1.Slayer - Hell Awaits

2.Slayer - Reign In Blood

3.Slayer - Show No Mercy

4.Slayer - South Of Heaven

5.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

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An entirely subjective list of my all-time favourite metal albums, well lets better say albums/genres featured on MS, since not all here is precisely metal.
Objective quality is not a criteria here, just how much I like the album. Ordered by preference, top down.

1.Anathema - The Silent Enigma

2.Opeth - Morningrise

3.Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum

4.My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans

5.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

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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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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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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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This list is a guide to the first wave of Black Metal.
Releases here are considered to be a part of the first wave
or they stylistically are similar to the first wave bands.
Some releases are of thrash/death bands but please note that
at the time first wave wasn't really homogeneous style and that
those bands are included cause they were influence to the bands
that will later form Second wave.
Have in mind that First wave ceased to exist somewhere around 1987-1989.
Releases are ordered by release year.
Have fun!

1.Venom - Welcome To Hell

2.Venom - Black Metal

3.Mercyful Fate - Mercyful Fate

4.Slayer - Show No Mercy

5.Mercyful Fate - Melissa

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1.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

3.Metallica - Metallica

4.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

5.Paradise Lost - Draconian Times

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Long hair, tight jeans, tons of chicks. Thrash metal at it's finest.

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

3.Slayer - Reign In Blood

4.Pantera - Cowboys From Hell

5.Artillery - By Inheritance

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The heaviest band ever!

I will now show my favorite Slayer albums.

1.Slayer - Reign In Blood

2.Slayer - Hell Awaits

3.Slayer - Christ Illusion

4.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

5.Slayer - God Hates Us All

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A lot of bands have great debut albums. Obviously this list is just a fraction of all the great debut albums out there, but it's a start. I'll keep expanding this list continuously, so all suggestions are welcome (granted they are featured on MS). All the albums here are ranked according to genre and then alphabetically. If a certain album belongs to the (in your opinion) wrong genre, then definitely let me know.

1.

2.Aarni - Bathos

3.Arcturus - Aspera Hiems Symfonia

4.Diablo Swing Orchestra - The Butcher's Ballroom

5.Sadness - Ames De Marbre

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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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1.Slayer - Reign In Blood

2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

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

4.Exodus - Bonded By Blood

5.Overkill - The Years Of Decay

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Again my "best to worst" list. This time - Slayer.

1.Slayer - Reign In Blood

2.Slayer - South Of Heaven

3.Slayer - Hell Awaits

4.Slayer - Show No Mercy

5.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

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Following are the albums which are in my opinion Pure Thrash Metal and defines the art of Thrash /Speed Metal.

1.Exodus - Bonded By Blood

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3.Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!

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5.Metal Church - Metal Church

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1.Slayer - Reign In Blood

2.Sodom - Agent Orange

3.Testament - The Legacy

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

5.Atomkraft - Queen Of Death (EP)

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