My personal rankings of Metallica's studio albums.

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2.Metallica - Kill 'Em All

3.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

4.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

5.Metallica - Metallica

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Main criterias:
How much I love it(obviously)
Songwritting
Importance and originality
Consistency and diversity (consistency is more importance, but diversity can make a difference)

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

3.Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness

4.Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus

5.Slayer - Haunting The Chapel

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Full Lengths Only

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

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

3.Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare

4.Slayer - Reign In Blood

5.Exodus - Bonded By Blood

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1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

3.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

4.Slayer - Reign In Blood

5.Exodus - Bonded By Blood

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1.Metallica - Kill 'Em All

2.Manowar - Into Glory Ride

3.Mercyful Fate - Melissa

4.Saxon - Power And The Glory

5.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

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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, there's so much excellent band and I should have not listen to all of them ! ^^
In my opinion, the best style to see live !!

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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1.Avenged Sevenfold - City Of Evil

2.DevilDriver - The Fury Of Our Maker's Hand

3.Five Finger Death Punch - War Is The Answer

4.Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes

5.Killswitch Engage - The End Of Heartache

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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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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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1983, the year I was born, was also the year some great Metalalbums were released. Here are my 10 favorites...

1.Slayer - Show No Mercy

2.Dio - Holy Diver

3.Metallica - Kill 'Em All

4.Accept - Balls To The Wall

5.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

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1.Annihilator - Alice In Hell

2.Annihilator - Never, Neverland

3.Anthrax - Among The Living

4.Artillery - By Inheritance

5.Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion

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1.AC/DC - Back In Black

2.Metallica - Kill 'Em All

3.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

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1.Mercyful Fate - Melissa

2.Dio - Holy Diver

3.Mötley Crüe - Shout At The Devil

4.Savatage - Sirens

5.Metallica - Kill 'Em All

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1.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

3.Slayer - Reign In Blood

4.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

5.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

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This is what i think... it's not about popularity, it's about sounds: riffs, lyrics, solos and stuffs like that.

1.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

2.Metallica - Kill 'Em All

3.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

4.Metallica - Death Magnetic

5.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

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