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 · 289 ratings QWR = 4.51	Master of Puppets METALLICA	Thrash Metal Album · 1986
2	4.51 · 230 ratings QWR = 4.49	Paranoid BLACK SABBATH	Heavy Metal Album · 1970
3	4.51 · 187 ratings QWR = 4.49	Moving Pictures RUSH	Hard Rock Album · 1981
4	4.50 · 240 ratings QWR = 4.48	Powerslave IRON MAIDEN	NWoBHM Album · 1984
5	4.50 · 164 ratings QWR = 4.47	Rising RAINBOW	Heavy Metal Album · 1976
6	4.49 · 173 ratings QWR = 4.46	Led Zeppelin IV LED ZEPPELIN	Hard Rock Album · 1971
7	4.47 · 245 ratings QWR = 4.45	Rust in Peace MEGADETH	Thrash Metal Album · 1990
8	4.47 · 199 ratings QWR = 4.45	Still Life OPETH	Progressive Metal Album · 1999
9	4.47 · 177 ratings QWR = 4.44	Symbolic DEATH	Technical Death Metal Album · 1995
10	4.46 · 164 ratings QWR = 4.44	Sad Wings Of Destiny JUDAS PRIEST	Heavy Metal Album · 1976
11	4.57 · 32 ratings QWR = 4.43	Argus WISHBONE ASH	Proto-Metal Album · 1972
12	4.46 · 149 ratings QWR = 4.43	Painkiller JUDAS PRIEST	Power Metal Album · 1990
13	4.44 · 238 ratings QWR = 4.42	Ride the Lightning METALLICA	Thrash Metal Album · 1984
14	4.44 · 209 ratings QWR = 4.42	Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son IRON MAIDEN	Heavy Metal Album · 1988
15	4.45 · 151 ratings QWR = 4.42	Machine Head DEEP PURPLE	Hard Rock Album · 1972
16	4.44 · 242 ratings QWR = 4.42	Images and Words DREAM THEATER	Progressive Metal Album · 1992
17	4.45 · 142 ratings QWR = 4.42	A Farewell to Kings RUSH	Hard Rock Album · 1977
18	4.45 · 134 ratings QWR = 4.42	Deep Purple In Rock DEEP PURPLE	Hard Rock Album · 1970
19	4.49 · 55 ratings QWR = 4.41	At the Heart of Winter IMMORTAL	Black Metal Album · 1999
20	4.51 · 45 ratings QWR = 4.41	Are You Experienced? JIMI HENDRIX	Proto-Metal Album · 1967
21	4.44 · 134 ratings QWR = 4.41	Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II HELLOWEEN	Power Metal Album · 1988
22	4.46 · 78 ratings QWR = 4.40	The Mountain HAKEN	Progressive Metal Album · 2013
23	4.43 · 134 ratings QWR = 4.40	The Sound of Perseverance DEATH	Technical Death Metal Album · 1998
24	4.42 · 177 ratings QWR = 4.39	Operation: Mindcrime QUEENSRŸCHE	Progressive Metal Album · 1988
25	4.46 · 67 ratings QWR = 4.39	Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk EMPEROR	Symphonic Black Metal Album · 1997

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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