Just a list of my favourite albums. Not in a particular order. I will be adding more probably.

1.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

2.In Flames - Colony

3.Slayer - Divine Intervention

4.Kreator - Phantom Antichrist

5.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

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Main criterias:
How much I love it(obviously)
Songwritting
Importance and originality
Consistency and diversity (consistency is more importance, but diversity can make a difference)
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1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

3.Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness

4.Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus

5.Slayer - Haunting The Chapel

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These are my favorite metal albums…

1.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

2.Wintersun - Time I

3.Ne Obliviscaris - Citadel

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*** /\ UNDER CONSTRUCTION /\ *** READ ME *** List of the best metal vocalists across all subgenres. The album that best exhibits their vocals will represent them -- not necessarily the best album they…

1.King Diamond - Abigail

2.Judas Priest - Painkiller

3.Savatage - Gutter Ballet

4.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

5.Queensrÿche - Empire

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Full Lengths Only…

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2.Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?

3.Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare

4.Slayer - Reign In Blood

5.Exodus - Bonded By Blood

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1.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

2.Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

3.Rush - 2112

4.AC/DC - Back In Black

5.Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

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...And since that day, he was never the same.

"He who speaks without an attentive ear is mute."…

1.Across The Sun - Before The Night Takes Us

2.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

3.Agent Fresco - Destrier

4.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud

5.Angel Vivaldi - Universal Language

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1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

3.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

4.Slayer - Reign In Blood

5.Exodus - Bonded By Blood

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1.Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness

2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

3.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

4.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

5.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

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Here is my personnal top 50 Thrash Metal album of all time, order by my preference. (even if it's really hard to order after the top 20 )
Feel free to suggest me some I've forgot to mention,…

1.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

3.Slayer - Reign In Blood

4.Vektor - Black Future

5.Machine Head - Burn My Eyes

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In no particular order, these are the albums that are essential for those dedicated to Metal!…

1.Judas Priest - Painkiller

2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

3.Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell

4.Ensiferum - Iron

5.Manowar - Kings Of Metal

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One album per band.

1.Slayer - Reign In Blood

2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

3.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

4.Overkill - Horrorscope

5.Testament - The New Order

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1.Avenged Sevenfold - City Of Evil

2.DevilDriver - The Fury Of Our Maker's Hand

3.Five Finger Death Punch - War Is The Answer

4.Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes

5.Killswitch Engage - The End Of Heartache

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1.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

2.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

3.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

4.Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction

5.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

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1.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

2.Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?

3.Megadeth - So Far, So Good... So What?

4.Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!

5.Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction

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