SPIN: The 40 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time (SPIN magazine, 2002-09)

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#	Year	Title	Artist	Type	Rating	Releases
1	1987	Appetite for Destruction	Guns N’ Roses	Album	4.4	66
2	1971	[Led Zeppelin IV]	Led Zeppelin	Album	4.8	79
3	1970	Paranoid	Black Sabbath	Album	4.7	58
4	1986	Master of Puppets	Metallica	Album	4.6	68
5	1980	Back in Black	AC/DC	Album	4.45	51
6	1978	Van Halen	Van Halen	Album	4.1	31
7	1969	Led Zeppelin II	Led Zeppelin	Album	4.45	61
8	1977	Alive II	KISS	Album + Live	4	29
9	1996	Ænima	Tool	Album	4.6	17
10	1980	British Steel	Judas Priest	Album	4.05	28
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	4.35	33
14	1972	Vol 4	Black Sabbath	Album	4.25	34
15	1998	Follow the Leader	Korn	Album	3.25	17
16	1983	Pyromania	Def Leppard	Album	4	35
17	1979	Highway to Hell	AC/DC	Album	4.5	44
18	1976	Rocks	Aerosmith	Album	3.75	24
19	1984	No Remorse	Motörhead	Album + Compilation	4.5	9
20	1986	Look What the Cat Dragged In	Poison	Album	3.75	8
21	1986	Peace Sells… but Who’s Buying?	Megadeth	Album	4.25	27
22	1968	Vincebus Eruptum	Blue Cheer	Album	3.35	11
23	2000	Rated R	Queens of the Stone Age	Album	3.9	17
24	1982	The Number of the Beast	Iron Maiden	Album	4.45	47
25	1984	1984	Van Halen	Album	3.7	33
26	1980	Blizzard of Ozz	Ozzy Osbourne	Album	4.15	27
27	1991	Badmotorfinger	Soundgarden	Album	3.9	25
28	1986	Slippery When Wet	Bon Jovi	Album	4	37
29	1992	Dirt	Alice in Chains	Album	4.3	18
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	4	9
33	1990	Danzig II - Lucifuge	Danzig	Album	4	12
34	1984	Out of the Cellar	Ratt	Album	3.6	9
35	1989	The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste	Ministry	Album	3.85	11
36	1992	Blues for the Red Sun	Kyuss	Album	4.65	9
37	1989	Skid Row	Skid Row	Album	4	14
38	2001	Toxicity	System of a Down	Album	4.35	37
39	1998	Devil Without a Cause	Kid Rock	Album	4.35	8
40	1984	This Is Spinal Tap	Spın̈al Tap	Album + Soundtrack	3	7

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