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 Top 200 Metal Masterpieces of All Time

RANKING CRITERIA :

- Originality [ 35% of the rating ]
- Songwriting [ 35% of the rating ]
- Performance [ 30% of the rating ]

Neither popularity among fans nor commercial success (or unsuccess)…

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
2.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
3.Metallica - Master Of Puppets
4.Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
5.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

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Created by Vasil de Shumen on 10.03.2012



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 Song Titles With The Band`s Name

It is not uncommon that album titles are chosen after the band`s name. However, song titles that include or are identical to the band`s name are relatively seldom found.
This is an alphabetical list…

1.(hed) p.e. - Broke
2.71TONMAN - 71TONMAN
3.Ænigmatum - ÆNIGMATUM
4.Æther Realm - One Chosen By The Gods
5.A Feast For Lampreys - Graveyard Abyss

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Created by Plattner on 12.02.2023



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 Top 20 Albums Of 1982

Metal Albums from 1982…

1.Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance
2.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
3.Venom - Black Metal
4.Accept - Restless And Wild
5.Scorpions - Blackout

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Created by JCJen7 on 24.08.2011



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

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…

1.Angel Witch - Angel Witch
2.AC/DC - Back In Black
3.Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell
4.Diamond Head - Lightning To The Nations
5.Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

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Created by Tzo87 on 25.08.2013



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 All Metal Of All Time Top 300: Songs

1.Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum
2.Theatre Of Tragedy - Theatre Of Tragedy
3.My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans
4.Iron Maiden - Powerslave
5.Anathema - The Silent Enigma

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Created by Redel on 08.03.2014



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 Empowering Albums For Powerless Losers

This is a list of all the power metal albums I have listened to that are worth remembering. Like my other genre lists, this is not meant to be a definitive guide to power metal or a binding judgment on…

1.Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth
2.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side
3.Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond
4.Jag Panzer - Thane To The Throne
5.X Japan - Art Of Life

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Created by ScreamingSteelUS on 19.09.2019



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 Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums Of The 80's

The best decade in history of heavy metal.

1.Judas Priest - Painkiller
2.Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time
3.Accept - Breaker
4.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
5.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I

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Created by Mrtvozornik on 19.02.2014



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 USPower Metal 👑

Bands almost unknown for the most, Cds or Vinyls out of print or never print, Sometimes record production sucks, thats why I love US power metal. An original style Classic and Epic Heavy Metal Mixed With…

1.Manilla Road - Crystal Logic
2.Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction
3.Riot - ThunderSteel
4.Cirith Ungol - Frost And Fire
5.Omen - Warning Of Danger

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Created by Blackcrowe on 22.10.2021



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 One-Hit Albums

A (most probably incomplete) list of albums on which I really enjoy only a single song (in alphabetical order, excluding one-track albums).
They turn out to be albums that I rate a 6 or 7 overall -- with…

1.Agalloch - Pale Folklore
2.Amorphis - Far From The Sun
3.Annihilator - Set The World On Fire
4.Asphyx - The Rack
5.Bathory - Blood Fire Death

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Created by Redel on 09.01.2020



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 TOP ALBUMS OF 1982

1.Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance
2.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
3.Scorpions - Blackout
4.Accept - Restless And Wild
5.Michael Schenker Group - Assault Attack

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Created by achil on 16.05.2014



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 Manowar Albums - Best To Worst

1.Manowar - Battle Hymns
2.Manowar - Into Glory Ride
3.Manowar - Hail To England
4.Manowar - Sign Of The Hammer
5.Manowar - Fighting The World

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Created by Mrtvozornik on 12.08.2022



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 Great Album Covers 👍👍👍

A list of my favorite album covers…

1.Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
2.Mercyful Fate - Melissa
3.Slayer - Reign In Blood
4.Motörhead - Motörhead
5.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

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Created by Blackcrowe on 31.03.2023



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 1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

WORK IN PROGESS! Welcome to what I consider the "1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" or in other words, a list of records of various genres in the arrays of Metal and Hard Rock that…

1.High Tide - Sea Shanties
2.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
3.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
4.Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come
5.Josefus - Dead Man

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Created by pandrstudios on 31.05.2022



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 Manowar Best To Worst

1.Manowar - Kings Of Metal
2.Manowar - Hail To England
3.Manowar - Sign Of The Hammer
4.Manowar - Into Glory Ride
5.Manowar - The Triumph Of Steel

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Created by Alex Avagianos on 12.10.2021



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 Top 11 Favourite Metal Albums Of 1982

Plus my top three favourite tracks from each release. \m/

Non-Metal mentions:
The Cure - Pornography (Goth)
Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing (Punk)
Bad Brains - Bad Brains (Punk)…

1.Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance
2.Venom - Black Metal
3.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
4.Accept - Restless And Wild
5.Motörhead - Iron Fist

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Created by blackwreath13 on 06.07.2021