Top Ten Darkest Albums by the Most Famous Metal Bands

The Top Ten
1 Hell Awaits - Slayer
2 ... and Justice for All - Metallica

Greatest Metal Album Ever

My favorite metal album.

3 The Great Southern Trendkill - Pantera
4 Peace Sells... But Who's Buying - Megadeth
5 The X Factor - Iron Maiden
6 Iowa - Slipknot

This should be higher. It's filled with a sinister atmosphere, brutal instrumentation, and several dark lyrical themes. The title track is also both equally creepy and disturbing.

7 Persistence of Time - Anthrax
8 Nostradamus - Judas Priest
9 Painkiller - Judas Priest
10 Tomb of the Mutilated - Cannibal Corpse
The Contenders
11 Obzen - Meshuggah
12 Antichrist Superstar - Marilyn Manson
13 Korn - Korn
14 Tentacles of Whorror - Leviathan

Not a very famous artist (it's a one-man band), but you can't get darker than black metal. Hence why it's called black metal. If you spend entire nights awake in depression, craving a sliver of hope to break the misery...this album is your soundtrack.

15 Resolution - Lamb of God
16 Catch Thirty Three - Meshuggah
17 Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
18 The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails
19 Pork Soda - Primus
20 Abigail - King Diamond
21 The Dark Saga - Iced Earth
22 Alice in Chains - Dirt
23 Alice in Chains - Alice in Chains

This album is very dark and eerie. (Ex. Frogs, Head Creeps, Sludge Factory, nothing' Song).

24 De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas - Mayhem
25 Antichrist - Gorgoroth
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