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.1 January Power UpAC/DC Columbia8 January15 JanuaryDance of the Black TattooMagnumSteamhammer22 JanuarySuckapunchYou Me at SixUnderdog29 JanuaryPost Human: Survival HorrorBring Me the HorizonRCA5 FebruaryImmortalMichael Schenker GroupNuclear Blast12 FebruaryMedicine at MidnightFoo FightersColumbia19 FebruaryDeath by Rock and RollThe Pretty RecklessCentral Media26 FebruaryMedicine at MidnightFoo FightersColumbia5 MarchFor Those That Wish to ExistArchitectsEpitaph12 MarchAgainst the WallMason Hill7 Hz Productions19 MarchAll the Right NoisesThunderBMG26 MarchInspirationsSaxonTransistor2 AprilThe Bitter TruthEvanescenceRCA9 AprilThe Dark Side of the MoonPink FloydRhino16 AprilThe Underfall YardBig Big TrainEnglish Electric Recordings23 AprilLet the Bad Times RollThe OffspringConcord30 AprilLouder Than Noise - Live In BerlinMotörheadMotörhead Music7 MayFortitudeGojiraRoadrunner14 MaySeek ShelterIceageMexican Summer21 MayThe Ides of MarchMyles KennedyNapalm28 MayThe Dark Side of the MoonPink FloydRhino4 JuneThe Blue MeaningToyahCherry Red11 JuneHardwareBilly F GibbonsConcord18 JuneMeteoraLinkin ParkWarner25 JuneHelloweenHelloweenNuclear Blast2 JulyHellboundBuckcherryEarache9 JulyTeatro d'ira: Vol. IMåneskinColumbia16 JulyOrigin of SymmetryMuseEast West/Taste23 JulyMaster of RealityBlack SabbathSanctuary30 JulyLoveThe CultBeggars Banquet6 AugustAmerican NoirCreeperRoadrunner13 AugustThe Dark Side of the MoonPink FloydRhino20 August27 August3 SeptemberBronx VIThe BronxCooking Vinyl10 SeptemberSenjutsuIron MaidenParlophone17 SeptemberMetallicaMetallicaVertigo24 SeptemberThe Last Domino? – The HitsGenesisUMC/Virgin1 OctoberMarching in TimeTremontiNalpalm8 OctoberThe QuestYesCentury Media15 OctoberIn the Court of the DragonTriviumRoadrunner22 OctoberReflections: 50 Heavy Metal Years of MusicJudas PriestSony29 OctoberThe Myth of the Happily Ever AfterBiffy ClyroWarner5 NovemberHushed and GrimMastodonReprise12 NovemberBullet for My ValentineBullet for My ValentineSpinefarm19 NovemberNevermindNirvanaUMC26 NovemberMotorheartThe DarknessCooking Vinyl3 DecemberTurning to CrimeDeep PurpleEar Music10 DecemberServant of the MindVolbeatEMI17 DecemberBBC SessionsGreen DayReprise24 DecemberNevermindNirvanaUMC31 December

See also List of UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number ones of 2021

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