The best metal albums, by year

1986
Reign In Blood - Slayer

1989
Beneath The Remains - Sepultura


1990
Cowboys From Hell - Pantera

1991
Arise - Sepultura

1992
Vulgar Display of Power - Pantera

1993
Heartwork - Carcass
Hollowman - Entombed

1994
Far Beyond Driven - Pantera

1995
Slaughter of the Soul - At The Gates

1996
None So Vile - Cryptopsy

1999
Slipknot - Slipknot

2000
Wages of Sin - Arch Enemy
Killswitch Engage - Killswitch Engage

2001
Iowa - Slipknot

2002
In Their Darkened Shrines - Nile

2003
Anthems of Rebellion - Arch Enemy
The Impossibility of Reason - Chimaira

2004
Demigod - Behemoth
The Wretched Spawn - Cannibal Corpse
Epitaph - Necrophagist

2005
Doomsday Machine - Arch Enemy
I, Monarch - Hate Eternal

2006
The Stench of Redemption - Deicide
AssassiNation - Krisiun

2007
Icons of Evil - Vital Remains
Inflikted - Cavalera Conspiracy
The Apostasy - Behemoth
Xenosapien - Cephalic Carnage
The Atrocity Exhibition - Exhibit A - Exodus

2011
Carnival Is Forever - Decapitated

2012
To Hell With God - Deicide

2013
Bu-Tik - Chthonic


2014
Blood Mantra - Decapitated
The Tyranny of Will - Iron Reagan

2016
You Will Never Be One Of Us Nails

2017
Psychosis - Cavalera Conspiracy
Nightmare Logic - Power Trip
Anticult - Decapitated

2018
Posthuman - Harms Way