Welcome to what I consider the "1980s Metal Bible" or in other words, a list of records of various genres in the arrays of Metal and Hard Rock that I deem essential or at least very recommended to listeners of hard and heavy music. In this second part we conquer the mighty decade that many deem as the classic decade of Metal. This and the other parts of this journey through the decades may be a very overwhelming list. I essentially try to collect all albums in the History of Metal that strike me as worthwhile. May this be a guideline for people that seek for an entrance to a particular genre or certain bands. In no means I am saying, that this list is indisputable by any means. I consider these my personal picks for albums that should be listened to by die-hard metal fans at least once. Hopefully you can discover some new music or relate with my picks. If I missed something that you would include in such a list, please tell me in the form of a comment. Enjoy! \,,/

1.Tygers Of Pan Tang - Wild Cat

2.Krokus - Metal Rendez-Vous

3.Witchfynde - Give 'Em Hell

4.Angel Witch - Angel Witch

5.Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard Of Ozz

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A list of my favorite album covers

1.Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion

2.Mercyful Fate - Melissa

3.Slayer - Reign In Blood

4.Motörhead - Motörhead

5.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

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The best debut records of all time by year…

1.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

2.KISS - Kiss

3.Rush - Rush

4.AC/DC - High Voltage

5.Motörhead - Motörhead

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It is not uncommon that album titles are chosen after the band`s name. However, song titles that include or are identical to the band`s name are relatively seldom found.
This is a list of song titles with the (entire) band name / band names after (their own) song titles.

Please feel free to suggest further titles/bands.

1.71TONMAN - 71TONMAN

2.A Feast For Lampreys - Graveyard Abyss

3.Aaskereia - Mit Raben Und Wölfen

4.Absent In Body - The Abyss Stares Back - Vol. V

5.Absu - Absu

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All of the albums that I did full reactions of on my Youtube channel, The Metal Junkie. link here: https://www.youtube.com/@TheMetalJunkie/featured

1.Death - Symbolic

2.Rush - Hemispheres

3.Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith

4.Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell

5.Rammstein - Mutter

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1.Manowar - Battle Hymns

2.Manowar - Into Glory Ride

3.Manowar - Hail To England

4.Manowar - Sign Of The Hammer

5.Manowar - Fighting The World

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Welcome to what I consider the "1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" or in other words, a list of records of various genres in the arrays of Metal and Hard Rock that I deem essential or at least very recommended to listeners of hard and heavy music. This may be a very overwhelming list but I essentially try to collect all albums in the History of Metal that strike me as worthwhile. May this be a guideline for people that seek for an entrance to a particular genre or certain bands. In no means I am saying, that this list is indisputable by any means. I consider these my personal picks for albums that should be listened to by die-hard metal fans at least once. Hopefully you can discover some new music or relate with my picks. If I missed something that you would include in such a list, please tell me in the form of a comment. Enjoy! \,,/

1.High Tide - Sea Shanties

2.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

3.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin

4.Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come

5.Josefus - Dead Man

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1.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

2.Accept - Restless And Wild

3.Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

4.Scorpions - Blackout

5.Manowar - Battle Hymns

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Bands almost unknown for the most, Cds or Vinyls out of print or never print, Sometimes record production sucks, thats why I love US power metal. An original style Classic and Epic Heavy Metal Mixed With Thrash, Speed and High Doses of Virtuosity, different than Europe PM with more testosterone and heaviness

1.Manilla Road - Crystal Logic

2.Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction

3.Riot - ThunderSteel

4.Savatage - Hall Of The Mountain King

5.Cirith Ungol - Frost And Fire

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1.Manowar - Kings Of Metal

2.Manowar - Hail To England

3.Manowar - Sign Of The Hammer

4.Manowar - Into Glory Ride

5.Manowar - The Triumph Of Steel

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Plus my top three favourite tracks from each release. \m/

Non-Metal mentions:
The Cure - Pornography (Goth)
Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing (Punk)
Bad Brains - Bad Brains (Punk)

1.Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

2.Venom - Black Metal

3.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

4.Accept - Restless And Wild

5.Motörhead - Iron Fist

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Inc. Symphonic Metal.

1.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

2.Sabaton - The Art Of War

3.Unleash The Archers - Apex

4.Kamelot - The Black Halo

5.Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth

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This is a work in progress - a list of all Manowar’s songs - and subject to change as the list progresses.... please feel free to comment in the meantime

1.Manowar - Battle Hymns

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3.Manowar - Into Glory Ride

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5.Manowar - Fighting The World

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Manowar, love or hate them but I think every metal fan can agree that they've made some really killer tunes in their days. It was a long time ago I listened to any of their albums so to revisit them was fun but at the same time you notice how inconsistent their albums is and that their image that in the beginning felt tongue in cheek got way out of hand.

1.Manowar - Sign Of The Hammer

2.Manowar - Battle Hymns

3.Manowar - Hail To England

4.Manowar - Louder Than Hell

5.Manowar - Into Glory Ride

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A (most probably incomplete) list of albums on which I really enjoy only a single song (in alphabetical order, excluding one-track albums).
They turn out to be albums that I rate a 6 or 7 overall -- with few exceptions.
The songs mentioned though are all-time favourites, which I would rate at 9 or 10.
I only listed albums on which I found exactly one such song.

1.Agalloch - Pale Folklore

2.Amorphis - Far From The Sun

3.Annihilator - Set The World On Fire

4.Asphyx - The Rack

5.Bathory - Blood Fire Death

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