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  • Average rating: The classic calculation of the average but more weight is affected to the rating of collaborators and to rating with reviews.
    - Rating only by members: Weight = 1
    - Review by members : Weight = 5
    - Rating or review by collaborators : Weight = 10
  • Rank of an album*: We use a calculation that compare an album average rating and number of ratings over all others albums in the query using this theory (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weighted_average)
  • to create a variable every query "QWR" (AKA: Query Weighted Rating) use for ordering.

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# Cover Ratings Title
Artist
Metal Subgenre
(Release Type)
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1 4.53 · 299 ratings
QWR = 4.51
Master of Puppets
METALLICA
Thrash Metal
Album · 1986
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2 4.52 · 238 ratings
QWR = 4.50
Paranoid
BLACK SABBATH
Heavy Metal
Album · 1970
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3 4.52 · 193 ratings
QWR = 4.49
Moving Pictures
RUSH
Hard Rock
Album · 1981
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4 4.50 · 248 ratings
QWR = 4.48
Powerslave
IRON MAIDEN
NWoBHM
Album · 1984
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5 4.50 · 166 ratings
QWR = 4.47
Rising
RAINBOW
Heavy Metal
Album · 1976
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6 4.48 · 177 ratings
QWR = 4.46
Led Zeppelin IV
LED ZEPPELIN
Hard Rock
Album · 1971
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7 4.47 · 249 ratings
QWR = 4.45
Rust in Peace
MEGADETH
Thrash Metal
Album · 1990
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8 4.47 · 184 ratings
QWR = 4.44
Symbolic
DEATH
Technical Death Metal
Album · 1995
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9 4.46 · 206 ratings
QWR = 4.44
Still Life
OPETH
Progressive Metal
Album · 1999
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10 4.46 · 166 ratings
QWR = 4.44
Sad Wings Of Destiny
JUDAS PRIEST
Heavy Metal
Album · 1976
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11 4.46 · 154 ratings
QWR = 4.43
Machine Head
DEEP PURPLE
Hard Rock
Album · 1972
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12 4.45 · 247 ratings
QWR = 4.43
Images and Words
DREAM THEATER
Progressive Metal
Album · 1992
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13 4.46 · 138 ratings
QWR = 4.43
Deep Purple In Rock
DEEP PURPLE
Hard Rock
Album · 1970
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14 4.46 · 152 ratings
QWR = 4.43
Painkiller
JUDAS PRIEST
Power Metal
Album · 1990
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15 4.44 · 244 ratings
QWR = 4.42
Ride the Lightning
METALLICA
Thrash Metal
Album · 1984
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16 4.45 · 147 ratings
QWR = 4.42
A Farewell to Kings
RUSH
Hard Rock
Album · 1977
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17 4.54 · 35 ratings
QWR = 4.41
Argus
WISHBONE ASH
Proto-Metal
Album · 1972
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18 4.44 · 136 ratings
QWR = 4.41
Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II
HELLOWEEN
Power Metal
Album · 1988
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19 4.46 · 81 ratings
QWR = 4.41
The Mountain
HAKEN
Progressive Metal
Album · 2013
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20 4.42 · 218 ratings
QWR = 4.40
Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
IRON MAIDEN
Heavy Metal
Album · 1988
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21 4.43 · 180 ratings
QWR = 4.40
Operation: Mindcrime
QUEENSRŸCHE
Progressive Metal
Album · 1988
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22 4.42 · 147 ratings
QWR = 4.39
Hemispheres
RUSH
Hard Rock
Album · 1978
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23 4.48 · 47 ratings
QWR = 4.39
Are You Experienced?
