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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.

Created by: Jagermeister | 07.03.2015


1. Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
2. Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
3. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
4. Crimson Glory - Transcendence
5. Angel Witch - Angel Witch
6. Judas Priest - Painkiller
7. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
8. Fates Warning - Awaken The Guardian
9. Black Sabbath - Sabotage
10. Manilla Road - Crystal Logic
11. Accept - Restless And Wild
12. Motörhead - Ace Of Spades
13. Omen - Battle Cry
14. Cirith Ungol - Frost And Fire
15. Vicious Rumors - Digital Dictator
16. Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction
17. Judas Priest - Stained Class
18. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Vol. 4
19. Iron Maiden - Killers
20. Heavy Load - Death Or Glory
21. Judas Priest - Hell Bent For Leather
22. Satan - Court In The Act
23. Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny
24. Crimson Glory - Crimson Glory
25. Warlord - Deliver Us
26. Virgin Steele - Age Of Consent
27. Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
28. Candlemass - Nightfall
29. Mercyful Fate - Melissa
30. Dio - Holy Diver
31. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
32. Accept - Balls To The Wall
33. Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith
34. Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance
35. Tygers Of Pan Tang - Wild Cat
36. Diamond Head - Lightning To The Nations
37. Salem's Wych - Betrayer Of Kings
38. Black Sabbath - Headless Cross
39. Grave Digger - Tunes Of War
40. Motörhead - Overkill
41. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
42. Saxon - Denim And Leather
43. Running Wild - Death Or Glory
44. Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
45. Savatage - Hall Of The Mountain King
46. Running Wild - Gates To Purgatory
47. Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell
48. Trouble - Psalm 9
49. Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath
50. Warlock - Burning The Witches
51. Accept - Breaker
52. Grim Reaper - See You In Hell
53. Raven - All For One
54. Witchfinder General - Death Penalty
55. Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
56. Saxon - Wheels Of Steel
57. Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind
58. Tygers Of Pan Tang - Spellbound
59. Pantera - Power Metal
60. Motörhead - Bastards
61. Black Sabbath - Born Again
62. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
63. Fates Warning - The Spectre Within
64. Warlord - And The Cannons Of Destruction Have Begun...
65. Manilla Road - Open The Gates
66. Virgin Steele - Invictus
67. Liege Lord - Freedom's Rise
68. Accept - Metal Heart
69. Saxon - Strong Arm Of The Law
70. Saint Vitus - Born Too Late
71. Motörhead - Orgasmatron
72. Queensrÿche - Empire
73. Virgin Steele - Noble Savage
74. Sanctuary - Refuge Denied
75. Glacier - Glacier
76. Liege Lord - Master Control
77. King Diamond - Abigail
78. Mercyful Fate - Mercyful Fate
79. Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings
80. Armored Saint - March Of The Saint
81. Heaven & Hell - The Devil You Know
82. Black Sabbath - Dehumanizer
83. Fifth Angel - Fifth Angel
84. Warlock - Triumph And Agony
85. Cirith Ungol - King Of The Dead
86. Virgin Steele - Guardians Of The Flame
87. Fates Warning - No Exit
88. Dio - The Last In Line
89. King Diamond - "Them"
90. Holocaust - The Nightcomers
91. Running Wild - Pile Of Skulls
92. Fatal Violence - Ashes Tell No Tales
93. Pagan Altar - Lords Of Hypocrisy
94. Iced Earth - Iced Earth
95. King Diamond - Fatal Portrait
96. Manilla Road - The Deluge
97. Savatage - Gutter Ballet
98. Ostrogoth - Ecstasy And Danger
99. Sacred Oath - A Crystal Vision
100. Raven - Wiped Out
101. Sanctuary - Into The Mirror Black
102. King Diamond - Conspiracy
103. Havoc - The Grip
104. Running Wild - Branded And Exiled
105. Cloven Hoof - Cloven Hoof
106. Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
107. Grave Digger - The Reaper
108. Pagan Altar - Volume 1
109. Black Sabbath - Tyr
110. Mercyful Fate - In The Shadows
111. U.D.O. - Animal House
112. Savatage - Sirens
113. Running Wild - Under Jolly Roger


Disclaimer: All top lists are unofficial and do not represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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03.08.2019 - 21:18
JoHn Doe
A lot of great stuff in here
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22.04.2021 - 12:21
blackwreath13
Great selection, I look forward to hearing the ones I've yet to discover.
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24.06.2021 - 05:33
F3ynman
Nocturnal Bro
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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
AndyMetalFreak
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Great list! I like how Running Wild is mentioned several times, they often get overlooked.
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