100 Best Metal albums of all time, IMO

[spacel0rd]

A few years ago I did the top 100 Best Metal Songs of All Time, IMO. Now here's the top 100 Best Metal Albums of all Time, IMO:
(It's doing things like this that keep me going)

1. Black Sabbath- Heaven & Hell
2. Iron Maiden- The Number of the Beast
3. Iron Maiden- Piece of Mind
4. Dio- Holy Diver
5. Soundgarden- Badmotorfinger
6. Rush- 2112
7. Metallica- Ride the Lightning
8. Dokken- Tooth and Nail
9. Judas Priest- Screaming for Vengeance
10. Dokken- Under Lock and Key
11. Danzig- Danzig II: Lucifudge
12. Kiss- Destroyer
13. Iron Maiden- Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
14. Circus of Power- Vices
15. Queensryche- Operation Mindcrime
16. The Sword- Apocryphon
17. Ozzy Osbourne- Diary of a Madman
18. AC/DC- Highway to Hell
19. Ozzy Osbourne- Blizzard of Ozz
20. Black Sabbath- Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
21. Rainbow- Richie Blackmore’s Rainbow
22. Black Sabbath- Paranoid
23. Iron Maiden- Brave New World
24. Van Halen- Van Halen
25. Krokus- Headhunter
26. The Sword- Warp Riders
27. Black Sabbath- Master of Reality
28. Metallica- Master of Puppets
29. Body Count- Body Count
30. Monster Magnet- Powertrip
31. Megadeth- Countdown to Extinction
32. Def Leppard- High ‘N’ Dry
33. Dio- The Last in Line
34. Black Sabbath- The Mob Rules
35. Monster Magnet- God Says No
36. Kamelot- The Black Halo
37. Alice in Chains- Dirt
38. Dream Theater- Images and Words
39. Guns N’ Roses- Appetite for Destruction
40. Iron Maiden- Iron Maiden
41. Monster Magnet- Dopes to Infinity
42. Megadeth- Cryptic Writings
43. Coheed & Cambria- Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV, Vol. 1: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness
44. Kamelot- Ghost Opera
45. Judas Priest- Defenders of the Faith
46. Iron Maiden- Powerslave
47. Cinderella- Long Cold Winter
48. D:A:D- No Fuel Left for the Pilgrims
49. Mastodon- Crack the Skye
50. Queensryche- Empire
51. Iron Maiden- Fear of the Dark
52. The Scorpions- Love at First Sting
53. Dio- Sacred Heart
54. System of a Down- Toxicity
55. Wolfmother- Wolfmother
56. Judas Priest- Turbo
57. Iron Maiden- A Matter of Life and Death
58. Opeth- Blackwater Park
59. Tool- Ænima
60. Danzig- Danzig III: How the Gods Kill
61. Van Halen- 1984
62. Ghost- Opus Eponymous
63. Anthrax- Sound of White Noise
64. Avenged Sevenfold- Avenged Sevenfold
65. Junkyard- Junkyard
66. Motely Crue- Shout at the Devil
67. Megadeth- Rust in Peace
68. Testament- Dark Roots of Earth
69. Iron Maiden- Somewhere in Time
70. Rainbow- Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll
71. AC/DC- Back in Black
72. Trivium- Shogun
73. Def Leppard- Pyromania
74. Guns N’ Roses- Use Your Illusion I & II
75. Judas Priest- Stained Class
76. Overkill- Ironbound
77. Iron Maiden- Killers
78. Great White- Once Bitten…
79. Avenged Sevenfold- City of Evil
80. Slayer- Reign in Blood
81. Scorpions- Lovedrive
82. The Sword- Age of Winters
83. Testament- Practice what You Preach
84. Judas Priest- British Steel
85. Van Halen- Fair Warning
86. Ozzy Osbourne- Bark at the Moon
87. Y&T- In Rock We Trust
88. Slayer – Divine Intervention
89. Rage Against the Machine- Rage Against the Machine
90. Mastodon- Blood Mountain
91. Pantera- Far Beyond Driven
92. Priestess- Hello Master
93. Dokken- Back for the Attack
94. Kamelot-Poetry for the Poisoned
95. Ministry- Psalm 69
96. Disturbed- Believe
97. Anthrax- Volume 8: The Threat is Real
98. Baroness- Blue Record
99. Iced Earth- Something Wicked This Way Comes
100. Accept- Balls to the Wall

[Frank]

I own 54 out of 100. Nice list. You're number 1 is in my top 5 of all time. Very big influence on me.

[Jesse]

I only own 38 out of the 100. Much like my thread on Country songs, it all comes down to what we consider "Metal". Some of these are probably more in the "Hard Rock" catagory than "Metal" now (AC/DC, Dokken, Van Halen, GNR), but, shit, when I was in High School it was ALL Metal, so go for it! Now I'm gonna have to work on my top 100!

