The Best METAL Album Of Every Year (1970-2023)

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[@BradleyHallGuitar]

What do you guys think of my picks?? I tried to be as objective as possible, with my personal opinion only influencing things a tiny bit

[@The_witcher0]

🧐

[@baronrogers806]

Pretty much a good idea of how linear and unlinear metals evolution has been

[@phobixthething5692]

Great picks! I wouldn’t say Red is really metal though, strikes me more as prog rock/progressive rock

[@j.n7442]

If you actually chose St.Anger for 2003, (which the thumbnail implied), I would've dipped my balls in the nearest deep fryer holy fucking shit.

[@eamonahern7495]

You're triggering me with the 2003 pic in the thumbnail

[@RC32Smiths01]

Seeing Rainbow and Dio here truly puts a smile on my face. There is so many things extremely Metal about Dio's presence in his prime, which is just his entire musical career haha. I also think that the 2000s and 2010s just had so much great material to work from, and I can't wait to see how the 20s work off of such a foundation.

[@ilikeguitars3511]

Agreed man, dio is the man

[@MikaelLV]

Rainbow Rising is one of the best metal albums ever in my opinion. Easily in my top 5.

[@nathangrueber9834]

Same

[@periachi4961]

Slaughtered At The Soul is awesome, but I think Symbolic should've won.

[@saukkonen1328]

To bad Dio sucked ass

[@lukasz.90]

King Crimson's "Red" - one of the best records in general. Simply amazing.

[@cahesolo9267]

A prog rock band that make many metal band embarrassed

[@ragingbill]

It’s a great album, but calling it metal is a real stretch.

[@Lokharn5]

Exactly. The album that defined prog metal for decades. In every modern prog metal album you can hear something from Red

[@BradleyHallGuitar]

@@ragingbill They're obviously not a Metal band but that album is absurdly heavy for its time

[@warren_r]

@@BradleyHallGuitar Exactly so. It's the same with Moving Pictures. Not a metal album per se but hooooooly fuuuuuck is it influential in more ways than people realize for its production quality and the number of people influenced by the musicianship.

[@IaMD.B.]

1980 had sooooo many all time great albums: Blizzard of Oz - Ozzy Osbourne Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath Ace of Spades - Motorhead British Steel - Judas Priest Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden Wheels of Steel - Saxon Lightning to the Nations - Diamond Head I'm sure I missed a few. Really hard to pick a winner here!

[@SaintMartins]

Other great Metal or Hard Rock releases in 1980 include Angel Witch - angel witch Def Leppard - on through the night Rush - permanent waves Triumph - progression of power Van Halen - women and children first Scorpions - animal magnetism Kiss - unmasked AC/DC - back in black

[@huntzzio]

ACE OF SPADES! ACE OF SPADES! ACE OF SPADES!

[@HitlerGaymes123]

Iron Maiden debut still the best

[@fartexboy4225]

fuckin love phantom of the opera

[@HitlerGaymes123]

@@fartexboy4225 Strange World

[@CliveHand5th]

the beauty of metal is that there’s always something for everyone, glad we’ve got a big metal family community, love you guys :)

[@gwarfan1994]

ok

[@worshipkyama9566]

Love u too

[@gerardoa9179]

Metal is dead

[@worshipkyama9566]

@@gerardoa9179 it's not dead,if u consume mainstream garbage then you'll obviously think that,there is a lot of metal,ur just not paying attention.. it's just not mainstream anymore besides which let's face it ,most mainstream music nowadays is just pure filth (coming from a gen z'er)

[@Yourlocalbrazilianfemboy]

Agree

[@SpacemanXC]

Can't say I really agree with much of this. But that's the beauty of metal. There's something for everyone. 🤘

[@franklittle87]

Same here! I wouldn't have picked over half.

[@cdfox85]

Especially not the blastbeat-ridden deathgrind stuff or endless breakdown grindcore. It's just so BORRRRIIIING.

