Heavy Metal Albums

[spacel0rd]

List your favorite Metal Albums.

Rule #1- No one is allowed to argue with you on what’s Metal and what’s not Metal. If you feel its Metal, include it…no questions asked.

My Favorite Heavy Metal Albums of All Time:

1. Heaven and Hell- Black Sabbath
2. Number of the Beast- Iron Maiden
3. Piece of Mind- Iron Maiden
4. Badmotorfinger- Soundgarden
5. Powertrip- Monster Magnet
6. Ride the Lightning- Metallica
7. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son- Iron Maiden
8. Under Lock and Key- Dokken
9. The Black Halo- Kamelot
10. God Says No- Monster Magnet
11. Operation: Mindcrime- Queensryche
12. Holy Diver- Dio
13. Toxicity- System of a Down
14. Destroyer- Kiss
15. Screaming for Vengeance- Judas Priest
16. Cryptic Writings- Megadeth
17. Headhunter- Krokus
18. Tooth and Nail- Dokken
19. Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV, Vol. 1: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness- Coheed and Cambria
20. Diary of a Madman- Ozzy Osbourne




By the way...
Billy Corgan's favorite Heavy Metal albums (seeing his list kinda sparked me wanting to make a list today):

www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/billy-corgans-10-greatest-heavy-metal-albums-of-all-time-248694#content

[Pete]

Paranoid - Black Sabbath
Ride the Lightning - Metallica
Appetite For Destruction - Guns N Roses
Metallica (Black) - Metallica
Shout At The Devil - Motley Crue
Blackout - Scorpions
Dirt - Alice in Chains
Van Halen - Van Halen
5150 - Van Halen
Hair of the Dog - Nazareth
Pyromania - Def Leppard
Operation Mind Crime - Queensryche
Ace of Spades - Motorhead
Toxicity- System of a Down
Ten Thousand Fists - Disturbed
No More Tears - Ozzy Osbourne

[Warpig]

Paranoid - Black Sabbath
Master Of Reality - Black Sabbath
Heaven & Hell - Black Sabbath
Stained Glass - Judas Priest
British Steel - Judas Priest
Number of The Beast - Iron Maiden
Piece Of Mind - Iron Maiden
NOLA - Down
Mafia - Black Label Society
The Black Album - Metallica
And Justice For All... - Metallica
Holy Diver - Dio
Diary Of A Madman - Ozzy Osbourne
Bizzard of Ozz - Ozzy Osbourne
Hard Attack - Dust
Resuurection - Halford
1996 Dep Sessions - Iommi
Heaven Is Gone - Seventh Void

[hojam]

KISS - Rock and Roll Over
Def Leppard - High n Dry
The Cult - Electric
Van Halen - Fair Warning
Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil
Poison - Look What The Cat Dragged In
Faster Pussycat - Faster Pussycat
Van Halen - Van Halen
Ratt - Out of the Cellar
Union - Union
Motley Crue - Too Fast For Love
Def Leppard - Pyromania
Van Halen - 5150
Rush - Moving Pictures
Motley Crue - Motley Crue
Guns n Roses - Appetite For Destruction
Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
KISS - Revenge
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
AC/DC - Highway To Hell

[onering]

Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
Black Sabbath - The Mob Rules
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Slayer - Reign in Blood
Mercyful Fate - Melissa
Accept - Restless and Wild
Manowar - Into Glory Ride
Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
Metal Church - s/t
Iron Maiden - s/t
Trouble - The Skull
Judas Priest - Stained Class
Judas Priest - Sin After Sin
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Dio - Holy Diver
Motorhead - Orgasmatron
Trouble - Psalm 9

[Jesse]

No particular order:


