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There's really 10?

"Looks" was from their second album "Shout At The Devil". I do think that "Too Fast for Love" might make my top 10. Great topic!! I'm compiling my list now.

Ok, here's my .02 cents:

1. Metallica: Master of Puppets
2. Slayer: Reign in Blood
3. Guns N Roses: Appetite for Destruction
4. Pantera: Cowboys from Hell
5. Van Halen: Van Halen
6. Metallica: Kill Em All
7. Black Sabbath: Paranoid
8. Ozzy: Blizzard of Oz
9. Slayer: South of Heaven
10. Witchfinder General: Death Penalty

Notes: some people included Zep, while others didn’t. I don’t think that they’re technically considered metal – “proto-metal,” maybe. If allowed, I would put Led Zeppelin II, and Led Zeppelin IV very high on the list. I also agree with what a few people said about including Motley Crue in here somewhere – the Crue rocked, in their day. Judas Priest’s British Steel should also be on any such list.

Charly, you took the words right out of my mouth

my list, right off the top of my head, and some might not be considered "METAL", but...I CAN'T DO JUST 10!! DAMMIT!

1. Master of Puppets - Metallica
2. KISS - Destroyer / Rock and Roll Over
3. Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengence
4. Rush - Exit Stage Left
5. Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
6. Ozzy - Blizzard of Ozz / Diary of a Madman
7. Van Halen - Van Halen 1
8. Metallica - Ride the Lightning
9. Megadeth - Rust in Peace
10. Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
11. Alice in Chains - Facelift (honorable mention)
12. Type O Negative - first album

Well I'm a bit late to this, but here's mine (for now), although many may not be considered HM by todays standards (but now I'm 45 I don't care ). In no particular order:

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Heaven & Hell - Black Sabbath
British Steel - Judas Priest
Sign of the Hammer - Manowar
Fighting the World - Manowar
Women & Children First - Van Halen
Live & Dangerous - Thin Lizzy
Made in Europe - Deep Purple
Bomber - Motorhead
Space Ritual - Hawkwind (say what you like, it sounds like metal to me...)

Actually that was really tough and I've left out some great albums....

What, no Spinal Tap?

hunter3705 wrote:Ok, here's my .02 cents:

10. Witchfinder General: Death Penalty

This is one of my faves too.

I can't compile a Top 10 list; I like way too much stuff of all sub-genres.

People took KISS seriously?

absolutely. take the makeup off of their early albums and they were a formidable musical force...IMHO of course.