[@SpacemanXC]

@@cdfox85 lol but thats the stuff i would add 😅 i like the part that goes CHUG CHUG CHUG CHUG RE REEE CHUG REEEEE CHUG CHUG

[@i.d.9754]

Precisely! Such a diverse genre will never have a definitive answer, and that's amazing!

[@BarbaricAvatar]

That why trying to make objective lists are a waste of time. I'd much rather see a list from somone who has nothing whatsoever in common with me, than from someone trying to please everyone. There's nothing wrong with being proud of what you like, even if no one else does.

[@eamonahern7495]

I love that you picked Individual Thought Patterns for 1993. If you picked any of Reign In Blood, Master Of Puppets, Peace Sells or Somewhere In Time for 1986 I would have been satisfied with that pick. I expected Sad Wings Of Destiny to be in there but Rainbow is a good choice anyway.

[@weon_penca]

and 1998 should have been The Sound of Perseverance, not the Blind Guardian one

[@Blaze-wb6bk]

​@@weon_pencathat BG album is a masterpiece. I don't even like power metal and death is my fav death metal band, but this particular album is so good

[@BradleyHallGuitar]

@@weon_penca I'm not even a Blind Guardian fan but there's no way TSOP is beating out that album lmao

[@scifiordie]

Stained Class is one of the most influential albums ever, spawning both NWOBHM and thrash so I expected to see that in 1978

[@floppafloppa7990]

​@weon_penca The curse of feanor alone is better than Deaths entire discography after Leprosy

[@picklesandwich5949]

Metal is such a diverse and awesome genre that you could pick like 20 different albums for each year, awesome time to be a metal fan with new awesome bands on the horizon while most of the classic bands like megadeth, maiden etc are still around releasing bangers

[@fanaticofmetal]

I absolutely agree

[@Yourlocalbrazilianfemboy]

98 Should be Sound of perseverance tho

[@jamesslayer4]

Bradley hates that album. There's no way he would put it there. But 1995 should have been Symbolic tho.

[@9431extremevisceraldestruction]

For real dude

[@eihtballjnky]

Nope

[@DelcoRailfan611]

Diehard death fans

[@Yourlocalbrazilianfemboy]

@@jamesslayer4 why does he hate that album? It's literally one of the best Death metal albums ever made.

[@AndyVasilev]

Not having From Mars to Sirius for 05 and TWOAF for 08 is pure madness

[@BradleyHallGuitar]

I really wanted to include a Gojira album, they were just very unlucky with the years they picked to release music 😆

[@Blaze-wb6bk]

I love gojira, but no way it beats Ghost Rebveries

[@yuramalets499]

@@Blaze-wb6bk imo it beats, i would put Blackwater park in 2000

[@davinsch7423]

Magma > Terminal Redux

[@Nothing-bl7bj]

Catch Thirty-Three > Ghost Reveries, Mars to Sirius

[@jonjones3958]

Late '90s through the mid 2000s were so great with bands like COB, In Flames, KSE, Symphony X, LOG, Nevermore, Soilwork, Scar Symmetry, etc. hitting their peaks.

[@benitokamelo252]

1988 should be Operation: Mindcrime from Queensryche. According to Steve Harris (Iron Maiden), Bruce told him that O:M was exactly what Seventh Son should have been.

[@velonmusk]

Now Queensryche play Rebel Yell with La Torre , ajaja . Geoff Tate is the one.

[@Triton-MacPherson]

in my opinion for 1988 I would have put, and justice for all

[@TheWhokulele]

So glad to see some Dio love on this list. You should do a Dio speed run. It’d be hilarious to see you doing those vocals.

[@frankbald3957]

Having Terminal Redux on here is such a great choice! Glad to see such an underrated masterpiece given credit

[@xraygamer9895]

Vektor is an amazing blackened progressive thrash band, that put a smile on my face

[@henrywalton5967]

My favourite album of all time! Was shocked to see it here actually!

