My top 10 is the same, I'd say. Just in a slightly different order:
1. Megadeth | Rust In Peace
2. Slayer | Show No Mercy
3. Slayer | Seasons in the Abyss
4. Megadeth | Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
5. Metallica | Ride the Lightning
6. Slayer | Hell Awaits
7. Megadeth | Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!
8. Slayer | South of Heaven
9. Slayer | Reign in Blood
10. Metallica | Master of Puppets

Great list
Here's mine:

1. Slayer - Reign In Blood
2. Megadeth - Rust In Peace
3. Metallica - Ride The Lightning
4. Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss
5. Slayer - Show No Mercy
6. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
7. Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
8. Slayer - Hell Awaits
9. Metallica - And Justice For All
10. Slayer - South Of Heaven
11. Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction
12. Metallica - Kill Em All
13. Anthrax - Among The Living
14. Megadeth - So Far, So Good... So What?
15. Metallica - Metallica/Black Album

Yes, good idea for a list.
I have:

1 Slayer - Seasons in the abyss
2 Megadeth - Rust in peace
3 Slayer - South of heaven
4 Megadeth - Peace sells... but who's buying?
5 Metallica - Ride the lightning
6 Slayer - Reign in blood
7 Slayer - Show no mercy
8 Metallica - Kill em all
9 Metallica - Master of puppets
10 Slayer - Hell awaits
11 Anthrax - Among the living
12 Anthrax - Spreading the disease
13 Metallica - …and justice for all
14 Metallica - Metallica
15 Slayer - Divine intervention
16 Megadeth - Countdown to extinction

Nice idea for a list and a difficult thing to rank, all these 4 discographies are hit and miss. Thumbs up for the effort alone.

Thanks for the kudos
for my next trick, I shall rank the discographies of the "big 4" of traditional heavy metal:
Iron Maiden Judas Priest Black Sabbath and Motorhead
...
nah f that...that'll be way too damned difficult. There are literally 15+ albums between those bands that are stone cold perfection

Written by sgtrobo on 08.03.2023 at 05:57

Thanks for the kudos
for my next trick, I shall rank the discographies of the "big 4" of traditional heavy metal:
Iron Maiden Judas Priest Black Sabbath and Motorhead
...
nah f that...that'll be way too damned difficult. There are literally 15+ albums between those bands that are stone cold perfection

Do it! We won't judge you... maybe

But seriously, it's a good idea. It gives me a reason to look back at their discographies

Written by F3ynman on 06.03.2023 at 00:05

My top 10 is the same, I'd say. Just in a slightly different order:
1. Megadeth | Rust In Peace
2. Slayer | Show No Mercy
3. Slayer | Seasons in the Abyss
4. Megadeth | Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
5. Metallica | Ride the Lightning
6. Slayer | Hell Awaits
7. Megadeth | Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!
8. Slayer | South of Heaven
9. Slayer | Reign in Blood
10. Metallica | Master of Puppets

Actually I just revisited ...And Justice For All and remembered how great it is. So it's going into my top 10, pushing out Master Of Puppets. My personal ranking of favorites is now:
1. Megadeth | Rust In Peace
2. Slayer | Show No Mercy
3. Slayer | Seasons in the Abyss
4. Megadeth | Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
5. Metallica | Ride the Lightning
6. Slayer | Hell Awaits
7. Megadeth | Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!
8. Metallica | ...And Justice For All
9. Slayer | South of Heaven
10. Slayer | Reign in Blood

Written by sgtrobo on 08.03.2023 at 05:57

Thanks for the kudos
for my next trick, I shall rank the discographies of the "big 4" of traditional heavy metal:
Iron Maiden Judas Priest Black Sabbath and Motorhead
...
nah f that...that'll be way too damned difficult. There are literally 15+ albums between those bands that are stone cold perfection

maybe stick to one band + solo and side projects the musicians have been in.

