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Andy's top heavy metal/hard rock albums


My top ranked (in order from best down) favorite hard rock/heavy metal albums. I've also one included my top three favorite tracks from each album.

Enjoy!

Created by: AndyMetalFreak | 01.04.2021



1. Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
1. Eyes Of A Stranger 2. I Don't Believe In Love, 3. Breaking The Silence.
2. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
1. War Pigs, 2. Iron Man, 3. Fairies Wear Boos.
3. Rush - Hemispheres
1. La Villa Strangiato, 2. Cygnus X-1 Book II, 3. The Trees.
4. Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards
1. Rainbow Demon, 2. The Wizard, 3. Traveler In Time.
5. Judas Priest - Painkiller
1. Painkiller, 2. Night Crawler, 3. A Touch Of Evil.
6. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
1. Rime Of The Ancient Mariner, 2. Powerslave, 3. Aces High.
7. Dio - Holy Diver
1. Holy Diver, 2. Rainbow In The Dark, 3. Caught In The Middle.
8. Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell
1. Heaven And Hell, 2. Children Of the Sea, 3. Neon Knights.
9. King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
1. 21st Century Schizoid Man, 2. In The Court Of The Crimson King, 3. Epitaph.
10. Iced Earth - Night Of The Stormrider
1. Travel In Stygian, 2. Night Of The Stormrider, 3. Desert Rain.
11. Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
1. Children Of the Grave, 2. Sweet Leaf, 3. Into The Void.
12. Rush - Moving Pictures
1. Tom Sawyer, 2. Camera Eye, 3. Limelight.
13. Savatage - Hall Of The Mountain King
1. Hall Of The Mountain King, 2. Beyond The Doors Of The Dark, 3. 24 Hours Ago.
14. Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath
1. Come To the Sabbath, 2. Dangerous Meeting, 3. Gypsy.
15. Rainbow - Rising
1. Stargazer, A Light and the black, 3. Run With The Wolf.
16. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
1. Stairway To Heaven, 2. When The Levee Breaks, 3. Black Dog.
17. Deep Purple - Machine Head
1. Smoke On The Water, 2. Highway Star, 3. Pictures Of Home.
18. Jethro Tull - Aqualung
1. Aqualung, 2. Locomotive Breath, 3. Cross Eyed Mary.
19. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced
1. 3rd Stone From The Sun, 2. Purple Haze, 3. The Wind Cries Mary.
20. The Doors - The Doors
1. The End, 2. Light My Fire, 3. Break On Through.
21. Uriah Heep - Look At Yourself
1. July Morning, 2. Look At Yourself, 3. I Wanna Be Free.
22. The Who - Who's Next
1. Won't Get Fooled Again, 2. Baba O'Riley, 3. Behind Blue Eyes.
23. Scorpions - Blackout
1. You Give Me All I Need, 2. No One Like You, 3. China White.
24. Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
1. Hallowed Be Thy Name, 2. Run To The Hills, 3. Number Of The Beast.
25. Deep Purple - In Rock
1. Child In Time, 2. Black Night, 3. Speed King.
26. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
1. Dazed And Confuzed, 2. Communication Breakdown, 3. Good Times Bad Times.
27. Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
1972 N/A.
28. Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance
1. Riding On The Wind, 2. Electric Eye, 3. Screaming For Vengeance.
29. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
1. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son, 2. The Evil That Men Do, 3. The Clairvoyant.
30. W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol
1. Chainsaw Charlie (Murders In The New Morgue), 2. Doctor Rockter, 3. Arena Of Pleasure.
31. Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
1. Temple Of The King, 2. Catch The Rainbow, 3. Man On The Silver Mountain.
32. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
1. Phantom Of The Opera, 2. Iron Maiden, 3. Prowler.
33. Judas Priest - Stained Class
1. Beyond The Realms Of Death, 2. Exciter, 3. Saints In Hell.
34. Rush - 2112
1. 2112, 2. Somthing For Nothing, Passage To Bangkok.
35. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
- 1. All Along The Watchtower, 2. Voodoo Child, 3. 1983... (A Merman I Should Turn To Be).
36. Blue Öyster Cult - Secret Treaties
1. Astronomy, 2. Career Of Evil, 3. Subhuman.
37. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
1. Whole Lotta Love, 2. Ramble On, 3. Heartbreaker.
38. AC/DC - Back In Black
1. Hells Bells, 2. Back In Black, 3. Shoot To Thrill.
39. Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
1. Billion Dollar Babies, 2. Hallo Hooray, 3. Elected.
40. The Doors - Strange Days
1. Strange Days, 2. People Are Strange, 3. Your Lost Little Girl.
41. Uriah Heep - Salisbury
1. Lady In Black, 2. Bird Of Prey, 3. The Park.
42. Running Wild - Death Or Glory
1. The Battle Of Waterloo, 2. Riding The Storm, 3. Marooned.
43. Running Wild - Black Hand Inn
1. Genesis, 2. Fight The Fire Of Hate, 3. Black Hand Inn.
44. King Diamond - Abigail
1. Arrival, 2. A Mansion In Darkness, 3. Abigail.
45. Riot - ThunderSteel
1. Bloodstreets, 2. Thundersteel, 3. Sign Of The Crimson Storm.
46. W.A.S.P. - The Headless Children
1. The Headless Children, 2. Heretic. 3. Rebel In The F.D.G.
47. Scorpions - Taken By Force
1. Sails Of Charon, 2. He's A Woman, She's A Man, 3. We'll Burn The Sky.
48. Mercyful Fate - Melissa
1. Satan's Fall, 2. Evil, 3. Curse Of The Pharaohs.
49. Uriah Heep - The Magician's Birthday
1. Magician's Birthday, 2. Sunrise, 3. Echoes In The Dark.
50. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
1. Black Sabbath, 2. NIB, 3. Evil Woman.
51. Manilla Road - Crystal Logic
1. Necropolis, 2. The Riddle Master, 3. The Veils Of Negative Existence.
52. Down - Nola
1. Stone The Crow, 2. Swan Song, 3. Lifer.
53. Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes
1. Burning Times, 2. Melancholy (Holy Martyr), 3. 1776.
54. Scorpions - Lovedrive
