80s Metal Album Rankings
Essential 1980s metal albums spanning heavy metal, thrash, glam, speed metal, doom metal, progressive metal, and extreme metal foundations.
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Master of Puppets — Metallica (1986)—
Ride the Lightning — Metallica (1984)—
...And Justice for All — Metallica (1988)—
Reign in Blood — Slayer (1986)—
South of Heaven — Slayer (1988)—
Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? — Megadeth (1986)—
Rust in Peace — Megadeth (1990)—
Among the Living — Anthrax (1987)—
Bonded by Blood — Exodus (1985)—
The Number of the Beast — Iron Maiden (1982)—
Powerslave — Iron Maiden (1984)—
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son — Iron Maiden (1988)—
British Steel — Judas Priest (1980)—
Screaming for Vengeance — Judas Priest (1982)—
Painkiller — Judas Priest (1990)—
Heaven and Hell — Black Sabbath (1980)—
Mob Rules — Black Sabbath (1981)—
Holy Diver — Dio (1983)—
The Last in Line — Dio (1984)—
Ace of Spades — Motörhead (1980)—
Melissa — Mercyful Fate (1983)—
Don't Break the Oath — Mercyful Fate (1984)—
Epicus Doomicus Metallicus — Candlemass (1986)—
Nightfall — Candlemass (1987)—
Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I — Helloween (1987)—
Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II — Helloween (1988)—
Operation: Mindcrime — Queensrÿche (1988)—
Diary of a Madman — Ozzy Osbourne (1981)—
Blizzard of Ozz — Ozzy Osbourne (1980)—
1984 — Van Halen (1984)—
Back in Black — AC/DC (1980)—
Shout at the Devil — Mötley Crüe (1983)—
Dr. Feelgood — Mötley Crüe (1989)—
Slippery When Wet — Bon Jovi (1986)—
Stay Hungry — Twisted Sister (1984)—
Tooth and Nail — Dokken (1984)—
Under Lock and Key — Dokken (1985)—
Rising Force — Yngwie Malmsteen (1984)—
Hall of the Mountain King — Savatage (1987)—
King of Rock — Run-D.M.C. (1985)—
Morbid Visions — Sepultura (1986)—
Beneath the Remains — Sepultura (1989)—
Altars of Madness — Morbid Angel (1989)—
Leprosy — Death (1988)—
Scream Bloody Gore — Death (1987)—
Slowly We Rot — Obituary (1989)—
Agent Orange — Sodom (1989)—
Persecution Mania — Sodom (1987)—
Into the Pandemonium — Celtic Frost (1987)—
Bathory — Bathory (1984)—