This is my pick for the best metal releases of 1979. Not a lot to list from this year.

1.Cirith Ungol - Cirith Ungol

2.Motörhead - Bomber

3.Motörhead - Overkill

4.Scorpions - Lovedrive

5.Triumph - Just A Game

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Most significant records at the end of the first era of metal music.
The last year of the decade shows how some bands face the eighties with the menace of punk and disco music some bands take advantage…

1.Rush - Hemispheres

2.AC/DC - Highway To Hell

3.KISS - Dynasty

4.Van Halen - Van Halen

5.Van Halen - Van Halen II

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Rock n Roll, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Speed Metal.
Motörhead, the best in your face Metal band.

1.Motörhead - Overkill

2.Motörhead - Iron Fist

3.Motörhead - Ace Of Spades

4.Motörhead - Another Perfect Day

5.Motörhead - Orgasmatron

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"CALENDAR MADE OF METAL"
December = Heavy Metal
Listening to as many albums as possible in said genre during said month and listing them here as I go. Suggestions welcome.

1.Anvil - Metal On Metal

2.Mercyful Fate - Melissa

3.Raven - Rock Until You Drop

4.Tygers Of Pan Tang - Spellbound

5.Angel Witch - Angel Witch

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1.Motörhead - Ace Of Spades

2.Motörhead - Bomber

3.Motörhead - Sacrifice

4.Motörhead - Orgasmatron

5.Motörhead - We Are Motörhead

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In chronological order of release.

1.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

2.Deep Purple - In Rock

3.Uriah Heep - Very 'eavy... Very 'umble

4.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

5.Budgie - Budgie

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In no real particular order. These albums are all great.

1.Motörhead - Overkill

2.Motörhead - Bomber

3.AC/DC - Highway To Hell

4.Scorpions - Lovedrive

5.Van Halen - Van Halen II

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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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The best to worst studio albums by Motörhead (in my opinion).

R.I.P. Lemmy (1945-2015)…

1.Motörhead - Overkill

2.Motörhead - Ace Of Spades

3.Motörhead - Bastards

4.Motörhead - Inferno

5.Motörhead - Bomber

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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…

1.King Diamond - Abigail

2.Judas Priest - Painkiller

3.Savatage - Gutter Ballet

4.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

5.Queensrÿche - Empire

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1.Thin Lizzy - Black Rose

2.Motörhead - Overkill

3.Scorpions - Lovedrive

4.Van Halen - Van Halen II

5.Saxon - Saxon

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1.AC/DC - Highway To Hell

2.Scorpions - Lovedrive

3.Motörhead - Overkill

4.Blackfoot - Strikes

5.Motörhead - Bomber

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1.Motörhead - Ace Of Spades

2.Motörhead - Overkill

3.Motörhead - Orgasmatron

4.Motörhead - Bastards

5.Motörhead - Kiss Of Death

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Well damn, sure as hell a long list for a best to worst.

1.Motörhead - Ace Of Spades

2.Motörhead - Iron Fist

3.Motörhead - Bastards

4.Motörhead - 1916

5.Motörhead - Overkill

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*** READ ME *** This list is about the greatest metal albums of all-time, from all sub-genres and all countries. You won't see bands like Deep Purple, Rush, BOC, Zeppelin, etc., nor will you see bands…

1.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

3.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

4.Death - Symbolic

5.Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath

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