An entirely subjective list of my all-time favourite metal albums, well lets better say albums/genres featured on MS, since not all here is precisely metal.
Objective quality is not a criteria here, just…

1.Anathema - The Silent Enigma

2.Opeth - Morningrise

3.Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum

4.My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans

5.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

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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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2.Accept - Breaker

3.Iron Maiden - Killers

4.Raven - Rock Until You Drop

5.Tygers Of Pan Tang - Spellbound

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1.Accept - Breaker

2.Black Sabbath - Mob Rules

3.Demon - Night Of The Demon

4.Riot - Fire Down Under

5.Tygers Of Pan Tang - Spellbound

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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 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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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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All Black Sabbath albums (including Heaven and Hell's "The Devil You Know"), ranked from best to worst (in my opinion).

1.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

2.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

3.Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell

4.Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality

5.Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

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Metal albums of 1981…

1.Black Sabbath - Mob Rules

2.Mötley Crüe - Too Fast For Love

3.Iron Maiden - Killers

4.Def Leppard - High 'N' Dry

5.Praying Mantis - Time Tells No Lies

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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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1.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

2.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

3.Paradise Lost - Draconian Times

4.Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction

5.Paradise Lost - One Second

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No Real Order, just Great Albums!…

1.Dio - Holy Diver

2.Metallica - Kill 'Em All

3.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

4.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

5.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

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