Metallica Classic Tops Metal Poll
Find out what albums made the top ten in Music Radar\'s latest poll
Metallica’s 1986 thrash classic Master Of Puppets has been named as the greatest Heavy Metal album of all time in a public poll.
In Music Radar’s latest poll Metallica’s third album easily beat its competition to the top spot, attracting 20% of the votes.
Mike Goldsmith, Editor-in-Chief of MusicRadar.com, said: "Whether it’s AC/DC soundtracking Iron Man 2, Rage Against the Machine getting the Xmas number one or Iron Maiden winning a Brit, heavy metal is no longer an underground concern. Over 6,000 musicians and metalheads agree and have voted in what is MusicRadar.com’s most popular poll yet. It’s another award for Metallica’s thrash masterpiece and is the perfect soundtrack for International Noise Awareness Day. Turn it up!”
Here’s the Top Ten (You can see the full top 50 at the link at the foot of this page):
1 Metallica - Master of Puppets (1986)
2 Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast (1982)
3 Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction (1987)
4 Metallica - Ride the Lightning (1984)
5 Slayer - Reign in Blood (1986)
6 Megadeth - Rust in Peace (1990)
7 Black Sabbath – Paranoid (1970)
8 AC/DC - Back in Black (1980)
9 Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power (1992)
10 Iron Maiden – Powerslave (1984)