The "Must Have" And The "Could Have" Metal Albums Of The 80's

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The "Must Have" And The "Could Have" Metal Albums Of The 80's

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

The albums followed by a star are the "must have", whereas the rest albums are the "could have".
211.
1.
Angel Witch - Angel Witch
1980 *Special Mention* ★
211.
2.
AC/DC - Back In Black
1980 ★
211.
3.
Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell
1980 ★
211.
4.
Diamond Head - Lightning To The Nations
1980 ★
211.
5.
Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
1980 ★
211.
6.
Judas Priest - British Steel
1980 ★
211.
7.
Motörhead - Ace Of Spades
1980 ★
211.
8.
Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard Of Ozz
1980 ★
211.
9.
Rush - Permanent Waves
1980 ★
211.
10.
Saxon - Wheels Of Steel
1980 ★
211.
11.
Scorpions - Animal Magnetism
1980 ★
211.
12.
Accept - I'm A Rebel
1980
211.
13.
Def Leppard - On Through The Night
1980
211.
14.
Krokus - Metal Rendez-Vous
1980
211.
15.
Michael Schenker Group - The Michael Schenker Group
1980
211.
16.
Picture - Picture
1980
211.
17.
Samson - Head On
1980
211.
18.
Saxon - Strong Arm Of The Law
1980
211.
19.
Thin Lizzy - Chinatown
1980
211.
20.
Vardis - 100 M.P.H.
1980
211.
21.
Witchfynde - Give 'Em Hell
1980
211.
22.
Mötley Crüe - Too Fast For Love
1981 *Special Mention* ★
211.
23.
Accept - Breaker
1981 ★
211.
24.
Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
1981 ★
211.
25.
Blue Öyster Cult - Fire Of Unknown Origin
1981 ★
211.
26.
Iron Maiden - Killers
1981 ★
211.
27.
Motörhead - No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith
1981 ★
211.
28.
Ozzy Osbourne - Diary Of A Madman
1981 ★
211.
29.
Rainbow - Difficult To Cure
1981 ★
211.
30.
Rush - Moving Pictures
1981 ★
211.
31.
Saxon - Denim And Leather
1981 ★
211.
32.
Venom - Welcome To Hell
1981 ★
211.
33.
Blackfoot - Marauder
1981
211.
34.
Cirith Ungol - Frost And Fire
1981
211.
35.
Holocaust - The Nightcomers
1981
211.
36.
Praying Mantis - Time Tells No Lies
1981
211.
37.
Raven - Rock Until You Drop
1981
211.
38.
Riot - Fire Down Under
1981
211.
39.
The Rods - The Rods
1981
211.
40.
Samson - Shock Tactics
1981
211.
41.
Triumph - Allied Forces
1981
211.
42.
Tygers Of Pan Tang - Spellbound
1981
211.
43.
Accept - Restless And Wild
1982 ★
211.
44.
Diamond Head - Borrowed Time
1982 ★
211.
45.
Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
1982 ★
211.
46.
Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance
1982 ★
211.
47.
Scorpions - Blackout
1982 ★
211.
48.
Manowar - Battle Hymns
1982 ★
211.
49.
Michael Schenker Group - Assault Attack
1982 ★
211.
50.
Twisted Sister - Under The Blade
1982 ★
211.
51.
Venom - Black Metal
1982 ★
211.
52.
Whitesnake - Saints & Sinners
1982 ★
211.
53.
Demon - The Unexpected Guest
1982
211.
54.
Dokken - Breaking The Chains
1982
211.
55.
Hanoi Rocks - Self Destruction Blues
1982
211.
56.
Heavy Load - Death Or Glory
1982
211.
57.
KISS - Creatures Of The Night
1982
211.
58.
Gary Moore - Corridors Of Power
1982
211.
59.
Raven - Wiped Out
1982
211.
60.
Talas - Sink Your Teeth Into That
1982
211.
61.
Witchfinder General - Death Penalty
1982
211.
62.
Y&T - Black Tiger
1982
211.
63.
Metallica - Kill 'Em All
1983 *Special Mention* ★
211.
64.
Anthrax - Fistful Of Metal
1983 ★
211.
65.
Def Leppard - Pyromania
1983 ★
211.
66.
Dio - Holy Diver
1983 ★
211.
67.
Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind
1983 ★
211.
68.
Manowar - Into Glory Ride
1983 ★
211.
69.
Mercyful Fate - Melissa
1983 ★
211.
70.
Mötley Crüe - Shout At The Devil
1983 ★
211.
71.
Ozzy Osbourne - Bark At The Moon
1983 ★
211.
72.
Ratt - Ratt
