Folks at Loudwire have compiled a list of what they think are the best 66 metal albums of this decade.
List is available below, and for full commentary on each album, please visit original article.
66. Opeth, ‘In Cauda Venenum’ (2019)
65. Born of Osiris, ‘The Discovery’ (2011)
64. Whitechapel, ‘The Valley’ (2019)
63. Protest the Hero, ‘Volition’ (2013)
62. Amon Amarth, ‘Deceiver of the Gods’ (2013)
61. Ihsahn, ‘After’ (2010)
60. TesseracT, ‘Altered State’ (2013)
59. August Burns Red, ‘Found in Far Away Places’ (2015)
58. Megadeth, ‘Dystopia’ (2016)
57. Thy Art Is Murder, ‘Hate’ (2012)
56. Sabaton, ‘Carolus Rex’ (2012)
55. Vein, ‘Errorzone’ (2018)
54. Epica, ‘The Quantum Enigma’ (2014)
53. Dying Fetus, ‘Wrong One to F*ck With’ (2017)
52. Fit For An Autopsy, ‘Absolute Hope Absolute Hell’ (2015)
51. High on Fire, ‘Luminiferous’ (2015)
50. Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats, ‘Wasteland’ (2018)
49. Alcest, ‘Écailles de Lune’ (2010)
48. Zeal & Ardor, ‘Stranger Fruit’ (2018)
47. Woods of Ypres, ‘Woods 5: Grey Skies and Electric Light’ (2012)
46. Pallbearer, ‘Foundations of Burden’ (2014)
45. Body Count, ‘Bloodlust’ (2017)
44. Ghost, ‘Infestissumam’ (2013)
43. Converge, ‘All We Love We Leave Behind’ (2012)
42. Periphery, ‘Periphery II This Time It’s Personal’ (2012)
41. Babymetal, ‘Babymetal’ (2014)
40. The Devil Wears Prada, ‘Dead Throne’ (2011)
39. The Black Dahlia Murder, ‘Ritual’ (2011)
38. Trivium, ‘In Waves’ (2011)
37. The Ocean, ‘Pelagial’ (2013)
36. Tribulation, ‘The Children of the Night’ (2015)
35. Every Time I Die, ‘Low Teens’ (2016)
34. Agalloch, ‘Marrow of the Spirit’ (2010)
33. Anthrax, ‘For All Kings’ (2016)
32. Enslaved, ‘Axioma Ethica Odini’ (2010)
31. Knocked Loose, ‘A Different Shade of Blue’ (2019)
30. Yob, ‘Clearing the Path to Ascend’ (2014)
29. Napalm Death, ‘Utilitarian’ (2012)
28. Meshuggah, ‘The Violent Sleep of Reason’ (2016)
27. Gojira, ‘Magma’ (2016)
26. Rivers of Nihil, ‘Where Owls Know My Name’ (2018)
25. Slipknot, ‘We Are Not Your Kind’ (2019)
24. Sleep, ‘The Sciences’ (2018)
23. The Dillinger Escape Plan, ‘One Of Us Is the Killer’ (2013)
22. Architects, ‘Holy Hell’ (2018)
21. Parkway Drive, ‘Deep Blue’ (2010)
20. Rammstein, ‘Rammstein’ (2019)
19. Deafheaven, ‘Sunbather’ (2013)
18. Judas Priest, ‘Firepower’ (2018)
17. Avenged Sevenfold, ‘Nightmare’ (2010)
16. Gorguts, ‘Colored Sands’ (2013)
15. Code Orange, ‘Forever’ (2017)
14. Cattle Decapitation, ‘Monolith of Inhumanity’ (2012)
13. Mastodon, ‘Emperor of Sand’ (2017)
12. Bring Me The Horizon, ‘Sempiternal’ (2013)
11. Ghost, ‘Opus Eponymous’ (2010)
10. The Devin Townsend Project, ‘Transcendence’ (2016)
9. Tool, ‘Fear Inoculum’ (2019)
8. Between the Buried and Me, ‘The Parallax II: Future Sequence’ (2012)
7. Iron Maiden, ‘The Book of Souls’ (2015)
6. Power Trip, ‘Nightmare Logic’ (2017)
5. Carcass, ‘Surgical Steel’ (2013)
4. Septicflesh, ‘The Great Mass’ (2011)
3. Gojira, ‘L’Enfant Sauvage’ (2012)
2. Ghost, ‘Meliora’ (2015)
1. Behemoth, ‘The Satanist’ (2014)
