Greatest Heavy Metal Albums Of All Time

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Greatest Heavy Metal Albums Of All Time

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A list by
Zombie94
Created
November 09, 2017
Entries
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Note: these are only for the traditional style of metal borne out of the period of late 60s - late 80s. Modern bands are permitted but they need to be playing in that style.

Recommendations are welcome. I'll listen and if I like it, I'll add it.
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Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
1969
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Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
1970
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Black Sabbath - Paranoid
1970
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Deep Purple - In Rock
1970
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Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III
1970
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Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
1971
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Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
1971
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Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Vol. 4
1972
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Deep Purple - Machine Head
1972
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Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
1973
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Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny
1976
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Motörhead - Overkill
1979
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Motörhead - Bomber
1979
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Van Halen - Van Halen
1979
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AC/DC - Back In Black
1980
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Cirith Ungol - Frost And Fire
1980
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Diamond Head - Lightning To The Nations
1980
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Motörhead - Ace Of Spades
1980
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Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell
1980
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Judas Priest - British Steel
1980
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Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard Of Ozz
1980
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Thin Lizzy - Chinatown
1980
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Iron Maiden - Killers
1981
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Ozzy Osbourne - Diary Of A Madman
1981
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Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
1982
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Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance
1982
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Manowar - Battle Hymns
1982
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Motörhead - Iron Fist
1982
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Witchfinder General - Death Penalty
1982
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Accept - Balls To The Wall
1983
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Dio - Holy Diver
1983
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Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind
1983
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Mercyful Fate - Melissa
1983
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Ozzy Osbourne - Bark At The Moon
1983
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Thin Lizzy - Thunder And Lightning
1983
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Cirith Ungol - King Of The Dead
1984
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Dio - The Last In Line
1984
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Iron Maiden - Powerslave
1984
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Manowar - Sign Of The Hammer
1984
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Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath
1984
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Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time
1986
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King Diamond - Fatal Portrait
1986
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King Diamond - Abigail
1987
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Manowar - Fighting The World
1987
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Savatage - Hall Of The Mountain King
1987
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Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
1988
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Manowar - Kings Of Metal
1988
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Judas Priest - Painkiller
1990
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Metallica - Metallica
1991
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Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction
1992
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W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol
1992
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Megadeth - Youthanasia
1994
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Iron Maiden - Brave New World
2000
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Black Label Society - The Blessed Hellride
2003
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Ghost - Opus Eponymous
2010
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Accept - Stalingrad
2012
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