1.Draconian - Turning Season Within

2.Cradle Of Filth - Godspeed On The Devil's Thunder

3.Moonspell - Night Eternal

4.Therion - Live Gothic

5.Heavenwood - Redemption

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Just Boobies!

1.Abaddon Incarnate - The Last Supper

2.Abrasive - Awakening Of Lust

3.Abrasive - The Birth... Born In Sodom

4.Abrasive - Book Of Sin

5.Abysmal Gates - Divine Deception

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1.Moonlyght - Shining

2.Ayreon - 01011001

3.Keldian - Journey Of Souls

4.Seventh Wonder - Mercy Falls

5.Scar Symmetry - Holographic Universe

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1.Paradise Lost - Draconian Times

2.Katatonia - Last Fair Deal Gone Down

3.Fields Of The Nephilim - Mourning Sun

4.Anathema - Judgement

5.Draconian - Turning Season Within

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1.Opeth - Watershed

2.Communic - Payment Of Existence

3.Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God

4.Ayreon - 01011001

5.Metallica - Death Magnetic

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Back in the 2nd half of the 70's and beginning of the 80's, Heavy Metal wasn't a common expression amongst the portuguese. Portugal had just discovered that there was a real world behind the invisible wall built by the dictatorship that had fallen a few years earlier.

"Beatnicks", "Aqui De'l Rock", or "TNT" were some of the bands who had been releasing some singles and EP's of Hard-Rock at the very beginning of the 80's. They paved the rising of other bands that would work that sound, and release the first studio albums of Hard-Rock and Heavy Metal.

It was a critical decade for heavy rock in Portugal. This chronologic list of studio albums features the ones, that I believe, are the most important portuguese Hard-Rock and metal albums until today: the best and the pioneering ones. I excluded Punk-Rock but added Hardcore and Alternative Hard-Rock albums as well.

Either you're interested in portuguese music, or if you're just curious about it, or even if you are just passing by, this list will work out for you all. This list will grow bigger as the years go by of course, so if you have any suggestions, just let me know. Enjoy!

1.Roxigénio - Roxigénio

2.Ferro & Fogo - Vidas

3.NZZN - Forte E Feio

4.Vasco Da Gama - Vasco Da Gama

5.Xeque Mate - Em Nome Do Pai Do Filho ... E Do Rock'n'Roll

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An interesting year considering many of my favourite bands with a relative big discography released strong albums (Tiamat, Judas Priest, Cradle of Filth, Opeth, Moonspell, Metallica). Overall, it's not the best of years. The first three on the list are the definitive highlights.

1.Tiamat - Amanethes

2.Equilibrium - Sagas

3.Lifelover - Konkurs

4.Judas Priest - Nostradamus

5.Seventh Wonder - Mercy Falls

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