[@busterbruhn9200]

@@henrywalton5967 same

[@likupisnos]

best album since music was a concept

[@LocrianDorian]

Rainbow was such a damn good band, shame I never got to see them live.

[@BradleyHallGuitar]

Such a ridiculously sick band, way underrated!

[@LocrianDorian]

​@@BradleyHallGuitar Speaking of, see you on Saturday dude.

[@ozzy2991]

One of the most slept on albums in my opinion. Phenomenon by UFO another album that doesn't get enough live in my opinion. @@BradleyHallGuitar

[@chuckcassidymusic]

Come to Italy, I play in a tribute band to Dio...you can see the next best thing! (we're not amazing, but we get the job done)

[@zfid]

​@BradleyHallGuitar seen em...they were meh tbh. Ufo tho were fkin awesome live

[@Weed-Bat]

Life is but a dream was a great surprise to me, never been a big fan of this band but i really enjoy some songs, and this album really impressed me

[@peterdavies4623]

1990 is tricky as you have ' Painkiller ' as well as ' Rust in peace '

[@J.PC.Designs]

Leviathan is genuinely one of the absolute best records I will ever listen to.

[@J.PC.Designs]

@@apollonsears I will have to check it out thank you

[@king-zahi2438]

It truly is

[@richXPT707]

I recently read Moby Dick, and I kept thinking to myself: "damn they really did their homework on that album."

[@mayatmaot]

Life Is but a dream is a severely under rated album. It is just pure artistic genius.

[@BradleyHallGuitar]

Too true!

[@misguidedyouth2006]

def best album of 2023 the Avenge album@@BradleyHallGuitar

[@LocrianDorian]

It just came out, too early to call it underrated. Personally I'm not a fan tbh.

[@Fkod88]

Judging by how quickly I forgot that A7X even had an album this year and how all the talk died down, I guess it’s about as forgotten as it deserves to be. I kind of see why some people consider it a masterpiece but I’m not one of them.

[@thepotatolord3052]

I like the first half of it but after that the quality starts dropping

[@levikeins]

It warms my heart you put a couple of Devin Townsend albums. Super underrated.

[@jacktheus2265]

Love individual thought patterns. Great pick

[@xVooDooPiMPx]

Honestly just happy to see Great Southern Trendkill get some love. I feel like it's the forgotten Pantera album. Probably my favorite metal album ever. The mix of Southern groove with Phils death and black metal influences is perfection

[@donbrown3856]

10/10 album no doubt. Dimes solos in there are unmatched by anyone else

[@leprimate]

My favorite too bro, discover it when I was 10, what a punch in my face !

[@jackob_c8732]

In my opinion Cowboys From Hell was 1990 best metal album

[@jasonx1000]

​@@jackob_c8732está duro pero el rust in peace es una joya del trash🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@SnusKing]

The chorus in the title song hits so hard. Most angry dude in history😂

[@ST0NE_206]

lack of St. Anger, truly infuriating

[@RayhanToombs]

Why would st anger be here?

[@ST0NE_206]

@@RayhanToombs it was a joke I made because it’s shown in the thumbnail

[@RayhanToombs]

Huh. Btw what song is used at 2012 for monolith of inhumanity?

[@hredwolf]

It's so nice to see Devin Townsend in this list twice. Especially Addicted - first collab between the two of my favourite metal artists - Anneke Van Giersbergen and Devin Townsend.

[@miahthorpatrick1013]

I was thinking that too! I only know of Anneke from Ayreon but I really missed out on her collabs with Devin back then. Better late than never!

[@louisyank5326]

Love your picks, love that you used mostly Deep cuts for the song samples. Excellent. One glaring thing for me - I think Mercyful fate/King Diamond need a spot here. Probably Melissa (as much as I enjoy Holy Diver) or Abigail.

