A little list series where I list my top 20 favorite metal albums every year starting from the year I was born in.

I was born in 1987, a pretty good year for metal

Top 5 non metal albums from 1987
1. Music for the Masses
By Depeche Mode (synthpop, Dark wave)

2. Within the Realm of a Dying Sun
By Dead Can Dance (Neoclassical)

1.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I

2.Running Wild - Under Jolly Roger

3.Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark

4.Whitesnake - Whitesnake

5.Testament - The Legacy

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1.All time & genre (including Non-Metal on MS)
2.Only studio albums & EPs
3.The genre is primary one.
4.Only ESPECIALLY favorite (a bit more stringently than ver1 and rating 10 is not enough)
5.The order: A to Z (initial of band's name), next release date
6.Black Wisdom, an album of Russian band Grey Heaven Fall, is deleted. When the situation gets better, I will repost.
Last modified on 3 March 2022

1.Akhlys - The Dreaming I

2.Altar Of Plagues - Mammal

3.Angra - Temple Of Shadows

4.Anthrax - Among The Living

5.Arkha Sva - Gloria Satanae

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My personal rankings of Testament's studio albums.

1.Testament - The New Order

2.Testament - The Legacy

3.Testament - The Gathering

4.Testament - Practice What You Preach

5.Testament - The Formation Of Damnation

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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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1.Slayer - Reign In Blood

2.Sodom - Agent Orange

3.Testament - The Legacy

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

5.Atomkraft - Queen Of Death (EP)

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1.Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction

2.King Diamond - Abigail

3.Testament - The Legacy

4.Anthrax - Among The Living

5.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I

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1.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

2.Death - Symbolic

3.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

4.Judas Priest - Painkiller

5.Dream Theater - Train Of Thought

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1.Opeth - Still Life

2.Paradise Lost - Gothic

3.Testament - The Gathering

4.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

5.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

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Listed in alphabetical order

1.Acid Witch - Witchtanic Hellucinations

2.Ahab - The Boats Of The Glen Carrig

3.Alcest - Les Voyages De L'âme

4.Amorphis - Silent Waters

5.Atheist - Piece Of Time

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My Top 30 Favorite Thrash/Speed Metal albums in alphabetical band order

1.Agent Steel - Skeptics Apocalypse

2.Agent Steel - Unstoppable Force

3.Annihilator - Alice In Hell

4.Artillery - Fear Of Tomorrow

5.Artillery - By Inheritance

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My favorite metal albums sorted alphabetically by band name and chronological by release date.

1.Æther Realm - Tarot

2.Acid Witch - Witchtanic Hellucinations

3.Allegaeon - Proponent For Sentience

4.Amon Amarth - Once Sent From The Golden Hall

5.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

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1.Metallica - Kill 'Em All

2.Slayer - Show No Mercy

3.Anthrax - Fistful Of Metal

4.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

5.Voivod - War And Pain

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This list is my top 100 played albums ordered by the number of "scrobbles" since 2013 according to last.fm, if you also have a last.fm account, don't hesitate to follow me.
My last.fm user: daniloescolin

1.Slayer - Reign In Blood

2.W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P.

3.W.A.S.P. - The Headless Children

4.Kreator - Enemy Of God

5.Iced Earth - The Dark Saga

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These are songs that I find aren't mentioned or played enough by these famous bands. Despite of this, they are some of my favorite songs!

1.Edge Of Sanity - Purgatory Afterglow

2.Black Sabbath - Dehumanizer

3.Death - Spiritual Healing

4.Megadeth - The World Needs A Hero

5.Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith

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1.Judas Priest - Stained Class

2.Motörhead - Overkill

3.Judas Priest - British Steel

4.Venom - Welcome To Hell

5.Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

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