Essential Metal Albums
Go spend all of your money on these albums, play them as loud as possible until you are deaf.
In Chronological Order:
Paranoid - Black Sabbath (1971)
Master of Reality – Black Sabbath(1971)
Machine Head – Deep Purple (1972)
Sad Wings of Destiny – Judas Priest (1976)
Rising – Rainbow (1976)
Stained Class – Judas Priest (1978)
Van Halen – Van Halen (1978)
Hell Bent for Leather – Judas Priest (1976)
Heaven and Hell – Black Sabbath(1980)
Ace of Spades – Motörhead (1980)
Blizzard of Ozz – Ozzy Osbourne (1980)
British Steel – Judas Priest (1981)
Diary of a Madman – Ozzy Osbourne (1981)
The Number of the Beast – Iron Maiden (1982)
Blackout – Scorpions (1982)
Holy Diver – Dio (1983)
Restless and Wild – Accept (1983)
Kill ‘Em All – Metallica (1983)
Restless and Wild – Accept (1984)
Don't Break the Oath - Mercyful Fate (1984)
Ride the Lightning - Metallica (1984)
Love at First Sting – Scorpions (1984)
Metal Heart – Accept (1985)
Powerslave – Iron Maiden (1985)
Metal Church – Metal Church (1985)
Peace Sells...But Who's Buying? - Megadeth (1986)
Master of Puppets - Metallica (1986)
Reign In Blood - Slayer (1986)
Among the Living – Anthrax (1987)
Keeper of the Seven Keys, pt. 1 – Helloween (1987)
Abagail – King Diamond (1987)
No Place for Disgrace – Flotsam & Jetsam (1988)
Keeper of the Seven Keys, pt. 2 – Helloween (1988)
Keeper of the Seven Keys, pt. 2 – Helloween (1988)
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son – Iron Maiden (1988)
Operation: Mindcrime – Queensrÿche (1988)
Never Neverland – Annihilator (1990)
Rust In Peace – Megadeth (1990)
Cowboys From Hell – Pantera (1992)
Seasons in the Abyss – Slayer (1990)
Vulgar Display of Power – Pantera (1992)
Metropolis, pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory – Dream Theater (1999)
Still Life – Opeth (1999)
The Metal Opera – Avantasia (2001)
The Metal Opera, pt. 2 – Avantasia (2001)
Resurrection – Halford (2001)
Blackwater Park – Opeth (2001)
Train of Thought – Dream Theater (2003)
The Black Halo – Kamelot (2005)
Framing Armageddon: Something Wicked, pt. 1 – Iced Earth (2007)
Paradise Lost – Symphony X (2007)
The Crucible of Man: Something Wicked, pt. 2 – Iced Earth (2008)