1.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

2.Iron Maiden - Brave New World

3.Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time

4.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

5.Iron Maiden - The X Factor

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Before we start a few things
I Rule: Up The Irons!
II Rule: A Perfect cover will get a special mark " 🤘 " and then comes my pure subjective view that will always be different from yours. album with \m/ vs album without \m/ but a little bit higher = still both amazing ! i can not choose T_T don't push me! i can feel it it'll be too pity T_T
III Rule: Black Sabbath Effect(Positive side) - When you look from afar on the cover of the album and it seems incredibly classy,gorgeous and cool, but when you try to see what's happening there, only one thing comes to mind "WHAT THE F...?"
IV Rule: Rules for fools stop reading them! and let's rock
Large Version of Bruce's middle finger for real freaks https://i.pinimg.com/originals/bf/d9/5a/bfd95ab8cd25909c0f3c18db6f71ab86.jpg

1.Iron Maiden - Dance Of Death

2.Prologue - Dance Of Death was the only nightmare from maiden after that are coming only good ones or actually wait a minute

3.Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier

4.Iron Maiden - Virtual XI

5.Iron Maiden - No Prayer For The Dying

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1.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

2.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

3.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

4.Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time

5.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

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Creating an Iron Maiden list in 2019 is rather redundant, since it's already been done to death here. But having seen a lot of lists (none of them I agree with) and having listened to some Iron Maiden lately, I thought I'd make my own list.

1.Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time

2.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

3.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

4.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

5.Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

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1.Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time

2.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

3.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

4.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

5.Iron Maiden - A Matter Of Life And Death

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I've been listening to Metal since 2005 and it has become my biggest passion in life.

Rarely a day goes by where I don't listen to it in one form or another. The bands I listened to in my teens inspired me to pick up the guitar (and later drums) and start making music of my own.

So here are the albums that have stood out and made the largest impact on me. To be as transparent as possible, I've labelled albums as 'nostalgia bias' where my memories of the album give it an advantage over others.

(Score is an average of each album's song ratings, full list located here. There are a ton of albums that I've rated 9/10 in the 'TBR' tab that may never make it to this list, be sure to check those out.)

If you discovered any new albums or like the same sort of metal, be sure to give this list a thumbs-up and leave a comment so more people can find these amazing bands!

My other lists:
Top 25 EPs (ordered & rated)
Top 200 Overlooked Albums (with genres)
Top 200 Overrated Albums (trigger warning)
So I Heard You Like Wintersun... (Time II find new bands)

Genre-Specific:
Top 50 Black Metal Albums
Top 50 Melodic Death Metal Albums
Top 45 Thrash Metal Albums
Top 40 Power Metal Albums
Top 30 Doom Metal Albums
Top 30 Heavy Metal Albums

1.Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral

2.Opeth - Blackwater Park

3.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

4.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson

5.Opeth - Still Life

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1.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

2.Iron Maiden - Brave New World

3.Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time

4.Iron Maiden - The Book Of Souls

5.Iron Maiden - A Matter Of Life And Death

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1.Judas Priest - Stained Class

2.Motörhead - Overkill

3.Judas Priest - British Steel

4.Venom - Welcome To Hell

5.Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

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Note: these are only for the traditional style of metal borne out of the period of late 60s - late 80s. Modern bands are permitted but they need to be playing in that style.

Recommendations are welcome. I'll listen and if I like it, I'll add it.

1.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin

2.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

3.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

4.Deep Purple - In Rock

5.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III

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best album of each year from 1967 onwards

1.Wayfarer - American Gothic

2.Grima - Frostbitten

3.Beast In Black - Dark Connection

4.Havukruunu - Uinuos Syömein Sota

5.Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind

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1.Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory

2.Slipknot - Iowa

3.Summoning - Stronghold

4.Septicflesh - Communion

5.Summoning - Old Mornings Dawn

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Metal albums that blow me away every time I hear them. Loosely ordered... list gets less organized as it goes on. My favorite song from each album is included.

1.Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory

2.Faith No More - Angel Dust

3.Dream Theater - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence

4.Tool - Ænima

5.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

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1.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

2.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

3.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

4.Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time

5.Iron Maiden - Brave New World

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1.Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

2.Iron Maiden - Killers

3.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

4.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

5.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

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1.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

2.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

3.Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time

4.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

5.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

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