The UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart is a record chart which ranks the best-selling rock and heavy metal albums in the United Kingdom. Compiled and published by the Official Charts Company, the data is based on each album's weekly physical sales and digital downloads.

Chart history

Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.2 JanuaryThe Dark Side of the MoonPink FloydRhino9 January NevermindNirvana Geffen16 January23 JanuaryI DisagreePoppySumerian30 JanuaryThe Serpent RingsMagnumSteamhammer6 FebruaryFall BetterVukoviVukovi13 FebruaryDarkness Brings the Wonders HomeSmoke FairiesYear Seven20 FebruaryFather of All...Green DayReprise27 FebruaryNew Empire, Vol. 1Hollywood UndeadBMG5 MarchOrdinary ManOzzy OsbourneEpic12 MarchF8Five Finger Death PunchBetter Noise19 MarchOrdinary ManOzzy OsbourneEpic26 MarchUnderneathCode Orange Roadrunner2 AprilTransmissions + 1969Pink FloydAudio Vaults9 April Gigaton Pearl Jam Monkeywrench16 April23 AprilHuman II NatureNightwishNuclear Blast30 AprilNothing Is True & Everything Is PossibleEnter ShikariSo7 MayWhat the Dead Men SayTriviumRoadrunner14 MayGlueBoston ManorPure Noise21 May NevermindNirvana Geffen28 May ObsidianParadise Lost Nuclear Blast4 June SynchronizedFMFrontiers11 June Permanent WavesRushUMC18 June The Ghost InsideThe Ghost InsideEpitaph25 June The EssentialThin LizzySpectrum2 July Lamb of GodLamb of GodNuclear Blast9 July AmendsGrey DazeLoma Vista16 July CannibalBury TomorrowMusic for Nations23 July The GeregThe HuEleven Seven30 July House of NoiseMassive WagonsEarache6 August All Distortions Are IntentionalNeck DeepHopeless13 August Sex, Death & the Infinite VoidCreeperRoadrunner20 August Whoosh! Deep Purple Ear Music27 August3 September Holy MolyBlues PillsNuclear Blast10 September S&M2 Metallica Vertigo17 September24 September We Are ChaosMarilyn MansonConcord/Loma Vista Recordings1 October Live at the RoundhouseNick Mason's Saucerful of SecretsSony 8 October OhmsDeftonesReprise15 OctoberUs + ThemRoger WatersSony22 OctoberIron MaidenIron MaidenRhino29 OctoberStrange DaysThe StrutsInterscope5 NovemberBlossomFrank Carter & The RattlesnakesInternational Death Cult12 NovemberThe Human ConditionBlack Stone CherryMascot19 NovemberLove SongsWhitesnakeRhino26 NovemberPower UpAC/DCColumbia3 DecemberNights of the Dead - Legacy of the BeastIron MaidenParlophone10 December Power Up AC/DC Columbia17 December24 December31 December

See also List of UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number ones of 2020

References

External links Official UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40 at the Official Charts Company The Official UK Top 40 Rock Albums at BBC Radio 1