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Most Over-played/Over-rated Metal Albums

Yes, I put Motörhead's most famous album on the list, only because people need to listen to some of their newer (Motörizer) or older (Overkill, Bomber, On Parole) material.

1.Metallica - Master Of Puppets
2.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
3.Dio - Holy Diver
4.Iron Maiden - Powerslave
5.Slayer - Reign In Blood

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Created by spiritofvengence on 24.05.2010



Top 10 Of 1980

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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Created by Alex Avagianos on 25.05.2022



METAL:21

Top albums listened to in 2021. Like the good ol' days, I'm listening to as much metal as I can this year. Listing the full albums I ingest because my memory is shit and I won't remember what was worth a second spin. I am including albums I've listened to before if i listen to them again this year. This is a gauge more than anything else.

1.Motörhead - Ace Of Spades
2.Kamelot - The Black Halo
3.Judas Priest - Painkiller
4.Sonata Arctica - Ecliptica
5.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

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Created by MrSausage on 01.01.2021



Top Ten Riffs Of Each Decade

While the order in each decade is purely personal preference, there are several rules for a song qualifying for the list. First off, the band has to be notable. I'm not going to define what that means, but I'm sure you'd agree all the bands in the list are notable. There are plenty of riffs from obscure bands I'd rather put, but I know my love for Tarby doesn't make him the greatest riff maker of the 21st century. Second, each artist can only appear once in a decade, this is to prevent the best riff makers from hogging the list and adding some variety, showing how metal has changed over time. Decades are measured by when the song was recorded, not released, and when it's unclear the beginning of recording is used. This is mainly because a lot of definitive early metal songs were released in 1970, but recorded in 1969. Third, the song itself has to be notable. Here are things that can qualify as being notable: the song was release as a single, has music video made for it, was released as a single, was the title track for an album (note that Crawl through Knives meets this criteria because it was the original title for Come Clarity, and there is no way in hell Come Clarity is getting best riff of the decade ), is included on a greatest hits compilation album, was nominated for a Grammy or musical award of similar caliber, was included as a track in a notable film or video game, was covered by a notable band, or has a Wikipedia page for some miscellaneous reason. Finally, the song needs to be metal. Misirlou gets the pass despite predating metal as it was probably the single most influential song on the development of metal, and while many of the other songs in the other songs are better classified as hard rock, I can find a source listing them as heavy metal.

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2.King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
3.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
4.Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
5.Deep Purple - In Rock

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Created by Ganondox on 04.08.2017



Metal Records Up!

1.Death - Symbolic
2.Slayer - Reign In Blood
3.Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power
4.Carcass - Heartwork
5.Overkill - The Years Of Decay

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Created by Hugo Munoz on 23.02.2016



Favorite Albums Of All Time

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
2.Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
3.Megadeth - Rust In Peace
4.Iron Maiden - Powerslave
5.Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?

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Created by FatesOpeth on 16.12.2015



Like Bass like This

A few important ones missing, I know... 8 Foot Sativa, Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Kataklysm...

1.Artillery - The Mind Factory
2.Dismember - Indecent And Obscene
3.Judas Priest - British Steel
4.Mortal Sin - I Am Immortal
5.Motörhead - Ace Of Spades

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Created by Syk on 18.02.2014



Top 20 Metal Albums Of The 80's

1.Metallica - Master Of Puppets
2.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
3.Slayer - Reign In Blood
4.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
5.Motörhead - Ace Of Spades

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Created by Daylan on 25.01.2014



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



Top 15 Heavy Metal Albums Of 1980

1.Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell
2.Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard Of Ozz
3.Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
4.Angel Witch - Angel Witch
5.Judas Priest - British Steel

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Created by Mrtvozornik on 09.10.2013



Albums That Changed My Life

List of my all-time favourite heavy metal albums to day. Hate it or love it.
Note: I'll put here something new with time, I hope.

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
2.Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power
3.Megadeth - Rust In Peace
4.Slayer - Reign In Blood
5.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

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Created by BaltekPL on 02.12.2011



Top 20 Metal Bands (And Albums) Of All Time

1.Megadeth - Rust In Peace
2.Iron Maiden - Killers
3.Metallica - Ride The Lightning
4.Judas Priest - Painkiller
5.Rush - 2112

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Created by thrashmetalbrand on 22.12.2010