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, but I'll get to them, I promise! This is definitely a work in progress as I continue to 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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I guess I'm just liking the idea of making lists on the internet. Metal gives me a nice thing to focus on. Now, for my favorite metal band!!

I'm sure you'll notice that I have not included Polaris or Elysium on the list and that is intentional. I don't hate the albums, I just find them hard to compare to the rest of Stratovarius' work, like apples to oranges. Timo Tolkki might not have been the greatest of guys, but I think he was pretty essential to the Stratovarius sound (at least for me). The new Stratovarius just sounds like a different band to me. Maybe in the future I'll include the newer stuff, but not now.

1.Stratovarius - Episode

2.Stratovarius - Infinite

3.Stratovarius - Stratovarius

4.Stratovarius - Visions

5.Stratovarius - Destiny

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Everybody on the internet has an opinion of Metallica. Here's mine.

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2.Metallica - Death Magnetic

3.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

4.Metallica - Metallica

5.Metallica - Kill 'Em All

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