1. Loving You Sunday Morning 2. Coast To Coast, 3. Can't Get Enough.
55. UFO - Lights Out
1. Too Hot To Handle, 2. Lights Out, 3. Love To Love.
56. Def Leppard - Hysteria
1. Animal, 2. Rocket, 3. Pour Your Sugar On Me.
57. Van Halen - Van Halen
1. Runnin With The Devil, Ain't Talkin Bout Love, 3. Eruption.
58. Crimson Glory - Transcendence
1. In Dark Places, 2. Masque Of The Red Death, 3. Lady Of Winter.
59. Warlord - And The Cannons Of Destruction Have Begun...
1. Soliloquy, 2. Lucifer's Hammer, 3. Aliens.
60. Def Leppard - Pyromania
1. Too Late For Love, 2. Rock Of Ages, 3. Foolin'.
61. Aerosmith - Rocks
1. Back In The Saddle, 2. Rats In The Cellar, 3. Sick As A Dog.
62. Scorpions - In Trance
1. In Trance, 2. Robot Man, 3. Dark Lady.
63. Iron Maiden - Brave New World
1. The Wicker Man, 2. Blood Brothers, 3. The Nomad.
64. Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith
1. The Sentinel, 2. Freewheel Burning, 3. Rock Hard Ride Free.
65. Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'N' Roll
1. Long Live Rock And Roll, 2. Lady Of the Lake, 3. Gates Of Babylon.
66. Iron Maiden - Killers
1. Killers, 2. Wrathchild, 3. Drifter.
67. Motörhead - Overkill
1. Overkill, 2. No Class, 3. I'll Be Your Sister.
68. W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P.
1. Hellion, 2. I Wanna Be Sombody, 3. Animal.
69. Motörhead - Ace Of Spades
1. Ace Of Spades, 2. Shoot You In The Back, 3. Love Me Like a Reptile.
70. AC/DC - Highway To Hell
1. Night Prowler, 2. Highway To Hell, 3. Shot You Down In Flames.
71. Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
1. Emerald, 2. Jailbreak, 3. The Boys Are Back in Town.
72. Jethro Tull - Songs From The Wood
1. The Whistler, 2. Cup Of Wonder, 3. Songs From The Wood.
73. Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny
1. Victim Of Changes, 2. Deceiver, 3. Dreamer Deceiver.
74. Dio - The Last In Line
1. The Last In Line, 2. We Rock, 3. Eat Your Heart Out.
75. Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time
1. Wasted Years, 2. Stranger In A Strange Land, 3. Alexander The Great.
76. Alice Cooper - Love It To Death
1. Ballad Of Dwight Fry, 2. I'm Eighteen, 3. Long Way To Go.
77. Whitesnake - Whitesnake
1. Still Of The Night, 2. Crying In The Rain, 3. Here I Go Again.
78. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
1. Kashmir, 2. Trampled Under Foot, 3. In My Time Of Dying.
79. Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears
1. No More Tears, 2. Hellraiser, 3. Mama, I'm Coming Home.
80. Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
1. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, 2. Spiral Architect, 3. Sabra Cadabra.
81. Diamond Head - Lightning To The Nations
1. Lightning To The Nations, 2. Am I Evil?, 3. Sucking My Love.
82. Running Wild - Port Royal
1. Calcio Jack, 2. Conquistadors, 3. Uaschitchun.
83. Savatage - Gutter Ballet
1. The Unholy, 2. Summer's Rain, 3. Gutter Ballet.
84. Rush - A Farewell To Kings
1. Xanadu, 2. A Farewell To Kings, 3. Cygnus X-1.
85. Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy
1. No Quarter, 2. D'yer Mak'er, 3. The Song Remains The Same.
86. Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses
1. Heavy Horses, 2. Living In Hard Times, 3. Acres Wild.
87. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold As Love
1. If Six Was Nine, 2. Spanish Castle Magic, 3. Little Wing.
88. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Vol. 4
1. Snowblind, 2. Supernaut, 3. Tomorrow's Dream.
89. Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind
1. The Trooper, 2. Where Eagles Dare, 3. Flight Of The Icarus.
90. Def Leppard - High 'N' Dry
1. Mirror, Mirror (Look Into My Eyes), 2. Lady Strange, 3. On Through The Night.
91. AC/DC - Powerage
1. Rock And Roll Damnation, 2. Gimme A Bullet, 3. Sin City.
92. UFO - Phenomenon
1. Doctor Doctor, 2. Rock Bottom, 3. Queen Of The Deep.
93. ZZ Top - Eliminator
1. Gimme All Your Lovin, 2. Sharp Dressed Man, 3. Legs.
94. AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
1. Whole Lotta Rosie, 2. Hell Ain't A Bad Place To Be, 3. Let There Be Rock.
95. Uriah Heep - Very 'eavy... Very 'umble
1. Gypsy, 2. Come Away Melinda, 3. Real Turned On.
96. Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
1. The Sign Of The Southern Cross. 2. Voodoo, 3. Over and Over.
97. Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard Of Ozz
1. Mr. Crowley, 2. Crazy Train, 3. Suicide Solution.
98. Deep Purple - Fireball
1. Demon Eye, 2. Fireball, 3. Strange Kind Of Woman.
99. Motörhead - 1916
1. No Voices In The Sky, 2. Angel City, 3. Make My Day.
100. Thin Lizzy - Black Rose: A Rock Legend
1. Do Anything You Want To, 2. Waiting For An Alibi, 3. Roisin Dubh.
101. Alice Cooper - Killer
1. Halo Of Flies, 2. Killer, 3. Desperado.
102. Mötley Crüe - Shout At The Devil
1. Too Young To Fall In Love, Shout At The Devil, 3. Red Hot.
103. KISS - Kiss
1. Black Diamond, 2. Strutter, 3. Deuce.
104. Quiet Riot - Metal Health
1. Metal Health, 2. Cum On Feel, 3. Run For Cover.
105. Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
1. Welcome To The Jungle, 2. Paradise City, 3. Rocket Queen.
106. Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
1. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, 2. Are You Happy, 3. The Mirage.
107. Bang - Bang
1. Lions, Christians, 2. Questions, 3. Come With Me.
108. Riot - Fire Down Under
1. Swords And Tequila, 2. No Lies, 3. Fire Down Under.
109. Spiritual Beggars - Ad Astra
1. Angel Of Betrayal, 2. Per Aspera Ad Astra, 3. Wonderful World.
110. Judas Priest - Firepower
1. No Surrender, 2. Rising From Ruins, 3. Traitors Gate.
111. Iced Earth - The Dark Saga
1. Slave To The Dark, 2. A Question Of Heaven, 3. The Hunter.
112. Running Wild - Pile Of Skulls
1.Treasure Island, 2. Black Wings Of Death, 3. Lead Or Gold.



