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    Posted: 03 Feb 2017 at 12:06am
So what does everyone reckon?

This list is originally from Loudwire, and it got posted on another site, where everyone is arguing what's "metal" and what's not. Over there, they're kind of "hard core metal", and wouldn't accept a lot of the bands on this site as counting as metal. I reckon we can get better results here by using any band from the site here.


1970: Black Sabbath, 'Paranoid'
1971: Black Sabbath, 'Master of Reality'
1972: Black Sabbath, 'Vol. 4'
1973: Black Sabbath, 'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath'
1974: Budgie, 'In for the Kill'
1975: Black Sabbath, 'Sabotage'
1976: Judas Priest, 'Sad Wings of Destiny'
1977: Scorpions, 'Taken By Force'
1978: Judas Priest, 'Stained Class'
1979: Motorhead, 'Overkill'
1980: Black Sabbath, 'Heaven and Hell'

1981: Ozzy Osbourne, 'Diary of a Madman'
1982: Iron Maiden, 'The Number of the Beast'
1983: Dio, 'Holy Diver'
1984: Iron Maiden, 'Powerslave'
1985: Exodus, 'Bonded by Blood'
1986: Metallica, 'Master of Puppets'
1987: King Diamond, 'Abigail'
1988: Queensryche, 'Operation: Mindcrime'
1989: Morbid Angel, 'Altars of Madness'
1990: Megadeth, 'Rust in Peace'

1991: Metallica, 'Metallica'
1992: Pantera, 'Vulgar Display of Power'
1993: Type O Negative, 'Bloody Kisses'
1994: Pantera, 'Far Beyond Driven'
1995: At the Gates, 'Slaughter of the Soul'
1996: Tool, 'Ænima'
1997: Emperor, 'Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk'
1998: Death, 'The Sound of Perseverance'
1999: The Dillinger Escape Plan, 'Calculating Infinity'

2000: Iron Maiden, 'Brave New World'
2001: Tool, 'Lateralus'
2002: Agalloch, 'The Mantle'
2003: Children of Bodom, 'Hate Crew Deathroll'
2004: Mastodon, 'Leviathan'
2005: Opeth, 'Ghost Reveries'
2006: Mastodon, 'Blood Mountain'
2007: Between the Buried and Me, 'Colors'
2008: Meshuggah, 'obZen'
2009: Mastodon, 'Crack the Skye'
2010: Ghost, 'Opus Eponymous'

2011: Septicflesh, 'The Great Mass'
2012: Between the Buried and Me, 'The Parallax II: Future Sequence'
2013: Gorguts, 'Colored Sands'
2014: Behemoth, 'The Satanist'
2015: Iron Maiden, 'The Book of Souls'
2016: Devin Townsend Project, 'Transcendence'
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Here's my list!

1970: Black Sabbath - Paranoid
1971: Alice Cooper - Killer
1972: Deep Purple - Machine Head
1973: Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
1974: Deep Purple - Burn
1975: AC/DC - TNT
1976: AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
1977: Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever
1978: Rose Tattoo - Rose Tattoo
1979: Motorhead - Overkill
1980: Motorhead - Ace of Spades

1981: Iron Maiden - Killers
1982: Twisted Sister - Under The Blade
1983: Slayer - Show No Mercy
1984: Bathory - Bathory
1985: S.O.D. - Speak English Or Die
1986: Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
1987: Carnivore - Retaliation
1988: Slayer - South of Heaven
1989: Sepultura - Beneath The Remains
1990: Exhorder - Slaughter in the Vatican

1991: Entombed - Clandestine
1992: Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubious
1993: Metallica - Live Shit: Binge & Purge
1994: Nailbomb - Point Blank
1995: Strapping Young Lad - Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing
1996: The Exploited - Beat the Bastards
1997: Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
1998: Nile - Amongst The Catacombs Of Nephren-Ka
1999: Brutal Truth - Goodbye Cruel World
2000: Macabre - Dahmer

