メタルの40のサブ・ジャンルからそれぞれのベスト・アルバムを選出。米ラウド／メタル系サイトLoudwireが「The Best Metal Albums From 40 Subgenres」を発表
Alternative Metal: Tool, 'Ænima' (1996)
Black Metal: Emperor, 'Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk' (1997)
Blackened Death Metal: Behemoth, 'The Satanist' (2014)
Blackened Thrash: Destroyer 666, 'Cold Steel... for an Iron Age' (2002)
Brutal Death Metal: Suffocation 'Pierced From Within' (1995)
Christian Metal: Trouble, 'Psalm 9' (1984)
Crossover Thrash: D.R.I., 'Dealing With It!' (1985)
Death/Doom: My Dying Bride, 'Turn Loose the Swans' (1993)
Death Metal: Morbid Angel, 'Altars of Madness' (1989)
Deathcore: All Shall Perish, 'The Price of Existence' (2006)
Djent: Meshuggah, 'Nothing' (2002)
Doom Metal: Black Sabbath, 'Master of Reality' (1971)
Drone: Sunn O))), 'Black One' (2005)
Folk Metal: Finntroll, 'Nattfödd' (2004)
Funeral Doom: Thergothon 'Stream From the Heavens' (1994)
Funk Metal: Infectious Grooves, 'The Plague That Makes Your Booty Move...It's the Infectious Grooves' (1991)
Goth Metal: Type O Negative, 'Bloody Kisses' (1993)
Goregrind: Carcass, 'Symphonies of Sickness' (1989)
Grindcore: Napalm Death, 'Scum' (1987)
Groove Metal: Pantera, 'Vulgar Display of Power' (1992)
Hair Metal: Motley Crue, 'Shout at the Devil' (1983)
Industrial Metal: Godflesh, 'Streetcleaner' (1989)
Mathcore: The Dillinger Escape Plan, 'Calculating Infinity' (1999)
Melodic Death Metal: At the Gates, 'Slaughter of the Soul' (1995)
Metalcore: Converge, 'Jane Doe' (2001)
Nu-Metal: Korn, 'Korn' (1994)
Post-Metal: Neurosis, 'Times of Grace' (1999)
Power Metal: Helloween, 'Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pt. 1' (1987)
Progressive Black Metal: Enslaved, 'Mardraum - Beyond the Within' (2000)
Progressive Death Metal: Opeth, 'Blackwater Park' (2001)
Progressive Metal: Dream Theater, 'Images and Words' (1992)
Slam: Dying Fetus, 'Killing on Adrenaline' (1998)
Sludge: Eyehategod, 'Take as Needed for Pain' (1993)
Stoner Metal: Electric Wizard, 'Dopethrone' (2000)
Symphonic Metal: Nightwish, 'Wishmaster' (2000)
Technical Death Metal: Cryptopsy, 'None So Vile' (1996)
Thrash: Metallica, 'Master of Puppets' (1986)
Traditional Metal: Iron Maiden, 'The Number of the Beast' (1982)
Viking Metal: Bathory, 'Hammerheart' (1990)
War Metal: Blasphemy, 'Fallen Angel of Doom' (1990)
