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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This is the most unquestionably difficult ranking I could undertake. The # of albums I consider borderline flawless from each of these bands is ridiculous. Over a dozen albums from these 3 bands have legitimate arguments to be considered the greatest traditional heavy metal album of all time.

I have a few rankings that are likely hot takes here
** Yes, I like Dance of Death more than most folks. Title track and Paschendale are both top 10 Maiden songs, and Montsegur is only a small step behind that. Those 3 songs are better than anything on Brave New World to me, but the rest of BNW is better and higher quality.
** Yes I kinda like Turbo. It's silly but it's fun and the guitar work and Rob's vocals are absolutely stellar. That kinda sucks about Ram It Down, it's got some of Priests' best lead guitar work and I don't think Rob ever sounded better, but dear lord, some of those songs...
As for the top 6 albums here, honestly put them in whatever order you want. They're that close to me and mood depending it could change

1.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

2.Judas Priest - Painkiller

3.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

4.Black Sabbath - Sabotage

5.Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

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Before we start a few things
I Rule: Break the Law Rules!
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!
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: Stop reading the rules and start rocking
Large Version of Rob's middle finger for real freaks https://pp.userapi.com/c841327/v841327097/58ce9/8U_5tFeaa-s.jpg

1.Judas Priest - Redeemer Of Souls

2.Prologue - Redeemer Of Souls was the only nightmare from prist after that are coming only good ones

3.Judas Priest - Nostradamus

4.Judas Priest - Ram It Down

5.Judas Priest - Rocka Rolla

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1.Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny

2.Judas Priest - Nostradamus

3.Judas Priest - Jugulator

4.Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

5.Judas Priest - Ram It Down

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Unfinished as I still have to catch up on more recent years. Also all of the places on the list are of course subject to change as I discover more music from each year.

My taste is very much centred around the power of the riff. That means most of the albums on this list are thrash, death, heavy, black, or some offshoot of those genres.

1.After The Burial - Dig Deep

2.Behemoth - The Satanist

3.Carcass - Surgical Steel

4.Cattle Decapitation - Monolith Of Inhumanity

5.Fleshgod Apocalypse - Agony

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1.Riot - Rock City

2.Judas Priest - Sin After Sin

3.AC/DC - Let There Be Rock

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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 - 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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1.AC/DC - Highway To Hell

2.AC/DC - Let There Be Rock

3.Triumph - Just A Game

4.AC/DC - High Voltage

5.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

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My picks for the best metal albums released in 1977. Not a lot of releases for this year, so a short list.

1.Colosseum II - Wardance

2.Judas Priest - Sin After Sin

3.UFO - Lights Out

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1.Judas Priest - Painkiller

2.Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith

3.Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

4.Judas Priest - Firepower

5.Judas Priest - British Steel

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1.Judas Priest - Painkiller

2.Judas Priest - Ram It Down

3.Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

4.Judas Priest - Sin After Sin

5.Judas Priest - Firepower

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In no real particular order. These albums are all great.

1.Judas Priest - Sin After Sin

2.Motörhead - Motörhead

3.Scorpions - Taken By Force

4.UFO - Lights Out

5.AC/DC - Let There Be Rock

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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.Judas Priest - Painkiller

2.Judas Priest - Sin After Sin

3.Judas Priest - Killing Machine (Hell Bent For Leather)

4.Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith

5.Judas Priest - British Steel

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