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
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| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Clearing the Path to Ascend | YOB | Sep-02-2014, Doom Metal |
| #2 | Melana Chasmata | Triptykon | Apr-15-2014, Doom Metal |
| #3 | At War with Reality | At The Gates | Oct-28-2014, Melodic Death Metal |
| #4 | The Ape of God I | Old Man Gloom | Nov-11-2014, |
| #5 | Soused | Scott Walker, sunn O))) | Oct-20-2014, Drone Metal |
| #6 | The Satanist | Behemoth | Feb-04-2014, Death Metal |
| #7 | A World Lit Only by Fire | Godflesh | Oct-07-2014, Industrial Metal |
| #8 | Once More 'Round the Sun | Mastodon | Jun-23-2014, Progressive Metal |
| #9 | Symmetry In Black | Crowbar | May-27-2014, Sludge Metal |
| #10 | Manslaughter | Body Count | Jun-09-2014, Rap Metal |
| #11 | From All Purity | Indian | Jan-21-2014, Sludge Metal |
| #12 | Beyond Calculation | The Austerity Program | Jun-17-2014, Noise Rock |
| #13 | Memoria Vetusta III - Saturnian Poetry | Blut Aus Nord | Oct-10-2014, Atmospheric Black Metal |
| #14 | Hold It In | Melvins | Oct-14-2014, Alternative Rock |
| #15 | Savage Gold | Tombs | Jun-10-2014, Sludge Metal |
| #16 | Time To Die | Electric Wizard | Jan-01-2014, Doom Metal |
| #17 | V | Ommadon | May-01-2014, Drone Metal |
| #18 | .5: The Gray Chapter | Slipknot | Oct-17-2014, Alternative Metal |
| #19 | Nachash | Krokodil | Oct-11-2014, Sludge Metal |
| #20 | III: Beneath Trident's Tomb | Twilight | Mar-18-2014, Black Metal |
Markdown
| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Clearing the Path to Ascend | YOB | Album, Sep-02-2014, Doom Metal |
| #2 | Melana Chasmata | Triptykon | Album, Apr-15-2014, Doom Metal |
| #3 | At War with Reality | At The Gates | Album, Oct-28-2014, Melodic Death Metal |
| #4 | The Ape of God I | Old Man Gloom | Album, Nov-11-2014, |
| #5 | Soused | Scott Walkersunn O))) | Album, Oct-20-2014, Drone Metal |
| #6 | The Satanist | Behemoth | Album, Feb-04-2014, Death Metal |
| #7 | A World Lit Only by Fire | Godflesh | Album, Oct-07-2014, Industrial Metal |
| #8 | Once More 'Round the Sun | Mastodon | Album, Jun-23-2014, Progressive Metal |
| #9 | Symmetry In Black | Crowbar | Album, May-27-2014, Sludge Metal |
| #10 | Manslaughter | Body Count | Album, Jun-09-2014, Rap Metal |
| #11 | From All Purity | Indian | Album, Jan-21-2014, Sludge Metal |
| #12 | Beyond Calculation | The Austerity Program | Album, Jun-17-2014, Noise Rock |
| #13 | Memoria Vetusta III - Saturnian Poetry | Blut Aus Nord | Album, Oct-10-2014, Atmospheric Black Metal |
| #14 | Hold It In | Melvins | Album, Oct-14-2014, Alternative Rock |
| #15 | Savage Gold | Tombs | Album, Jun-10-2014, Sludge Metal |
| #16 | Time To Die | Electric Wizard | Album, Jan-01-2014, Doom Metal |
| #17 | V | Ommadon | Album, May-01-2014, Drone Metal |
| #18 | .5: The Gray Chapter | Slipknot | Album, Oct-17-2014, Alternative Metal |
| #19 | Nachash | Krokodil | Album, Oct-11-2014, Sludge Metal |
| #20 | III: Beneath Trident's Tomb | Twilight | Album, Mar-18-2014, Black Metal |