Top 20 Metal Albums for People Who Don't Like Metal

Welcome to the School of Rock (online edition), and this is Intro to Metal Music. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the heavy metal albums that could serve as solid primers for anyone skeptical of the genre. Our countdown of metal albums for people who don't like metal music includes “Appetite for Destruction”, “Vulgar Display of Power”, "British Steel", “Meliora”, “The Number of the Beast”, and more! Which metal album do YOU think could convert a non-believer? Let us know in the comments!

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[WatchMojo]

Which metal album do YOU think could convert a non-believer? Let us know in the comments!

[rpr]

0:23 - Appetite for Destruction - Guns N Roses
1:23 - Peace Sells ... But who's buying? - Megadeth
2:26 - Around the Fur - Deftones
3:20 - Images and Words - Dream Theater
4:24 - Vulgar Display of Power - Pantera
5:20 - Van Halen - Van Halen
6:24 - British Steel - Judas Priest
7:31 - Dirt - Alice in Chains
8:43 - Once - Nightwish
9:52 - Meliora - Ghost
10:51 - Mezmerize - System of a Down
11:52 - End of Heartache - Killswitch Engage
13:06 - Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) - Slipknot
14:10 - Sunbather - Deafheaven
15:10 - City of Evil - Avenged Sevenfold
16:20 - The Hunter - Mastadon
17:30 - Blizzard of Ozz - Ozzy Osbourne
18:40 - The Number of the beast - Iron Maiden
19:46 - Paranoid - Black Sabbath
21:09 - Metallica (Black Album) - Metallica

[tubbywinner]

Holy Diver by Dio should have had a spot on the list

[syntheticreality]

If I told a non metal fan to listen to vulgar display of power they would probably block my number. It’s super intense.

[DrewTheCreeper]

All of this is true, except for Vulgar Display Of Power. You have to get into metal way more to listen to that album. I own it, and trust me, it is NOT for everyone.

[mysticknight]

I’ve been a metal head for 40 years now and I’ll remain one till the day I die.🤘

[miladhatem]

So many missing, but I agree it’s tough. Two that for me are really missing in this list are Holy Diver from Dio and Operation:Mindcrime from Queensrÿche

[neomoscoso]

The Number of The Beast is the perfect way to convert anyone. When i was a kid back then, i was immediately hooked the very first time i saw that album cover.

[KevyNova]

Quiet Riot’s “Metal Health” and Twisted Sister’s “Stay Hungry” were the first two Metal albums I ever bought. They should’ve been included, especially since “Metal Health” was the first Metal album to be #1 on the pop charts.

[ColtMagyar]

Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park should've been on the list

[PenguinDust]

When I was in junior high school everyone had a copy (often a literal copy) of Def Leppard's Pyromania. It was everywhere.

[ricomamaril]

Deep purple - Machinehead....what happen to Highway star and Smoke on the water??? I know you passed on it

[superiortroodon]

Im glad nightwish is on this list. I’m a huge fan of symphonic metal ❤🤘🏽

[georgeangel]

Ronnie James Dio's Holy Diver should have been on the list. It's a masterpiece!

[shredderhector]

The Number of the Beast is the perfect album to get someone into metal. It has everything, great song with sing along choruses, big riffs and imagery to top it off 🤘

[dancarrington]

Pretty good list but I would've included Dio's Holy Diver in there and possibly a Queensryche album somewhere. Other than that, I like it!

[rightlydivided]

Who else clicked solely because Maidens Number of the Beast was the thumb? That was my first heavy metal ...wait for it...cassette tape. Also was my first concert ever is 1983 the NotB tour. Still have the 3/4 sleeve shirt. Life was so much simpler then.,

[nicoladale]

Paranoid was the album that converted me.

[BlueMolly]

Love Nightwish. Their music is amazing.

[joonassummanen]

I think pretty much any Scorpions album from Lovedrive to Crazy world is a good start. My personal recommendations are Animal Magnetism, Blackout and Love at First Sting. Also Pearl Jam's Ten and Nirvana's Nevermind are also good starters.