The best albums of 1980…

1.AC/DC - Back In Black

2.Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell

3.Judas Priest - British Steel

4.Motörhead - Ace Of Spades

5.Rush - Permanent Waves

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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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1.Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness

2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

3.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

4.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

5.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

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This is my complete favorite list of Sabbath albums. Yes, it might be a little bit controversial due to the fact that I appreciate a little bit more the Tony Martin works (hence, Headless Cross is my no.1…

1.Black Sabbath - Headless Cross

2.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

3.Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

4.Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell

5.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

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1.AC/DC - Highway To Hell

2.Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell

3.Dio - Holy Diver

4.Dio - Magica

5.Dio - The Last In Line

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In no particular order, these are the albums that are essential for those dedicated to Metal!…

1.Judas Priest - Painkiller

2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

3.Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell

4.Ensiferum - Iron

5.Manowar - Kings Of Metal

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1.Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding

2.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

3.Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

4.AC/DC - Back In Black

5.Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell

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My own top 230 essential metal albums sorted in alphabetical order by band name.

1.1349 - Beyond The Apocalypse

2.1349 - The Infernal Pathway

3.Acid Witch - Witchtanic Hellucinations

4.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea

5.Amon Amarth - Once Sent From The Golden Hall

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1.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

2.Black Sabbath - Sabotage

3.Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality

4.Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

5.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

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1.Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell

2.Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard Of Ozz

3.Judas Priest - British Steel

4.AC/DC - Back In Black

5.Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

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1.Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell

2.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

3.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

4.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Vol. 4

5.Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality

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Black Sabbath albums from best to worst. VERY difficult list to make and I've been changing places on the albums pretty much every time i've opened the list. But this will do for now…

1.Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

2.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

3.Black Sabbath - The Eternal Idol

4.Black Sabbath - Headless Cross

5.Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell

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Still in development…

1.Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery

2.Sonata Arctica - Silence

3.Wintersun - Time I

4.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

5.Angra - Temple Of Shadows

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1.Iron Maiden - Live After Death

2.Rainbow - Rising

3.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

4.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

5.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

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1.Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion

2.Death - Scream Bloody Gore

3.Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark

4.Slayer - Reign In Blood

5.Bathory - Blood Fire Death

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