MMA Top Metal Music Albums Generator

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Here is some details about how we calculate the average rating of an album and the rank of an album.
  • 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.

*By default, only albums with the average ratings above the average ratings of the requested query are displayed in theses lists, you can control this value in the parameters

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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 · 237 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 · 183 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 4.44 · 217 ratings
QWR = 4.42
Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
IRON MAIDEN
Heavy Metal
Album · 1988
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17 4.45 · 147 ratings
QWR = 4.42
A Farewell to Kings
RUSH
Hard Rock
Album · 1977
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18 4.54 · 35 ratings
QWR = 4.41
Argus
WISHBONE ASH
Proto-Metal
Album · 1972
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19 4.44 · 136 ratings
QWR = 4.41
Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II
HELLOWEEN
Power Metal
Album · 1988
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20 4.46 · 81 ratings
QWR = 4.41
The Mountain
HAKEN
Progressive Metal
Album · 2013
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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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Master of Puppets Thrash Metal
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Rising Heavy Metal
RAINBOW
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