The Official Metalsetlists.com 100 greatest metal albums of the 80s list!

[OraclesofAgony]

Some more lists would be nice....

[Fates Guardian]

Originally Posted by treghet

It is. You're the first one to figure that out!

Killer! I take a certain pride in looking out for Scandinavian languages. Swedish and Norwegian are nearly my favorite languages in the world, aside from Icelandic (their more archaic brother) and, of course, English.

[xa123]

Goddamn this was impossible but here it is

1- Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness
2- Iron Maiden - Killers
3- Bathory - The Return
4- Autopsy - Severed Survival
5- Kreator - Pleasure to Kill
6- Iron Maiden - Seventh son of a Seventh Son
7- Sodom - Persecution Mania
8- Metallica - Ride the Lightning
9- Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
10- Sarcofago - INRI
11- Megadeth - Peace Sells
12- Metallica - Kill Em All
13- Obituary - Slowly we Rot
14- Angel Witch - Angel Witch
15- Motorhead - Orgasmatron
16- Celtic Forst- To Mega Therion
17- Napalm Death - From Enslavement to Obliteration
18- Destruction - Eternal Devastation
19- Judas Priest- Defenders of the Faith
20- Repulsion - Horrified
21- Celtic Frost- Morbid Tales
22- Slayer - Hell Awaits
23- Bolt Thrower - In Battle There is No Law
24- Death - Leprosy
25- Kreator - Endless Pain
26- Overkill - Feel the Fire
27- Destruction - Infernal Overkill
28- Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath
29- Possessed - Seven Churches
30- Sodom - Agent Orange
31- Exciter - Heavy Metal Maniac
32- Saint Vitus - Born Too Late
33- Morbid Saint - Spectrum of Death
34- Razor - Evil Invaders
35- Slayer - Reign in Blood
36- Napalm Death - Scum
37- Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark
38- Running Wild - Gates of Purgatory
39- Death - Scream Bloody Gore
40- Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales
41- Scorpions - Blackout
42- Metal Church - The Dark
43- Exodus - Bonded by Blood
44- Holy Moses - Finished With the Dogs
45- Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
46- Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
47- Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
48- Necrodeath - Into the Macabre
49- Voivod - War and Pain
50- Megadeth - Killing is my Business
51- Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus

[SomewhereInTime72]

here's mine.

1. Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time
2. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of A Seventh Son
3. King Diamond - Abigail
4. Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance
5. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
6. Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind
7. Judas Priest - British Steel
8. Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime
9. Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
10. Candlemass - Nightfall
11. Rush - Moving Pictures
12. Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith
13. Queensryche - The Warning
14. Iron Maiden - Killers
15. Queensryche - Rage for Order
16. Metallica - ...And Justice For All
17. Metallica - Ride The Lightning
18. Judas Priest - Point of Entry
19. Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. II
20. Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. I
21. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
22. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
23. Judas Priest - Ram It Down
24. Judas Priest - Turbo
25. Helloween - Walls of Jericho
26. Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!
27. Megadeth - So Far, So Good... So What!
28. Slayer - Reign in Blood
29. Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
30. Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
31. Overkill - The Years of Decay
32. Dio - Holy Diver
33. Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
34. Black Sabbath - The Eternal Idol
35. King Diamond - "Them"
36. Kreator - Pleasure To Kill
37. King Diamond - Conspiracy
38. Angel Witch - Angel Witch
39. Kreator - Extreme Aggression
40. King Diamond - Fatal Portrait
41. Kreator - Endless Pain
42. Anthrax - Among The Living
43. Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
44. Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales
45. Slayer - Hell Awaits
46. Motorhead - Orgasmatron
47. UFO - No Place To Run
48. Anthrax - Fistful of Metal
49. Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath
50. Anthrax - Spreading the Disease
51. Celtic Frost - Into The Pandemonium
52. Anthrax - State of Euphoria
53. UFO - Mechanix
54. Dio - Dream Evil
55. Sodom - Agent Orange

original list was 80 long, but I cut the bottom 25 because the difficulty of ordering things + my OCD was driving me nuts. already as it is i'm just posting what i have before i feel like retconning it.

opinionswars all up in this thread

[JRA]

Originally Posted by SomewhereInTime72

here's mine.

1. Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time
2. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of A Seventh Son
3. King Diamond - Abigail
4. Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance
5. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
6. Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind
7. Judas Priest - British Steel
8. Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime
9. Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
10. Candlemass - Nightfall
11. Rush - Moving Pictures
12. Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith
13. Queensryche - The Warning
14. Iron Maiden - Killers
15. Queensryche - Rage for Order
16. Metallica - ...And Justice For All
17. Metallica - Ride The Lightning
18. Judas Priest - Point of Entry
19. Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. II
20. Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. I
21. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
22. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
23. Judas Priest - Ram It Down
24. Judas Priest - Turbo
25. Helloween - Walls of Jericho
26. Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!
27. Megadeth - So Far, So Good... So What!
28. Slayer - Reign in Blood
29. Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
30. Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
31. Overkill - The Years of Decay
32. Dio - Holy Diver
33. Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
34. Black Sabbath - The Eternal Idol
35. King Diamond - "Them"
36. Kreator - Pleasure To Kill
37. King Diamond - Conspiracy
38. Angel Witch - Angel Witch
39. Kreator - Extreme Aggression
40. King Diamond - Fatal Portrait
41. Kreator - Endless Pain
42. Anthrax - Among The Living
43. Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
44. Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales
45. Slayer - Hell Awaits
46. Motorhead - Orgasmatron
47. UFO - No Place To Run
48. Anthrax - Fistful of Metal
49. Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath
50. Anthrax - Spreading the Disease
51. Celtic Frost - Into The Pandemonium
52. Anthrax - State of Euphoria
53. UFO - Mechanix
54. Dio - Dream Evil
55. Sodom - Agent Orange

original list was 80 long, but I cut the bottom 25 because the difficulty of ordering things + my OCD was driving me nuts. already as it is i'm just posting what i have before i feel like retconning it.

opinionswars all up in this thread

I hope one such retconning involves Point of Entry not being in the top 20.

anyways, I know todays the due date, but I'll let it go a little longer, maybe til...Sunday.

