Albums by Year

[Zephyrus]

OK here's a unique concept: pick your favorite album from every year going as far back as metal's rocky roots. Not so easy, eh? Every year, particularly the 80's and 90's, hosts many brilliant albums, so choose wisely. Try to name an album for each consecutive year, or else leave it blank.

My turn.

1983 - Slayer - Show No Mercy
1984 - Metallica - Ride the Lightning
1985 - Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
1986 - Slayer - Reign in Blood
1987 - Celtic Frost - Into the Pandemonium
1988 - Slayer - South of Heaven
1989 - Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness
1990 - Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss
1991 - Bolt Thrower - War Master
1992 - Immortal - Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism
1993 - Satyricon - Dark Medieval Times
1994 - Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse
1995 - Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery
1996 - Satyricon - Nemesis Divina
1997 - Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
1998 - Borknagar - The Archaic Course
1999 - Limbonic Art - Ad Noctum: Dynasty of Death
2000 - Borknagar - Quintessence
2001 - Borknagar - Empiricism
2002 - Limbonic Art - The Ultimate Death Worship
2003 - Zyklon - Aeon
2004 - Hypocrisy - The Arrival
2005 - Hypocrisy - Virus
2006 - Aborym - Generator

 

[Jimmy... Dead.]

Awesome thread.

This is the type of stuff im looking for.

Too bad I was born in '83 heh. Oh well.

I shall be sampling 5 to 6 of these albums Ive never heard.

Thank You very much.

 

[metal_wrath]

2004 - Hypocrisy - The Arrival
2005 - Hypocrisy - Virus

I though The Arrival was pretty lackluster, other than a few good moments... Virus was awesome though...

now I have to go listen to some "Virus"

 

[ThisIsACoolName]

Oh, wow. Great thread. I wish I was knew enough to participate without embarassing myself.

 

[zabu of nΩd]

Hope nobody minds a few double-winners; a lot of these are tough to decide. I also feel I should give recognition to bands contemporary to the likes of Iron Maiden, Bathory, Opeth, etc. who, IMO, pretty much shit gold. That said, here's my list:

<1979: anything by Sabbath, Priest, or Rainbow, basically
1979: Mot&#246;rhead - Overkill
1980: Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
1981: Iron Maiden - Killers
1982: Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
1983: Metallica - Kill 'em All
1984: Metallica - Ride the Lightning / Iron Maiden - Aces High
1985: Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
1986: Slayer - Angel of Death / Black Sabbath - Seventh Star
1987: Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark
1988: Bathory - Blood Fire Death
1989: Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness
1990: Bathory - Hammerheart
1991: Bathory - Twilight of the Gods
1992: Iron Maiden - Fear of the Dark
1993: Cathedral - The Ethereal Mirror
1994: Dimmu Borgir - For All Tid
1995: Opeth - Orchid / Cathedral - The Carnival Bizarre
1996: Bathory - Blood on Ice
1997: Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant
1998: Therion - Vovin
1999: Opeth - Still Life
2000: Stratovarius - Infinite
2001: Cathedral - Endtyme / Opeth - Blackwater Park
2002: Opeth - Deliverance / Bathory - Nordland I
2003: Iron Maiden - Dance of Death / Bathory - Nordland II
2004: Therion - Sirius B
2005: Arcturus - Sideshow Symphonies / Opeth - Ghost Reveries
2006: Celtic Frost - Monotheist

 

[Slayed Necros]

Bah, why not.

1984 - Bathory - Bathory
1985 - Exodus - Bonded By Blood
1986 - Sepultura - Morbid Visions
1987 - Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark
1988 - Vio-Lence - Eternal Nightmare
1989 - Pestilence - Consuming Impulse
1990 - Massacra - Final Holocaust
1991 - Asphyx - The Rack
1992 - Demigod - Slumber of Sullen Eyes
1993 - Beherit - Drawing Down the Moon
1994 - Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger
1995 - Graveland - Thousand Swords
1996 - Sacramentum - Far Away From the Sun / Absurd - Facta Loquuntur
1997 - Moonblood - Blut & Krieg
1998 - Runemagick - The Supreme Force of Eternity
1999 - M&#252;tiilation - Remains of a Ruined, Dead, Cursed Soul
2000 - Pest (Ger) - &#196;ra
2001 - Weltmacht - The Call to Battle
2002 - Deathspell Omega - Inquisitors of Satan
2003 - Hail - Inheritance of Evilness
2004 - Dark Tribe - In jeraspunta - Die R&#252;ckkehr der tollw&#252;tigen Bestie
2005 - Macabre Omen - The Ancient Returns
2006 - Archgoat - The Whore of Bethlehem

 

[IWP]

