Unfinished as I still have to catch up on more recent years. Also all of the places on the list are of course subject to change as I discover more music from each year.

My taste is very much centred around the power of the riff. That means most of the albums on this list are thrash, death, heavy, black, or some offshoot of those genres.

Also there is no albums listed for 1974, simply because from what I can tell there were no actual metal albums of note released that year. Some of Led Zeppelin's albums aren't exactly metal either but I think they had a large enough influence on the genre to merit inclusion.

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Zombie94 | 16.04.2018

	1.	After The Burial - Dig Deep 2016
	2.	Behemoth - The Satanist 2014
	3.	Carcass - Surgical Steel 2013
	4.	Cattle Decapitation - Monolith Of Inhumanity 2012
	5.	Fleshgod Apocalypse - Agony 2011
	6.	Immolation - Majesty And Decay 2010
	7.	Mastodon - Crack The Skye 2009
	8.	Meshuggah - ObZen 2008
	9.	Behemoth - The Apostasy 2007
	10.	Lamb Of God - Sacrament 2006
	11.	Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness 2005
	12.	Necrophagist - Epitaph 2004
	13.	Black Label Society - The Blessed Hellride 2003
	14.	Agalloch - The Mantle 2002
	15.	System Of A Down - Toxicity 2001
	16.	Deftones - White Pony 2000
	17.	Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter 1999
	18.	Death - The Sound Of Perseverance 1998
	19.	Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk 1997
	20.	Burzum - Filosofem 1996
	21.	At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul 1995
	22.	Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse 1994
	23.	Paradise Lost - Icon 1993
	24.	Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power 1992
	25.	Coroner - Mental Vortex 1991
	26.	Megadeth - Rust In Peace 1990
	27.	Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness 1989
	28.	Bathory - Blood Fire Death 1988
	29.	Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction 1987
	30.	Metallica - Master Of Puppets 1986
	31.	Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion 1985
	32.	Metallica - Ride The Lightning 1984
	33.	Dio - Holy Diver 1983
	34.	Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast 1982
	35.	Ozzy Osbourne - Diary Of A Madman 1981
	36.	Motörhead - Ace Of Spades 1980
	37.	Motörhead - Overkill 1979
	38.	Van Halen - Van Halen 1978
	39.	Judas Priest - Sin After Sin 1977
	40.	Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny 1976 Heavy
	41.	Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti 1975
	42.	Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 1973
	43.	Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Vol. 4 1972
	44.	Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV 1971
	45.	Black Sabbath - Paranoid 1970
	46.	Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II 1969