1. Judas Priest - Painkiller

2. Black Sabbath - Paranoid

3. Iron Maiden - Powerslave

4. Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith

5. Motörhead - Inferno

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1. Savatage - Gutter Ballet

2. Alice Cooper - Trash

3. Black Sabbath - Headless Cross

4. Skid Row - Skid Row

5. Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry

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Updated 24.1.2022

My rather personal and improvised take on the subject matter. The list is pretty wage, I'll be updating it a lot and the order might vary a little depending on some things, but they're all great and awesome records no matter what.

Limited to metal and rock albums found on Metal Storm. Most of them (at least 90%) are anyway, so doesn't matter. The absent ones are mostly more pop and synth oriented stuff and some really obscure jazz and fusion albums.

1. Marillion - Marbles

2. Anathema - Weather Systems

3. Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time

4. Moonsorrow - Voimasta ja kunniasta

5. Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

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1. Savatage - Gutter Ballet

2. Annihilator - Alice In Hell

3. Kreator - Extreme Aggression

4. Heavens Gate - In Control

5. Whitesnake - Slip Of The Tongue

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*** /\ 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 appear on. I will limit myself to the very top of each sungenre (i.e. death, black, doom, etc.) for variety's sake. Also -- AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT -- I consider several criteria, not just raw talent. Some of the criteria are vocal range, versatility, command of voice, fit/compatibility with band, feeling/emotion/energy and originality. Feel free to bitch and moan below. \m/

1. King Diamond - Abigail

2. Judas Priest - Painkiller

3. Savatage - Gutter Ballet

4. Iron Maiden - Powerslave

5. Queensrÿche - Empire

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Will be updated constantly as I remember albums/have time to add them! if more than one album per year- runner up. If none, then i picked none for that year.

1. The Agonist - The Eye of Providence

2. Queensrÿche - Condition Human

3. Arch Enemy - War Eternal

4. Marty Friedman - Inferno

5. Conquering Dystopia - Conquering Dystopia

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Metal albums (and yes, I consider metalcore to be metal) that rocked my world, with maximum 2 albums per band sorted by bands in alphabetic order. Live, EP and compilation albums allowed, also including hard rock and stoner rock albums.

It will be updated as I discover new bands so check it sometime

1. Alabama Thunderpussy - Open Fire

2. Alice In Chains - Dirt

3. All That Remains - The Fall Of Ideals

4. Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God

5. Annihilator - Alice In Hell

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

The albums followed by a star are the "must have", whereas the rest albums are the "could have".

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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This is a list with some of the greatest voices in the history of rock/metal music (in alphabetical order - by singer).

I know that there are many more great singers out there (I haven't heard them all!), and I also know that there are some really good singers left out of this list.

The criteria by which the following singers were selected are:

1. My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans

2. Primordial - To The Nameless Dead

3. Watchtower - Control And Resistance

4. Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies

5. Evanescence - Fallen

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This is unfinished

1. Alestorm - Captain Morgan's Revenge

2. Alestorm - Black Sails At Midnight

3. Alestorm - Back Through Time

4. Almôra - Gates Of Time

5. Ancient Rites - Dim Carcosa

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From last.fm (27.07.12)

1. Dream Theater - Train Of Thought

2. Machine Head - Unto The Locust

3. Machine Head - The Blackening

4. Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

5. Machine Head - Through The Ashes Of Empires

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1. Novembre - Wish I Could Dream It Again

2. Metallica - Ride The Lightning

3. Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness

4. Metallica - ...And Justice For All

5. Autumnal - Grey Universe

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1. Shadow Of Intent - Elegy

2. Orbit Culture - Nija

3. Imminence - Turn the Light On

4. Bleed From Within - Fracture

5. Vildhjarta - Måsstaden Under Vatten

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Moves up and down depending on mood, but top 25-30 usually the same in varying order

1. Sylosis - Conclusion Of An Age

2. Machine Head - The Blackening

3. Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory

4. Sylosis - Edge Of The Earth

5. In Flames - The Jester Race

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