1980: Judas Priest - British Steel
1981: Iron Maiden - Killers
1982: Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance & Iron Maiden - Number Of The Beast (tie)
1983: Metallica - Kill 'Em All
1984: Metallica - RideThe Lightning
1985: Pantera - I am The Night
1986: Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time
1987: Blind Guardian - Battalions Of Fear
1988: Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son and Pantera - Power Metal (tie)
1989: Skid Row - Skid Row and Overkill - The Years Of Decay (tie)
1990: Iced Earth - Iced Earth and Death - Spiritual Healing (tie)
1991: Skid Row - Slave To The Grind
1992: Obituary - The End Complete
1993: Death - Individual Thought Patterns
1994: Overkill - W.F.O.
1995: Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings
1996:
1997:
1998: Death - Sound Of Perserverance
1999:
2000:
2001: Iced Earth - Horror Show
2002:
2003:
2004:
2005: Early Man - Closing In
2006: Iron Maiden - A Matter Of Life And Death

Going by albums that I own.

 

[Hell Awaits Us All]

1983 - slayer (show no mercy)
1984 - metallica (ride the lightning)
1985 - possessed (seven churches
1986 - slayer (reign in blood)
1987 - Death (scream bloody gore)
1988 - metallica (and justice for all)
1989 - morbid angel (altars of madness)
1990 - megadeth (rust in peace)
1991 - Death (human)
1992 - deicide (legion)
1993 - dismember (indecent and obscene)
1994 -
1995 - Suffocation (pierced from within)
1996 - opeth (morningrise)
1997 - hypocrisy (the final chapter)
1998 - death (the sound of perseverance)
1999 - necrophagist (onset of putrefaction)
2000 - Quo vadis (day into night)
2001 - Opeth (blackwater park)
2002 - behemoth (zos kia cultus)
2003 - opeth (damnation)
2004 - mastodon (leviathan)
2005 - Pagan's Mind (Enigmatic calling)
2006 - suffocation (suffocation)

 

[zabu of nΩd]

2003 - opeth (damnation)

Heh; I thought about putting this, but it's not really metal, is it?

 

[Hell Awaits Us All]

Heh; I thought about putting this, but it's not really metal, is it?

not at all, but who really cares?? it was fucking brilliant

 

[MasterOLightning]

Hmmm....let my narrow focus in metal show!
1989: Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness
1990: Megadeth - Rust in Peace
1991: Atheist - Unquestionable Presence
1992: Emperor - Wrath of the Tyrant
1993: My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans
1994: Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse
1995: Darkthrone - Panzerfaust
1996: Opeth - Morningrise
1997: sort of a bad year
1998: Arcane Sun - s/t
1999: Agalloch - Pale Folklore
2000: Lykathea Aflame - Elvenefris
2001: Opeth - Blackwater Park
2002: Deathspell Omega - Inquisitors of Satan
2003: Drudkh - Forgotten Legends
2004: Xasthur/Leviathan - split
2005: Deathspell Omega - Kenose
2006: Drudkh - Blood in Our Wells

I had a really hard time on the post 2000 albums, as I tend to have more of those.

 

[NecrosluG]

FROM 1982- 2000

1982 :manowar - Battle Hymns
1983 :Savatage - Sirens
1984 :Bathory - Bathory
1985 :Metallica - Master Of puppets
1985 :Megadeth - Killing is my buisiness...and buisiness is good
1986 :Slayer - Raining Blood
1987 :Candlemass - Nightfall
1988 :Sodom - In the Sign of evil
1989 :Annihilator - Alison Hell
1989 :Obituary - Slowly we rot
1990 :Therion - Of Darkness
1990 antera - Cowboys from hell
1993 :Immortal - Pure Holocaust
1994 : Dimmu Borgir - For All Tid
1997 :Rhapsody - Legendary Tales
1998 : Death - The Sound of perseverance
200 :Hypocrisy : Into the abyss

 

[The Heartbreak Kid]

From 1980

1980: Judas Priest - British Steel
1981: Cirith Ungol - Frost And Fire
1982: Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance
1983: Def Leppard - Pyromania
1984: Ratt - Out Of The Cellar
1985: Ratt - Invasion Of Your Privacy
1986: Ozzy Osbourne - The Ultimate Sin
1987: Def Leppard - Hysteria
1988: Metallica - ...And Justice For All
1989: Extreme - Extreme/Faith No More - The Real Thing (Draw)
1990: Judas Priest - Painkiller
1991: Skid Row - Slave To The Grind
1992: Dream Theater - Images And Words
1993: Cathedral - The Ethereal Mirror
1994: Dream Theater - Awake
1995: Cathedral - The Carnival Bizarre
1996: Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy
1997: Flotsam And Jetsam - High
1998: Helloween - Better Than Raw
1999: Slaughter - Back To Reality
2000: Symphony X - V

Loads of great albums are missed out due to years such as 1984, 1986, 1989 being awesome.

