My top ranked (in order from best down) favorite hard rock/heavy metal albums. I've also one included my top three favorite tracks from each album.

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1.Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime

2.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

3.Rush - Hemispheres

4.Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards

5.Judas Priest - Painkiller

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1.Judas Priest - Painkiller

2.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

3.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

4.Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith

5.Motörhead - Inferno

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These are MY Top 250 Albums that are featured on Metal Storm in chronological order to celebrate 50 Years of Metal.

Some bands are featured on this list with more than one album, which means that they…

1.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

2.Deep Purple - In Rock

3.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV

4.Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards

5.Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies

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Best to Worst…

1.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

2.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

3.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

4.Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time

5.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

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One of, if not THE, greatest band there ever been. Iron Maiden rocked the world right from the start and released more classic album than pretty much any other band. My introduction to Iron Maiden was…

1.Iron Maiden - A Matter Of Life And Death

2.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

3.Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time

4.Iron Maiden - The X Factor

5.Iron Maiden - Brave New World

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It is ranking of my favourite and most-listen Maiden albums.

1.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

2.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

3.Iron Maiden - Brave New World

4.Iron Maiden - The X Factor

5.Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time

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1.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

2.Iron Maiden - Brave New World

3.Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time

4.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

5.Iron Maiden - The X Factor

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Before we start a few things
I Rule: Up The Irons!
II Rule: A Perfect cover will get a special mark " 🤘 " and then comes my pure subjective view that will always be different from…

1.Iron Maiden - Dance Of Death

2.Prologue - Dance Of Death was the only nightmare from maiden after that are coming only good ones or actually wait a minute

3.Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier

4.Iron Maiden - Virtual XI

5.Iron Maiden - No Prayer For The Dying

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1.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

2.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

3.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

4.Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time

5.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

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Creating an Iron Maiden list in 2019 is rather redundant, since it's already been done to death here. But having seen a lot of lists (none of them I agree with) and having listened to some Iron Maiden…

1.Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time

2.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

3.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

4.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

5.Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

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1.Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time

2.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

3.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

4.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

5.Iron Maiden - A Matter Of Life And Death

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1.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

2.Iron Maiden - Brave New World

3.Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time

4.Iron Maiden - The Book Of Souls

5.Iron Maiden - A Matter Of Life And Death

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The list shows 50 albums that have had a huge impact on me over my teens. Albums released before 2000 only.
In alphabetical order.

1.Aerosmith - Get A Grip

2.Alice In Chains - Alice In Chains

3.Amorphis - Elegy

4.Anathema - Alternative 4

5.Apes, Pigs & Spacemen - Transfusion

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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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1.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

2.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

3.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

4.Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time

5.Iron Maiden - Brave New World

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