1.Anthrax - Among The Living

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3.King Diamond - Abigail

4.Dio - Dream Evil

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These are the 211 essential hard rock/metal albums of the 80's, as were selected by the Greek Magazine "Metal Hammer" (August 2001 issue).

The albums followed by a star are the "must have", whereas the rest albums are the "could have".

1.Angel Witch - Angel Witch

2.AC/DC - Back In Black

3.Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell

4.Diamond Head - Lightning To The Nations

5.Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

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1.Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness

2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

3.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

4.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

5.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

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1.The Faceless - Planetary Duality

2.Slayer - Reign In Blood

3.Dimmu Borgir - Death Cult Armageddon

4.Death - Human

5.Obscura - Cosmogenesis

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In the last several hours, I have (as is rarely the case) had a good, big breakfast + dinner.

I feel great.

...as is rarely the case. So - what have I consumed, to put this diamond-in-the-rough smile on my dial? For once, no junk. No crap. No chips, no lollies, no chocolate bars, no Great White Bread. No shark either - but indeed, some fantastic fish.

1.Anata - Under A Stone With No Inscription

2.Bloodbath - The Fathomless Mastery

3.Cryptopsy - None So Vile

4.Death - Scream Bloody Gore

5.Entombed - Left Hand Path

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A lot of bands have great debut albums. Obviously this list is just a fraction of all the great debut albums out there, but it's a start. I'll keep expanding this list continuously, so all suggestions are welcome (granted they are featured on MS). All the albums here are ranked according to genre and then alphabetically. If a certain album belongs to the (in your opinion) wrong genre, then definitely let me know.

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2.Aarni - Bathos

3.Arcturus - Aspera Hiems Symfonia

4.Diablo Swing Orchestra - The Butcher's Ballroom

5.Sadness - Ames De Marbre

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Just a list of debut albums. From Heavy Metal to Black Metal.

1.HammerFall - Glory To The Brave

2.Dio - Holy Diver

3.Angra - Angels Cry

4.Slayer - Show No Mercy

5.Galneryus - The Flag Of Punishment

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My personal top of Death albums.

1.Death - Individual Thought Patterns

2.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

3.Death - Symbolic

4.Death - Human

5.Death - Spiritual Healing

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While I know there are tons of albums to be listed in the death/gore/grind area of metal that could be included here, these are currently the most prominent to ME. They are listed in order of a toss up between relevance and personal preference.

1.Cannibal Corpse - Tomb Of The Mutilated

2.Avulsed - Gorespattered Suicide

3.Death - Scream Bloody Gore

4.Gorerotted - Only Tools and Corpses

5.Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious

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RANKING CRITERIA :

- Originality
- Songwriting
- Performance

Neither the popularity among the fans nor the commercial success (or unsuccess) of the albums were taken into account in the selection.

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

3.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

4.Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality

5.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

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They were the best of times, they were the worst of times. Then thrash kicked glam out of the way, and once again, it was the best of times. Haha. Def Leppard's debut came close. Box of Frogs may yet make an appearance (or two). (Probably not two... something in the air there's just rather Average.)

1.Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

2.Diamond Head - Lightning To The Nations

3.Jeff Beck - There and Back

4.Iron Maiden - Killers

5.Neil Young - Trans

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1.Rush - Hold Your Fire

2.Celtic Frost - Into The Pandemonium

3.Candlemass - Nightfall

4.King Diamond - Abigail

5.Sepultura - Schizophrenia

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Work in progress, obviously

1.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

2.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

3.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

4.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

5.Death - Scream Bloody Gore

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This my opinion on the best to worst Death albums (subject to change).

1.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

2.Death - Human

3.Death - Symbolic

4.Death - Leprosy

5.Death - Individual Thought Patterns

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Some of these albums are known just when you see their album cover. They are usually iconic albums (whether positively or negatively) and one can easily identify them even if they were zoomed out tons in any place.

Please contribute to this list by suggesting albums you think have iconic covers. Comments are appreciated.

1.Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness

2.Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter

3.Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse

4.Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas

5.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

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