[DreamTide]

59/100

[DreamTide]

100 Hard Rock/Heavy Metal (random list)



blue oyster cult - tyranny&mutation
ozzy osbourne - blizzard of ozz
judas priest - british steel
annihilator - never neverland
rammstein - mutter
nazareth - hair of the dog
accept - restless&wild
rainbow - rising
u.d.o. - animal house

deep purple - machine head
scorpions - blackout
y&t - mean streak
megadeth - countdown...
saxon - strong arm of the law
clawfinger - deaf dumb blind
system of a down - toxicity
primal fear - s/t
gamma ray - land of the free
helloween - keeper of the seven keys I&II

shadow gallery - tyranny
dio - holy diver
blind guardian - imaginations from the other side
suicidal tendencies - lights,camera,revolution
motörhead - no sleep till hammersmith
rob zombie - hellbilly deluxe
slade - slade on stage
magnum - goodnight l.a.
black sabbath - heaven&hell
royal hunt - fear

sentenced - down
pro-pain - foul taste of freedom
victory - culture killed the nation
q5 - steel the light
talisman - genesis
riot - thundersteel
manowar - fighting the world
kiss - destroyer
dream theater - awake
gillan - glory road

cornerstone - once upon our yesterdays
yngwie malmsteen - marching out
triumph - allied forces
ministry - psalm69
white wolf - standing alone
van halen - I
gary moore - corridors of power
girlschool - hit & run
twisted sister - you cant stop r&r
Pizzing Razors - I

corrosion of confirmity - wiseblood
metallica - kill em all
testament - low
star one - space metal
fight - war of words
samson - head tactics
brazen abbot - eye of the storm
vandenberg - alibi
krokus - headhunter
zero nine - intrigue

tarot - spell of iron
stratovarius - visions
queensryche - empire
ac/dc - back in black
jackyl - jackyl
bob catley - spirit of man
d-a-d - riskin it all
freedom call - chrystal empire
Kings Of The Sun - I
MSG - built to destroy
Nightwish - wishmaster

Pantera - cowboys from hell
Phenomena - I
Pretty Maids - sin-decade
Rush - counterparts
Skid Row - slave to the grind
Stuart Smith - heaven&earth
Spinal Tap - This Is Spinal Tap DVD ;D
Type O´Negative - bloody kisses
WASP - I
Airbourne - runnin wild

Bonfire - point blank
Alice Cooper - constrictor
Craaft - craaft
Def Leppard -pyromania
Guns´N´Roses -appetite for destruction
Iron Maiden - piece of mind
Led Zeppelin - houses of the holy
Mercyful Fate - dont break the oath
Ted Nugent - weekend warriors
Peer Günt - backseat

Quiet Riot - metal health
S.O.D. - speak english or die
Stone - colours
Thin Lizzy - thunder&lightning
TNT - knight of the new thunder
Uriah Heep - abominog
Whitesnake - slide it in
Fair Warning - I
Mötley Crue - Shout At The Devil
Boston - Boston

[bucky]

Great lists there! I was happy to see DAD on there.

[Jesse]

Ok, you got me to make my own list of 100 Best Metal Albums Of All Time. For my list, I narrowed my definition of "Metal" a little bit, there are still some on my list that you could argue are more "Hard Rock" than out and out "Metal". I also only allowed albums that I own, so there will naturally be some great omissions I'm sure. I ranked these in reverse order, I came up with 100 albums I have that I consider (if only somewhat in certain cases) "Metal" and kept picking my least favorite until I came up with a number 1. The whole thing came out rather interesting IMO. So here we go!

100-Master Of Reality-Black Sabbath
99-What A Joke-Deliverance
98-Mean Machine-UDO
97-Highway To Hell-AC/DC
96-Gambling With The Devil-Helloween
95-Metal Health-Quit Riot
94-Master Of The Metal-Messiah Prophet
93-Screaming For Vengeance-Judas Priest
92-Dirty Diamonds-Alice Cooper
91-Psycho Circus-Kiss
90-Last In Line-Dio

89-The Dark-Metal Church
88-Iron Maiden-Iron Maiden
87-Accept-Accept
86-Fallen-Evanescence
85-Long Live Rock'n Roll-Rainbow
84-No World Order-Gamma Ray
83-Episode-Stratovarius
82-Nemisis-Axe
81-Get It-X-Sinner
80-Rust In Peace-Megadeth

79-Up From The Ashes-Don Dokken Band
78-Edge Of Forever-Lynyrd Skynyrd
77-Weapons Of Our Warfare-Deliverance
76-Power Of The Night-Savatage
75-Weight Of The World-Metal Church
74-Stormbringer-Deep Purple
73-Keeper OF The Seven Keys (Part 1)-Helloween
72-Climbing-Mountain
71-Paranoid-Black Sabbath
70-Van Halen-Van Halen

