1. Judas Priest - Painkiller

2. Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

3. Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny

4. Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith

5. Judas Priest - Angel Of Retribution

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1. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

2. Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

3. Judas Priest - Stained Class

4. Black Sabbath - Paranoid

5. Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus

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I will try to be as subjective as I can and it won't include only my favorite genres as I will try to include albums from all Metal sub-genres because I think it's important to get exposed to all kinds of metal so that a person may create a good taste in Metal music. (Might include more than 1 album per band).

1. King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King

2. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV

3. Deep Purple - Machine Head

4. Judas Priest - Stained Class

5. Scorpions - Taken By Force

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This is a mix of my personal favourite 60's and 70's hard rock/metal songs and the more influential ones, songs that I think every metal fan need to hear. A mix of the most well-known songs to totally obscure stuff. If you think I have missed some important song you can always suggest me.

1. Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum

2. Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

3. Vanilla Fudge - Renaissance

4. Gun - Gun

5. Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf

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The ones I've heard

1. Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

2. Judas Priest - Stained Class

3. Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny

4. Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith

5. Judas Priest - Painkiller

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RANKING CRITERIA :

1. Originality

2. Songwriting

3. Historical value

4. Performance

1. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

2. Black Sabbath - Paranoid

3. Deep Purple - In Rock

4. Metallica - Ride The Lightning

5. Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

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1. Judas Priest - Painkiller

2. Judas Priest - Angel Of Retribution

3. Judas Priest - British Steel

4. Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

5. Judas Priest - Jugulator

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The best ballads in the history of Metal. Of course, all these bands and other bands have really good ballads but this list shows the very best, handpicked by me. In alphabetical order by bands name to make the list less chaotic and not by order of preference.

1. Accept - Eat The Heat

2. Accept - Blood Of The Nations

3. Adagio - Underworld

4. Aerosmith - Aerosmith

5. Allen/Lande - The Battle

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50 of my favorite heavy metal albums of all time. The first 10 or 20 are pretty much accurate to being in order... The rest are in no order.

1. Judas Priest - Painkiller

2. Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time

3. Sabaton - The Art of War

4. Avantasia - The Scarecrow

5. Stratovarius - Elysium

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1. Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith

2. Judas Priest - Painkiller

3. Judas Priest - Sin After Sin

4. Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

5. Judas Priest - Sad wings of destiny

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1. Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2. Black Sabbath - Paranoid

3. Iron Maiden - Powerslave

4. Metallica - Master Of Puppets

5. Slayer - Reign In Blood

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My take on the greatest albums ever... (No, early 70s Black Sabbath is NOT metal, and neither is Led Zeppelin.)

1. Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast

2. Cradle of Filth - Cruelty and the Beast

3. King Diamond - Abigail

4. Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant

5. Slayer - Reign In Blood

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As a long time guitarist, i have a passion to learn and play guitar riffs and solos and these ones are an ultimate guide for guitar playing. Some solos are just more memorable than others and the following are the most well craftted solos i have heard till now.

1. Scorpions - Love At First Sting

2. Judas Priest - Painkiller

3. Symphony X - The Odyssey

4. Savatage - Edge Of Thorns

5. Stratovarius - Visions

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1. Van Halen - Van Halen

2. Rainbow - Long Live Rock & Roll

3. Judas Priest - Stained Class

4. AC/DC - Powerage

5. Rose Tattoo - Rose Tattoo

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If you know other wonderful songs which are missing in this list, feel free to suggest them to me

1. Adagio - Underworld

2. Aerosmith - Aerosmith

3. After Forever - Prison Of Desire

4. After Forever - Decipher

5. After Forever - After Forever

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