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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.
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#	Ratings	Title Artist	Metal Subgenre (Release Type)
1	4.52 · 235 ratings QWR = 4.48	Paranoid BLACK SABBATH	Heavy Metal Album · 1970
2	4.50 · 245 ratings QWR = 4.47	Powerslave IRON MAIDEN	NWoBHM Album · 1984
3	4.50 · 164 ratings QWR = 4.44	Rising RAINBOW	Heavy Metal Album · 1976
4	4.46 · 164 ratings QWR = 4.42	Sad Wings Of Destiny JUDAS PRIEST	Heavy Metal Album · 1976
5	4.45 · 214 ratings QWR = 4.41	Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son IRON MAIDEN	Heavy Metal Album · 1988
6	4.38 · 218 ratings QWR = 4.35	The Number Of The Beast IRON MAIDEN	NWoBHM Album · 1982
7	4.77 · 17 ratings QWR = 4.34	Curse & Chapter HELL	Heavy Metal Album · 2013
8	4.38 · 196 ratings QWR = 4.34	Master Of Reality BLACK SABBATH	Heavy Metal Album · 1971
9	4.36 · 162 ratings QWR = 4.32	Heaven And Hell BLACK SABBATH	Heavy Metal Album · 1980
10	4.36 · 189 ratings QWR = 4.32	Somewhere In Time IRON MAIDEN	Heavy Metal Album · 1986
11	4.35 · 137 ratings QWR = 4.30	Holy Diver DIO	Heavy Metal Album · 1983
12	4.33 · 167 ratings QWR = 4.29	Sabbath Bloody Sabbath BLACK SABBATH	Heavy Metal Album · 1973
13	4.36 · 68 ratings QWR = 4.26	Abigail KING DIAMOND	Heavy Metal Album · 1987
14	4.33 · 63 ratings QWR = 4.23	Don't Break the Oath MERCYFUL FATE	Heavy Metal Album · 1984
15	4.35 · 45 ratings QWR = 4.22	Angel Witch ANGEL WITCH	NWoBHM Album · 1980
16	4.31 · 54 ratings QWR = 4.21	Wheels of Steel SAXON	NWoBHM Album · 1980
17	4.23 · 196 ratings QWR = 4.20	Black Sabbath BLACK SABBATH	Heavy Metal Album · 1970
18	4.22 · 191 ratings QWR = 4.19	Piece Of Mind IRON MAIDEN	NWoBHM Album · 1983
19	4.30 · 55 ratings QWR = 4.19	Metal Heart ACCEPT	Heavy Metal Album · 1985
20	4.25 · 88 ratings QWR = 4.19	Ace of Spades MOTÖRHEAD	Heavy Metal Album · 1980
21	4.41 · 25 ratings QWR = 4.19	The Deluge MANILLA ROAD	Heavy Metal Album · 1986
22	4.31 · 42 ratings QWR = 4.18	Breaker ACCEPT	Heavy Metal Album · 1981
23	4.27 · 57 ratings QWR = 4.18	Melissa MERCYFUL FATE	Heavy Metal Album · 1983
24	4.28 · 52 ratings QWR = 4.17	Restless and Wild ACCEPT	Heavy Metal Album · 1982
25	4.28 · 48 ratings QWR = 4.17	Strong Arm of the Law SAXON	NWoBHM Album · 1980
26	4.28 · 43 ratings QWR = 4.16	The Chemical Wedding BRUCE DICKINSON	Heavy Metal Album · 1998
27	4.22 · 83 ratings QWR = 4.16	The Book Of Souls IRON MAIDEN	Heavy Metal Album · 2015
28	4.48 · 16 ratings QWR = 4.15	The Courts of Chaos MANILLA ROAD	Heavy Metal Album · 1990
29	4.30 · 33 ratings QWR = 4.15	Slave To The Grind SKID ROW	Heavy Metal Album · 1991
30	4.18 · 133 ratings QWR = 4.14	Screaming For Vengeance JUDAS PRIEST	Heavy Metal Album · 1982
31	4.56 · 12 ratings QWR = 4.14	Faceless World U.D.O.	Heavy Metal Album · 1990
