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The Real Top 500 Hard Rock Albums of All Time

I read Martin Popoff's "the Top 500 Heavy Metal Albums of all Time" and I felt like the list of 500 heavy metal albums needs some serious updating. It's a great book no doubt, but the list is more focused on traditional heavy metal genres and still there were some punk included.
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Metallica - Master of Puppets
Metallica - Master of Puppets
1
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
2
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
3
Nirvana - Nevermind
Nirvana - Nevermind
4
Slayer - Reign in Blood
Slayer - Reign in Blood
5
Guns 'N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Guns 'N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
6
AC/DC - Back in Black
AC/DC - Back in Black
7
Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
8
Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols
9
Van Halen - Van Halen
Van Halen - Van Halen
10
The Clash - London Calling
The Clash - London Calling
11
Motorhead - Ace of Spades
Motorhead - Ace of Spades
12
Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
13
Deep Purple - Machine Head
Deep Purple - Machine Head
14
Queen - A Night at the Opera
Queen - A Night at the Opera
15
Green Day- Dookie
Green Day- Dookie
16
Alice in Chains - Dirt
Alice in Chains - Dirt
17
Who's Next - The Who
Who's Next - The Who
18
Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime
Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime
19
Rage Against the Machine - Rain Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine - Rain Against the Machine
20
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
21
Pearl Jam - Ten
Pearl Jam - Ten
22
Ramones - Ramones
Ramones - Ramones
23
Rush - Moving Pictures
Rush - Moving Pictures
24
Tool - Ænima
Tool - Ænima
25
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
26
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
27
Def Leppard - Pyromania
Def Leppard - Pyromania
28
Faith No More - The Real Thing
Faith No More - The Real Thing
29
The Stooges - Fun House
The Stooges - Fun House
30
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Soundgarden - Superunknown
31
Rainbow - Rising
Rainbow - Rising
32
Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz
Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz
33
System of a Down - Toxicity
System of a Down - Toxicity
34
Kiss-Destroyer
Kiss-Destroyer
35
Dead Kennedy's - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Dead Kennedy's - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
36
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
37
Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic
Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic
38
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
39
AC/DC - Highway to Hell
AC/DC - Highway to Hell
40
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