Top Ten Metal Albums Of Each Year 2020-2029

[Lew]

Top Ten Metal Albums Of Each Year 2020-2029

Criteria: These Top Ten Metal albums of each year from 2020 through 2029 were chosen for their initial and lasting popularity and their influence and impact on metal music in general.

Edited By: Lew, DDD Forum
Last Updated: 2026-06-23

Let me know what you would add, delete, or rank differently.

Top Ten Metal Albums of 2020

1. Ordinary Man - Ozzy Osbourne
2. Underneath - Code Orange
3. Ohms - Deftones
4. Titans of Creation - Testament
5. What the Dead Men Say - Trivium
6. Ballistic, Sadistic - Annihilator
7. Quadra - Sepultura
8. Mother - In This Moment
9. Ravening Iron - Eternal Champion
10. Stare Into Death and Be Still - Ulcerate

Top Ten Metal Albums of 2021

1. Senjutsu - Iron Maiden
2. Hushed and Grim - Mastodon
3. A View from the Top of the World - Dream Theater
4. Fortitude - Gojira
5. The Silver Scream 2: Welcome to Horrorwood - Ice Nine Kills
6. Persona Non Grata - Exodus
7. Helloween - Helloween
8. Aggression Continuum - Fear Factory
9. Bloodmoon: I: - Converge & Chelsea Wolfe
10. The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy - Rob Zombie

Top Ten Metal Albums of 2022

1. The Sick, the Dying... and the Dead! - Megadeth
2. Patient Number 9 - Ozzy Osbourne
3. Impera - Ghost
4. Requiem - Korn
5. Immutable - Meshuggah
6. Zeit - Rammstein
7. Back from the Dead - Halestorm
8. Hate Über Alles - Kreator
9. AfterLife - Five Finger Death Punch
10. Carpe Diem - Saxon

Top Ten Metal Albums of 2023

1. 72 Seasons - Metallica
2. Foregone - In Flames
3. Bleed Out - Within Temptation
4. Scorched - Overkill
5. The Awakening - Kamelot
6. The Wonders Still Awaiting - Xandria
7. Life Is But a Dream... - Avenged Sevenfold
8. Heimdal - Enslaved
9. Chaos Horrific - Cannibal Corpse
10. Fearless in Love - Voyager

Top Ten Metal Albums of 2024

1. The Last Will and Testament - Opeth
2. Invincible Shield - Judas Priest
3. The Mandrake Project - Bruce Dickinson
4. Absolute Elsewhere - Blood Incantation
5. Yesterwynde - Nightwish
6. Servitude - the Black Dahlia Murder
7. I Want Blood - Jerry Cantrell
8. Warp Speed Warriors - DragonForce
9. Time II - Wintersun
10. PowerNerd - Devin Townsend

Top Ten Metal Albums of 2025

1. Parasomnia - Dream Theater
2. Skeletá - Ghost
3. This Consequence - Killswitch Engage
4. Unatoned - Machine Head
5. Sleepless Empire - Lacuna Coil
6. Tsunami Sea - Spiritbox
7. Giants & Monsters - Helloween
8. Para Bellum - Testament
9. The Screaming of the Valkyries - Cradle of Filth
10. Blood Dynasty - Arch Enemy

[ManPerson]

I'm not a metal expert or anything but I somehow doubt Ozzy Osbourne, Iron Maiden, Megadeth and Metallica were making the most acclaimed metal albums this decade.

[Sherick]

Yeah there's some good names on these lists but far too much weight is given to name value.

[Fido]

I had the idea no make this lists when the decade ended, like with the 2010s