A little list series where I list my top 20 favorite metal albums every year starting from the year I was born in.

I was born in 1987, a pretty good year for metal

Top 5 non metal albums from 1987
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1.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I

2.Running Wild - Under Jolly Roger

3.Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark

4.Whitesnake - Whitesnake

5.Testament - The Legacy

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1.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

2.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

3.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

4.Mötley Crüe - Shout At The Devil

5.Michael Schenker Group - M.S.G.

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1.Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction

2.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I

3.Whitesnake - Whitesnake

4.Savatage - Hall Of The Mountain King

5.Gary Moore - Wild Frontier

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just rating albums as I listen to them, work in progress…

1.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

2.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II

3.Wintersun - Wintersun

4.Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy

5.Angra - Temple Of Shadows

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1.Savatage - Hall Of The Mountain King

2.King Diamond - Abigail

3.Dio - Dream Evil

4.Testament - The Legacy

5.Death - Scream Bloody Gore

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The eighties was the most productive decade in metal history, the biggest bands born during this decade Iron Maiden, Dio, Slayer, Death, Metallica… for named a few.
The eighties starts with the NWOBHM…

1.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

2.Testament - Practice What You Preach

3.King Diamond - Conspiracy

4.Death - Leprosy

5.Voivod - Nothingface

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1.Dream Theater - Images And Words

2.Mastodon - Crack The Skye

3.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

4.Kamelot - Karma

5.Sonata Arctica - Silence

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1.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II

2.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I

3.Helloween - Walls Of Jericho

4.Helloween - The Time Of The Oath

5.Helloween - The Dark Ride

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All my favourite songs ranked in order best down.

1.Rush - 2112

2.Deep Purple - In Rock

3.Jethro Tull - Aqualung

4.Rainbow - Rising

5.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

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These are my favorite opening songs of all time. When I listened to them, I was instantly hooked! Whether it starts with a slow instrumental build-up or an aggressive assault of riffs, these openers set…

1.Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

2.Judas Priest - Painkiller

3.Summoning - Minas Morgul

4.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

5.Testament - The Legacy

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I love instrumentals (songs without vocals)!
One doesn't need words to convey a message and evoke emotions. Instrumentals also show how metal is very closely related to classical music!
These are…

1.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane

2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

3.Summoning - Minas Morgul

4.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

5.Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

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Inc. Symphonic Metal.

1.Blind Guardian - At The Edge Of Time

2.Sabaton - The Art Of War

3.Unleash The Archers - Apex

4.Kamelot - The Black Halo

5.Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth

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**Trigger warning**

Albums and EPs rated 8.6+ from 100+ votes which I've given an 8 or lower to.

I've listened to and rated every album on MS that meets this criteria (at time of most recent…

1.Anathema - Judgement

2.Paradise Lost - Draconian Times

3.Anathema - Alternative 4

4.Motörhead - Ace Of Spades

5.Motörhead - Overkill

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These albums are fantastic musically but with minimal to no extreme harsh vocals. Perfect for someone who wants to start their metal journey.

1.Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

2.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

3.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

4.Dream Theater - Images And Words

5.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I

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I'm bored very easily, and that's why I decided to do some stats about metal storm's top 20 of each year and the top 200. I don't know why I did that, but if you love stats like I do…

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5.Deep Purple - The Book Of Taliesyn

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