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 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums Of All Time

Note: these are only for the traditional style of metal borne out of the period of late 60s - late 80s. Modern bands are permitted but they need to be playing in that style.

Recommendations are welcome.

1.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
2.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
3.Black Sabbath - Paranoid
4.Deep Purple - In Rock
5.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III

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Created by Zombie94 on 09.11.2017



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 Best Metal Vocalists

*** /\ UNDER CONSTRUCTION /\ *** READ ME *** List of the best metal vocalists across all subgenres. The album that best exhibits their vocals will represent them -- not necessarily the best album they…

1.King Diamond - Abigail
2.Judas Priest - Painkiller
3.Savatage - Gutter Ballet
4.Iron Maiden - Powerslave
5.Queensrÿche - Empire

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Created by saw_you_drown on 20.04.2015



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 TOP 10 ALBUMS 1983

1.Metallica - Kill 'Em All
2.Manowar - Into Glory Ride
3.Mercyful Fate - Melissa
4.Saxon - Power And The Glory
5.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

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Created by rivendel on 17.12.2013



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 Éomer's Album Top 10 Of 1983

1983, the year I was born, was also the year some great Metalalbums were released. Here are my 10 favorites...

1.Slayer - Show No Mercy
2.Dio - Holy Diver
3.Metallica - Kill 'Em All
4.Accept - Balls To The Wall
5.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

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Created by Éomer Éadig on 20.11.2011



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 Top 10 Must Have Albums

Or a history of the 80s. …

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
2.At The Gates - With Fear I Kiss The Burning Darkness
3.Accept - Metal Heart
4.Metallica - Kill 'Em All
5.Accept - Restless And Wild

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Created by Folkis on 05.03.2010



Top 60 Albums Of The 1980s

Here are the 80s albums that have stood out and made the largest impact on me. To be as transparent as possible, I've labelled albums as 'nostalgia bias' where my memories of the band give…

1.Metallica - Master Of Puppets
2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
3.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
4.Metallica - ...And Justice For All
5.Slayer - Reign In Blood

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Created by nonZero on 10.02.2025



Top 20 Albums Of 1983 Year

1.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind
2.Metallica - Kill 'Em All
3.Ozzy Osbourne - Bark At The Moon
4.Dio - Holy Diver
5.Manowar - Into Glory Ride

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Created by geraki63 on 24.05.2023



Accept Albums - Best To Worst

1.Accept - Breaker
2.Accept - Blind Rage
3.Accept - Balls To The Wall
4.Accept - Blood Of The Nations
5.Accept - Restless And Wild

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Created by Mrtvozornik on 03.10.2022



M0rkeleb's Overall Favorites - 9s

I feel like my overall favorites list is getting too long. I'm splitting it up by rating.

1.So Hideous - None But A Pure Heart Can Sing
2.Metallica - Re-Load
3.Faetooth - Remnants Of The Vessel
4.Inferi - The End Of An Era
5.Midnight Odyssey - Biolume Part 1 - In Tartarean Chains

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Created by M0rkeleb on 24.04.2022



Accept Best To Worst

1.Accept - Balls To The Wall
2.Accept - Restless And Wild
3.Accept - Breaker
4.Accept - Metal Heart
5.Accept - Blood Of The Nations

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Created by Alex Avagianos on 19.10.2021



Accept Albums - From Best To Worse

My favourite albums from legendary Accept.

1.Accept - Balls To The Wall
2.Accept - Objection Overruled
3.Accept - Metal Heart
4.Accept - Blood Of The Nations
5.Accept - Restless And Wild

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Created by lemme on 20.06.2017



Dark Warrior's Top 50 Metal Albums

1.AC/DC - Back In Black
2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
3.Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
4.Dio - Holy Diver
5.Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith

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Created by Dark Warrior on 22.01.2017



DL's

Albums I have downloaded and are in the process of obtaining…

1.AC/DC - Back In Black
2.AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
3.AC/DC - High Voltage
4.AC/DC - Highway To Hell
5.AC/DC - Let There Be Rock

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Created by Darkpeing on 19.10.2013