Welcome to what I consider the "1980s Metal Bible" or in other words, a list of records of various genres in the arrays of Metal and Hard Rock that I deem essential or at least very recommended to listeners of hard and heavy music. In this second part we conquer the mighty decade that many deem as the classic decade of Metal. This and the other parts of this journey through the decades may be a very overwhelming list. I essentially try to collect all albums in the History of Metal that strike me as worthwhile. May this be a guideline for people that seek for an entrance to a particular genre or certain bands. In no means I am saying, that this list is indisputable by any means. I consider these my personal picks for albums that should be listened to by die-hard metal fans at least once. Hopefully you can discover some new music or relate with my picks. If I missed something that you would include in such a list, please tell me in the form of a comment. Enjoy! \,,/

1. Tygers Of Pan Tang - Wild Cat

2. Krokus - Metal Rendez-Vous

3. Cirith Ungol - Frost And Fire

4. Witchfynde - Give 'Em Hell

5. Angel Witch - Angel Witch

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The MS top 200 is supposed to represent the absolute peak of metal music, the timeless classics. I have been listening to metal for about 6 years now and would consider myself fairly knowledgeable about the genre. Yet, I have barely heard half of what the top 200 has to offer. I am now on a quest to listen to it all and give an honest opinion on what I thought of it.
This list will show every album of the top 200 and if I've listened to it whether it's an all-time favourite of mine (+++), I really like it (++), I like it (+), I don't think it's anthing special (*), I dislike it (-) or I really dislike it (--). The same symbols will be used to characterize what I think my opinion of the albums I haven't heard yet will be, based on my knowledge of the band and of the genre they play. (?) signifies that I have no idea of whether I'll enjoy it or not and (/) means that my opinion of the album is probably obsolete and I need to listen to it again.
The way the top 200 works makes it so that the albums at the bottom of the list are actually tied with other albums, but those other albums do not show up in the list. To make this list better, I decided that every album rated 8.74 (the lowest score included in the top 200) as of 23/04/2023 would be included in my list, making it a top 215.

1. Albums I am yet to hear:

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3. Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

4. W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol

5. Saturnus - Veronika Decides To Die

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my ranking of the Big 4s Full-Length albums
Near the bottom , the rankings get a bit more 'interchangeable' because I can't be bothered to specifically discern the difference between turd flavors

1. Slayer - Reign In Blood

2. Megadeth - Rust In Peace

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

4. Metallica - Ride The Lightning

5. Metallica - Master Of Puppets

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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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1. Agalloch - Pale Folklore

2. Agalloch - The Mantle

3. Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

4. Ahab - The Call of The Wretched Sea

5. Amon Amarth - Twilight of The Thunder God

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A collection of totally family-friendly jams fitting the spooky season. One song per band!

1. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

2. Slayer - South of Heaven

3. Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness

4. Metallica - Ride the Lightning

5. King Diamond - Abigail

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88

1. Metallica - ...And Justice For All

2. Manowar - Kings Of Metal

3. Bathory - Blood Fire Death

4. Death - Leprosy

5. Riot - Thundersteel

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Work in progress until a good foundation is made. No real order other than what pops in my head.

1. Metallica - Ride the Lightning

2. Metallica - Master of Puppets

3. Slayer - Hell Awaits

4. Slayer - Reign in Blood

5. Slayer - South of Heaven

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

Man this list was a rough one, but in a good way 1988 is one of the best years in metal history and a lot of great release came out that year, cutting it down to just 20 was tough and ranking them was even harder.

1. Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime

2. Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II

3. Bathory - Blood Fire Death

4. Candlemass - Ancient Dreams

5. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

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Welcome to what I consider the "Metal Bible" or in other words, a list of records of various genres in the arrays of Metal and Hard Rock that I deem essential or at least very recommended to listeners of hard and heavy music. This may be a very overwhelming list but I essentially try to collect all albums in the History of Metal that strike me as worthwhile. May this be a guideline for people that seek for an entrance to a particular genre or certain bands. In no means I am saying, that this list is indisputable by any means. I consider these my personal picks for albums that should be listened to by die-hard metal fans at least once. Hopefully you can discover some new music or relate with my picks. If I missed something that you would include in such a list, please tell me in the form of a comment. Enjoy! \,,/

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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1. Motörhead - Overkill

2. Deathhammer - Phantom Knights

3. Slayer - Show No Mercy

4. Toxic Holocaust - An Overdose Of Death...

5. Electric Wizard - Come My Fanatics...

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The eighties was the most productive decade in metal history, the biggest bands born during this decade Iron Maiden, Dio, Slayer, Death, Metallica… for named a few.
The eighties starts with the NWOBHM invasion and new releases from the classic heavy metal bands like Black Sabbath, Motörhead, Judas Priest with renewed sound and heaviness.
New genres of metal start’s in the 80’s Speed Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal, Thrash Metal , the rise and fall of the Glam Rock and the first sign in what dominated the nineties alternative and Grunge.
The most representative records in the end of the 80’s

1. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

2. Testament - Practice what you preach

3. King Diamond - Conspiracy

4. Death - Leprosy

5. Voivod - NothingFace

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1. Dream Theater - Images and Words

2. Mastodon - Crack the Skye

3. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

4. Kamelot - Karma

5. Sonata Arctica - Silence

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I like to create playlists for fun when I'm not busy. Usually, though, I abandon them soon after. I want this playlist to be a bit different - perhaps not infinitely useful, but I associate all these songs with the season of winter and the winter holidays, and I'll be listening to all these a lot at least for a while. I thought I'd share the songs I included in my digital playlist, maybe you'll find something you like. Many of these are purposely blasphemous - I live surrounded by fundamentalist Christians and they're gonna spend the holidays singing about the birth of Christ - I need me some counterbalance.

1. Dream Theater - Awake

2. Immolation - Close to a World Below

3. Vader - Impressions in Blood

4. Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane

5. Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse

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Last updated on 6 June 2023.

1. Dream Theater - Images and Words

2. Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

3. Wintersun - Wintersun

4. Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane

5. Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast

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