69-Infinity-Stratovarius
68-Whitecross-Whitecross
67-Risk-Megadeth
66-Walls Of Jericho-Helloween
65-Creatures Of The Night-Kiss
64-Insanity And Genius-Gamma Ray
63-True As Steel-Warlock
62-Down To Earth-Rainbow
61-Objection Overruled-Accept
60-Number Of The Beast-Iron Maiden

59-Physical Graphitte-Led Zeppelin
58-Metal Church-Metal Church
57-Deliverance-Deliverance
56-Dead Winter Dead-Savatage
55-Skid Row-Skid Row
54-Peace Treaty-X-Sinner
53-Visions-Stratovarius
52-Cryptic Writings-Megadeth
51-Bals To The Wall-Accept

Phew! I need a break! I'll be back with my top 50.

[Jesse]

Next 50:

50-Machine Head-Deep Purple
49-Rock For The King-Barren Cross
48-Restless And Wild-Accept
47-Heading For Tomorrow-Gamma Ray
46-Peace Sells-Megadeth
45-Vicious Cycle-Lynyrd Skynyrd
44-Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow-Rainbow
43-Siogo-Blackfoot
42-Masters Of War-Mountain
41-Allman Brothers Band-Allman Brothers Band
40-Silent Reign Of Heroes-Molly Hatchet

39-Sigh No More-Gamma Ray
38-The Dark Ride-Helloween
37-Piece Of Mind-Iron Maiden
36-British Steel-Judas Priest
35-Back For The Attack-Dokken
34-II-Led Zeppelin
33-Ballbreaker-AC/DC
32-Ride The Lightning-Metallica
31-Flyin' High-Blackfoot
30-Purpendicular-Deep Purple

29-Difficult To Cure-Rainbow
28-Triumph And Agony-Warlock
27-Power-Kansas
26-Millenium Metal-Metallium
25-Destiny-Stratovarius
24-Russian Roulette-Accept
23-Holy Diver-Dio
22-Chameleon-Helloween
21-Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son-Iron Maiden
20-Boston-Boston

19-Blessing In Disguise-Metal Church
18-Faceless World-UDO
17-Hall Of The Mountain King-Savatage
16-Devil's Canyon-Molly Hatchet
15-Heaven And Hell-Black Sabbath
14-Somewhere In Time-Iron Maiden
13-The Time Of The Oath-Helloween
12-Metal Heart-Accept
11-Master Of Puppets-Metallica

Ok, let that sink in a little bit before I get to my top 10.

[Jesse]

Final ten:

10-The Human Factor-Metal Church
9-Back In Black-AC/DC
8-Somewhere Out In Space-Gamma Ray
7-Keeper Of The Seven Keys (part 2)-Helloween
6-Appettite For Destruction-Guns'n Roses
5-Justice-Molly Hatchet
4-The Wake Of Magellan-Savatage
3-In The Shadows-Mercyful Fate
2-Countdown To Extinction-Megadeth
1-Metallica-Metallica


I know, it surprised me too!

[bucky]

Jesse, at first look at your list I seen Skynyrd, Hatchet, & Blackfoot & I thought..."Southern Rock" but then I thought of those Hatchet releases & although I haven't got that Blackfoot album I thought about some of their other releases & I definitely understood. Skynyrd still puzzled me but then again I didn't have these 2 releases but I do have God & Guns so I pulled out that CD & what do you know...I could definitely see how probably half the tracks could definitely be considered Metal/Hard rock. Another great list & as I've stated before I really love reading these type threads just to see what everyone listens to

[Jesse]

Mar 11, 2013 14:01:25 GMT -5 bucky said:

Jesse, at first look at your list I seen Skynyrd, Hatchet, & Blackfoot & I thought..."Southern Rock" but then I thought of those Hatchet releases & although I haven't got that Blackfoot album I thought about some of their other releases & I definitely understood. Skynyrd still puzzled me but then again I didn't have these 2 releases but I do have God & Guns so I pulled out that CD & what do you know...I could definitely see how probably half the tracks could definitely be considered Metal/Hard rock. Another great list & as I've stated before I really love reading these type threads just to see what everyone listens to

As I said in my earlier post, it's really hard to know exactly where the lines are between Hard Rock and Heavy Metal, or, in this case, Southern Rock and Heavy Metal. The albums I listed, I think, all stand up to the accepted definition of Heavy Metal at the time they were released. The Blackfoot albums may not stand up to today's definitions of Metal, but if we're calling Deep Purple, Rush, Kiss, AC/DC and even Judas Priest Metal, then I think Blackfoot is as well. Latter day Molly Hatchet albums are nearly interchangable with the likes of Saxon, Accept or Dio save for the "Southern drawl" of the vocals. Latter day Skynyrd ain't far behind. Again, it all depends where you want to draw the lines.