Keeper Of The Seven Keys (part 2)-Helloween
Wake Of Magellan-Savatage
Heading For Tomorrow-Gamma Ray
Metallica-Metallica
The Human Factor-Metal Church
Siogo-Blackfoot
Somewhere Out In Space-Gamma Ray
Holy Diver-Dio
Russian Roulette-Accept
Devil's Canyon-Molly Hatchet
The Time Of The Oath-Helloween
Countdown To Extinction-Megadeth
Appetite For Destruction-Guns N Roses
Faceless World-UDO
Ted Nugent-Ted Nugent
Millenium Metal-Metallium
Down To Earth-Rainbow
Stormbringer-Deep Purple
Somewhere In Time-Iron Maiden
Visions-Stratovarius
II-Led Zeppelin
Back In Black-AC/DC
Back For The Attack-Dokken
Blessing In Disguise-Metal Church
In The Shadows-Mercyful Fate

That's about 25. If I thought about it a little more I could put them in order, but I'm tired right now. ZZZZZZ.

[Pete]

Apr 28, 2010 14:15:14 GMT -5 hojam said:

KISS - Rock and Roll Over
Def Leppard - High n Dry
The Cult - Electric
Van Halen - Fair Warning
Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil
Poison - Look What The Cat Dragged In
Faster Pussycat - Faster Pussycat
Van Halen - Van Halen
Ratt - Out of the Cellar
Union - Union
Motley Crue - Too Fast For Love
Def Leppard - Pyromania
Van Halen - 5150
Rush - Moving Pictures
Motley Crue - Motley Crue
Guns n Roses - Appetite For Destruction
Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
KISS - Revenge
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
AC/DC - Highway To Hell

That's gotta be the second best list on here. I debated wether I should put 5150 on mine. I think I'll go back in time and add it.

[duojett71]

Iron Maiden-Killers
Iron Maiden-Piece Of Mind
Thin Lizzy-Jailbreak
Iron Maiden-Powerslave
Thin Lizzy-Johnny The Fox
Iron Maiden-The Number Of The Beast
Thin Lizzy-Thunder And Lightning
Thin Lizzy-Live and Dangerous
Van Halen-Fair Warning
Van Halen-Women And Children First
Van Halen-I
Judas Priest-Stained Class
Accept-Breaker
Armored Saint-Delirious Nomad
Judas Priest-Hell Bent For Leather
MSG-Assault Attack
Rainbow-Rising
Black Sabbath-Sabotage
Thin Lizzy-Life/Live
Ozzy-Bark At The Moon
Badlands-S/T
Deep Purple-Machine Head
Accept-Restless And Wild
Saxon-Crusader
Iron Maiden-Somewhere In Time
Iron Maiden-Iron Maiden
Alcatrazz-No Parole From Rock And Roll
Dokken-Tooth And Nail
Metallica-Master Of Puppets
Megadeth-Peace Sells
UFO-Lights Out
UFO-Strangers In The Night
Judas Priest-Sad Wings of Destiny
Judas Priest-Unleashed In The East
Iron Maiden_Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
Y&T-Black Tiger
Megadeth-So Far So Good...So What
Helloween-Keeper Of The Seven Keys
Spiritual Beggars-On Fire
Deep Purple-Perfect Strangers
Rainbow-Long Live Rock and Roll
Dio-Holy Diver
Scorpions-Taken By Force
Scorpions-Tokyo Tapes
Scorpions-Blackout
MercyFul Fate-Don't Break The Oath
King Diamond-Abigail
Gary Moore-Victims Of The Future
TNT-Knights Of The New Thunder
TNT-Tell No Tales
Black Sabbath-Born Again
Black Sabbath-The Mob Rules
Armored Saint-Raising Fear

I could go on and on with this...I could have included many albums by AC/DC and Rush, but not sure if I would consider that metal..

[kim]

I know that I'm gonna hammered, flamed, beat up, and all sorts
of good things here for what I'm about to say...but just hold on
here a minute...

...not to single anyone out, but am I to believe that
"KISS - DYNASTY" is a heavy metal album?
"2,000 Man"...?? "I Was Made For Loving You"..........