[@Chrillin___]

Also the fact that you know, Rush - Moving Pictures and KC’s Red aren’t metal albums at all

[@ghostofyourmom]

I love Melissa, but it feels like a warm-up. Don't Break The Oath is MF's masterpiece, just banger after banger. As for K. Diamond, I agree on Abigail -- it's as perfect as can be. The Eye took a long time to grow on me, but when it "clicked", I couldn't get enough of it.

[@fedorpopof4124]

​@@ghostofyourmom согласен во многом. Меня кидало от одного альбома к другому,но Абигейл это что то чуть выше всего

[@pratyushbzr]

Huge props for including 'Sunbather'. It's has such a unique sound and I can never understand why it's so hated.

[@jumhed994]

Because they're hipster posers, but the record is great tbh

[@bernardocatrilef2846]

It's simple because the Americans (USA) tend to be seen as the pioneers when in reality the true innovators are France, Germany, Sweden, Poland, Iceland, Post Black Metal existed and had been developing in France/Germany long before, The same thing happens with Lorna Shore, generally DeathCore fans believe that they invented extreme metal with keyboards, something that is already 30 years old and is called Symphonic Black Metal. Many people in the USA came to discover bands like Behemoth only a couple of years ago when they went on tour with Slipknot, a band that has existed for more than 30 years 💀 So...saying that Deafheaven invented post black metal is simply disrespectful

[@BUFFALO_cougar_slayer]

@@bernardocatrilef2846literally no one believes that Lorna Shore invented extreme metal with keyboards lol

[@lukino666]

It's hated because it's very boring.

[@BUFFALO_cougar_slayer]

Come to think of it, Children of Bodom brought it to the mainstream, I think 🤔

[@andreshermosilla864]

Glad to see some respect con Blind Guardian and Symphony X. Incredible albums

[@folker412]

I didn't know Moving pictures is a metal album. And 1987 is Helloween's year with their great double album

[@screamingmetalgarage9788]

1987? - King Diamond-Abigail

[@finger221]

If you dont mind me asking whats the song used for 1994?

[@Wegetsu]

Glad to also see that Hevy Devy is getting the love he deserves!

[@Dolfidus26]

The man is a treasure. And the greatest Disney princess that ever existed.

[@greennx]

Didnt expect to see Vektor here! Great choice, the cattle decap appreciation for 2012 too was nice to see

[@paulvulcano1]

Happy to see Nightfall by Blind Guardian, you really nail it 🤘

[@TheNightmareRider]

It's great to see some Power Metal representation! Power Metal is so underappreciated these days, and both "Nightfall on Middle Earth" and "Odyssey" are pasterpieces in their own right.

[@senditkevin]

Yes! Both amazing bands! NightFAAAAALL!

[@manulogiudice]

I mean, some of the bigger metal bands right now are power metal bands, think of Sabaton and Powerwolf for example

[@NAT-turners-Revenge]

@@manulogiudice no.... no it isnt... power metal is a niche. Power metal is about 5-10% of my listening

[@maxjbg]

​@@manulogiudicebut that's way Different to what Power metal was then...

[@manulogiudice]

@@NAT-turners-Revenge I don't think that your listening or my listening experience alone can be representative of the state of the genre in 2023😅

[@bubblyproduction9809]

Loved the inclusion of DEATH for 93, each record produced is a absolute blast

[@xraygamer9895]

Spiritual healing is mid, the rest are amazing

[@malakbrood667]

Great album indeed but I would put Cynic - Focus.

[@andrearenaudo9045]

​@@xraygamer9895 Spiritual Healing is underrated, it's got the best Chuck vocals and some of his best riffs

[@caolan8081]

@@andrearenaudo9045Also spiritual healings got Jon a Qua so….