 

[CF87]

1971: Black Sabbath-master of reality.
1980: Motorhead-ace of spades
1981: Iron Maiden-killers
1982: Iron Maiden-number of the beast
1983: Mercyful Fate-melissa
1984: Celtic Frost-morbid tales
1985: Slayer-hell awaits, Possessed-seven churches
1986: Candlemass-epicus doomicus metallicus,Kreator-pleasure to kill
1987: King Diamond-abigail
1988: Slayer-south of heaven
1989: Morbid Angel-altars of madness, Pestilence -consuming impulse, Sodom-agent orange,Atheist-piece of time,Autopsy-severed survival
1990: Entombed-left hand path
1991: Cathedral-forest of equilibrium,Autopsy-mental Funeral,Pitch Shifter-industrial,Tiamat-the astral sleep
1992: Amorphis-the Karelian isthmus,demigod-slumber of sullen eyes,Samael-blood ritual,Incantation-onward to golgotha
1993: Sentenced-north from here,Dissection-the somberlain,Edge of Sanity-the spectral sorrows,Necrophobic-the nocturnal silence
1994: Amorphis-tales from the thousand lakes,Godflesh-selfless
1995: Dissection-storm of the lights bane,
1996: Katatonia-brave murder day,Opeth-morningrise,Satyricon-nemesis divina
1997: Necrophobic-darkside
1998: Opeth-my arms, your hearse,Evoken-embrace the emptiness
1999: Immortal-at the heart of winter
2000: Immortal-damned in black
2001: Opeth-blackwater park
2002: Bloodbath-resurrection through carnage,Satyricon-volcano
2003: Opeth-damnation
2004:
2005: Bloodbath-nightmares made flesh,Old Man's Child-vermin,Opeth-ghost reveries
2006: Satyricon-now, diabolical,Necrophobic-hrimthursum,Unleashed-midvinterblot,Death Breath-stinking up the night

 

[DarkBliss]

1989- Morbid Angel-Altars of Madness
1990- Master's Hammer-Ritual
1991- Atheist-Unquestionable Presence
1992- Cadaver-...In Pains
1993- Varathron-His Majesty at the Swamp
1994- Phlebotomized-Immense Intense Suspense
1995- Ved Buens Ende-Written in Waters
or Necromantia-Scarlet Evil Witching Black(can't decide between the two)
1996- Summoning-Dol Guldur
1997- Arcturus-La Masquerade Infernale
1998- Gorguts-Obscura
1999-Windham Hell-Reflective Depths Imbibe
2000-Lykathea Aflame-Elvenefris
2002-The Chasm-Conjuration of the Spectral Empire
2005- Stargazer-The Scream that Tore the Sky

 

[Thraxdude666]

From 1983 onwards

1983: Dio - Holy Diver
1984: Metallica - Ride The Lightning
1985: Exodus - Bonded By Blood
1986: Slayer - Reign In Blood
1987: Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I
1988: Vio-Lence - Eternal Nightmare
1989: Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness
1990: Judas Priest - Painkiller
1991: Heathen - Victims Of Deception
1992: Testament - The Ritual
1993: Carcass - Heartwork
1994: Emperor - In The Nightshade Eclipse
1995: In Flames - The Jester Race
1996: Angra - Holy Land
1997: Strapping Young Lad - City
1998: Devin Townsend - Infinity
1999: Children Of Bodom - Hatebreeder
2000: The Haunted - The Haunted Made Me Do It
2001: Avantasia - The Metal Opera
2002: Arch Enemy - Wages Of Sin
2003: Anthrax - We've Come For You All
2004: Exodus - Tempo Of The Damned
2005: Kreator - Enemy Of God
2006: Deicide - The Stench Of Redemption

 

[Matt]

1980: Motorhead-ace of spades

Possibly the most overrated/overplayed song/album of all time.

 

[EmbraceTheDeath]

1982- Venom(Black Metal)
1983- Slayer (Show No Mercy)
1984- Bathory(Bathory)
1985- Possessed(Seven Churches)
1986- Dark Angel(Darkness Descends)
1987- Death(Scream Bloody Gore)
1988- Metallica(...And Justice For All)
1989- Terrorizer(World Downfall)
1990- Nocturnus(The Key)
1991- Darkthrone(A Blaze in the Northern Sky)
1992- Malevolent Creation (Retribution)
1993- Cynic(Focus)
1994- Winter(Eternal Frost)
1995- Morbid Angel(Domination)
1996- Acid Bath(Paegan Terrorism Tactics)
1997- Emperor(Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk)
1998- Death(The Sound of Perseverance)
1999- Agalloch(Pale Folklore)
2000- Destroyer 666(Phoenix Rising)

 

[byrne]

i did 1970 -1986. by 86 i had to choose between too many albums. i didnt think id do any bands justice by attempting to compile a list, therefore im bowing out of this one.