*** MAX 3 ALBUMS PER ARTIST!!! (Except Death) Also... While extra weight will be given to classic death metal albums, this list will also include exceptional examples of melodic death, death-grind, technical/progressive death, death-thrash, and blackened death. LPs ONLY. *** /\ UNDER CONSTRUCTION /\

1.Cryptopsy - None So Vile

2.Death - Symbolic

3.Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten

4.Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious

5.Death - Human

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I realize the importance of these albums to the genres, and the influence they have had. however I do not find these albums really that great and pleasurable due to the competition and elimination through these decades of musical evolution. I respect these bands for releasing something so creative, conceptual and also brought us to the new dimension in the past.

1.Atheist - Unquestionable Presence

2.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

3.Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God

4.Accept - Restless And Wild

5.Accept - Balls To The Wall

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From Favorite to least favorite

1.Death - Leprosy

2.Death - Symbolic

3.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

4.Death - Spiritual Healing

5.Death - Scream Bloody Gore

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1.Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum

2.Theatre Of Tragedy - Theatre Of Tragedy

3.My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans

4.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

5.Anathema - The Silent Enigma

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1.Bolt Thrower - Warmaster

2.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

3.Deicide - Once Upon The Cross

4.Death - Leprosy

5.Cannibal Corpse - Tomb Of The Mutilated

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1.Slayer - South Of Heaven

2.Marty Friedman - Dragon's Kiss

3.Death - Leprosy

4.Candlemass - Ancient Dreams

5.Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime

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1.At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul

2.Death - Leprosy

3.Death - Spiritual Healing

4.Fear Factory - Demanufacture

5.Ghost B.C. - Opus Eponymous

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This list is list of my favorite albums in last 30+ year,limited to one album per year.
*Years marked with ? means that i have not decided what album to put there.
**Also there were so much good albums from '84 and '94 that i like but that is theme for another list.

1.Darkthrone - The Underground Resistance

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3.Crysalys - The Awakening Of Gaia

4.Darkthrone - Circle The Wagons

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These are the 211 essential hard rock/metal albums of the 80's, as were selected by the Greek Magazine "Metal Hammer" (August 2001 issue).

The albums followed by a star are the "must have", whereas the rest albums are the "could have".

1.Angel Witch - Angel Witch

2.AC/DC - Back In Black

3.Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell

4.Diamond Head - Lightning To The Nations

5.Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

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A list of quality sophomore releases.

1.Agalloch - The Mantle

2.Alice In Chains - Dirt

3.Anthrax - Spreading The Disease

4.Asphyx - Last One On Earth

5.Atheist - Unquestionable Presence

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It's the baddest, the most agressive and the most pure Heavy Metal subgenre... Thrash Metal!

1.Slayer - Reign In Blood

2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

3.Metallica - Kill 'Em All

4.Death - Leprosy

5.Anthrax - Among The Living

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1.Adramelech - PsychoStasia

2.Armageddon - Crossing The Rubicon

3.Asphyx - Last One On Earth

4.At The Gates - Terminal Spirit Disease

5.Atheist - Piece Of Time

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My personal top of Death albums.

1.Death - Individual Thought Patterns

2.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

3.Death - Symbolic

4.Death - Human

5.Death - Spiritual Healing

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RANKING CRITERIA :

- Originality
- Songwriting
- Performance

Neither the popularity among the fans nor the commercial success (or unsuccess) of the albums were taken into account in the selection.

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

3.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

4.Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality

5.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

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They were the best of times, they were the worst of times. Then thrash kicked glam out of the way, and once again, it was the best of times. Haha. Def Leppard's debut came close. Box of Frogs may yet make an appearance (or two). (Probably not two... something in the air there's just rather Average.)

1.Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

2.Diamond Head - Lightning To The Nations

3.Jeff Beck - There and Back

4.Iron Maiden - Killers

5.Neil Young - Trans

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