1.Devil Doll - The Girl Who Was... Death

2.Afflicted - Prodigal Sun

3.Atheist - Piece Of Time

4.At The Gates - The Red In The Sky Is Ours

5.Atrocity - Todessehnsucht

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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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1.Disembowelment - Transcendence Into The Peripheral

2.Weakling - Dead As Dreams

3.Greylotus - Dawnfall

4.John Petrucci - An Evening With John Petrucci & Jordan Rudess [Collaboration]

5.John Petrucci - Suspended Animation

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My picks for the best metal albums released in 1977. Not a lot of releases for this year, so a short list.

1.Colosseum II - Wardance

2.Judas Priest - Sin After Sin

3.UFO - Lights Out

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Based on first impressions - re-listens often make me change my mind. Though this was not a great month - this is the first time I put any 3/5 star album on my top 10 and I'm not thrilled about it. But then again I didn't listen to many things this month, so there's that.

1.Voyager - Prince Of Fire

2.The Ocean - Holocene

3.Supersonic Revolution - Golden Age Of Music

4.Deathstars - Everything Destroys You

5.Fires In The Distance - Air Not Meant For Us

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1.TNT - Knights Of The New Thunder

2.TNT - Tell No Tales

3.TNT - My Religion

4.TNT - Realized Fantasies

5.TNT - Intuition

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

2.Gentle Giant - Gentle Giant

3.Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick

4.Dream Theater - Images And Words

5.Opeth - Orchid

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Alphabetical Order. Categorized as OSBM based on the year of release and/or style of the music. Some minor gray area albums included.

1.Aeternus - Beyond The Wandering Moon

2.Amorphis - The Karelian Isthmus

3.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

4.Autopsy - Mental Funeral

5.Baphomet - The Dead Shall Inherit

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1.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

2.Metallica - Kill 'Em All

3.Ozzy Osbourne - Bark At The Moon

4.Dio - Holy Diver

5.Manowar - Into Glory Ride

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COVID-19 year, one of the worst year in history of mankind, not only of heavy metal music.

1.Brothers Of Metal - Emblas Saga

2.Mindless Sinner - Poltergeist

3.Demons & Wizards - III

4.Rage - Wings Of Rage

5.Primal Fear - Metal Commando

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1.Vomitory - Carnage Euphoria

2.Vomitory - Redemption

3.Vomitory - Opus Mortis VIII

4.Vomitory - Terrorize Brutalize Sodomize

5.Vomitory - Blood Rapture

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1.Atavistia - Cosmic Warfare

2.Fires In The Distance - Air Not Meant For Us

3....And Oceans - As In Gardens, So In Tombs

4.Katatonia - Sky Void Of Stars

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1.Primal Fear - Black Sun

2.Primal Fear - Jaws Of Death

3.Primal Fear - Nuclear Fire

4.Primal Fear - Delivering The Black

5.Primal Fear - Primal Fear

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1.Insomnium - Anno 1696

2.Atavistia - Cosmic Warfare

3.Night Crowned - Tales

4.Marianas Rest - Auer

5.Fires In The Distance - Air Not Meant For Us

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1.Sacred Outcry - Towers Of Gold

2.Wings Of Steel - Gates Of Twilight

3.Botanist - VIII: Selenotrope

4.Phlebotomized - Clouds Of Confusion

5.Non Est Deus - Legacy

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