[SomewhereInTime72]

I do like Point of Entry a lot but looking at that list now it seems really stupid to be putting it above a lot of those things.

[treghet]

1. Morbid Angel – Altars of Madness
2. Dark Angel – Darkness Descends
3. Carcass – Symphonies of Sickness
4. Destruction – Release from Agony
5. Death – Leprosy
6. Raven – Wiped Out
7. Sepultura – Beneath the Remains
8. Sepultura – Schizophrenia
9. Iron Maiden – Powerslave
10. Mercyful Fate – Melissa
11. Iron Maiden – Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
12. Pestilence – Consuming Impulse
13. Sodom – Persecution Mania
14. Megadeth – Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying?
15. Morbid Saint – Spectrum of Death
16. Death Angel – The Ultra-Violence
17. Possessed – Seven Churches
18. Razor – Violent Restitution
19. Sacrilege – Behind the Realms of Madness
20. Judas Priest – Screaming for Vengeance
21. Raven – All for One
22. Saxon – Wheels of Steel
23. Bolt Thrower – Realm of Chaos
24. Saxon – Strong Arm of the Law
25. Autopsy – Severed Survival
26. Motörhead – Ace of Spades
27. Iron Maiden – Piece of Mind
28. Tank – Honour & Blood
29. Sarcófago – I.N.R.I.
30. Bathory – The Return……
31. Death – Scream Bloody Gore
32. Artillery – Terror Squad
33. Overkill – Taking Over
34. Voivod – Killing Technology
35. Judas Priest – Defenders of the Faith
36. Sodom – Agent Orange
37. Destruction – Infernal Overkill
38. Mercyful Fate – Don’t Break the Oath
39. Voivod – Dimension Hatröss
40. Motörhead – Iron Fist
41. Accept – Restless and Wild
42. Kreator – Endless Pain
43. Atheist – Piece of Time
44. Destruction – Eternal Devastation
45. Sodom – Obsessed by Cruelty
46. Coroner – Punishment for Decadence
47. Obituary – Slowly We Rot
48. Accept – Metal Heart
49. Dark Angel – Leave Scars
50. Overkill – Under the Influence

[zgodt]

1. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
2. Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
3. Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying
4. Metal Church - The Dark
5. Anthrax - Persistence of Time
6. Metallica - Master of Puppets
7. Armored Saint - Raising Fear
8. Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman
9. Motorhead - Ace of Spades
10. Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian
11. Slayer - Reign in Blood
12. Dio - Holy Diver
13. Rush - Permanent Waves
14. Testament - The New Order
15. Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
16. Testament - Practice What You Preach
17. Ministry - The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste
18. Killing Joke - Revelations
19. Testament - The Legacy
20. Loudness - Lightning Strikes
21. Death Angel - Frolic Through the Park
22. Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz
23. Iron Maiden - Killers
24. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
25. Metallica - And Justice for All
26. Fates Warning - No Exit
27. Metallica - Ride the Lightning
28. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
29. Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time
30. Flotsam and Jetsam - No Place for Disgrace
31. Dio - The Last in Line
32. Exodus - Pleasures of the Flesh
33. Slayer - South of Heaven
34. Slayer - Hell Awaits
35. Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith
36. Accept - Balls to the Wall
37. AC/DC - Back in Black
38. Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
39. Ozzy Osbourne - Bark at the Moon
40. Van Halen - I
41. Van Halen - II
42. Voivod - Nothingface
43. Overkill - Under the Influence

[marker]

Originally Posted by SomewhereInTime72

I do like Point of Entry a lot but looking at that list now it seems really stupid to be putting it above a lot of those things.

I like it too, but one of their weakest albums as the second half of the album is mostly filler. The strongest tracks are not that great either compared to much of their other material.

[JRA]

Originally Posted by zgodt

1. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
2. Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
3. Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying
4. Metal Church - The Dark
5. Anthrax - Persistence of Time
6. Metallica - Master of Puppets
7. Armored Saint - Raising Fear
8. Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman
9. Motorhead - Ace of Spades
10. Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian
11. Slayer - Reign in Blood
12. Dio - Holy Diver
13. Rush - Permanent Waves
14. Testament - The New Order
15. Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
16. Testament - Practice What You Preach
17. Ministry - The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste
18. Killing Joke - Revelations
19. Testament - The Legacy
20. Loudness - Lightning Strikes
21. Death Angel - Frolic Through the Park
22. Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz
23. Iron Maiden - Killers
24. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
25. Metallica - And Justice for All
26. Fates Warning - No Exit
27. Metallica - Ride the Lightning
28. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
29. Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time
30. Flotsam and Jetsam - No Place for Disgrace
31. Dio - The Last in Line
32. Exodus - Pleasures of the Flesh
33. Slayer - South of Heaven
34. Slayer - Hell Awaits
35. Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith
36. Accept - Balls to the Wall
37. AC/DC - Back in Black
38. Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
39. Ozzy Osbourne - Bark at the Moon
40. Van Halen - I
41. Van Halen - II
42. Voivod - Nothingface
43. Overkill - Under the Influence

Van Halen 1 and 2 came out in 78 and 79 respectively. Persistence of Time came out in 1990