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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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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1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

3.Metallica - Kill 'Em All

4.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

5.Metallica - Metallica

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1.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

3.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

4.Metallica - Metallica

5.Metallica - Kill 'Em All

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1.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

2.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

3.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

4.Judas Priest - Painkiller

5.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

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I present my Top Ten favorite metal albums. These are albums I still listen too regularly. Some for as long as 35 years. All of them at one point or another dominated my life and I hope come to dominate some of yours:)

1.Van Halen - Van Halen

2.Opeth - Blackwater Park

3.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

4.KISS - Alive

5.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

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1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2.Manowar - Hail To England

3.Metal Church - Metal Church

4.Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath

5.W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P.

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This list contains the top twenty albums in the metal/progressive genres that are most precious to me. The personal feelings and influences as well as musical doorways that these records represent to me are big factors in the choices on the list. Enjoy!

1.Nightwish - Oceanborn

2.Cradle Of Filth - Cruelty And The Beast

3.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

4.Danzig - Danzig II - Lucifuge

5.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

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My top 5 albums. Many awesome bands like Nile, Slayer, Lamb of God etc. have been left out, but they will be in my top 10-20, when that time comes.

1.Gojira - From Mars To Sirius

2.Mastodon - Crack The Skye

3.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

4.Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

5.Kvelertak - Kvelertak

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1.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

2.Judas Priest - Painkiller

3.Dream Theater - Images And Words

4.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

5.Pain Of Salvation - The Perfect Element, Part I

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1.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

2.Death - Symbolic

3.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

4.Judas Priest - Painkiller

5.Dream Theater - Train Of Thought

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1.Metallica - Metallica

2.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

3.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

4.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

5.Metallica - Garage Inc.

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1.Slayer - Reign In Blood

2.Obituary - Cause Of Death

3.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

4.Bolt Thrower - In Battle There Is No Law

5.Venom - Black Metal

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My Top 30 Favorite Thrash/Speed Metal albums in alphabetical band order

1.Agent Steel - Skeptics Apocalypse

2.Agent Steel - Unstoppable Force

3.Annihilator - Alice In Hell

4.Artillery - Fear Of Tomorrow

5.Artillery - By Inheritance

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1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

3.Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith

4.Warlord - And The Cannons Of Destruction Have Begun...

5.Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath

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