Written by F3ynman on 17.03.2023 at 01:16

Written by F3ynman on 06.03.2023 at 00:05

My top 10 is the same, I'd say. Just in a slightly different order:
1. Megadeth | Rust In Peace
2. Slayer | Show No Mercy
3. Slayer | Seasons in the Abyss
4. Megadeth | Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
5. Metallica | Ride the Lightning
6. Slayer | Hell Awaits
7. Megadeth | Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!
8. Slayer | South of Heaven
9. Slayer | Reign in Blood
10. Metallica | Master of Puppets

Actually I just revisited ...And Justice For All and remembered how great it is. So it's going into my top 10, pushing out Master Of Puppets. My personal ranking of favorites is now:
1. Megadeth | Rust In Peace
2. Slayer | Show No Mercy
3. Slayer | Seasons in the Abyss
4. Megadeth | Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
5. Metallica | Ride the Lightning
6. Slayer | Hell Awaits
7. Megadeth | Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!
8. Metallica | ...And Justice For All
9. Slayer | South of Heaven
10. Slayer | Reign in Blood

whoa, pushing out MoP? Ooh, spicy take!

I dare you to add Lulu.

Jokes aside, good idea for a list. I'll definitely have to do some thinking for my ranking

For me Reign In Blood has flaws production wise (bit hollow sound and dull top end - kind of a Rick Rubin + Slayer thing) and while it's an unstoppable juggernaut, the songs overall lack variety when compared to the rest of the Big 4 records in that year, or even their other albums. It still deserves most of the praise it gets but Megadeth and Metallica definitely eeks it out for me. Can't really comment on Anthrax I never could get into them

Written by qlacs on 19.03.2023 at 17:15

For me Reign In Blood has flaws production wise (bit hollow sound and dull top end - kind of a Rick Rubin + Slayer thing) and while it's an unstoppable juggernaut, the songs overall lack variety when compared to the rest of the Big 4 records in that year, or even their other albums. It still deserves most of the praise it gets but Megadeth and Metallica definitely eeks it out for me. Can't really comment on Anthrax I never could get into them

totally reasonable takes. The phrase "unstoppable juggernaut" is exactly why I have RiB at the top. It was revolutionary, to say the least. But it definitely isn't what one would refer to as "well rounded"

Good idea for a list! Clearly Lulu is too much of a masterpiece to feature amongst these lesser albums

Here's my top 10:
1. Metallica | Master Of Puppets | 10/10
2. Metallica | Ride The Lightning | 9.9/10
3. Metallica | Metallica | 9.8/10
4. Metallica | ...And Justice For All | 9.8/10
5. Slayer | Reign In Blood | 9.7/10
6. Megadeth | Rust In Peace | 9.2/10
7. Slayer | Seasons In The Abyss | 9.2/10
8. Anthrax | Among The Living | 9.1/10
9. Slayer | South Of Heaven | 9.0/10
10. Megadeth | Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? | 8.9/10 (excluding track 7)

For me Kill 'Em All and Countdown To Extinction are too low but otherwise, good ranking.

Then again I'm a Kill 'Em All fanboy. For me it would be in the top 5. It is my favourite Metallica album by a large margin.

Written by nonZero on 13.03.2024 at 12:16

Good idea for a list! Clearly Lulu is too much of a masterpiece to feature amongst these lesser albums

Here's my top 10:
1. Metallica | Master Of Puppets | 10/10
2. Metallica | Ride The Lightning | 9.9/10
3. Metallica | Metallica | 9.8/10
4. Metallica | ...And Justice For All | 9.8/10
5. Slayer | Reign In Blood | 9.7/10
6. Megadeth | Rust In Peace | 9.2/10
7. Slayer | Seasons In The Abyss | 9.2/10
8. Anthrax | Among The Living | 9.1/10
9. Slayer | South Of Heaven | 9.0/10
10. Megadeth | Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? | 8.9/10 (excluding track 7)

oh wow, Metallica's first 4 at the very top? You're quite a fan

Written by Guib on 18.03.2024 at 15:04

Then again I'm a Kill 'Em All fanboy. For me it would be in the top 5. It is my favourite Metallica album by a large margin.

it definitely is the most raw of their albums and is a ton of fun.

Written by sgtrobo on 28.03.2024 at 14:51

oh wow, Metallica's first 4 at the very top? You're quite a fan

Those four albums are my overall favourites for sure, I'll take Slayer or Megadeth post-black album though.

Love the respect you showed to The Sick, The Dying... And The Dead!

Great album. Hope more people realise it

Written by Zmckz on 04.03.2026 at 20:19

Love the respect you showed to The Sick, The Dying... And The Dead!

Great album. Hope more people realise it

there were a few skippers in there but the top songs I thought were rippers!

I'll have to update with Megadeth's s/t soon enough, but need to give it more time to percolate in my brain