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Top 20 albums of 1986
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    Top 20 albums of 1986

    1 Metallica
    Master Of Puppets ()
    9.25
    3923
    2 Slayer
    Reign In Blood ()
    9.1
    2523
    3 Iron Maiden
    Somewhere In Time ()
    8.87
    2197
    4 Candlemass
    Epicus Doomicus Metallicus ()
    8.87
    760
    5 Megadeth
    Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? ()
    8.77
    2065
    6 Crimson Glory
    Crimson Glory ()
    8.63
    263
    7 Kreator
    Pleasure To Kill ()
    8.62
    908
    8 Flotsam And Jetsam
    Doomsday For The Deceiver ()
    8.56
    292
    9 Fates Warning
    Awaken The Guardian ()
    8.51
    257
    10 Europe
    The Final Countdown ()
    8.43
    249
    11 Dark Angel
    Darkness Descends ()
    8.41
    320
    12 Metal Church
    The Dark ()
    8.37
    266
    13 Fifth Angel
    Fifth Angel ()
    8.36
    75
    14 King Diamond
    Fatal Portrait ()
    8.36
    406
    15 Destruction
    Eternal Devastation ()
    8.36
    305
    16 Queensrÿche
    Rage For Order ()
    8.32
    371
    17 Motörhead
    Orgasmatron ()
    8.29
    435
    18 Sword
    Metalized ()
    8.27
    37
    19 Whiplash
    Power And Pain ()
    8.24
    116
    20 Vinnie Moore
    Mind's Eye ()
    8.23
    44