[@andrearenaudo9045]

@@apollonsears Symbolic is the culmination of the second half of Death's career: it puts together the best elements from SH, Human and ITP. On the other hand I never cared much for TSOP: the vocals are meh and most of the songs are "prog" in the worst sense of the word, meaning that they're too long for their sake and meander needlessly. Yes, it has some great riffs but still it isn't enough

[@Cole2OO5]

Seeing Toxicity making it on the list brings a smile to my face

[@6li8storm40]

I was surprised, but pleased, to see Nightfall in Middle Earth. I would have made a lot of different choices, but I appreciate the diversity of sub genres. I was really surprised to see LIBAD here. I don’t know that it’s the best of the year, but it’s probably the most divisive.

[@TonyJuanPailos]

Hahahhaa nice thumbnail 😂

[@Erik-bd6ll]

Ain’t wrong tho

[@HeathenDance]

@@Erik-bd6llThis afternoon I listened to my St. Anger cd. It's actually fucking great for what it is.

[@isaactl]

St. Monguer... xD 🤪

[@TonyJuanPailos]

@@HeathenDance best album of 2033

[@isaactl]

​@@TonyJuanPailosFrom the future?... it will be in 30 years?... 🤔💭

[@MetalheadCurt]

It's insane how many albums you can put in 1990. The fact that RIP is interchangeable speaks lengths at how great of a year 1990 was, damn. On top of the previously mentioned Rust In Peace, there's Painkiller, Seasons In The Abyss, Cowboys From Hell, and the list just keeps going and going. What a UNIT of a year! People say "Metal was dead in the 90s" yeah yeah yeah talk about bullshit. On another note, I'd put Demanufacture in 1995's slot, that album is a GEM.

[@sdamon]

1990 IS such an amazing year for Metal. Sadly a lot of classic bands really struggled after that year, but there certainly were some great new ones who picked up the torch (even if they weren’t filling arenas the way the classic bands had.)

[@senditkevin]

I'd throw Tales From The Twilight World from Blind Guardian in there also, although at that point they were still growing musically it seems.

[@MrLBPug]

1990 isn't the 1990's 😉 But of course it's bullshit, there are loads of great metal albums from the 90's. It's more like metal was considered 'dead' from a popularity standpoint, I guess. Of course it was still a great decade for metal fans, but we're a niche audience in respect to the broader popular music scene.

[@henrywalton5967]

Demanufacture is such a masterpeice, its so 90's yet so futuristic at the same time

[@alejandrocruzmontano7053]

Coma of Souls, By Inheritance, Twisted Into Form, Swallowed in Black, Persistence of Time, Never Neverland... great year for Thrash!

[@broncoxy]

so many great picks on here, I probably would've put Vildhjarta in there too

[@4dchessplayer516]

I dont think i ever said to myself "Ghost" now that is METAL DUDE

[@windyr]

Terminal Redux is severely underrated, excellent pick

[@BradleyHallGuitar]

Insane album!

[@BrofUJu]

Dude from Vektor is a POS sadly, kinda wished something else made it even though the album is great.

[@windyr]

@@BrofUJu Allegedly. People are still giving him shit over it so he made a video not too long ago explaining his side further. It's pretty much just he said/she said so I'm certainly not going to stop listening to Vektor over it

[@MaxTV_CCm12]

​@@windyrExactly. Nobody can prove anything. These kinds of conflicts are nothing for the public, they are for the court!

[@captainchaos8701]

@@BradleyHallGuitar going to check em out now. Thanks for the recommendations!

[@olivergarcia3635]

I would add in 89 Sepultura Beneath the Remains, in 96 Aenema by Tool, 2000 Opeth Blackwater Park and I miss some Gojira in 2008 with The way of all flesh, but you nailed it with Vektor's Terminal Redux, what an album! Great picks anyways bro 🤘

[@xraygamer9895]

89 i woulf choose terrorizer - world downfall(the better album on which pete sendoval plays, not altars of shitness), and i agree with 2000, bwp is a masterpiece. 96 none so vile and 94 i would go with when the kite string pops. And yeah terminal redux is just amazing.

