1.Amon Amarth - Deceiver Of The Gods

2.Amon Amarth - Versus The World

3.Battlelore - Evernight

4.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

5.Bloodbath - Nightmares Made Flesh

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1.Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness

2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

3.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

4.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

5.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

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Here is my personnal top 50 Thrash Metal album of all time, order by my preference. (even if it's really hard to order after the top 20 )
Feel free to suggest me some I've forgot to mention,…

1.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

3.Slayer - Reign In Blood

4.Vektor - Black Future

5.Machine Head - Burn My Eyes

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In no particular order, these are the albums that are essential for those dedicated to Metal!…

1.Judas Priest - Painkiller

2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

3.Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell

4.Ensiferum - Iron

5.Manowar - Kings Of Metal

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All Judas Priest albums, ranked from best to worst (in my opinion).

1.Judas Priest - Painkiller

2.Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny

3.Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

4.Judas Priest - Stained Class

5.Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith

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1.Iron Maiden - Fear Of The Dark

2.Metallica - Metallica

3.Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory

4.Judas Priest - Painkiller

5.Annihilator - Set The World On Fire

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1.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

2.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

3.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

4.Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction

5.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

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My top 50 albums of all time.

1.Dream Theater - Images And Words

2.Judas Priest - Painkiller

3.Iron Maiden - A Matter Of Life And Death

4.Iron Maiden - Brave New World

5.Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime

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1.Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith

2.Judas Priest - Painkiller

3.Judas Priest - Sin After Sin

4.Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

5.Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny

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1.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

2.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

3.Agalloch - The Mantle

4.Judas Priest - Painkiller

5.Therion - Lemuria

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I've been a metal fan since 2000, I'm 20 years old, thats fair enough!! I'm more into progressive metal but still, love many albums from thrash and heavy, lets roll...

1.Dream Theater - Images And Words

2.Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory

3.Dream Theater - Awake

4.Dream Theater - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence

5.Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite

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1.Judas Priest - Painkiller

2.Rammstein - Herzeleid

3.Death - Symbolic

4.Melvins - Stag

5.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

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1.Entombed - Left Hand Path

2.Fields Of The Nephilim - Elizium

3.Death - Spiritual Healing

4.Judas Priest - Painkiller

5.Blind Guardian - Tales From The Twilight World

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My own top 230 essential metal albums sorted in alphabetical order by band name.

1.1349 - Beyond The Apocalypse

2.1349 - The Infernal Pathway

3.Acid Witch - Witchtanic Hellucinations

4.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea

5.Amon Amarth - Once Sent From The Golden Hall

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These CDs are on the highest shelf…

1.Anthrax - Fistful Of Metal

2.Anthrax - Among The Living

3.Anthrax - Sound Of White Noise

4.Biohazard - State Of The World Address

5.Biohazard - Nativity In Black - A Tribute To Black Sabbath

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