These are the 211 essential hard rock/metal albums of the 80's, as were selected by the Greek Magazine "Metal Hammer" (August 2001 issue).

The albums followed by a star are the "must…

1.Angel Witch - Angel Witch

2.AC/DC - Back In Black

3.Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell

4.Diamond Head - Lightning To The Nations

5.Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

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The best decade in history of heavy metal.

1.Judas Priest - Painkiller

2.Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time

3.Accept - Breaker

4.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

5.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I

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1.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

2.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

3.Pantera - Cowboys From Hell

4.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

5.Judas Priest - Painkiller

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

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

3.W.A.S.P. - The Last Command

4.W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P.

5.W.A.S.P. - Dominator

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1.Helloween - Walls Of Jericho

2.Anthrax - Spreading The Disease

3.Yngwie Malmsteen - Marching Out

4.Exodus - Bonded By Blood

5.Helloween - Helloween

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"I'll listen to this after I come back home"
I'm so sick of doing this.There are many,many albums that I KNOW will enjoy if I finally make time to listen too. This is more of a personal…

1.Leaves' Eyes - Njord

2.Exodus - Pleasures Of The Flesh

3.Darkthrone - Circle The Wagons

4.Kreator - Coma Of Souls

5.Kreator - Violent Revolution

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1.Helloween - Walls Of Jericho

2.Avenger (GER) - Prayers Of Steel

3.W.A.S.P. - The Last Command

4.Nasty Savage - Nasty Savage

5.Accept - Metal Heart

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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.
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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.Accept - Metal Heart

2.Helloween - Walls Of Jericho

3.White Lion - Fight To Survive

4.W.A.S.P. - The Last Command

5.Yngwie Malmsteen - Marching Out

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

2.W.A.S.P. - Still Not Black Enough

3.W.A.S.P. - Kill, Fuck, Die

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

5.W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P.

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1.Exodus - Bonded By Blood

2.Slayer - Hell Awaits

3.Virgin Steele - Noble Savage

4.Kreator - Endless Pain

5.Running Wild - Branded And Exiled

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1.W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P.

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

3.W.A.S.P. - The Last Command

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

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

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1.Destruction - Infernal Overkill

2.Dokken - Under Lock And Key

3.Exodus - Bonded By Blood

4.Overkill - Feel The Fire

5.Anthrax - Spreading The Disease

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1.AC/DC - Back In Black

2.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

3.Korn - Follow The Leader

4.Evanescance - Fallen

5.Morbid Angel - Covenant

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Amazing albums, highly recommended (strictly my opinion, changes can be made)…

1.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

3.Metallica - Kill 'Em All

4.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

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

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