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…

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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1.Queensrÿche - Rage For Order

2.Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime

3.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I

4.Crimson Glory - Transcendence

5.Running Wild - Port Royal

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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,…

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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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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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1.AC/DC - Back In Black

2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

3.Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality

4.Dio - Holy Diver

5.Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith

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1.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

2.Dio - Holy Diver

3.Flotsam And Jetsam - Doomsday For The Deceiver

4.Flotsam And Jetsam - No Place For Disgrace

5.Ghost - Opus Eponymous

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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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1.Metallica - Kill 'Em All

2.Slayer - Show No Mercy

3.Mercyful Fate - Melissa

4.Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies

5.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

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1.Judas Priest - Painkiller

2.Saxon - Unleash The Beast

3.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

4.Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell

5.Bruce Dickinson - Balls To Picasso

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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 Hüman

3.Arch Enemy - War Eternal

4.Marty Friedman - Inferno

5.Conquering Dystopia - Conquering Dystopia

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This is the 40 best metal albums for me.

1.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

2.Dream Theater - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence

3.Dream Theater - Images And Words

4.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

5.Riot - Narita

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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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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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Amazing albums, highly recommended (strictly my opinion, changes can be made)…

1.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

3.Metallica - Kill 'Em All

4.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

5.W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol

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Just a quick list of my twenty favorite albums that I own.

1.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

2.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

3.Mastodon - Crack The Skye

4.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

5.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

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