmu Borgir – Death Cult Armageddon (2003)
20) Iron Maiden – The Book Of Souls (2015)
19) Megadeth – Endgame (2009)
18) Letlive – The Blackest Beautiful (2013)
17) Tool – Lateralus (2001)
16) At The Drive In – Relationship Of Command (2000)
15) Gojira – From Mars To Sirius (2005)
14) Meshuggah – Obzen (2008)
13) Marilyn Manson – Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death) (2000)
12) Deftones – White Pony (2000)
11) Trivium – Ascendancy
10) Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory (2000)
9) Behemoth – The Satanist (2014)
8) Mastodon – Crack The Skye (2009)
7) Killswitch Engage – The End Of Heartache (2004)
6) Avenged Sevenfold – Waking The Fallen (2003)
5) Lamb Of God – Ashes Of The Wake (2004)
4) System Of A Down – Toxicity (2001)
3) Bring Me The Horizon – Sempiternal (2015)
2) Machine Head – The Blackening (2007)
1) Slipknot – Iowa
