1.Iron Maiden - Fear Of The Dark

2.Metallica - Metallica

3.Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory

4.Judas Priest - Painkiller

5.Annihilator - Set The World On Fire

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1.Manowar - Kings Of Metal

2.Manowar - Battle Hymns

3.Manowar - Into Glory Ride

4.Manowar - Sign Of The Hammer

5.Manowar - Louder Than Hell

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My ranking of all 11 studio albums by Manowar

1.Manowar - Battle Hymns

2.Manowar - Sign Of The Hammer

3.Manowar - Hail To England

4.Manowar - Kings Of Metal

5.Manowar - Fighting The World

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An exploration of the best (and worst) albums of 1996, will keep updating as I find more albums to rank. I've often thought that 1996 was one of the worst years for metal but I keep finding great and overlooked albums. Many of them deserve another listen, there are definitely some gems hidden amongst the weirdness.

1.Stratovarius - Episode

2.Metallica - Load

3.Amorphis - Elegy

4.Bathory - Blood On Ice

5.Burzum - Filosofem

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Must Listen: The First 8

1.Angra - Holy Land

2.Anathema - Eternity

3.Type O Negative - October Rust

4.Stratovarius - Episode

5.Grave Digger - Tunes Of War

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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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1.Manowar - Battle Hymns

2.Manowar - Into Glory Ride

3.Manowar - Warriors Of The World

4.Manowar - Gods Of War

5.Manowar - Hail To England

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1.Manowar - Louder Than Hell

2.Manowar - Battle Hymns

3.Manowar - Kings Of Metal

4.Manowar - Into Glory Ride

5.Manowar - The Lord Of Steel

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1.Cradle Of Filth - Dusk... And Her Embrace

2.Katatonia - Brave Murder Day

3.Iced Earth - The Dark Saga

4.Manowar - Louder Than Hell

5.Dimmu Borgir - Stormblåst

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1.In Flames - The Jester Race

2.Spiritual Beggars - Another Way To Shine

3.Korn - Life Is Peachy

4.Manowar - Louder Than Hell

5.Moonspell - Irreligious

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1.Iced Earth - The Dark Saga

2.Haggard - Tales Of Ithiria

3.Darkseed - Diving Into Darkness

4.Metallica - Metallica

5.W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol

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