The Albums Project

After Avigrus:

1. Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain: 11
2. Amorphis - Tales from the Thousand Lakes: 27
3. Bathory - Blood Fire Death: 26
4. Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales: 9
5. Coroner - No More Color: 23
6. Death - Symbolic: 34
7. Dio - Holy Diver: 17
8. Dismember - Like an Ever Flowing Stream: 33
9. Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian: 29
10. Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings: 15
11. Immortal - At the Heart of Winter: 21
12. Immortal - Pure Holocaust: 22
13. Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction: 8
14. Manowar - Hail to England: 18
15. Megadeth - Killing Is My Business...: 31
16. Metal Church - Metal Church: 18
17. My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans: 37
18. Nokturnal Mortum - The Voice of Steel: 12
19. Rainbow - Rising: 17
20. Venom - Black Metal: 44

Pure Holocaust / Hail to England / At the Heart
 
Edit: I'm taking Black Metal off the list because it made it earlier but no one took it off. Next person should go ahead and add something while you have the chance.

After Bitencourt29:

1. Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain: 11
2. Amorphis - Tales from the Thousand Lakes: 27
3. Bathory - Blood Fire Death: 26
4. Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales: 9
5. Coroner - No More Color: 23
6. Death - Symbolic: 34
7. Dio - Holy Diver: 17
8. Dismember - Like an Ever Flowing Stream: 35
9. Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian: 29
10. Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings: 15
11. Immortal - At the Heart of Winter: 21
12. Immortal - Pure Holocaust: 22
13. Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction: 8
14. Manowar - Hail to England: 18
15. Megadeth - Killing Is My Business...: 31
16. Metal Church - Metal Church: 18
17. My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans: 36
18. Nokturnal Mortum - The Voice of Steel: 12
19. Rainbow - Rising: 18

Ever Flowing/Rising/Turn Loose
 
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After Ryuuzaki

1. Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain: 11
2. Amorphis - Tales from the Thousand Lakes: 27
3. Bathory - Blood Fire Death: 25
4. Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales: 9
5. Coroner - No More Color: 23
6. Death - Symbolic: 34
7. Dio - Holy Diver: 17
8. Dismember - Like an Ever Flowing Stream: 35
9. Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian: 29
10. Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings: 15
11. Immortal - At the Heart of Winter: 21
12. Immortal - Pure Holocaust: 22
13. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden: 2
14. Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction: 8
15. Manowar - Hail to England: 18
16. Megadeth - Killing Is My Business...: 31
17. Metal Church - Metal Church: 18
18. My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans: 36
19. Nokturnal Mortum - The Voice of Steel: 12
20. Rainbow - Rising: 19

Iron Maiden/Rising/Blood Fire Death

At least I know that others will vote for Iron Maiden's S/T.

And no Dio Sabbath, plz, at least until Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and Sabotage already make it. I'd much rather see Long Live Rock 'n Roll first.

And Morbid Saint before Kreator is silliness, even though Spectrum of Death is a far better album then anything they did. In the ~300's and below, sure, but not any time soon.
 
after HamburgerBoy:

1. Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain: 13
2. Amorphis - Tales from the Thousand Lakes: 27
3. Bathory - Blood Fire Death: 24
4. Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales: 9
5. Coroner - No More Color: 23
6. Death - Symbolic: 34
7. Dio - Holy Diver: 17
8. Dismember - Like an Ever Flowing Stream: 35
9. Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian: 29
10. Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings: 15
11. Immortal - At the Heart of Winter: 22
12. Immortal - Pure Holocaust: 22
13. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden: 2
14. Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction: 8
15. Manowar - Hail to England: 18
16. Megadeth - Killing Is My Business...: 31
17. Metal Church - Metal Church: 18
18. My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans: 36
19. Nokturnal Mortum - The Voice of Steel: 12
20. Rainbow - Rising: 19

Ashes/AtHoW/BloodFireDeath
 
After Kreated:

1. Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain: 12
2. Amorphis - Tales from the Thousand Lakes: 27
3. Bathory - Blood Fire Death: 24
4. Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales: 9
5. Coroner - No More Color: 23
6. Death - Symbolic: 34
7. Dio - Holy Diver: 18
8. Dismember - Like an Ever Flowing Stream: 37
9. Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian: 29
10. Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings: 15
11. Immortal - At the Heart of Winter: 22
12. Immortal - Pure Holocaust: 22
13. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden: 2
14. Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction: 8
15. Manowar - Hail to England: 18
16. Megadeth - Killing Is My Business...: 31
17. Metal Church - Metal Church: 18
18. My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans: 36
19. Nokturnal Mortum - The Voice of Steel: 12
20. Rainbow - Rising: 19