...am I also led to believe that Nazareth's "Hair of The Dog"
is also considered to be a "Heavy Metal Album"?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but are these 2 aforementioned
releases not considered but just 2 of the many greatest "rock and roll"
albums of all time?

I didn't realize that either of these albums were considered
"metal"?

Seriously, as dark and sombre as Nazareth can get, i.e. "Please Don't Judas Me", for example off of another great release, certainly doesn't fit the "heavy metal" bill??? Drag down and drop dead blues...maybe...but not metal??? I never considered Naz as
"Heavy Metal"...?

KISS?...Heavy metal? Maybe I'm really out of touch here, but as heavy as this band gets, they still sound like they love to "rock and roll"?
"I Was made For Loving You" is not metal is it? Neither is "Lick It Up"...

Also, AC/DC and RUSH listed as "Heavy Metal"?

Again, sorry, I don't mean to single any of the contributions
out here, but now I do have to say I'm becoming a bit confused
here???

I'm about to throw on "Sweet's" Ballroom Blitz and seriously...
I'm wondering...am I listening to Easy Listening, Pop, Rock, Heavy Metal, Alternative, Grunge or Rap??..........or a combination
of all genres listed above?

Thanks
Kim

[Pete]

May 2, 2010 14:30:17 GMT -5 kim said:

I know that I'm gonna hammered, flamed, beat up, and all sorts
of good things here for what I'm about to say...but just hold on
here a minute...

...not to single anyone out, but am I to believe that
"KISS - DYNASTY" is a heavy metal album?
"2,000 Man"...?? "I Was Made For Loving You"..........

...am I also led to believe that Nazareth's "Hair of The Dog"
is also considered to be a "Heavy Metal Album"?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but are these 2 aforementioned
releases not considered but just 2 of the many greatest "rock and roll"
albums of all time?

I didn't realize that either of these albums were considered
"metal"?

Seriously, as dark and sombre as Nazareth can get, i.e. "Please Don't Judas Me", for example off of another great release, certainly doesn't fit the "heavy metal" bill??? Drag down and drop dead blues...maybe...but not metal??? I never considered Naz as
"Heavy Metal"...?

KISS?...Heavy metal? Maybe I'm really out of touch here, but as heavy as this band gets, they still sound like they love to "rock and roll"?
"I Was made For Loving You" is not metal is it? Neither is "Lick It Up"...

Also, AC/DC and RUSH listed as "Heavy Metal"?

Again, sorry, I don't mean to single any of the contributions
out here, but now I do have to say I'm becoming a bit confused
here???

I'm about to throw on "Sweet's" Ballroom Blitz and seriously...
I'm wondering...am I listening to Easy Listening, Pop, Rock, Heavy Metal, Alternative, Grunge or Rap??..........or a combination
of all genres listed above?

Thanks
Kim

I probably wouldn't have listed Nazareth or Pyromania and definitely not 5150 if it weren't for Spacl0rd's #1 rule in the thread of not allowing to argue what is metal or not. but since you started it...

Some of the ones on my list I was going back and forth whether they could be considered metal or not. So I thought back to when they came out like Pyromania or in case of 'Hair of the Dog my earliest memory and what they were considered at the time. I agree that that both probably wouldn't be considered heavy metal now but at the time a strong argument could be made for both albums being considered heavy metal. I also think the least metal of my list would probably be 5150 but I just added that after I saw hojam had it on his list so I added to mine because I really like 5150!

[Jesse]

May 2, 2010 14:30:17 GMT -5 kim said:

I know that I'm gonna hammered, flamed, beat up, and all sorts
of good things here for what I'm about to say...but just hold on
here a minute...

...not to single anyone out, but am I to believe that
"KISS - DYNASTY" is a heavy metal album?
"2,000 Man"...?? "I Was Made For Loving You"..........

...am I also led to believe that Nazareth's "Hair of The Dog"
is also considered to be a "Heavy Metal Album"?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but are these 2 aforementioned
releases not considered but just 2 of the many greatest "rock and roll"
albums of all time?