2001: Arch Enemy - Wages of Sin
2002: 8 Foot Sativa - Hate Made Me
2003: Apocalyptica - Reflections
2004: Usurper - Cryptobeast
2005: Kreator - Enemy of God
2006: Celtic Frost - Monotheist
2007: Blood Duster - Lyden Na
2008: Zimmers Hole - When You Were Shouting At The Devil...We Were In League With Satan
2009: Steel Panther - Feel the Steel
2010: Melechesh - The Epigenesis

2011: Fleshgod Apocalypse - Agony
2012: Terrorizer - Hordes of Zombies
2013: Carcass - Surgical Steel
2014: Devilskin - We Rise
2015: Texas Toast Chainsaw Massacre - Til Death Do Us Party
2016: Wormrot - Voices
2017 (so far) : Sepultura - Machine Messiah


Edited by Vim Fuego - 03 Feb 2017 at 11:50pm
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My knowledge of 70's stuff is quite limited so I often only have one album to pick from.

1970: Black Sabbath - Paranoid
1971: Budgie - Budgie
1972: Budgie - Squawk
1973: Budgie - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend
1974: Budgie - In for the Kill (or if I can have one more on the hard rock line: Judas Priest - Rocka Rolla)
1975: Budgie - Bandolier
1976: Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny / Rainbow - Rising (don't ask me to pick between these two)
1977: Judas Priest - Sin After Sin
1978: Judas Priest - Stained Class
1979: N/A

1980: Black Sabbath - Heaven & Hell
1981: Iron Maiden - Killers
1982: Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
1983: Metallica - Kill 'Em All
1984: Iron Maiden - Powerslave (but Metallica - Ride the Lightning is very close)
1985: Fates Warning - The Spectre Within
1986: Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian
1987: Sanctuary - Refuge Denied
1988: Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
1989: Running Wild - Death or Glory

1990: Annihilator - Never, Neverland
1991: Matthias Steele - Haunting Tales of a Warrior's Past
1992: Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond
1993: Grave Digger - The Reaper
1994: Running Wild - Black Hand Inn
1995: Blind Guardian - Imaginations From the Other Side
1996: Kvist - For Kunsten Maa Vi Evig Vike
1997: Gamma Ray - Somewhere Out in Space
1998: Ayreon - Into the Electric Castle (favourite album of all time)
1999: Grave Digger - Excalibur

2000: Iron Maiden - Brave New World
2001: Opeth - Blackwater Park
2002: Cruachan - Folk-Lore
2003: Iron Maiden - Dance of Death
2004: Wuthering Heights - Far From the Madding Crowd
2005: Opeth - Ghost Reveries
2006: To-Mera - Transcendental
2007: Rebellion - Miklagard: The History of the Vikings, Volume II
2008: Akphaezya - Anthology II: Links From the Dead Trinity
2009: Anubis Gate - The Detached

2010: Winterhorde - Underwatermoon
2011: Aquilus - Griseus
2012: Seven Kingdoms - The Fire is Mine
2013: Dark Design - Prey for the Future
2014: Spectral Lore - III
2015: Iron Maiden - The Book of Souls
2016: Lascaille's Shroud - The Roads Leading North

2017 (so far): Fen - Winter


Edited by adg211288 - 03 Feb 2017 at 1:18am
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Allowing proto-metal into the mix to make the 1970s a bit more competitive...

1970: Black Sabbath - s/t
1971: The Who - Who's Next
1972: Wishbone Ash - Argus
1973: The Stooges - Raw Power
1974: Blue Oyster Cult - Secret Treaties
1975: Scorpions - In Trance
1976: Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
1977: Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell
1978: Judas Priest - Stained Class
1979: Judas Priest - Unleashed In the East

1980: Motorhead - Ace of Spades
1981: Accept - Breaker
1982: Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
1983: Manilla Road - Crystal Logic
1984: Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath
1985: Manilla Road - Open the Gates
1986: Slayer - Reign In Blood
1987: Candlemass - Nightfall
1988: Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
1989: Sepultura - Beneath the Remains

