These are the 211 essential hard rock/metal albums of the 80's, as were selected by the Greek Magazine "Metal Hammer". (August 2001)

The albums followed by a star are the "must have", whereas the rest albums are the "could have".

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Tzo87 | 25.08.2013

	1.	Angel Witch - Angel Witch 1980 *Special Mention* ★
	2.	AC/DC - Back In Black 1980 ★
	3.	Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell 1980 ★
	4.	Diamond Head - Lightning To The Nations 1980 ★
	5.	Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden 1980 ★
	6.	Judas Priest - British Steel 1980 ★
	7.	Motörhead - Ace Of Spades 1980 ★
	8.	Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard Of Ozz 1980 ★
	9.	Rush - Permanent Waves 1980 ★
	10.	Saxon - Wheels Of Steel 1980 ★
	11.	Scorpions - Animal Magnetism 1980 ★
	12.	Accept - I'm A Rebel 1980
	13.	Def Leppard - On Through The Night 1980
	14.	Krokus - Metal Rendez-Vous 1980
	15.	Michael Schenker Fest - The Michael Schenker Group 1980
	16.	Picture - Picture 1980
	17.	Samson - Head On 1980
	18.	Saxon - Strong Arm Of The Law 1980
	19.	Thin Lizzy - Chinatown 1980
	20.	Vardis - 100 M.P.H. 1980
	21.	Witchfynde - Give 'Em Hell 1980
	22.	Mötley Crüe - Too Fast For Love 1981 *Special Mention* ★
	23.	Accept - Breaker 1981 ★
	24.	Black Sabbath - Mob Rules 1981 ★
	25.	Blue Öyster Cult - Fire Of Unknown Origin 1981 ★
	26.	Iron Maiden - Killers 1981 ★
	27.	Motörhead - No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith 1981 ★
	28.	Ozzy Osbourne - Diary Of A Madman 1981 ★
	29.	Rainbow - Difficult To Cure 1981 ★
	30.	Rush - Moving Pictures 1981 ★
	31.	Saxon - Denim And Leather 1981 ★
	32.	Venom - Welcome To Hell 1981 ★
	33.	Blackfoot - Marauder 1981
	34.	Cirith Ungol - Frost And Fire 1981
	35.	Holocaust - The Nightcomers 1981
	36.	Praying Mantis - Time Tells No Lies 1981
	37.	Raven - Rock Until You Drop 1981
	38.	Riot V - Fire Down Under 1981
	39.	The Rods - The Rods 1981
	40.	Samson - Shock Tactics 1981
	41.	Triumph - Allied Forces 1981
	42.	Tygers Of Pan Tang - Spellbound 1981
	43.	Accept - Restless And Wild 1982 ★
	44.	Diamond Head - Borrowed Time 1982 ★
	45.	Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast 1982 ★
	46.	Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance 1982 ★
	47.	Scorpions - Blackout 1982 ★
	48.	Manowar - Battle Hymns 1982 ★
	49.	Michael Schenker Fest - Assault Attack 1982 ★
	50.	Twisted Sister - Under The Blade 1982 ★
	51.	Venom - Black Metal 1982 ★
	52.	Whitesnake - Saints & Sinners 1982 ★
	53.	Demon - The Unexpected Guest 1982
	54.	Dokken - Breaking The Chains 1982
	55.	Hanoi Rocks - Self Destruction Blues 1982
	56.	Heavy Load - Death Or Glory 1982
	57.	Kiss - Creatures Of The Night 1982
	58.	Gary Moore - Corridors Of Power 1982
	59.	Raven - Wiped Out 1982
	60.	Talas - Sink Your Teeth Into That 1982
	61.	Witchfinder General - Death Penalty 1982
	62.	Y&T - Black Tiger 1982
	63.	Metallica - Kill 'Em All 1983 *Special Mention* ★
	64.	Anthrax - Fistful Of Metal 1983 ★
	65.	Def Leppard - Pyromania 1983 ★
	66.	Dio - Holy Diver 1983 ★
	67.	Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind 1983 ★
	68.	Manowar - Into Glory Ride 1983 ★
	69.	Mercyful Fate - Melissa 1983 ★