Like an Everflowing Stream / Holy Diver / Ashes
 
After Bitencourt29

1. Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain: 12
2. Amorphis - Tales from the Thousand Lakes: 27
3. Bathory - Blood Fire Death: 26
4. Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales: 9
5. Coroner - No More Color: 23
6. Death - Symbolic: 34
7. Dio - Holy Diver: 18
8. Dismember - Like an Ever Flowing Stream: 37
9. Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian: 29
10. Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings: 16
11. Immortal - At the Heart of Winter: 22
12. Immortal - Pure Holocaust: 22
13. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden: 2
14. Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction: 8
15. Manowar - Hail to England: 17
16. Megadeth - Killing Is My Business...: 31
17. Metal Church - Metal Church: 18
18. My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans: 36
19. Nokturnal Mortum - The Voice of Steel: 12
20. Rainbow - Rising: 19

BFD/Burnt/England
 
After Avigrus

1. Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain: 11
2. Amorphis - Tales from the Thousand Lakes: 27
3. Bathory - Blood Fire Death: 26
4. Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales: 9
5. Coroner - No More Color: 23
6. Death - Symbolic: 34
7. Dio - Holy Diver: 18
8. Dismember - Like an Ever Flowing Stream: 37
9. Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian: 29
10. Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings: 17
11. Immortal - At the Heart of Winter: 22
12. Immortal - Pure Holocaust: 22
13. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden: 2
14. Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction: 8
15. Manowar - Hail to England: 17
16. Megadeth - Killing Is My Business...: 31
17. Metal Church - Metal Church: 18
18. My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans: 38
19. Nokturnal Mortum - The Voice of Steel: 12
20. Rainbow - Rising: 19

MDB/Iced Earth/agalloch
 
And no Dio Sabbath, plz, at least until Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and Sabotage already make it. I'd much rather see Long Live Rock 'n Roll first.

And Morbid Saint before Kreator is silliness, even though Spectrum of Death is a far better album then anything they did. In the ~300's and below, sure, but not any time soon.

Man, it's not that I necessarily think that Heaven and Hell is BETTER than the other Ozzy albums, just that, well....when I want to listen to Ozzy, I'm going to go to one of the first 3 9 times out of 10, whereas if I ever get a hankering for Dio Sabbath, Heaven and Hell is the way to go. So I sorta end up appreciating it more.

And, regarding Morbid Saint and Kreator, I'm sure you're with me in thinking that either before Destruction is silliness ;)
 
After Krow

1. Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain: 11
2. Amorphis - Tales from the Thousand Lakes: 27
3. Bathory - Blood Fire Death: 26
4. Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales: 9
5. Coroner - No More Color: 23
6. Death - Symbolic: 34
7. Dio - Holy Diver: 18
8. Dismember - Like an Ever Flowing Stream: 37
9. Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian: 29
10. Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings: 17
11. Immortal - At the Heart of Winter: 22
12. Immortal - Pure Holocaust: 23
13. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden: 2
14. Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction: 10
15. Manowar - Hail to England: 17
16. Megadeth - Killing Is My Business...: 31
17. Metal Church - Metal Church: 18
18. My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans: 37
19. Nokturnal Mortum - The Voice of Steel: 12
20. Rainbow - Rising: 19

Ample Destruction/Pure Holocaust/Turn Loose the Swans

Hate to keep voting down Swans when Agalloch, Nokturnal Mortum, Iced Earth, and the wrong Immortal album are still around, Krow, but, you understand, it's just strategy ;)
 
After Lateralus14:

1. Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain: 11
2. Amorphis - Tales from the Thousand Lakes: 27
3. Bathory - Blood Fire Death: 26
4. Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales: 9
5. Coroner - No More Color: 23
6. Death - Symbolic: 34
7. Dio - Holy Diver: 18
8. Dismember - Like an Ever Flowing Stream: 36
9. Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian: 29
10. Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings: 17
11. Immortal - At the Heart of Winter: 22
12. Immortal - Pure Holocaust: 24
13. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden: 2
14. Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction: 10
15. Manowar - Hail to England: 17
16. Megadeth - Killing Is My Business...: 31
17. Metal Church - Metal Church: 18
18. My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans: 39
19. Nokturnal Mortum - The Voice of Steel: 12
20. Rainbow - Rising: 19

MDB/PH/Dismember
 
I like death/doom as much as anyone here and I'll keep voting it up until it gets in. :p

