Rolling Stone's 20 Best Metal Albums of 2014

The year's best heavy metal albums: Yob's cheery doom, At the Gates' triumphant reunion and Slipknot's moving tribute to a fallen comrade

Published: December 11, 2014 16:48 Source

# 1

Clearing the Path to Ascend by YOB

Album • Sep 02 / 2014 Doom Metal

# 2

Melana Chasmata by Triptykon

Album • Apr 15 / 2014 Doom Metal

# 3

At War with Reality by At The Gates

Album • Oct 28 / 2014 Melodic Death Metal

# 4

The Ape of God I by Old Man Gloom

Album • Nov 11 / 2014

# 5

Soused by Scott Walker + sunn O)))

Album • Oct 20 / 2014 Drone Metal Experimental Rock

# 6

The Satanist by Behemoth

Album • Feb 04 / 2014 Death Metal Black Metal

# 7

A World Lit Only by Fire by Godflesh

Album • Oct 07 / 2014 Industrial Metal Sludge Metal

# 8

Once More 'Round the Sun by Mastodon

Album • Jun 23 / 2014 Progressive Metal Stoner Metal

# 9

Symmetry In Black by Crowbar

Album • May 27 / 2014 Sludge Metal

# 10

Manslaughter by Body Count

Album • Jun 09 / 2014 Rap Metal Hardcore Punk

# 11

From All Purity by Indian

Album • Jan 21 / 2014 Sludge Metal Drone Metal Doom Metal

# 12

Beyond Calculation by The Austerity Program

Album • Jun 17 / 2014 Noise Rock Post-Hardcore

# 13

Memoria Vetusta III - Saturnian Poetry by Blut Aus Nord

Album • Oct 10 / 2014 Atmospheric Black Metal

# 14

Hold It In by Melvins

Album • Oct 14 / 2014 Alternative Rock Stoner Rock

# 15

Savage Gold by Tombs

Album • Jun 10 / 2014 Sludge Metal Black Metal

# 16

Time To Die by Electric Wizard

Album • Jan 01 / 2014 Doom Metal Stoner Metal

# 17

V by Ommadon

Album • May 01 / 2014 Drone Metal Sludge Metal

# 18

.5: The Gray Chapter by Slipknot

Album • Oct 17 / 2014 Alternative Metal

# 19

Nachash by Krokodil

Album • Oct 11 / 2014 Sludge Metal Progressive Metal

# 20

III: Beneath Trident's Tomb by Twilight

Album • Mar 18 / 2014 Black Metal