JIMI HENDRIX
Proto-Metal
Album · 1967
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24 4.48 · 40 ratings
QWR = 4.37
Who's Next
THE WHO
Proto-Metal
Album · 1971
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25 4.39 · 221 ratings
QWR = 4.37
The Number Of The Beast
IRON MAIDEN
NWoBHM
Album · 1982
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26 4.48 · 36 ratings
QWR = 4.37
Sola Scriptura
NEAL MORSE
Metal Related
Album · 2007
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27 4.39 · 139 ratings
QWR = 4.36
The Sound of Perseverance
DEATH
Technical Death Metal
Album · 1998
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28 4.43 · 60 ratings
QWR = 4.36
At the Heart of Winter
IMMORTAL
Black Metal
Album · 1999
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29 4.41 · 86 ratings
QWR = 4.36
The Mantle
AGALLOCH
Folk Metal
Album · 2002
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30 4.39 · 133 ratings
QWR = 4.36
Dirt
ALICE IN CHAINS
Alternative Metal
Album · 1992
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31 4.38 · 198 ratings
QWR = 4.36
Master Of Reality
BLACK SABBATH
Heavy Metal
Album · 1971
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32 4.42 · 67 ratings
QWR = 4.36
Queen II
QUEEN
Proto-Metal
Album · 1974
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33 4.40 · 89 ratings
QWR = 4.36
Anno Domini High Definition
RIVERSIDE
Progressive Metal
Album · 2009
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34 4.38 · 145 ratings
QWR = 4.35
Lateralus
TOOL
Progressive Metal
Album · 2001
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35 4.39 · 84 ratings
QWR = 4.35
Never, Neverland
ANNIHILATOR
Thrash Metal
Album · 1990
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36 4.38 · 119 ratings
QWR = 4.34
Crimson
EDGE OF SANITY
Melodic Death Metal
Album · 1996
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37 4.37 · 164 ratings
QWR = 4.34
Heaven And Hell
BLACK SABBATH
Heavy Metal
Album · 1980
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38 4.47 · 31 ratings
QWR = 4.34
Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness
THE SMASHING PUMPKINS
Heavy Alternative Rock
Album · 1995
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39 4.38 · 106 ratings
QWR = 4.34
Beneath the Remains
SEPULTURA
Thrash Metal
Album · 1989
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40 4.46 · 32 ratings
QWR = 4.34
Ascendancy
TRIVIUM
Melodic Metalcore
Album · 2005
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41 4.38 · 102 ratings
QWR = 4.34
Red
KING CRIMSON
Proto-Metal
Album · 1974
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42 4.38 · 85 ratings
QWR = 4.34
Heartwork
CARCASS
Melodic Death Metal
Album · 1993
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43 4.40 · 57 ratings
QWR = 4.34
Draconian Times
PARADISE LOST
Gothic Metal
Album · 1995
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44 4.37 · 106 ratings
QWR = 4.34
Angel Dust
FAITH NO MORE
Alternative Metal
Album · 1992
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45 4.36 · 144 ratings
QWR = 4.34
2112
RUSH
Hard Rock
Album · 1976
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46 4.43 · 41 ratings
QWR = 4.34
The Gallery
DARK TRANQUILLITY
Melodic Death Metal
Album · 1995
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47 4.36 · 191 ratings
QWR = 4.34
Somewhere In Time
IRON MAIDEN
Heavy Metal
Album · 1986
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48 4.36 · 161 ratings
QWR = 4.33
Ghost Reveries
OPETH
Progressive Metal
Album · 2005
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49 4.39 · 68 ratings
QWR = 4.33
Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
EMPEROR
Symphonic Black Metal
Album · 1997
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50 4.36 · 109 ratings
QWR = 4.33
Arise
SEPULTURA
Thrash Metal
Album · 1991
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51 4.36 · 139 ratings
QWR = 4.33
Holy Diver
DIO
Heavy Metal
Album · 1983
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52 4.46 · 30 ratings
QWR = 4.33
Under The Red Cloud
AMORPHIS
Progressive Metal
Album · 2015
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53 4.37 · 93 ratings
QWR = 4.32
Larks' Tongues In Aspic
KING CRIMSON
Proto-Metal
Album · 1973
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54 4.37 · 76 ratings
QWR = 4.32
Deadwing
PORCUPINE TREE
Metal Related
Album · 2005
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55 4.43 · 36 ratings
QWR = 4.32
The Dreadful Hours
MY DYING BRIDE
Death-Doom Metal
Album · 2001
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56 4.43 · 34 ratings
QWR = 4.32
Axis: Bold As Love
JIMI HENDRIX
Proto-Metal
Album · 1967
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57 4.36 · 101 ratings
QWR = 4.32
In The Court Of The Crimson King
KING CRIMSON
Proto-Metal
Album · 1969
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58 4.45 · 30 ratings
QWR = 4.32
Colored Sands
GORGUTS
Technical Death Metal
Album · 2013
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59 4.42 · 36 ratings
QWR = 4.32
Imaginary Sonicscape
SIGH
Avant-garde Metal
Album · 2001
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60 4.37 · 73 ratings
QWR = 4.32
Alice in Hell
ANNIHILATOR
Thrash Metal
Album · 1989
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61 4.42 · 36 ratings
QWR = 4.32
The Detached
ANUBIS GATE
Progressive Metal
Album · 2009
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62 4.35 · 129 ratings
QWR = 4.32
Individual Thought Patterns
DEATH
Technical Death Metal
Album · 1993
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63 4.34 · 169 ratings
QWR = 4.31
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
BLACK SABBATH
Heavy Metal
Album · 1973