1990: Megadeth - Rust In Peace
1991: Paradise Lost - Gothic
1992: Darkthrone - A Blaze In the Northern Sky
1993: Dissection - The Somberlain
1994: Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley
1995: In the Woods... - Heart of the Ages
1996: Skunk Anansie - Stoosh
1997: Electric Wizard - Come My Fanatics...
1998: Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals
1999: Marilyn Manson - The Last Tour On Earth

2000: Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
2001: Enslaved - Monumension
2002: Reverend Bizarre - In the Rectory of the Bizarre Reverend
2003: Sleep - Dopesmoker
2004: Mayhem - Chimera
2005: Candlemass - s/t
2006: Celtic Frost - Monotheist
2007: Dethklok - The Dethalbum
2008: Blood Ceremony - s/t
2009: Immortal - All Shall Fall

2010: Triptykon - Eparistera Daimones
2011: Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats - Blood Lust
2012: Wodensthrone - Curse
2013: Cult of Luna - Vertikal
2014: Electric Wizard - Time to Die
2015: Iron Maiden - The Book of Souls
2016: Blood Ceremony - Lord of Misrule


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Hmmm... so based off my chart the best metal bands ever (in terms of album of the year releases) would be Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, and Electric Wizard. Seems legit.
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I can't do this for the 80's and 90's. Too many amazing albums that I pretty much love equally.

Here's my list for the 70's, I'll see if I can make one for the 2000's.

1970: Black Sabbath - Paranoid
1971: Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
1972: Deep Purple - Machine Head
1973: Eloy - Inside
1974: Eloy - Floating/Judas Priest - Rocka Rolla (I couldn't pick between these two, I love them both)
1975: Rush - Caress of Steel/Black Sabbath - Sabotage
1976: Rush - 2112
1977: Judas Priest - Sin After Sin/Rush - A Farewell to Kings/AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
1978: Judas Priest - Stained Class/Budgie - Impeckable/Heart - Dog and Butterfly
1979: Motorhead - Overkill


Edited by Unitron - 04 Feb 2017 at 12:00pm
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I'm going to give this a real try now, here it goes:

1970: Deep Purple - In Rock
1971: Budgie - Budgie
1972: Night Sun - Mournin'
1973: Buffalo - Volcanic Rock
1974: Eloy - Floating
1975: Rush - Caress of Steel
1976: Rush - 2112
1977: Scorpions - Taken By Force
1978: Judas Priest - Killing Machine
1979: Nazareth - No Mean City

1980: Van Halen - Women and Children First
1981: Riot - Fire Down Under
1982: Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance
1983: Black Sabbath - Born Again
1984: Helstar - Burning Star
1985: Ratt - Invasion of Your Privacy
1986: Megadeth - Peace Sells...but Who's Buying?
1987: Anthrax - Among the Living
1988: Anthrax - State of Euphoria
1989: Soundgarden - Louder Than Love

1990: Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
1991: Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
1992: Pantera - A Vulgar Display of Power
1993: Cathedral - The Ethereal Mirror
1994: Corrosion of Conformity - Deliverance
1995: Clutch - Clutch
1996: Godflesh - Songs of Love and Hate
1997: Powerman 5000 - Mega!! Kung Fu Radio
1998: Clutch - The Elephant Riders
1999: Korn - Issues

2000: Nothingface - Violence
2001: Mushroomhead - XX
2002: Mudvayne - The End of All Things to Come
2003: A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step
2004: Incubus - A Crow Left of the Murder...
2005: Clutch - Robot Hive / Exodus
2006: Voxis - Darkeworld
2007: Korn - Untitled
2008: Helstar - The King of Hell
2009: Diablo Swing Orchestra - Sing Along Songs for the Damned and Delirious

2010: Shining - Blackjazz
2011: Anthrax - Worship Music
2012: 10 Years - Minus the Machine
2013: Clutch - Earth Rocker
2014: Chevelle - La Gargola
2015: Clutch - Psychic Warfare
2016: Chevelle - The North Corridor
2017: Havok - Conformicide
2018: Black Label Society - Grimmest Hits
2019: Korn - The Nothing


Edited by Unitron - 18 Jan 2021 at 7:40pm
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I'd forgotten about this list! I'll have to revisit it later and see if I still agree!
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