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…

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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One of the best year in history of heavy metal music.

1.Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime

2.Scanner - Hypertrace

3.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

4.Angel Dust - To Dust You Will Decay

5.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II

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1.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

2.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

3.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

4.Mötley Crüe - Shout At The Devil

5.Michael Schenker Group - M.S.G.

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**Trigger warning**

Albums and EPs rated 8.6+ from 100+ votes which I've given an 8 or lower to.

I've listened to and rated every album on MS that meets this criteria (at time of most recent…

1.Anathema - Judgement

2.Paradise Lost - Draconian Times

3.Anathema - Alternative 4

4.Motörhead - Ace Of Spades

5.Motörhead - Overkill

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Don't need any long introduction to this one. An excellent band that has released some of the best metal tracks through the history and been influencing tons of bands. Here's my take on their…

1.Riot - ThunderSteel

2.Riot - The Privilege Of Power

3.Riot - Fire Down Under

4.Riot V - Unleash The Fire

5.Riot - Immortal Soul

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My personal favorites. These albums are as perfect as an album can get, they always bring up the adrenaline and have in many ways changed the way I perceive music, expanding the horizons of metal in various…

1.Angra - Temple Of Shadows

2.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II

3.Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy

4.Adagio - Underworld

5.Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith

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Compilation of many Hard Rock or Metal Ballads I've heard. Bands and Albums are ordered by name alphabetically.

1.Accept - Balls To The Wall

2.Accept - Blood Of The Nations

3.Accept - Eat The Heat

4.Adagio - Underworld

5.Aerosmith - Aerosmith

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1.Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden

2.Kamelot - The Black Halo

3.Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy

4.Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth

5.Gamma Ray - Land Of The Free

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While 1987 woke me up to metal and I hoovered up the likes of Iron Maiden, Metallica and Helloween’s keepers, 1988 was my metal heyday and a year that produced albums that would still dominiate my top…

1.Manowar - Kings Of Metal

2.Scanner - Hypertrace

3.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II

4.Candlemass - Ancient Dreams

5.Riot - ThunderSteel

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1.Judas Priest - Painkiller

2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

3.Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden

4.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

5.Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding

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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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1.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

2.Manowar - Kings Of Metal

3.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II

4.Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime

5.Crimson Glory - Transcendence

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1.Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime

2.Crimson Glory - Transcendence

3.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

4.Riot V - Thundersteel

5.Slayer - South Of Heaven

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1.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

2.Gamma Ray - Land Of The Free

3.Helloween - Walls Of Jericho

4.Heavens Gate - Livin' In Hysteria

5.Riot - ThunderSteel

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1.Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare

2.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

3.Slayer - South Of Heaven

4.Razor - Violent Restitution

5.Morbid Saint - Spectrum Of Death

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