32	4.82 · 7 ratings QWR = 4.12	The Unexpected Guest DEMON	NWoBHM Album · 1982
33	4.21 · 56 ratings QWR = 4.12	Balls to the Wall ACCEPT	Heavy Metal Album · 1983
34	4.24 · 41 ratings QWR = 4.12	High 'N' Dry DEF LEPPARD	NWoBHM Album · 1981
35	4.27 · 32 ratings QWR = 4.12	Crystal Logic MANILLA ROAD	Heavy Metal Album · 1983
36	4.15 · 129 ratings QWR = 4.11	Sabotage BLACK SABBATH	Heavy Metal Album · 1975
37	4.32 · 22 ratings QWR = 4.11	Open the Gates MANILLA ROAD	Heavy Metal Album · 1985
38	4.13 · 163 ratings QWR = 4.10	Brave New World IRON MAIDEN	Heavy Metal Album · 2000
39	4.61 · 9 ratings QWR = 4.10	Hit and Run GIRLSCHOOL	NWoBHM Album · 1981
40	4.46 · 12 ratings QWR = 4.09	Animal House U.D.O.	Heavy Metal Album · 1987
41	4.35 · 17 ratings QWR = 4.09	Mystification MANILLA ROAD	Heavy Metal Album · 1987
42	4.12 · 128 ratings QWR = 4.08	Stained Class JUDAS PRIEST	Heavy Metal Album · 1978
43	4.15 · 59 ratings QWR = 4.08	Diary Of A Madman OZZY OSBOURNE	Heavy Metal Album · 1981
44	4.47 · 11 ratings QWR = 4.07	Vast Oceans Lachrymose WHILE HEAVEN WEPT	Heavy Metal Album · 2009
45	4.26 · 23 ratings QWR = 4.07	Blind Rage ACCEPT	Heavy Metal Album · 2014
46	4.55 · 9 ratings QWR = 4.07	Invincible Shield JUDAS PRIEST	Heavy Metal Album · 2024
47	4.16 · 45 ratings QWR = 4.07	No More Tears OZZY OSBOURNE	Heavy Metal Album · 1991
48	4.77 · 6 ratings QWR = 4.06	Death in the Nursery LEGEND	NWoBHM Album · 1982
49	4.31 · 17 ratings QWR = 4.06	Kingdom Come SIR LORD BALTIMORE	Heavy Metal Album · 1970
50	4.53 · 9 ratings QWR = 4.06	Spell Eater HUNTRESS	Heavy Metal Album · 2012
51	4.42 · 11 ratings QWR = 4.05	Atlantis Rising MANILLA ROAD	Heavy Metal Album · 2001
52	4.86 · 5 ratings QWR = 4.05	Black is the Colour ARVEN	Heavy Metal Album · 2013
53	4.17 · 31 ratings QWR = 4.04	Revenge KISS	Heavy Metal Album · 1992
54	4.40 · 11 ratings QWR = 4.04	Thunder in the East LOUDNESS	Heavy Metal Album · 1985
55	4.06 · 172 ratings QWR = 4.04	Iron Maiden IRON MAIDEN	NWoBHM Album · 1980
56	4.07 · 115 ratings QWR = 4.04	Defenders Of The Faith JUDAS PRIEST	Heavy Metal Album · 1984
57	4.07 · 133 ratings QWR = 4.04	Countdown to Extinction MEGADETH	Heavy Metal Album · 1992
58	4.09 · 78 ratings QWR = 4.04	Overkill MOTÖRHEAD	Heavy Metal Album · 1979
59	4.43 · 10 ratings QWR = 4.04	Volcanic Rock BUFFALO	Heavy Metal Album · 1973
60	4.47 · 9 ratings QWR = 4.04	Metalized SWORD	Heavy Metal Album · 1986
61	4.80 · 5 ratings QWR = 4.03	What Doesn't Kill You... BLUE CHEER	Heavy Metal Album · 2007
62	4.32 · 13 ratings QWR = 4.03	Ghostlights AVANTASIA	Heavy Metal Album · 2016
63	4.12 · 43 ratings QWR = 4.03	Firepower JUDAS PRIEST	Heavy Metal Album · 2018
64	4.44 · 9 ratings QWR = 4.02	The Plague DEMON	NWoBHM Album · 1983
65	4.05 · 144 ratings QWR = 4.02	Vol 4 BLACK SABBATH	Heavy Metal Album · 1972
66	4.96 · 4 ratings QWR = 4.02	MorningStarlett MORNINGSTARLETT	Heavy Metal Album · 2012
