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500 Heavy Metal Albums You Must Hear (Outdated) - Page 2

500 metal albums ranked by year of release that are mandatory listens for any metalhead.
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Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman
Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman
41
Accept - Breaker
Accept - Breaker
42
Scorpions - Blackout
Scorpions - Blackout
43
Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance
Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance
44
Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
45
Manowar - Battle Hymns
Manowar - Battle Hymns
46
Accept - Restless and Wild
Accept - Restless and Wild
47
Venom - Black Metal
Venom - Black Metal
48
Def Leppard - Pyromania
Def Leppard - Pyromania
49
Quiet Riot - Metal Health
Quiet Riot - Metal Health
50
Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
51
Mötley Crüe - Shout at the Devil
Mötley Crüe - Shout at the Devil
52
Dio - Holy Diver
Dio - Holy Diver
53
Ozzy Osbourne - Bark at the Moon
Ozzy Osbourne - Bark at the Moon
54
Mercyful Fate - Melissa
Mercyful Fate - Melissa
55
Accept - Balls to the Wall
Accept - Balls to the Wall
56
Metallica - Kill 'em All
Metallica - Kill 'em All
57
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
58
Van Halen 1984
Van Halen 1984
59
Ratt - Out of the Cellar
Ratt - Out of the Cellar
60
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath
61
Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry
Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry
62
Scorpions Love at First Sting
Scorpions Love at First Sting
63
Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales
Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales
64
Manowar - Hail to England
Manowar - Hail to England
65
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
66
Saxon - Crusader
Saxon - Crusader
67
Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Rising Force
Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Rising Force
68
Running Wild - Gates to Purgatory
Running Wild - Gates to Purgatory
69
Helloween - Walls of Jericho (1985)
Helloween - Walls of Jericho (1985)
70
S.O.D. - Speak English or Die
S.O.D. - Speak English or Die
71
Watchtower - Energetic Disassembly
Watchtower - Energetic Disassembly
72
Savatage - Power of the Night
Savatage - Power of the Night
73
Destruction - Infernal Overkill
Destruction - Infernal Overkill
74
Metal Church - Metal Church
Metal Church - Metal Church
75
Exodus - Bonded by Blood
Exodus - Bonded by Blood
76
Possessed - Seven Churches
Possessed - Seven Churches
77
Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
78
Anthrax - Spreading the Disease
Anthrax - Spreading the Disease
79
Fates Warning - The Spectre Within
Fates Warning - The Spectre Within
80
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