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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These albums are currently on my iPod. This is also my first list on MS. Last couple of albums aren't metal, but worth a mention. What do you think?…

1.Ne Obliviscaris - Portal Of I

2.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

3.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

4.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

5.Opeth - Blackwater Park

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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.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

3.Metallica - Metallica

4.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

5.Paradise Lost - Draconian Times

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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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A cross selection of Thrash, Old School, Progressive, Power and Hair Metal.

1.Five Finger Death Punch - The Way Of The Fist

2.Overkill - The Years Of Decay

3.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

4.AC/DC - Back In Black

5.Crimson Glory - Transcendence

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Long hair, tight jeans, tons of chicks. Thrash metal at it's finest.

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

3.Slayer - Reign In Blood

4.Pantera - Cowboys From Hell

5.Artillery - By Inheritance

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Just for my favorite
2016.09.15 update…

1.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

2.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

3.Testament - The Legacy

4.Anthrax - Among The Living

5.Annihilator - Alice In Hell

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Based on the original BBC radio program from 1942 that asked "if you were to be cast away alone on a desert island, which eight gramophone records would you choose to have with you, assuming of course,…

1.Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny

2.Faith No More - The Real Thing

3.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

4.Alice In Chains - Dirt

5.In Flames - The Jester Race

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Megadeth's best to worst, in my opinion (obviously, but I feel it needs to be said anyway)…

1.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

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

3.Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction

4.Megadeth - Endgame

5.Megadeth - The System Has Failed

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1.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

2.Pantera - Cowboys From Hell

3.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

4.Annihilator - Never, Neverland

5.Kreator - Coma Of Souls

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A majority of these albums I have listened to more recently than 2 years
And about 2 of these albums I have not listened to in their entirety but many of their songs blew me away.

1.Atheist - Elements

2.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

3.Carcass - Heartwork

4.Death - Human

5.Death - Symbolic

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From last.fm (27.07.12)…

1.Dream Theater - Train Of Thought

2.Machine Head - Unto The Locust

3.Machine Head - The Blackening

4.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

5.Machine Head - Through The Ashes Of Empires

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1.All time & genre (including Non-Metal on MS)
2.Only studio albums & EPs
3.I DON'T modify this list. So, this list is THE FINAL edition and based on my selection on 1 April 2017. (Modified…

1.Opeth - Blackwater Park

2.Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk

3.Krallice - Diotima

4.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane

5.Deathspell Omega - Kénôse

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1.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

2.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

3.Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors

4.Asphyx - The Rack

5.Beherit - Drawing Down The Moon

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