I didn't realize that either of these albums were considered
"metal"?

Seriously, as dark and sombre as Nazareth can get, i.e. "Please Don't Judas Me", for example off of another great release, certainly doesn't fit the "heavy metal" bill??? Drag down and drop dead blues...maybe...but not metal??? I never considered Naz as
"Heavy Metal"...?

KISS?...Heavy metal? Maybe I'm really out of touch here, but as heavy as this band gets, they still sound like they love to "rock and roll"?
"I Was made For Loving You" is not metal is it? Neither is "Lick It Up"...

Also, AC/DC and RUSH listed as "Heavy Metal"?

Again, sorry, I don't mean to single any of the contributions
out here, but now I do have to say I'm becoming a bit confused
here???

I'm about to throw on "Sweet's" Ballroom Blitz and seriously...
I'm wondering...am I listening to Easy Listening, Pop, Rock, Heavy Metal, Alternative, Grunge or Rap??..........or a combination
of all genres listed above?

Thanks
Kim

The way I see it: It's ALL Rock'n Roll. Heavy Metal is just a sub-genre. The lines between what is "Heavy Metal" and just plain Rock'n Roll or another sub-genre are blurry at best and depends much on a person's perspective. Time is also a factor. I remember in the 80's Bon Jovi and Poison were considered "Heavy Metal", nowadays, not only are THEY not Heavy Metal, I've heard people refer to Judas Priest and Iron Maiden as "Hard Rock". Go figure!

[spacel0rd]

I guess there’s just no way of avoiding the issue of “What’s Metal” and “What’s not Metal.”

[hojam]

Back in the 1980s, that stuff (Kiss, 5150, etc) was heavy metal. At least that's how I saw it as a teenager in 1984. IMO, if it was in Circus Magazine, then it was heavy metal. Before I got into Metallica, Anthrax, Pantera, etc... it was all about bands like Quiet Riot, Def Leppard, Ratt, AC/DC, Judas Priest, Rainbow, KISS, etc, etc etc .....

[Pete]

May 3, 2010 23:22:56 GMT -5 hojam said:

Back in the 1980s, that stuff (Kiss, 5150, etc) was heavy metal. At least that's how I saw it as a teenager in 1984. IMO, if it was in Circus Magazine, then it was heavy metal. Before I got into Metallica, Anthrax, Pantera, etc... it was all about bands like Quiet Riot, Def Leppard, Ratt, AC/DC, Judas Priest, Rainbow, KISS, etc, etc etc .....

Cirucus and Hit Parader.

[rtbuck]

1) Alive by Kiss

2) Under the Blade by Twisted Sister

3) Piece of Mind by Iron Maiden

4) Brutal Planet by Alice Cooper

5) Hell Bent For Leather by Judas Priest

6) Among the Living by Anthrax

7) Master of Reality by Black Sabbath

8) Appetite For Destruction by Guns & Roses

9) Kill 'em All by Metallica

10) Shout at the Devil by Motley Crue

11) Powerage by AC/DC

12) Blue Oyster Cult s/t

13) Ace of Spades by Motorhead

14) Blizzard of Oz by Ozzy Osbourne

15) Creatures of the Night by Kiss

16) Wicked Wonderland by Lita Ford

17) WASP S/T

18) Restless & Wild by Accept

19) Back to the Mystery City by Hanoi Rocks

20) Shooting Gallery S/T

21) Fastway S/T

22) Black Metal by Venom

23) Raise Your Fist & Yell by Alice Cooper

24) You Can't Stop Rock & Roll by Twisted Sister

25) Headhunter by Krokus

[DreamTide]