67	4.21 · 20 ratings QWR = 4.02	Fire Down Under RIOT	Heavy Metal Album · 1981
68	4.10 · 46 ratings QWR = 4.02	Conspiracy KING DIAMOND	Heavy Metal Album · 1989
69	4.17 · 24 ratings QWR = 4.02	Meliora GHOST	Heavy Metal Album · 2015
70	4.06 · 79 ratings QWR = 4.02	The Last in Line DIO	Heavy Metal Album · 1984
71	4.75 · 5 ratings QWR = 4.02	Death RAM	Heavy Metal Album · 2012
72	4.53 · 7 ratings QWR = 4.01	Starbound Beast HUNTRESS	Heavy Metal Album · 2013
73	4.14 · 27 ratings QWR = 4.01	The Headless Children W.A.S.P.	Heavy Metal Album · 1989
74	4.36 · 10 ratings QWR = 4.01	Headhunter KROKUS	Heavy Metal Album · 1983
75	4.32 · 11 ratings QWR = 4.00	Mean Machine U.D.O.	Heavy Metal Album · 1989
76	4.35 · 10 ratings QWR = 4.00	Filth Hounds of Hades TANK	NWoBHM Album · 1982
77	4.23 · 15 ratings QWR = 4.00	Court in the Act SATAN	NWoBHM Album · 1983
78	4.10 · 35 ratings QWR = 4.00	Lightning to the Nations DIAMOND HEAD	NWoBHM Album · 1980
79	4.12 · 27 ratings QWR = 4.00	Forged in Fire ANVIL	Heavy Metal Album · 1983
80	4.06 · 56 ratings QWR = 4.00	Lovedrive SCORPIONS	Heavy Metal Album · 1979
81	4.17 · 19 ratings QWR = 3.99	The Underground Resistance DARKTHRONE	Heavy Metal Album · 2013
82	4.25 · 13 ratings QWR = 3.99	Disillusion (English Version) LOUDNESS	Heavy Metal Album · 1984
83	4.35 · 9 ratings QWR = 3.98	Force Majeure DORO	Heavy Metal Album · 1989
84	4.19 · 16 ratings QWR = 3.98	The Stage AVENGED SEVENFOLD	Heavy Metal Album · 2016
85	4.45 · 7 ratings QWR = 3.98	Man and Machine U.D.O.	Heavy Metal Album · 2002
86	4.02 · 81 ratings QWR = 3.98	Long Live Rock 'n' Roll RAINBOW	Heavy Metal Album · 1978
87	4.35 · 9 ratings QWR = 3.98	Timebomb U.D.O.	Heavy Metal Album · 1991
88	4.35 · 9 ratings QWR = 3.98	Inishmore RIOT	Heavy Metal Album · 1997
89	4.28 · 11 ratings QWR = 3.98	Gates of Fire MANILLA ROAD	Heavy Metal Album · 2005
90	4.23 · 13 ratings QWR = 3.98	La Raza ARMORED SAINT	Heavy Metal Album · 2010
91	4.30 · 10 ratings QWR = 3.98	Volumen brutal BARÓN ROJO	Heavy Metal Album · 1982
92	4.50 · 6 ratings QWR = 3.97	The Lesser Key of Solomon A SOUND OF THUNDER	Heavy Metal Album · 2014
93	4.50 · 6 ratings QWR = 3.97	Beyond the Veil DARK FOREST	Heavy Metal Album · 2016
94	4.26 · 11 ratings QWR = 3.97	From Fields of Fire ARGUS	Heavy Metal Album · 2017
95	4.00 · 116 ratings QWR = 3.97	Mob Rules BLACK SABBATH	Heavy Metal Album · 1981
96	4.08 · 27 ratings QWR = 3.97	Bastards MOTÖRHEAD	Heavy Metal Album · 1993
97	4.01 · 72 ratings QWR = 3.96	Blizzard Of Ozz OZZY OSBOURNE	Heavy Metal Album · 1980
98	4.02 · 57 ratings QWR = 3.96	Blackout SCORPIONS	Heavy Metal Album · 1982
99	4.09 · 24 ratings QWR = 3.96	Stay Hungry TWISTED SISTER	Heavy Metal Album · 1984
100	4.03 · 45 ratings QWR = 3.96	The Devil You Know HEAVEN & HELL	Heavy Metal Album · 2009

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