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)

*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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#	Ratings	Title Artist	Metal Subgenre (Release Type)
1	4.53 · 296 ratings QWR = 4.51	Master of Puppets METALLICA	Thrash Metal Album · 1986
2	4.76 · 19 ratings QWR = 4.50	Legends Of The Shires THRESHOLD	Progressive Metal Album · 2017
3	4.52 · 235 ratings QWR = 4.50	Paranoid BLACK SABBATH	Heavy Metal Album · 1970
4	4.52 · 191 ratings QWR = 4.49	Moving Pictures RUSH	Hard Rock Album · 1981
5	4.50 · 245 ratings QWR = 4.48	Powerslave IRON MAIDEN	NWoBHM Album · 1984
6	4.77 · 17 ratings QWR = 4.48	Curse & Chapter HELL	Heavy Metal Album · 2013
7	4.69 · 23 ratings QWR = 4.48	Obsidian PARADISE LOST	Gothic Metal Album · 2020
8	4.50 · 164 ratings QWR = 4.47	Rising RAINBOW	Heavy Metal Album · 1976
9	4.49 · 175 ratings QWR = 4.46	Led Zeppelin IV LED ZEPPELIN	Hard Rock Album · 1971
10	4.67 · 22 ratings QWR = 4.46	The Eldritch Dark BLOOD CEREMONY	Heavy Psych Album · 2013
11	4.91 · 10 ratings QWR = 4.45	V SPOCK'S BEARD	Metal Related Album · 2000
12	4.47 · 201 ratings QWR = 4.45	Still Life OPETH	Progressive Metal Album · 1999
13	4.47 · 247 ratings QWR = 4.45	Rust in Peace MEGADETH	Thrash Metal Album · 1990
14	4.47 · 180 ratings QWR = 4.44	Symbolic DEATH	Technical Death Metal Album · 1995
15	4.46 · 164 ratings QWR = 4.44	Sad Wings Of Destiny JUDAS PRIEST	Heavy Metal Album · 1976
16	4.81 · 12 ratings QWR = 4.44	Psychic Warfare CLUTCH	Stoner Rock Album · 2015
17	4.76 · 14 ratings QWR = 4.44	The Holographic Principle EPICA	Symphonic Metal Album · 2016
18	4.46 · 149 ratings QWR = 4.43	Painkiller JUDAS PRIEST	Power Metal Album · 1990
19	4.57 · 32 ratings QWR = 4.43	Argus WISHBONE ASH	Proto-Metal Album · 1972
20	4.45 · 214 ratings QWR = 4.43	Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son IRON MAIDEN	Heavy Metal Album · 1988
21	4.45 · 152 ratings QWR = 4.42	Machine Head DEEP PURPLE	Hard Rock Album · 1972
22	4.44 · 241 ratings QWR = 4.42	Ride the Lightning METALLICA	Thrash Metal Album · 1984
23	4.44 · 244 ratings QWR = 4.42	Images and Words DREAM THEATER	Progressive Metal Album · 1992
24	4.45 · 145 ratings QWR = 4.42	A Farewell to Kings RUSH	Hard Rock Album · 1977
25	4.49 · 58 ratings QWR = 4.41	At the Heart of Winter IMMORTAL	Black Metal Album · 1999

This list is in progress since the site is new. We invite all logged in members to use the "quick rating" widget (stars bellow album covers) or post full reviews to increase the weight of your rating in the global average value (see FAQ for more details). Enjoy MMA!

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