The choice of albums was made according to aesthetic criteria, taking into account only musical merits of the recordings.
Neither popularity among fans nor commercial success (or unsuccess) of the albums…

1.Anacrusis - Screams And Whispers

2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

3.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

4.Pantera - Cowboys From Hell

5.Death - Symbolic

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List of Metallica's "best to worst" releases in past 30 years on stage.

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2.Metallica - Metallica

3.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

4.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

5.Metallica - Kill 'Em All

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I know this list has been done to death everywhere, but I might as well throw my own thoughts out on this as well. I'll provide my reasons for my opinion as well, as some of the positions may be controversial.

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

3.Metallica - Kill 'Em All

4.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

5.Metallica - Metallica

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1.Morbid Angel - Blessed Are The Sick

2.Death - Human

3.Metallica - Metallica

4.Sepultura - Arise

5.Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream

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Everybody on the internet has an opinion of Metallica. Here's mine.

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2.Metallica - Death Magnetic

3.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

4.Metallica - Metallica

5.Metallica - Kill 'Em All

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Some of these albums are known just when you see their album cover. They are usually iconic albums (whether positively or negatively) and one can easily identify them even if they were zoomed out tons…

1.Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness

2.Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter

3.Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse

4.Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas

5.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

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1.Slipknot - Iowa

2.Rush - Snakes & Arrows

3.Sepultura - Chaos A.D.

4.Metallica - Metallica

5.Slipknot - Vol 3: The Subliminal Verses

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1.Metallica - Metallica

2.Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears

3.Rush - Roll The Bones

4.Skid Row - Slave To The Grind

5.Overkill - Horrorscope

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These albums are my favorite since I started listen to Metal.

1.Kamelot - The Black Halo

2.Epica - Consign To Oblivion

3.Within Temptation - The Heart Of Everything

4.After Forever - After Forever

5.Blackfield - Blackfield

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1.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

3.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

4.Metallica - Metallica

5.Metallica - Kill 'Em All

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in my opinion!…

1.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

2.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

3.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

4.Metallica - Kill 'Em All

5.Metallica - Death Magnetic

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This list is the best album of every year that is represented in my current collection. Some years were really hard to choose as there were many deserving albums, others I had one or very few to choose…

1.Septicflesh - The Great Mass

2.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini

3.Ghost Brigade - Isolation Songs

4.Septicflesh - Communion

5.Symphony X - Paradise Lost

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Please note that the following is all personal opinion. Other views are welcome.

1.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

2.Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses

3.Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power

4.Sepultura - Chaos A.D.

5.Death - Symbolic

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1.Novembre - Wish I Could Dream It Again

2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

3.Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness

4.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

5.Autumnal - Grey Universe

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1.All That Remains - Overcome

2.All That Remains - The Fall Of Ideals

3.As I Lay Dying - An Ocean Between Us

4.As I Lay Dying - The Powerless Rise

5.Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare

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