Accept - restless&wild
Ac/Dc - back in black
Annihilator - never neverland
Black Sabbath - mob rules
Blue Öyster Cult - tyranny&mutation
Blind Guardian - imaginations from the other side
Clawfinger - deaf dumb blind
Corrosion Of Confirmity - wiseblood
Demon - night of the demon
Dio - holy diver
Dream theater - images & words
Fight - war of worlds
Gamma Ray - land of the free
Iron Maiden - number of the beast
Judas Priest - british steel
Manowar - fighting the world
Megadeth - countdown to extension
Mercyful Fate - dont break the oath
Metallica - kill em´all
Ozzy - blizzard of ozz
Pantera - cowboys from hell
Pro-Pain - full taste of freedom
Q5 - steel the light
Riot - thundersteel
Saxon - strong arm of the law
Sentenced - down
TNT - knight of the new thunder
U.D.O. - animal house

[rtbuck]

May 3, 2010 23:22:56 GMT -5 hojam said:

Back in the 1980s, that stuff (Kiss, 5150, etc) was heavy metal. At least that's how I saw it as a teenager in 1984. IMO, if it was in Circus Magazine, then it was heavy metal. Before I got into Metallica, Anthrax, Pantera, etc... it was all about bands like Quiet Riot, Def Leppard, Ratt, AC/DC, Judas Priest, Rainbow, KISS, etc, etc etc .....

That's the way I looked at it as well & I can even recall a "Heavy Metal" themed issue of Creem in the late 70's & it featured Kiss, Queen, Nugent,Aerosmith...

In the 70's Aerosmith,Nugent,Kiss,Judas Priest, Scorpions, AC/DC, Queen all were considered Heavy Metal. By the mid/late 80's the sub genres of metal were in full force you had Speed Metal, Death Metal, Glam Metal, etc & then sometime after that a lot of these bands were just considered "Hard Rock". As Jesse said it's all Rock & Roll & that's how I look at it.

Of course you can say "I Was Made For Loving You" isn't heavy metal but does that mean forget about Kiss Alive & Creatures of the Night because Kiss isn't metal because of some songs. What about "It's Alright" from Sabbath's 'Technical Ecstacy' album or "Laguna Sunrise" from Sabbath Vol 4?? Does that make Sabbath not a metal band??? It all boils down to your opinion & that's what Spacelord was getting at when he made his rule

Rhino Records released a phenomenal Heavy Metal Box set a few years ago & I feel that was a great guideline for Heavy Metal.
Here's the setlist:

1. In-a-Gadda-da-Vida - Iron Butterfly
2. Summertime Blues - Blue Cheer
3. Easy Livin - Uriah Heep
4. Highway Star - Deep Purple
5. Billion Dollar Babies - Alice Cooper
6. Lost Johnny - Hawkwind
7. Bad Motor Scooter - Montrose
8. Working Man - Rush
9. Man on the Silver Mountain - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
10. Detroit Rock City - Kiss
11. Ripper, The - Judas Priest
12. Cat Scratch Fever - Ted Nugent
13. Lights Out - UFO
14. Godzilla - Blue Oyster Cult
15. Demolition Boys - Girlschool
16. White Witch - Angel Witch
17. Phantom of the Opera, The - Iron Maiden
18. Neon Knights - Black Sabbath

Heavy Metal Box Songs DISC 2:

1. Ace of Spades - Motorhead
2. Am I Evil? - Diamond Head
3. Nice Boys - Rose Tattoo
4. Attack of the Mad Axeman - Michael Schenker
5. Denim and Leather - Saxon
6. Blitzkrieg - Blitzkrieg
7. Gangland - Tygers of Pan Tang
8. Witching Hour - Venom
9. You've Got Another Thing Coming - Judas Priest
10. Number of the Beast, The - Iron Maiden
11. Star War - Raven
12. Say What You Will - Fastway
13. Black Funeral - Mercyful Fate
14. Animal (F**K Like a Beast) - W.A.S.P.
15. Mean Streak - Y&T
16. Holy Diver - Dio
17. Queen of the Reich - Queensryche
18. Whiplash - Metallica

Heavy Metal Box Album DISC 3:

