Old-school Metal: The Must-haves

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Old-school Metal: The Must-haves

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The must-have albums of old school heavy metal. Includes genres like Traditional, NWOBHM, U.S.P.M., Speed, Epic, Doom, and prog.
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1.
Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
113.
2.
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
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3.
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
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4.
Crimson Glory - Transcendence
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5.
Angel Witch - Angel Witch
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6.
Judas Priest - Painkiller
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Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
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Fates Warning - Awaken The Guardian
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9.
Black Sabbath - Sabotage
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Manilla Road - Crystal Logic
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11.
Accept - Restless And Wild
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12.
Motörhead - Ace Of Spades
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13.
Omen - Battle Cry
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14.
Cirith Ungol - Frost And Fire
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15.
Vicious Rumors - Digital Dictator
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16.
Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction
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17.
Judas Priest - Stained Class
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18.
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Vol. 4
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19.
Iron Maiden - Killers
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Heavy Load - Death Or Glory
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21.
Judas Priest - Hell Bent For Leather
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22.
Satan - Court In The Act
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23.
Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny
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24.
Crimson Glory - Crimson Glory
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25.
Warlord - Deliver Us
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Virgin Steele - Age Of Consent
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Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
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Candlemass - Nightfall
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Mercyful Fate - Melissa
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30.
Dio - Holy Diver
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Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
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Accept - Balls To The Wall
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Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith
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Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance
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Tygers Of Pan Tang - Wild Cat
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Diamond Head - Lightning To The Nations
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Salem's Wych - Betrayer Of Kings
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Black Sabbath - Headless Cross
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Grave Digger - Tunes Of War
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Motörhead - Overkill
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Iron Maiden - Powerslave
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Saxon - Denim And Leather
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Running Wild - Death Or Glory
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Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
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Savatage - Hall Of The Mountain King
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Running Wild - Gates To Purgatory
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Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell
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Trouble - Psalm 9
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Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath
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Warlock - Burning The Witches
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Accept - Breaker
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Grim Reaper - See You In Hell
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Raven - All For One
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Witchfinder General - Death Penalty
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Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
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Saxon - Wheels Of Steel
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Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind
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Tygers Of Pan Tang - Spellbound
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Pantera - Power Metal
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Motörhead - Bastards
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Black Sabbath - Born Again
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Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
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Fates Warning - The Spectre Within
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Warlord - And The Cannons Of Destruction Have Begun...
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Manilla Road - Open The Gates
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Virgin Steele - Invictus
113.
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Liege Lord - Freedom's Rise
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Accept - Metal Heart
113.
69.
Saxon - Strong Arm Of The Law
113.
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Saint Vitus - Born Too Late
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Motörhead - Orgasmatron
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Queensrÿche - Empire
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Virgin Steele - Noble Savage
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Sanctuary - Refuge Denied
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Glacier - Glacier
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Liege Lord - Master Control
113.
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King Diamond - Abigail
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Mercyful Fate - Mercyful Fate
113.
79.
Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings
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Armored Saint - March Of The Saint
113.
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Heaven & Hell - The Devil You Know
113.
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Black Sabbath - Dehumanizer
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Fifth Angel - Fifth Angel
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Warlock - Triumph And Agony
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Cirith Ungol - King Of The Dead
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Virgin Steele - Guardians Of The Flame
113.
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Fates Warning - No Exit
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Dio - The Last In Line
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King Diamond - "Them"
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Holocaust - The Nightcomers
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Running Wild - Pile Of Skulls
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Fatal Violence - Ashes Tell No Tales
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Pagan Altar - Lords Of Hypocrisy
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Iced Earth - Iced Earth
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King Diamond - Fatal Portrait
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Manilla Road - The Deluge
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Savatage - Gutter Ballet
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Ostrogoth - Ecstasy And Danger
113.
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Sacred Oath - A Crystal Vision
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Raven - Wiped Out
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Sanctuary - Into The Mirror Black
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King Diamond - Conspiracy
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Havoc - The Grip
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Running Wild - Branded And Exiled
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Cloven Hoof - Cloven Hoof
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Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
113.
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Grave Digger - The Reaper
113.
108.
Pagan Altar - Volume 1
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Black Sabbath - Tyr
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Mercyful Fate - In The Shadows
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U.D.O. - Animal House
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Savatage - Sirens
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Running Wild - Under Jolly Roger
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A lot of great stuff in here
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22.04.2021 - 12:21

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Great selection, I look forward to hearing the ones I've yet to discover.
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24.06.2021 - 05:33
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Nice list! I love old school metal: Judas Priest, Dio, Iron Maiden, and of course Black Sabbath. Nice to see Dehumanizer
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24.06.2021 - 23:41
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Great list! I like how Running Wild is mentioned several times, they often get overlooked.
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