Disclaimer: All top lists are unofficial and do not represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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09.04.2021 - 16:41
Redel
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I can find many of my all-time favourites here.
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15.06.2021 - 02:00
F3ynman
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Cool list! Can you check out my list and tell me how you like it?http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=6697
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15.06.2021 - 09:09
John doe
Nice list, some great ones in there.
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15.06.2021 - 09:13
AndyMetalFreak
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Written by John doe on 15.06.2021 at 09:09

Nice list, some great ones in there.

Thanks!🖒
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16.06.2021 - 10:46
AndyMetalFreak
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I have shown my favourite 2 songs from each album, it was more convenient for me than creating a seperate list of my favourite songs.
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16.06.2021 - 13:01
F3ynman
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Written by AndyMetalFreak on 16.06.2021 at 10:46

I have shown my favourite 2 songs from each album, it was more convenient for me than creating a seperate list of my favourite songs.

Awesome choices!
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16.06.2021 - 13:03
AndyMetalFreak
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Written by F3ynman on 16.06.2021 at 13:01

Written by AndyMetalFreak on 16.06.2021 at 10:46

I have shown my favourite 2 songs from each album, it was more convenient for me than creating a seperate list of my favourite songs.

Awesome choices!

Thanks 🖒
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31.12.2021 - 16:06
AndyMetalFreak
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List updated
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13.01.2023 - 09:58
Zap
I was really in the mood for some late 60's or early 70's hard rock and thought I remembered that you had a list covering that period but apparently I misremembered. Anyway this list will do for inspiration
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13.01.2023 - 10:19
AndyMetalFreak
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Written by Zap on 13.01.2023 at 09:58

I was really in the mood for some late 60's or early 70's hard rock and thought I remembered that you had a list covering that period but apparently I misremembered. Anyway this list will do for inspiration

I'm glad you remembered it, I hope you find a few albums here you like
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18.08.2023 - 03:25
Guib
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Great list man!
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Guib's List Of Essential Albums
- Also Thrash Paradise
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18.08.2023 - 08:56
AndyMetalFreak
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Written by Guib on 18.08.2023 at 03:25

Great list man!

Thanks
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