1983 ★
211.
73.
Slayer - Show No Mercy
1983 ★
211.
74.
Acid - Maniac
1983
211.
75.
Exciter - Heavy Metal Maniac
1983
211.
76.
Grim Reaper - See You In Hell
1983
211.
77.
Quiet Riot - Metal Health
1983
211.
78.
Satan - Court In The Act
1983
211.
79.
Thin Lizzy - Thunder And Lightning
1983
211.
80.
Twisted Sister - You Can't Stop Rock 'N' Roll
1983
211.
81.
Virgin Steele - Guardians Of The Flame
1983
211.
82.
Warlord - Deliver Us
1983
211.
83.
Y&T - Mean Streak
1983
211.
84.
Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales
1984 *Special Mention* ★
211.
85.
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
1984 ★
211.
86.
Hellhammer - Apocalyptic Raids
1984 ★
211.
87.
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
1984 ★
211.
88.
Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith
1984 ★
211.
89.
Manowar - Hail To England
1984 ★
211.
90.
Manowar - Sign Of The Hammer
1984 ★
211.
91.
Metallica - Ride The Lightning
1984 ★
211.
92.
Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry
1984 ★
211.
93.
Van Halen - 1984
1984 ★
211.
94.
W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P.
1984 ★
211.
95.
Accept - Balls To The Wall
1984
211.
96.
Armored Saint - March Of The Saint
1984
211.
97.
Dio - The Last In Line
1984
211.
98.
Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction
1984
211.
99.
Heavy Load - Stronger Than Evil
1984
211.
100.
Loudness - Disillusion
1984
211.
101.
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath
1984
211.
102.
Queensrÿche - The Warning
1984
211.
103.
Tokyo Blade - Night Of The Blade
1984
211.
104.
Trouble - Psalm 9
1984
211.
105.
Stormtroopers Of Death - Speak English Or Die
1985 *Special Mention* ★
211.
106.
Watchtower - Energetic Disassembly
1985 *Special Mention* ★
211.
107.
Accept - Metal Heart
1985 ★
211.
108.
Anthrax - Spreading The Disease
1985 ★
211.
109.
Armored Saint - Delirious Nomad
1985 ★
211.
110.
Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
1985 ★
211.
111.
Destruction - Infernal Overkill
1985 ★
211.
112.
Exodus - Bonded By Blood
1985 ★
211.
113.
Yngwie Malmsteen - Marching Out
1985 ★
211.
114.
Possessed - Seven Churches
1985 ★
211.
115.
Slayer - Hell Awaits
1985 ★
211.
116.
Sodom - In The Sign Of Evil
1985 ★
211.
117.
Agent Steel - Skeptics Apocalypse
1985
211.
118.
Celtic Frost - Emperor's Return
1985
211.
119.
Lizzy Borden - Love You To Pieces
1985
211.
120.
Magnum - On A Storyteller's Night
1985
211.
121.
Omen - Warning Of Danger
1985
211.
122.
Onslaught - Power From Hell
1985
211.
123.
Q5 - Steel The Light
1985
211.
124.
Savage Grace - Master Of Disguise
1985
211.
125.
Trouble - The Skull
1985
211.
126.
W.A.S.P. - The Last Command
1985
211.
127.
Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
1986 *Special Mention* ★
211.
128.
Anthrax - Among The Living
1986 ★
211.
129.
Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
1986 ★
211.
130.
Crimson Glory - Crimson Glory
1986 ★
211.
131.
Helloween - Walls Of Jericho
1986 ★
211.
132.
Kreator - Pleasure To Kill
1986 ★
211.
133.
Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
1986 ★
211.
134.
Metallica - Master Of Puppets
1986 ★
211.
135.
Motörhead - Orgasmatron
1986 ★
211.
136.
Queensrÿche - Rage For Order
1986 ★
211.
137.
Slayer - Reign In Blood
1986 ★
211.
138.
Cinderella - Night Songs
1986
211.
139.
Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
1986
211.
140.
Fates Warning - Awaken The Guardian
1986
211.
141.
Fifth Angel - Fifth Angel
1986
211.
142.
Flotsam And Jetsam - Doomsday For The Deceiver
1986
211.
143.
Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time
1986
211.
144.
King Diamond - Fatal Portrait
1986
211.
145.
