A principios del 2007, la gente de IGN realizó una lista de los 25 discos más influtentes del heavy metal. La lista está compuesta por joyas metaleras como 'Cowboys from hell', 'Master of puppets', 'Screaming for vengeance'. La pueden per en el siguiente link: http://music.ign.com/articles/755/755929p1.html.
IGN Music's Top 25 Metal Albums
25. Scorpions - Lovedrive (Mercury Records, 1979) 24. Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime (EMI, 1988)
23. Sepultura - Roots (Roadrunner Records, 1996)
22. Ozzy - Diary of a Madman (Jet Records, 1981)
21. Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind (Capitol Records, 1983)
20. Deep Purple - Machine Head (Warner Bros., 1972)
19. Pantera - Cowboys from Hell (Atlantic Records, 1990)
18. Opeth - Blackwater Park (Koch, 2001)
17. Mastodon - Blood Mountain (Reprise Records, 2006)
16. Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil (Elektra Records, 1983)
15. Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance (Columbia Records, 1982)
14. Fate's Warning - No Exit (Metal Blade, 1988)
13. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (Warner Bros., 1970)
12. Anthrax - Among the Living (Megaforce, 1987)
11. Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power (East/West, 1992)
10. Motorhead - Ace of Spades (Castle Music, 1980)
9. Metallica - ...And Justice for All (Elektra Records, 1988)
8. Dio - Holy Diver (Reprise Records, 1983)
7. Slayer - Reign in Blood (American Records, 1986)
6. Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz (Jet Records, 1980)
5. Metallica - Ride the Lightning (Megaforce Records, 1984)
4. Megadeth - Rust in Peace (Capitol Records, 1990)
3. Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast (Capitol Records, 1982)
2. Black Sabbath - Paranoid (Warner Bros., 1971)
1. Metallica - Master of Puppets (Elektra Records, 1986)
Si si, Number of the beast tendría que estar en el primer puesto... pero bue... listas...