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64 4.36 · 83 ratings
QWR = 4.31
Remedy Lane
PAIN OF SALVATION
Progressive Metal
Album · 2002
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65 4.34 · 112 ratings
QWR = 4.31
Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I
HELLOWEEN
Power Metal
Album · 1987
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66 4.39 · 49 ratings
QWR = 4.31
Covenant
MORBID ANGEL
Death Metal
Album · 1993
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67 4.35 · 95 ratings
QWR = 4.31
Among The Living
ANTHRAX
Thrash Metal
Album · 1987
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68 4.35 · 97 ratings
QWR = 4.31
The Human Equation
AYREON
Progressive Metal
Album · 2004
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69 4.36 · 69 ratings
QWR = 4.31
Abigail
KING DIAMOND
Heavy Metal
Album · 1987
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70 4.34 · 112 ratings
QWR = 4.31
Van Halen
VAN HALEN
Hard Rock
Album · 1978
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71 4.32 · 200 ratings
QWR = 4.30
Metropolis, Part 2: Scenes From a Memory
DREAM THEATER
Progressive Metal
Album · 1999
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72 4.35 · 73 ratings
QWR = 4.30
In the Nightside Eclipse
EMPEROR
Symphonic Black Metal
Album · 1994
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73 4.34 · 91 ratings
QWR = 4.30
In Absentia
PORCUPINE TREE
Metal Related
Album · 2002
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74 4.38 · 46 ratings
QWR = 4.30
Doomsday for the Deceiver
FLOTSAM AND JETSAM
Thrash Metal
Album · 1986
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75 4.37 · 53 ratings
QWR = 4.30
Dimension Hatröss
VOIVOD
Technical Thrash Metal
Album · 1988
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76 4.33 · 106 ratings
QWR = 4.30
Ziltoid The Omniscient
DEVIN TOWNSEND
Progressive Metal
Album · 2007
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77 4.33 · 102 ratings
QWR = 4.29
Appetite For Destruction
GUNS N' ROSES
Hard Rock
Album · 1987
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78 4.38 · 44 ratings
QWR = 4.29
No More Color
CORONER
Technical Thrash Metal
Album · 1989
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79 4.40 · 33 ratings
QWR = 4.29
Last Fair Deal Gone Down
KATATONIA
Metal Related
Album · 2001
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80 4.31 · 232 ratings
QWR = 4.29
...And Justice for All
METALLICA
Thrash Metal
Album · 1988
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81 4.35 · 64 ratings
QWR = 4.29
Panopticon
ISIS
Atmospheric Sludge Metal
Album · 2004
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82 4.39 · 36 ratings
QWR = 4.29
Alien
STRAPPING YOUNG LAD
Industrial Metal
Album · 2005
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83 4.38 · 40 ratings
QWR = 4.29
Billion Dollar Babies
ALICE COOPER
Hard Rock
Album · 1973
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84 4.34 · 64 ratings
QWR = 4.29
Altars of Madness
MORBID ANGEL
Death Metal
Album · 1989
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85 4.34 · 65 ratings
QWR = 4.28
Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious
CARCASS
Death Metal
Album · 1991
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86 4.36 · 47 ratings
QWR = 4.28
Bergtatt: Et Eeventyr I 5 Capitler
ULVER
Atmospheric Black Metal
Album · 1995
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87 4.35 · 55 ratings
QWR = 4.28
Salisbury
URIAH HEEP
Hard Rock
Album · 1971
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88 4.34 · 64 ratings
QWR = 4.28
Don't Break the Oath
MERCYFUL FATE
Heavy Metal
Album · 1984
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89 4.39 · 31 ratings
QWR = 4.28
Darkness Descends
DARK ANGEL
Thrash Metal
Album · 1986
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90 4.30 · 165 ratings
QWR = 4.28
Blackwater Park
OPETH
Progressive Metal
Album · 2001
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91 4.31 · 107 ratings
QWR = 4.28
Crack The Skye
MASTODON
Sludge Metal
Album · 2009
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92 4.32 · 81 ratings
QWR = 4.28
Unquestionable Presence
ATHEIST
Technical Death Metal
Album · 1991
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93 4.31 · 96 ratings
QWR = 4.28
Second Life Syndrome
RIVERSIDE
Metal Related
Album · 2005
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94 4.39 · 30 ratings
QWR = 4.27
Out Of The Cellar
RATT
Glam Metal
Album · 1984
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95 4.35 · 46 ratings
QWR = 4.27
Angel Witch
ANGEL WITCH
NWoBHM
Album · 1980
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96 4.31 · 91 ratings
QWR = 4.27
Imaginations From the Other Side
BLIND GUARDIAN
Power Metal
Album · 1995
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97 4.31 · 78 ratings
QWR = 4.27
Tales From the Thousand Lakes
AMORPHIS
Melodic Death Metal
Album · 1994
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98 4.33 · 56 ratings
QWR = 4.27
Wheels of Steel
SAXON
NWoBHM
Album · 1980
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99 4.29 · 131 ratings
QWR = 4.27
Back In Black
AC/DC
Hard Rock
Album · 1980
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100 4.35 · 43 ratings
QWR = 4.27
Secret Treaties
BLUE ÖYSTER CULT
Hard Rock
Album · 1974
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Master of Puppets Thrash Metal
METALLICA
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Paranoid Heavy Metal
BLACK SABBATH
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Moving Pictures Hard Rock
RUSH
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Powerslave NWoBHM
IRON MAIDEN
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Rising Heavy Metal
RAINBOW
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