Nuclear Assault - Game Over
1986
211.
146.
Sacrifice - Torment In Fire
1986
211.
147.
Slaughter - Strappado
1986
211.
148.
Celtic Frost - Into The Pandemonium
1987 *Special Mention* ★
211.
149.
Voivod - Killing Technology
1987 *Special Mention* ★
211.
150.
Napalm Death - Scum
1987 *Special Mention* ★
211.
151.
Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark
1987 ★
211.
152.
Candlemass - Nightfall
1987 ★
211.
153.
Death - Scream Bloody Gore
1987 ★
211.
154.
Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
1987 ★
211.
155.
Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I
1987 ★
211.
156.
King Diamond - Abigail
1987 ★
211.
157.
Sacred Reich - Ignorance
1987 ★
211.
158.
Savatage - Hall Of The Mountain King
1987 ★
211.
159.
Sepultura - Schizophrenia
1987 ★
211.
160.
Sodom - Persecution Mania
1987 ★
211.
161.
Agent Steel - Unstoppable Force
1987
211.
162.
Infernäl Mäjesty - None Shall Defy
1987
211.
163.
Hades (USA) - Resisting Success
1987
211.
164.
Mayhem - Deathcrush
1987
211.
165.
Overkill - Taking Over
1987
211.
166.
Running Wild - Under Jolly Roger
1987
211.
167.
Sanctuary - Refuge Denied
1987
211.
168.
Sarcófago - I.N.R.I.
1987
211.
169.
Testament - The Legacy
1987
211.
170.
Whitesnake - Whitesnake
1987
211.
171.
Bathory - Blood Fire Death
1988 ★
211.
172.
Carcass - Reek Of Putrefaction
1988 ★
211.
173.
Crimson Glory - Transcendence
1988 ★
211.
174.
Death - Leprosy
1988 ★
211.
175.
Fates Warning - No Exit
1988 ★
211.
176.
Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II
1988 ★
211.
177.
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
1988 ★
211.
178.
Metallica - ...And Justice For All
1988 ★
211.
179.
Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
1988 ★
211.
180.
Slayer - South Of Heaven
1988 ★
211.
181.
Blind Illusion - The Sane Asylum
1988
211.
182.
Bolt Thrower - In Battle There Is No Law
1988
211.
183.
Cinderella - Long Cold Winter
1988
211.
184.
Coroner - Punishment For Decadence
1988
211.
185.
Danzig - Danzig
1988
211.
186.
Living Death - Worlds Neuroses
1988
211.
187.
Necronomicon - Apocalyptic Nightmare
1988
211.
188.
Pestilence - Malleus Maleficarum
1988
211.
189.
Riot - ThunderSteel
1988
211.
190.
Sadus - Illusions / Chemical Exposure
1988
211.
191.
Dream Theater - When Dream And Day Unite
1989 *Special Mention* ★
211.
192.
Annihilator - Alice In Hell
1989 ★
211.
193.
Faith No More - The Real Thing
1989 ★
211.
194.
Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry
1989 ★
211.
195.
Kreator - Extreme Aggression
1989 ★
211.
196.
Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness
1989 ★
211.
197.
Obituary - Slowly We Rot
1989 ★
211.
198.
Savatage - Gutter Ballet
1989 ★
211.
199.
Sepultura - Beneath The Remains
1989 ★
211.
200.
Sodom - Agent Orange
1989 ★
211.
201.
Watchtower - Control And Resistance
1989 ★
211.
202.
Autopsy - Severed Survival
1989
211.
203.
Coroner - No More Color
1989
211.
204.
Heir Apparent - One Small Voice
1989
211.
205.
Mekong Delta - The Principle Of Doubt
1989
211.
206.
Metal Church - Blessing In Disguise
1989
211.
207.
Mötley Crüe - Dr. Feelgood
1989
211.
208.
Oliver Magnum - Oliver Magnum
1989
211.
209.
Sabbat - Dreamweaver
1989
211.
210.
Skid Row - Skid Row
1989
211.
211.
Terrorizer - World Downfall
1989
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Written by deadone on 29.04.2014 at 08:14

That's a pretty cool list.

I think so too. I believe that it contains many of the most essential hard rock/metal albums of the 80s.
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Nice list

thumbed it up just for seeing Cinderella - nice to see them getting some love.
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