1.Grave Digger - Excalibur

2.Grave Digger - Rheingold

3.Grave Digger - Return Of The Reaper

4.Grave Digger - Knights Of The Cross

5.Grave Digger - Tunes Of War

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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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The albums below is my definition of extreme metal music, regardless of their genre. Entire list is based only on my personal preferences in metal.
Rules:
1. One album per band
2. 305 groups/305 albums

1.In Flames - Clayman

2.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

3.Chimaira - Chimaira

4.Death - Symbolic

5.Testament - The New Order

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I love instrumentals (songs without vocals)!
One doesn't need words to convey a message and evoke emotions. Instrumentals also show how metal is very closely related to classical music!
These are my favorite instrumental songs. (There are some songs that contain a few spoken words. These I denote with *)
Suggestions are appreciated! Enjoy!

1.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane

2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

3.Summoning - Minas Morgul

4.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

5.Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

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1.Judas Priest - Painkiller

2.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

3.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

4.Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith

5.Motörhead - Inferno

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These are MY Top 250 Albums that are featured on Metal Storm in chronological order to celebrate 50 Years of Metal.

Some bands are featured on this list with more than one album, which means that they are perticulary amazing to me.

I listen to a wide spectrum of metal genres, which is why I tried to keep it diverse and not focus on one genre.

1.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

2.Deep Purple - In Rock

3.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV

4.Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards

5.Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies

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One of the long time running german bands that started off quite shaky before releasing a string of excellent anthem packed albums, to only fall away into a quite shaky last years. That's too bad but when they were at their peak, very few bands could touch them. Here's my take on their entire discography

1.Grave Digger - Heart Of Darkness

2.Grave Digger - The Grave Digger

3.Grave Digger - Rheingold

4.Grave Digger - Knights Of The Cross

5.Grave Digger - Excalibur

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1.Grave Digger - Excalibur

2.Grave Digger - Heavy Metal Breakdown

3.Grave Digger - War Games

4.Grave Digger - The Reaper

5.Grave Digger - Rheingold

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This is a list of my favourite album for each year. Made in October 2016. Compilations, cover albums, live albums, and things like that are ignored.

Top bands in this list:
Grave Digger: 6 albums
Helloween: 5 albums
Lake of Tears: 3 albums
Bunker 66: 2 albums
Darkthrone: 2 albums
Running Wild: 2 albums

1.Saxon - Wheels Of Steel

2.Venom - Welcome To Hell

3.Venom - Black Metal

4.Mercyful Fate - Melissa

5.Grave Digger - Heavy Metal Breakdown

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1.HammerFall - Glory To The Brave

2.Grave Digger - Excalibur

3.Aria - Ночь Короче Дня

4.Rage - The Missing Link

5.Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond

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1.Grave Digger - Excalibur

2.Primal Fear - Jaws Of Death

3.Pegazus - Breaking The Chains

4.Wolf - Wolf

5.White Skull - Tales From The North

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1.Grave Digger - Excalibur

2.Grave Digger - Tunes Of War

3.Grave Digger - Knights Of The Cross

4.Grave Digger - The Grave Digger

5.Grave Digger - Rheingold

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Compilation of many Hard Rock or Metal Ballads I've heard. Bands and Albums are ordered by name alphabetically.

1.Accept - Balls To The Wall

2.Accept - Blood Of The Nations

3.Accept - Eat The Heat

4.Adagio - Underworld

5.Aerosmith - Aerosmith

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Since many of you felt annoyed by my previous list title I changed it and hopefully you will be ok with it.Power up everybody!!!

1.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II

2.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

3.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I

4.Riot - ThunderSteel

5.Gamma Ray - Land Of The Free

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Some are no brainer top albums, some are personal favorites.

1.Metallica - Kill 'Em All

2.Metal Church - Metal Church

3.Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

4.Iron Maiden - Killers

5.Witchery - Restless & Dead

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