1. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

2. Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

3. Judas Priest - Stained Class

4. Black Sabbath - Paranoid

5. Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus

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Hi my fellow stormers, I decided I'd create a list of albums that I enjoy alot, that I think metalheads should never miss. Each album down there influenced me one way or another and in my opinion, they're all masterpieces. Of course you might not agree with me, its okay, feel free to post comment but keep in mind that I won't take suggestions. You wanna give me suggestions fine but not for this list lol.

1. Iron Maiden - Powerslave

2. Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I

3. Baroness - Blue Record

4. Quo Vadis - Day Into Night

5. Municipal Waste - The Art Of Partying

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I excluded some of my favourite albums that I don't accept as metal. While top 10 represents albums I listened to over the years, the rest of the list better represent where I stand today.

1. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

2. Dio - Holy Diver

3. Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II

4. Iron Maiden - Brave New World

5. In Flames - Clayman

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Kinda saw another relative lists on here that state this, one bad and one inspirational, so thought I might do my own.

Alphabetic order. And don't ask why a lot of Testament stuff is there, if their albums hadn't had so much impact, Testa wouldn't be my favorite band.

1. AC/DC - Back In Black

2. Accept - Stalingrad

3. Agalloch - The Mantle

4. Amon Amarth - Versus The World

5. Anthrax - Spreading The Disease

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Just a list of debut albums. From Heavy Metal to Black Metal.

1. Hammerfall - Glory To The Brave

2. Dio - Holy Diver

3. Angra - Angels Cry

4. Slayer - Show no Mercy

5. Galneryus - The Flag of Punishment

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No order of position. This does exclude any pre-existing demos or EP's made before although with some having noteworthy exceptions.

And no, this shouldn't be renamed as A Hoard Of Debut Albums.
That's the great thing about metal.

1. Angel Witch - Angel Witch

2. Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus

3. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

4. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

5. Metallica - Kill 'Em All

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RANKING CRITERIA :

1. Originality

2. Songwriting

3. Historical value

4. Performance

1. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

2. Black Sabbath - Paranoid

3. Deep Purple - In Rock

4. Metallica - Ride The Lightning

5. Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

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1. Iron Maiden - Powerslave

2. Judas Priest - Painkiller

3. Summoning - Minas Morgul

4. Windir - 1184

5. Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kunniasta

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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. Aside from #15 and 16, albums here with an even number of tracks mentioned score highly 9/10. All others get top marks from me.

Diamond Head's debut came close. Powerslave may yet make an appearance (or two). Rory G / Box of Frogs almost made the list, but I listened to the CDs again only to find they're actually rather Average...

1. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

2. Jeff Beck - There and Back

3. Iron Maiden - Killers

4. Metallica - Kill 'Em All

5. Dio - Holy Diver

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Random great albums of the decade listed yearly.

1. Motörhead - Ace Of Spades

2. Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell

3. Rainbow - Difficult To Cure

4. Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance

5. Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

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This is basically my list of favorite songs by artists I own albums for. I decided to restrict myself to songs on albums I own (hence no "Balls To The Wall") and only artists which are on Metal Storm (hence no Queen). If you have any recommendations for bands/songs to listen to after reading this list, feel free to mention them below (but check I don't own the album first if recommending songs).

1. AC/DC - Back In Black

2. Accept - Blood Of The Nations

3. Aerosmith - Aerosmith's Greatest Hits

4. Alice Cooper - Welcome 2 My Nightmare

5. Anthrax - Worship Music

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1. Dio - The Last In Line

2. Dio - Holy Diver

3. Dio - Sacred Heart

4. Dio - Lock Up The Wolves

5. Dio - Dream Evil

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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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Metal Albums from 1983

1. Metallica - Kill 'Em All

2. Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

3. Dio - Holy Diver

4. Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies

5. Slayer - Show No Mercy

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1. Theatre Of Tragedy - Velvet Darkness They Fear

2. Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

3. Queensrÿche - Rage For Order

4. Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime

5. Kiss - Destroyer

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