	70.	Mötley Crüe - Shout At The Devil 1983 ★
	71.	Ozzy Osbourne - Bark At The Moon 1983 ★
	72.	Ratt - Ratt 1983 ★
	73.	Slayer - Show No Mercy 1983 ★
	74.	Acid - Maniac 1983
	75.	Exciter - Heavy Metal Maniac 1983
	76.	Grim Reaper - See You In Hell 1983
	77.	Quiet Riot - Metal Health 1983
	78.	Satan - Court In The Act 1983
	79.	Thin Lizzy - Thunder And Lightning 1983
	80.	Twisted Sister - You Can't Stop Rock 'N' Roll 1983
	81.	Virgin Steele - Guardians Of The Flame 1983
	82.	Warlord - Deliver Us 1983
	83.	Y&T - Mean Streak 1983
	84.	Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales 1984 *Special Mention* ★
	85.	Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers 1984 ★
	86.	Hellhammer - Apocalyptic Raids 1984 ★
	87.	Iron Maiden - Powerslave 1984 ★
	88.	Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith 1984 ★
	89.	Manowar - Hail To England 1984 ★
	90.	Manowar - Sign Of The Hammer 1984 ★
	91.	Metallica - Ride The Lightning 1984 ★
	92.	Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry 1984 ★
	93.	Van Halen - 1984 1984 ★
	94.	W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P. 1984 ★
	95.	Accept - Balls To The Wall 1984
	96.	Armored Saint - March Of The Saint 1984
	97.	Dio - The Last In Line 1984
	98.	Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction 1984
	99.	Heavy Load - Stronger Than Evil 1984
	100.	Loudness - Dissilusion 1984
	101.	Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath 1984
	102.	Queensrÿche - The Warning 1984
	103.	Tokyo Blade - Night Of The Blade 1984
	104.	Trouble - Psalm 9 1984
	105.	Stormtroopers Of Death - Speak English Or Die 1985 *Special Mention* ★
	106.	Watchtower - Energetic Disassembly 1985 *Special Mention* ★
	107.	Accept - Metal Heart 1985 ★
	108.	Anthrax - Spreading The Disease 1985 ★
	109.	Armored Saint - Delirious Nomad 1985 ★
	110.	Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion 1985 ★
	111.	Destruction - Infernal Overkill 1985 ★
	112.	Exodus - Bonded By Blood 1985 ★
	113.	Yngwie Malmsteen - Marching Out 1985 ★
	114.	Possessed - Seven Churches 1985 ★
	115.	Slayer - Hell Awaits 1985 ★
	116.	Sodom - In The Sign Of Evil 1985 ★
	117.	Agent Steel - Skeptics Apocalypse 1985
	118.	Celtic Frost - Emperor's Return 1985
	119.	Lizzy Borden - Love You To Pieces 1985
	120.	Magnum - On A Storyteller's Night 1985
	121.	Omen - Warning Of Danger 1985
	122.	Onslaught - Power From Hell 1985
	123.	Q5 - Steel The Light 1985
	124.	Savage Grace - Master Of Disguise 1985
	125.	Trouble - The Skull 1985
	126.	W.A.S.P. - The Last Command 1985
	127.	Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus 1986 *Special Mention* ★
	128.	Anthrax - Among The Living 1986 ★
	129.	Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet 1986 ★
	130.	Crimson Glory - Crimson Glory 1986 ★
	131.	Helloween - Walls Of Jericho 1986 ★
	132.	Kreator - Pleasure To Kill 1986 ★
	133.	Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? 1986 ★
	134.	Metallica - Master Of Puppets 1986 ★
	135.	Motörhead - Orgasmatron 1986 ★
	136.	Queensrÿche - Rage For Order 1986 ★
	137.	Slayer - Reign In Blood 1986 ★
	138.	Cinderella - Night Songs 1986
	139.	Dark Angel - Darkness Descends 1986
	140.	Fates Warning - Awaken The Guardian 1986