I'm a HUGE death/doom fan, man, but imo every one of these is superior (though I'll take influence into account and say don't put Sempiternal or Divine Eve up there for a looong time)
My Dying Bride - As the Flowers Wither
Paradise Lost - Lost Paradise
Paradise Lost - Gothic
Katatonia - Dance of December Souls
Winter - Into Darkness
Sempiternal Deathreign - The Spooky Gloom
Disembowelment - Transcendence Into The Peripheral
Unholy - From The Shadows
Divine Eve - As The Angels Weep
 
After MasterOLightning

1. Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain: 10
2. Amorphis - Tales from the Thousand Lakes: 27
3. Bathory - Blood Fire Death: 26
4. Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales: 9
5. Coroner - No More Color: 23
6. Death - Symbolic: 34
7. Dio - Holy Diver: 18
8. Dismember - Like an Ever Flowing Stream: 36
9. Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian: 29
10. Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings: 17
11. Immortal - At the Heart of Winter: 22
12. Immortal - Pure Holocaust: 24
13. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden: 4
14. Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction: 10
15. Manowar - Hail to England: 17
16. Megadeth - Killing Is My Business...: 32
17. Metal Church - Metal Church: 18
18. My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans: 39
19. Nokturnal Mortum - The Voice of Steel: 12
20. Rainbow - Rising: 19

Iron Maiden/Killing is my Business/Ashes Against the Grain
 
after Kara-Shehr

1. Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain: 10
2. Amorphis - Tales from the Thousand Lakes: 27
3. Bathory - Blood Fire Death: 26
4. Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales: 9
5. Coroner - No More Color: 23
6. Death - Symbolic: 35
7. Dio - Holy Diver: 18
8. Dismember - Like an Ever Flowing Stream: 36
9. Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian: 28
10. Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings: 17
11. Immortal - At the Heart of Winter: 22
12. Immortal - Pure Holocaust: 24
13. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden: 4
14. Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction: 10
15. Manowar - Hail to England: 17
16. Megadeth - Killing Is My Business...: 34
17. Metal Church - Metal Church: 18
18. My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans: 39
19. Nokturnal Mortum - The Voice of Steel: 12
20. Rainbow - Rising: 19

Killing Is My Business / Symbolic / Awaken the Guardian
 
I really want to see these put up on the list soon, personally

Angel Witch - Angel Witch
Exodus - Bonded By Blood
Destruction - Infernal Overkill
Slayer - Show No Mercy
Trouble - Psalm 9
Infernal Majesty - None Shall Defy
Cirith Ungol - King of the Dead

in addition to some things others have mentioned
 
I would agree but I have a whole '80s Slayer fanboyism (and Hell Awaits love cannot come without None Shall Defy love either). Either way, such a classic.
 
As far as thrash goes ...

I would not be cool with that Exodus album getting on anytime soon, there are pleeenty of other thrash albums that should make that list before Bonded By Blood....

Show No Mercy definitely needs to be on the list. Also Kreator's Pleasure to Kill and Extreme Certainty, Sodom's Persecution Mania and Destruction's Eternal Devastation need to get on there sometime soon also, along with Coroner's mental Vortex and No More Color.
 
I don't know I used to not be so fond of it but I bought the CD a week ago and have been spinning it a lot. Some tracks still fail to be memorable, but the thing holistically kicks ass. And if influence is relevant, they were one of the first.
 
Bonded By Blood is easily the best thrash album when it comes to thrash purely for thrash's sake. Nearly flawless album, and as said they were one of the originators. In the Sign of Evil should be the first Sodom album, being their only one where they actually wrote a Slayer riff before Slayer did. The only thing Persecution Mania has going for it is the title track, and Tom Angelripper (both vocals and bass tone). The rest is pretty much derivative and if it was released on a shitty small label people would give as much of a shit about it as they do Blood Feast.

I still say Watchtower's inclusion is long overdue, but too many people are too pussy to handle the falsetto within.

After TheNightsBane

1. Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain: 10
2. Amorphis - Tales from the Thousand Lakes: 27
3. Bathory - Blood Fire Death: 26
4. Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales: 9
5. Coroner - No More Color: 23
6. Death - Symbolic: 34
7. Dio - Holy Diver: 18
8. Dismember - Like an Ever Flowing Stream: 36
9. Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian: 28
10. Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings: 17
11. Immortal - At the Heart of Winter: 22
12. Immortal - Pure Holocaust: 24
13. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden: 4
14. Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction: 10
15. Manowar - Hail to England: 18
16. Megadeth - Killing Is My Business...: 34
17. Metal Church - Metal Church: 18
18. My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans: 39
19. Nokturnal Mortum - The Voice of Steel: 12
20. Rainbow - Rising: 21

Rising/Hail to England/Symbolic