The 100 Best and Absolute Greatest Heavy Metal Albums in the World Ever

About 20 years ago, at high school, under request, a friend of mine made me a "best of heavy metal" tape. I remember the sense of epic I felt listening for the first time to Iron Maiden's The Trooper. God, that was music! Actually, my metal epiphany lasted a couple of weeks. In that same tape, that friend of mine put some Pearl Jam and Nirvana songs. And I picked the grunge road.

This amazing anecdote is to say heavy metal is another of the infinite music genres I'm rather ignorant about. Ignorant, but voraciously curious. Even if I'm not in high school, anymore. So welcome to the lovely and humbly named "The 100 Best and Absolute Greatest Heavy Metal Albums in the World Ever" Spotify playlist, based from the book of the same name.

With the like of Alice Cooper, Anthrax, Black Sabbath, Danzig, Deftones, Dream Theater, Guns n'Roses, Iron Maiden (The Trooper included, yes!), Judas Priest, Korn, Marilyn Manson, Mastodon, Metallica, Motley Crue, Neurosis, Ozzy Osbourne, Pantera, Rage Against the Machine, Sepultura, Slayer, Slipknot, System of a Down, Van Halen, White Zombie and many more.

Full list is below the playlists. Plural: one playlist with complete albums and the second one with three tracks each album.

Loudly enjoy.

THE 100 BEST AND ABSOLUTE GREATEST HEAVY METAL ALBUMS 
IN THE WORLD EVER

(full albums)

THE 100 BEST AND ABSOLUTE GREATEST HEAVY METAL ALBUMS 
IN THE WORLD EVER

(3 tracks each album)

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The full list (source).

In alphabetical order, by artist. Strikethrough albums (9/100) are not available on Spotify.

Accept, 'Balls To The Wall' (1983)

AC/DC, 'Highway To Hell' (1979)

AC/DC, 'Back In Black (1980)

Alice Cooper, 'Billion Dollar Babies' (1973)

Alice In Chains, 'Dirt' (1992) 

All Shall Perish, 'The Price Of Existence' (2006) 

Anthrax, 'Among The Living' (1987) 

Arch Enemy, 'Burning Bridges' (1999) 

At The Gates, 'Slaughter Of The Soul' (1995) 

Behemoth, 'Demigod' (2004) 

Benighted, 'Icon' (2007) 

Black Label Society, 'Hangover Music Vol VI' (2004) 

Black Sabbath, 'Black Sabbath' (1970) 

Black Sabbath, 'Paranoid' (1970) 

Black Sabbath, 'Heaven And Hell' (1980) 

Bruce Dickinson, 'The Chemical Wedding' (1998) 

Candlemass, 'Nightfall' (1987) 

Cannibal Corpse, 'Tomb Of The Mutilated' (1992) 

Carcass, 'Heartwork' (1993) 

Cradle Of Filth, 'Damnation And a Day: From Genesis To Nemesis' (2003) 

Danzig, 'Danzig' (1988) 

Dark Tranquility, 'The Gallery' (1985) 

Death, 'Human' (1991) 

Deicide, 'Deicide' (1990) 

Despised Icon, 'The Ills Of Modern Man' (2007) 

Deep Purple, 'Machine Head' (1971) 

Deftones, 'Around The Fur' (1997) 

The Dillinger Escape Plan, 'Miss Machine' (2004) 

Dimmu Borgir, 'Death Cult Armageddon' (2003) 

Dio, 'Holy Diver' (1983) 

Dream Theater, 'Images And Words' (1992) 

Entombed, 'Wolverine Blues' (1991) 

Exodus, 'Bonded By Blood' (1985) 

Gamma Ray, 'Land Of The Free' (1995) 

Godsmack, 'IV' (2006) 

Gojira, 'The Way Of All Flesh' (2008) 

Guns N' Roses, 'Appetite For Destruction' (1987) 

Helloween, 'Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt ll' (1988) 

Hammerfall, 'Legacy Of Kings' (1998) 

The Haunted, 'Made Me Do It' (2000) 

In Flames, 'Whoracle' (1997) 

Iron Maiden, 'The Number Of The Beast' (1982) 

Iron Maiden, 'Piece Of Mind' (1983) 

Iron Maiden, 'Powerslave' (1984) 

Isis, 'Panopticon' (2004) 

Judas Priest, 'British Steel' (1980) 

Judas Priest, 'Painkiller' (1990) 

King Diamond, 'Abigail' (1987) 

Killswitch Engage, 'The End Of Heartache' (2004) 

Kiss, 'Kiss' (1974) Kiss, 'Destroyer' (1976) 

Korn, 'Korn' (1994) 

Korn, 'Follow The Leader' (1998) 

Kreator, 'Pleasure To Kill' (1986) 

Lamb Of God, 'Sacrament' (2006) 

Machine Head, 'The Blackening' (2007) 

Marily Manson, 'Antichrist Superstar' (1996) 

Mastodon, 'Leviathan' (2004) 

Mayhem, 'Wolf's Lair Abyss' (1997) 

Megadeath, 'Rust In Peace' (1990) 

Mercyful Fate, 'Don't Break The Oath' (1984) 

Meshuggah, 'Destroy Erase Improve' (1995) 

Metallica, 'Ride The Lightning' (1984) 

Metallica, 'Master Of Puppets' (1986) 

Metallica - '...And Justice For All' (1988) 

Metallica, 'Metallica' - aka The Black Album - (1991) 

Monster Magnet, 'Powertrip' (1998) 

Morbid Angel, 'Blessed Are The Sick' (1991) 

Motley Crue, 'Shout At The Devil' (1983) 

Motörhead, 'Ace Of Spades' (1980) 

Napalm Death, 'Utopia Banished' (1992) 

Neurosis, 'The Eye Of Every Storm' (2004) 

Nightwish, 'Once' (2004) 

Opeth, 'Blackwater Park' (2001) 

Ozzy Osbourne, 'Blizzard Of Ozz' (1980) 

Ozzy Ozbourne, 'Bark At The Moon' (1983) 

Paradise Lost, 'Draconian Times' (1995) 

Pantera, 'Vulgar Display Of Power (1992) 

Queensryche, 'Operation: Mindcrime' (1988) 

Rage Against The Machine, 'Rage Against The Machine' (1992) 

Rainbow, 'Long Live Rock 'N' Roll' (1978) 

Rammstein, 'Mutter' (2001) 

Sepultura, 'Chaos A.D.' (1993) 

Saxon, 'Strong Arm Of The Law' (1980) 

Skid Row, 'Skid Row' (1989) 

Slayer, 'Reign In Blood' (1986) 

Slayer, 'Seasons In The Abyss' (1990) 

Slayer, 'God Hates Us All' (2001) 

Slipknot, 'lowa' (2001) System Of A Down, 'Toxicity' (2001) 

Testament, 'The Legacy' (1987) 

Tool, 'Xenima' (1996) 

Trouble, 'Manic Frustration' (1992) 

Type O Negative, 'October Rust' (1996) 

Van Halen, 'Van Halen' (1978) 

Venom, 'Black Metal' (1982) 

W.A.S.P, 'W.A.S.P' (1984) 

White Zombie, 'Astro Creep: 2000 (1995) 

Yngwie Malmsteen, 'Rising Force' (1984) 

Unearth, 'lll: In The Eyes Of Fire' (2006)