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 dateAlbumArtistRecord labelRef.2 JanuaryWish You Were HerePink FloydHarvest9 January16 JanuaryAlter BridgeAlter BridgeNapalm23 JanuaryKrushers of the WorldKreatorNuclear Blast30 JanuaryMegadethMegadethFrontiers Music6 February13 FebruaryWoodcutBig Big TrainInside Out20 February50 Years of Phaedra - At the BarbicanTangerine DreamKscope27 FebruaryOuterstellarMichael MonroeSilver Lining Music6 MarchThe Great SatanRob ZombieNuclear Blast13 MarchAlbini Sessions (Benefit for Letters)FugaziFugazi20 MarchUntil You're SatisfiedYonakaDistiller27 MarchCloser to the SunTykettoSilver Lining3 AprilNightmare TrippingDon BrocoFearless10 AprilVol. IIAngine de PoitrineAngine de Poitrine17 AprilLose Your SelfEnter ShikariSO24 AprilYou Got ThisSkindredEarache1 MayYour Favorite ToyFoo FightersColumbia8 May15 MayWiredBasementRun for Cover22 MayCruel IntentionsKarma EffectEarache29 MayPrangACooking Vinyl5 JuneEi8htShinedownAtlantic12 JuneSanctuaryEvanescenceMusic For Nations19 JuneVol. IIAngine de PoitrineAngine de Poitrine26 JuneThe Best OfJudas PriestSony Music3 JulyThe Wow! SignalMuseWarner10 JulySplat!Deep PurpleEarMusic17 JulyDanger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous KilljoysMy Chemical RomanceReprise24 JulyDecadesMotionless in WhiteRoadrunner31 JulyDanger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous KilljoysMy Chemical RomanceReprise7 AugustIn a Glass HouseGentle GiantVertigo14 AugustTanzneidElectric CallboyCentury Media21 AugustMonsters We MadeKris Barras BandEarache28 AugustThree Cheers for Sweet RevengeMy Chemical RomanceReprise4 SeptemberEverything's FallingThe WarningEMI11 SeptemberBlood of Your EmpirePresidentAtlantic18 SeptemberBloodlettingRØRYSadcore25 SeptemberCursum PerficioAnthraxNuclear Blast and Megaforce2 OctoberCome This MadnessEuropeSilver Lining Music/Hell & Back
Footnotes
See also List of UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number ones of 2026
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