Best Heavy Metal Albums

Top Ten Heavy Metal Albums of All Time

• Operation Mindcrime – Queensrӱche

• Defenders of the Faith – Judas Priest

• Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden

• Diary of a Madman – Ozzy Osbourne

• Back in Black – AC/DC

• Kill ‘Em All – Metallica

• Unleashed in the East – Judas Priest

• Killers – Iron Maiden

• Blizzard of Oz – Ozzy Osbourne

• Balls to the Wall - Accept

• Holy Diver – Dio

• Highway to Hell – AC/DC

• Number of the Beast – Iron Maiden

• Restless and Wild - Accept

• Blackout – Scorpions

• Rainbow Rising – Rainbow

• Ace of Spades – Motörhead

• Denim and Leather – Saxon

• Last In Line – Dio

• Ride the Lightning – Metallica

I know, I know. No Master of Puppets. No Machine Head. Nothing from the 90’s. Slayer’s Evil Has No Boundaries just missed too, as did Breaker from Accept and Screaming For Vengeance from Judas Priest. That Paranoid or Heaven and Hell from Black Sabbath aren’t up there is a crime in some countries. Animal Magnetism or Love at First Sting from the Scorpions… Fistful of Metal from Anthrax… Meanstreak from Y&T… Venom… Merciful Fate… Omission by technicality are Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, Pink Floyd and other rock bands. It’s also a shame that female led Metal bands didn’t make it, like Rock Goddess, Bitch, Girlschool, Runaways, and dare I say Within Temptation.