	141.	Fifth Angel - Fifth Angel 1986
	142.	Flotsam And Jetsam - Doomsday For The Deceiver 1986
	143.	Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time 1986
	144.	King Diamond - Fatal Portrait 1986
	145.	Nuclear Assault - Game Over 1986
	146.	Sacrifice - Torment In Fire 1986
	147.	Slaughter - Strappado 1986
	148.	Celtic Frost - Into The Pandemonium 1987 *Special Mention* ★
	149.	Voivod - Killing Technology 1987 *Special Mention* ★
	150.	Napalm Death - Scum 1987 *Special Mention* ★
	151.	Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark 1987 ★
	152.	Candlemass - Nightfall 1987 ★
	153.	Death - Scream Bloody Gore 1987 ★
	154.	Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction 1987 ★
	155.	Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I 1987 ★
	156.	King Diamond - Abigail 1987 ★
	157.	Sacred Reich - Ignorance 1987 ★
	158.	Savatage - Hall Of The Mountain King 1987 ★
	159.	Sepultura - Schizophrenia 1987 ★
	160.	Sodom - Persecution Mania 1987 ★
	161.	Agent Steel - Unstoppable Force 1987
	162.	Infernäl Mäjesty - None Shall Defy 1987
	163.	Hades - Resisting Success 1987
	164.	Mayhem - Deathcrush 1987
	165.	Overkill - Taking Over 1987
	166.	Running Wild - Under Jolly Roger 1987
	167.	Sanctuary - Refuge Denied 1987
	168.	Sarcófago - I.N.R.I. 1987
	169.	Testament - The Legacy 1987
	170.	Whitesnake - 1987 1987
	171.	Bathory - Blood Fire Death 1988 ★
	172.	Carcass - Reek Of Putrefaction 1988 ★
	173.	Crimson Glory - Transcendence 1988 ★
	174.	Death - Leprosy 1988 ★
	175.	Fates Warning - No Exit 1988 ★
	176.	Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II 1988 ★
	177.	Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son 1988 ★
	178.	Metallica - ...And Justice For All 1988 ★
	179.	Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime 1988 ★
	180.	Slayer - South Of Heaven 1988 ★
	181.	Blind Illusion - The Sane Asylum 1988
	182.	Bolt Thrower - In Battle There Is No Law 1988
	183.	Cinderella - Long Cold Winter 1988
	184.	Coroner - Punishment For Decadence 1988
	185.	Danzig - Danzig 1988
	186.	Living Death - Worlds Neuroses 1988
	187.	Necronomicon - Apocalyptic Nightmare 1988
	188.	Pestilence - Malleus Maleficarum 1988
	189.	Riot V - ThunderSteel 1988
	190.	Sadus - Illusions / Chemical Exposure 1988
	191.	Dream Theater - When Dream And Day Unite 1989 *Special Mention* ★
	192.	Annihilator - Alice In Hell 1989 ★
	193.	Faith No More - The Real Thing 1989 ★
	194.	Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry 1989 ★
	195.	Kreator - Extreme Aggression 1989 ★
	196.	Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness 1989 ★
	197.	Obituary - Slowly We Rot 1989 ★
	198.	Savatage - Gutter Ballet 1989 ★
	199.	Sepultura - Beneath The Remains 1989 ★
	200.	Sodom - Agent Orange 1989 ★
	201.	Watchtower - Control And Resistance 1989 ★
	202.	Autopsy - Severed Survival 1989
	203.	Coroner - No More Color 1989
	204.	Heir Apparent - One Small Voice 1989
	205.	Mekong Delta - The Principle Of Doubt 1989
	206.	Metal Church - Blessing In Disguise 1989
	207.	Mötley Crüe - Dr. Feelgood 1989
	208.	Oliver Magnum - Oliver Magnum 1989
	209.	Sabbat - Dreamweaver 1989
	210.	Skid Row - Skid Row 1989
	211.	Terrorizer - World Downfall 1989