1. Rock You Like a Hurricane - Scorpions
2. Metal Health - Quiet Riot
3. Into the Fire - Dokken
4. Balls to the Wall - Accept
5. Round and Round - Ratt
6. I Wanna Rock - Twisted Sister
7. Boulevard of Broken Dreams, The - Hanoi Rocks
8. Big Bottom - Spinal Tap
9. Midnite Maniac - Krokus
10. I'll See the Light, Tonight - Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force
11. Crazy Nights - Loudness
12. Shake Me - Cinderella
13. Watch the Children Pray - Metal Church
14. To Hell With the Devil - Stryper
15. Little Time, A - Helloween
16. Wrecking Crew - Overkill
17. Caught in a Mosh - Anthrax
18. Peace Sells - Megadeth

Heavy Metal Box CD DISC 4:

1. Still of the Night - Whitesnake
2. Rock Me - Great White
3. Talk Dirty to Me - Poison
4. Bathroom Wall - Faster Pussycat
5. Hall of the Mountain King - Savatage
6. Kiss Me Deadly - Lita Ford
7. Hail and Kill - Manowar
8. Trial by Fire - Testament
9. Welcome Home - King Diamond
10. South of Heaven - Slayer
11. One - Metallica
12. Cult of Personality - Living Colour
13. Youth Gone Wild - Skid Row
14. Cowboys From Hell - Pantera
15. Beg to Differ - Prong
16. Dead Embryonic Cells - Sepultura

[rtbuck]

...for the record here's a couple of lists I made up on my Facebook Page for favorite Metal songs which I broke down into 2 categories:

my top 25 "Hair Metal Songs of the 80's"

1) Heaven's on Fire by Kiss

2) Welcome to the Jungle by Guns & Roses

3) Metal Health(Bang Your Head) by Quiet Riot

4) You Shook Me by AC/DC

5) Lick it Up by Kiss

6) Looks that Kill by Motley Crue

7) Babylon by Faster Pussycat

8) Don't You Never Leave Me by Hanoi Rocks

9) You Can't Stop Rock & Roll by Twisted Sister

10) Round & Round by Ratt

11) Look What the Cat Dragged in by Poison

12) Sex Action by L.A. Guns

13) House of Ecstacy by Shooting Gallery

14) It's So Easy by Guns & Roses

15) Bad Medicine by Bon Jovi

16) Once Bitten Twice Shy by Great White

17) Yankee Rose by David Lee Roth

18) Cum on Feel the Noise by Quiet Riot

19) Rock of Ages by Def Leppard

20) Monkey Business by Skid Row

21) Still of the Night by Whitesnake

22) Monkey Bars by Coney Hatch

23) Breaking the Chains by Dokken

24) Billy Two Rivers by the Dogs D'Amour

25) Crazy Nights by Loudness

My Top 25 Heavy Metal Songs

1) Seek & Destroy by Metallica

2) Among the Living by Anthrax

3) Ace of Spades by Motorhead

4) Hell Bent for Leather by Judas Priest

5) Cross Eyed Mary by Iron Maiden

6) Animal(Fuck like a Beast) by WASP

7) Bark at the Moon by Ozzy Osbourne

8) Man of the Silver Mountain by Rainbow

9) Cities on Flame by Blue Oyster Cult

10) Beast & the Harlot by Avenge Sevenfold

11) Shout at the Devil by Motley Crue

12) Fast as a Shark by Accept

13) Sin City by AC/DC

14) Peace Sells but Who's Buying by Megadeth

15) Sabbath Bloody Sabbath by Black Sabbath

16) Master of the Puppets by Metallica

17) The Trooper by Iron Maiden

18) Holy Diver by Dio

19) Living After Midnight by Judas Priest

20) Eat the Rich by Krokus

21) Welcome Home by King Diamond

22) Highway Star by Deep Purple

23) Teacher's Pet by Venom

24) You Can't Stop Rock & Roll by Twisted Sister

25) Stairway to the Stars by Blue Oyster Cult