1.Saxon - Carpe Diem

2.Saxon - Lionheart

3.Saxon - The Inner Sanctum

4.Saxon - Wheels Of Steel

5.Saxon - Strong Arm Of The Law

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I feel like my overall favorites list is getting too long. I'm splitting it up by rating.

1.Thy Catafalque - Meta

2.Sepulcros - Vazio

3.Kassad - Faces Turn Away

4.Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings

5.Xanthochroid - Of Erthe And Axen: Act I

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1.Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell

2.Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard Of Ozz

3.Judas Priest - British Steel

4.AC/DC - Back In Black

5.Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

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1.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

2.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

3.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

4.Mötley Crüe - Shout At The Devil

5.Michael Schenker Group - M.S.G.

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One of the greatest band of the NWOBHM… Rock N Roll,Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Power Metal… Saxon Rocki’n since the end of the 70’s until now more power and heavy than ever

1.Saxon - Wheels Of Steel

2.Saxon - Power And The Glory

3.Saxon - Lionheart

4.Saxon - Strong Arm Of The Law

5.Saxon - Denim And Leather

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Plus my top three favourite tracks from each release. \m/

Non-Metal mentions:
Bauhaus - In The Flat Field (Goth)

1.Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell

2.Motörhead - Ace Of Spades

3.Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

4.Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard Of Ozz

5.Diamond Head - Lightning To The Nations

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Top albums listened to in 2021. Like the good ol' days, I'm listening to as much metal as I can this year. Listing the full albums I ingest because my memory is shit and I won't remember what was worth a second spin. I am including albums I've listened to before if i listen to them again this year. This is a gauge more than anything else.

1.Motörhead - Ace Of Spades

2.Kamelot - The Black Halo

3.Judas Priest - Painkiller

4.Sonata Arctica - Ecliptica

5.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

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One of the real classic heavy metal bands, that has stood strong in 40 years. Their discography is a bit uneven at times but most of the stuff is solid and worth listening to. Real fun project to listen to them all, perfect soundtrack when you are pumping iron.

Take it easy take it slow, don't go fast don't let go
The eagle has landed

1.Saxon - Lionheart

2.Saxon - Killing Ground

3.Saxon - Strong Arm Of The Law

4.Saxon - Solid Ball Of Rock

5.Saxon - The Inner Sanctum

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Chronological list of the most notable tunes released as singles during the decade 1980-1989.
Must Collect Singles.

1.Judas Priest - Breaking The Law

2.AC/DC - Hells Bells

3.Iron Maiden - Running Free

4.Whitesnake - Fool For Your Loving

5.Saxon - Wheels Of Steel

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A (most probably incomplete) list of albums on which I really enjoy only a single song (in alphabetical order, excluding one-track albums).
They turn out to be albums that I rate a 6 or 7 overall -- with few exceptions.
The songs mentioned though are all-time favourites, which I would rate at 9 or 10.
I only listed albums on which I found exactly one such song.

1.Agalloch - Pale Folklore

2.Amorphis - Far From The Sun

3.Annihilator - Set The World On Fire

4.Asphyx - The Rack

5.Bathory - Blood Fire Death

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Fifty years of metal, 50 best albums of the year. Note that in order to diversify the list I limited it to one album per band, otherwise there would have been too much Judas Priest and Iron Maiden.

1.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

2.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV

3.Deep Purple - Machine Head

4.Budgie - Never Turn Your Back On A Friend

5.Queen - Queen II

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The best albums of 1980

1.AC/DC - Back In Black

2.Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell

3.Judas Priest - British Steel

4.Motörhead - Ace Of Spades

5.Rush - Permanent Waves

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This is a list of my favourite album for each year. Made in October 2016. Compilations, cover albums, live albums, and things like that are ignored.

Top bands in this list:
Grave Digger: 6 albums
Helloween: 5 albums
Lake of Tears: 3 albums
Bunker 66: 2 albums
Darkthrone: 2 albums
Running Wild: 2 albums

1.Saxon - Wheels Of Steel

2.Venom - Welcome To Hell

3.Venom - Black Metal

4.Mercyful Fate - Melissa

5.Grave Digger - Heavy Metal Breakdown

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Simple ranking of all my favorite albums. Favorite song from the album in the notes. Sure to change/expand as I learn and explore more within metal.
2023: This was starting to get too long so I split it into separate lists for albums at each ranking 10 to 7. This list will no longer be updated.
10: https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=6891
9: https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=7213
8: https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=7512
7: https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=8058

1.Madder Mortem - Eight Ways

2.Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

3.Ayreon - 01011001

4.Ulcerate - The Destroyers Of All

5.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

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The must-have albums of old school heavy metal. Includes genres like Traditional, NWOBHM, U.S.P.M., Speed, Epic, Doom, and prog.

1.Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality

2.Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

3.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

4.Crimson Glory - Transcendence

5.Angel Witch - Angel Witch

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