1.Megadeth - In My Darkest Hour

2.Children Of Bodom - Angels Don't Kill

3.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

4.Slayer - Angel Of Death

5.Iron Maiden - 2 Minutes To Midnight

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The albums that got me into metal in chronological order (in which i first listened to them). These are the first album(s) of different styles that i listened to and made me like those styles. Not my first…

1.Judas Priest - Painkiller

2.Helloween - Treasure Chest

3.Iron Maiden - Dance Of Death

4.Metallica - Kill 'Em All

5.Paradise Lost - Icon

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Mind map:

Blue = win
Undead = win
Hell = win
Blue = win
Nature ft. Water = win
Color eyegasm = win
Grim reaper = win
Boys being boys = win
Badly done CGI = win
Blue = win
Blue = win
Orthodox…

1.Emperor - Reverence

2.Wintersun - Wintersun

3.The Ruins Of Beverast - Rain Upon The Impure

4.Dissection - Live Legacy

5.Ozzy Osbourne - Diary Of A Madman

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1.Judas Priest - Painkiller

2.Judas Priest - Stained Class

3.Judas Priest - Firepower

4.Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith

5.Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny

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1.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

2.Disforia - The Age Of Ether

3.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

4.Ayreon - The Theory Of Everything

5.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud

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Welcome to what I consider the "1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" or in other words, a list of records of various genres in the arrays of Metal and Hard Rock that I deem essential or at least…

1.High Tide - Sea Shanties

2.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

3.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin

4.Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come

5.Josefus - Dead Man

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Albums with the most epic cover art!…

1.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

2.Rainbow - Rising

3.Death - Scream Bloody Gore

4.Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?

5.Necrophobic - Mark Of The Necrogram

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1.Judas Priest - Painkiller

2.Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith

3.Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

4.Judas Priest - Stained Class

5.Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny

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My personal favorites. These albums are as perfect as an album can get, they always bring up the adrenaline and have in many ways changed the way I perceive music, expanding the horizons of metal in various…

1.Angra - Temple Of Shadows

2.Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II

3.Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy

4.Adagio - Underworld

5.Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith

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Compilation of many Hard Rock or Metal Ballads I've heard. Bands and Albums are ordered by name alphabetically.

1.Accept - Balls To The Wall

2.Accept - Blood Of The Nations

3.Accept - Eat The Heat

4.Adagio - Underworld

5.Aerosmith - Aerosmith

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The ones I've heard…

1.Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

2.Judas Priest - Stained Class

3.Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny

4.Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith

5.Judas Priest - Painkiller

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Influences, avantgarde, progressive, thrash & others.

1.Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare

2.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

3.Toxik - Think This

4.Coroner - No More Color

5.Danny Elfman - Batman

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1.Death - Human

2.Opeth - Still Life

3.At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul

4.Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream

5.Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk

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1.Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit

2.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea

3.Ahab - The Divinity Of Oceans

4.Animals As Leaders - Animals As Leaders

5.Animals As Leaders - Weightless

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1.At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul

2.Slayer - Reign In Blood

3.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

4.Children Of Bodom - Something Wild

5.Judas Priest - Painkiller

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