A patinás Classic Rock Magazine után egy másik nagyhírű rocklap a brit Metal Hammer is közzétette az év szerinte legjobb rock/metal lemezeinek 30-as listáját. Alább tehát 30 nagyon jó lemez a zene fémesebb világából.
30. AHAB - The Boats Of The Glen Carrig (Napalm)
29. SHAPE OF DESPAIR - Monotony Fields (Season Of Mist)
28. CATTLE DECAPITATION - The Anthropocene Extinction (Metal Blade)
27. ENSLAVED - In Times (Nuclear Blast)
26. HALESTORM - Into The Wild Life (Atlantic)
25. THERAPY? - Disquiet (Amazing Record Co.)
24. SOULFLY - Archangel (Nuclear Blast)
23. REFUSED - Freedom (Epitaph)
22. THE PRODIGY - The Day Is My Enemy (Cooking Vinyl)
21. BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME - Coma Ecliptic (Metal Blade)
20. GRAVE PLEASURES - Dreamcrash (Sony)
19. FEAR FACTORY - Genexus (Nuclear Blast)
18. BRING ME THE HORIZON - That’s The Spirit (Columbia/Sony)
17. WHILE SHE SLEEPS - Brainwashed (Roadrunner)
16. MOTÖRHEAD - Bad Magic (UDR)
15. MGŁA - Exercises In Futility (Northern Heritage)
14. DEAFHEAVEN - New Bermuda (Anti-)
13. NAPALM DEATH - Apex Predator - Easy Meat (Century Media)
12. PARKWAY DRIVE - Ire (Epitaph)
11. SLAYER - Repentless (Nuclear Blast)
10. TESSERACT - Polaris (Kscope)
9. LAMB OF GOD - VII: Sturm Und Drang (Nuclear Blast)
8. KILLING JOKE - Pylon (Spinefarm)
7. MARILYN MANSON - The Pale Emperor (Cooking Vinyl)
6. TRIBULATION - Children Of The Night (Century Media)
5. PARADISE LOST - The Plague Within (Century Media)
4. GHOST - Meliora (Spinefarm)
3. CLUTCH - Psychic Warfare (Weathermaker)
2. FAITH NO MORE - Sol Invictus (Ipecac)
1. IRON MAIDEN - The Book Of Souls (Parlophone/WMG)