One of the best year in history of heavy metal music.

1. Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2. Iron Maiden - Powerslave

3. Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith

4. W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P.

5. Gravestone - Victim Of Chains

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Albums I have downloaded and are in the process of obtaining

1. AC/DC - Back In Black

2. AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap

3. AC/DC - High Voltage

4. AC/DC - Highway To Hell

5. AC/DC - Let There Be Rock

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Compilation of many Hard Rock or Metal Ballads I've heard. Bands and Albums are ordered by name alphabetically.

1. Accept - Balls To The Wall

2. Accept - Blood Of The Nations

3. Accept - Eat The Heat

4. Adagio - Underworld

5. Aerosmith - Aerosmith

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These are the 100 essential hard rock/metal albums of the 80's, as were selected by the Greek Magazine "Metal Hammer". (August 2001)

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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1. Warning - Watching From A Distance

2. Aquilus - Griseus

3. King Diamond - Abigail

4. Metallica - Master Of Puppets

5. Candlemass - Nightfall

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All Judas Priest albums, ranked from best to worst (in my opinion).

1. Judas Priest - Painkiller

2. Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny

3. Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance

4. Judas Priest - Stained Class

5. Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith

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1. Judas Priest - Painkiller

2. Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

3. Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith

4. Judas Priest - Angel Of Retribution

5. Judas Priest - Ram It Down

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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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The ones I've heard

1. Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

2. Judas Priest - Stained Class

3. Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny

4. Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith

5. Judas Priest - Painkiller

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RANKING CRITERIA :

1. Originality

2. Songwriting

3. Performance

4. Historical value

1. Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2. Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

3. Metallica - Master Of Puppets

4. Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality

5. Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

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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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1. Megadeth - Rust In Peace

2. Metallica - Master Of Puppets

3. Metallica - Ride The Lightning

4. Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction

5. Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

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Metal Albums from 1984

1. Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2. Iron Maiden - Powerslave

3. Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales

4. Dio - The Last In Line

5. Trouble - Psalm 9

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Why 1984? Because that's the year I was born. I'm not saying that my birthyear makes anything else significant, but I figured I would take an interest in every album that's as old as I am. Yup, it's that lame. Here they are from best to worst in my opinion.

By the way, only the albums I've listened to go on this list, which explains why I don't have Judas Priest's Defender of the Faith or any other big album on here yet. (I'll get to them, I promise!) This is definitely a work in progress as I listen to more metal.

1. Metallica - Ride the Lightning

2. Metal Church - Metal Church

3. Autograph - Sign In Please

4. Iron Maiden - Powerslave

5. Trouble - Psalm 9

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1. Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith

2. Judas Priest - Painkiller

3. Judas Priest - Sin After Sin

4. Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

5. Judas Priest - Sad wings of destiny

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