1.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

2.Motörhead - Overkill

3.Týr - Ragnarok

4.Kamelot - The Black Halo

5.Ozzy Osbourne - Diary Of A Madman

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These bands have more or less created the genre and its sub-genres

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Everyone thinks of black metal as some satanic subculture of corpse-paint, crappy quality albums, murder, arson and shit originating from Norway in the 1990s. But the real founders of this darkest of metal's genres are rarely ever given their due respect!

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Yes, I put Motörhead's most famous album on the list, only because people need to listen to some of their newer (Motörizer) or older (Overkill, Bomber, On Parole) material.

1.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

2.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

3.Dio - Holy Diver

4.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

5.Slayer - Reign In Blood

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