[@alexandremarchand8815]

Blackwater Park was released in 2001 tho !

[@olivergarcia3635]

@@alexandremarchand8815 you are right, was recorded in 2000 but released in 2001

[@lowlifeangler]

I agreed with ya on SEPULTURA

[@REGIZ1]

Eh, Trendkill was metal, Aenma feels more alternative hard rock

[@gigachad2162]

What's the song for rising?

[@TheHobatron]

Gonna have to write some of these down and get to them.

[@rogerwalker2224]

1994 should also be Pantera - Far Beyond Driven which debuted at #1 on Billboard, never before, never since has happened in metal

[@glimps_signature]

yeah and 1997 should be follow the leader by korn

[@Faks.09]

​@@glimps_signature1998?

[@347Jimmy]

​​@@Faks.09August of '98 👍👍 You're not called Faks for nothing

[@glimps_signature]

@@347Jimmy shit my bad yall im not really in ftl

[@AndriiVozniak]

Quiet Riot's Metal Health debuted as #1

[@ce8539]

DO YOU FEEL WHAT I FEEL? SEE WHAT I SEE?

[@jorgearias8139]

1987-King Diamond - Abigail

[@michaelm4153]

1:27 desert island by cacophony, you love to see it, the clean guitar has delay right?

[@kriticalitygaming1048]

I agree with around 60% of these, which is actually pretty good for this type of content. Well done! I'm sad Operation: Mindcrime and From Mars to Sirius didn't get on the list.

[@Powermad-bu4em]

No Mindcrime but two Ghost albums. Yeah, this list is suspect af.

[@grievuspwn4g3]

​@@Powermad-bu4emdifferent years, dude. Eighties were far richer in metal albums than 2015.

[@fourseasons4105]

Also Crack the Skye in 2009 should've been a no brainer...

[@kriticalitygaming1048]

Absolutely! One of the best albums of all time imo@@fourseasons4105

[@Wegetsu]

Yes!!! Seventh Son of A Seventh Son is my favorite Maiden album!! So glad to see you picked it!

[@dimdimis2936]

It could be also Keeper of the Seven Keys part II for 1988

[@thejudge-kv2jk]

Agreed! What a wicked album.

[@prestongehrig2824]

im glad you used Lost for the a7x album, its such a good song

[@semdallinga69]

Really love seeing Cacophony on this list, such a wildcard!

[@Samfan4Films777]

Iron Maiden's Brave New World is such an underrated album for them. Out of the Silent Planet was a great song! (And better book)

[@Iwayanekofebrianto]

@Samfan4Films777 black sabbath is very underrated band in the world

[@samycovo3170]

Underrated ? Not really

[@doodlebob3758]

​@@samycovo3170Repetitive and Fairly stock. Thin Line Between Love and Hate should have that crown.

[@Chris2211]

Seeing Rainbow on here made me so happy! One of my favourite bands for sure. I feel like they don't get mentioned enough

[@juanfernandomondragon389]

Nunca creí que Rush fuera considerado una banda de metal 😮

[@Chrillin___]

No lo son, yo creo que este tipo se metió perico antes de hacer este video

[@cum_crusader]

THANKS FOR SYMPHONY X BROOOO

[@mikepineda4713]

2:17 Pantera's the great southern trendkill is one of my favorites because is a great mixture of a sound like the depressive Alice in chains and the typical band's sound i love it

[@shanew6332]

Great list! I do feel gojira deserved either 2012 or 2008 but still a great list! Mastodon absolutely deserves what they got as well!

[@icankillbugs]

Wow, you've named the exact two bands I love to rip on the most as examples of lame sissy shit haha, amazing

[@shanew6332]

@@icankillbugs oh? Mind if I ask why?

[@icankillbugs]

@@shanew6332 Because they stink and they're sissy shit? As I sort of just mentioned haha

[@tose5566]

@@icankillbugsplease enlighten us mortal beings with what you consider to be non sissy lame shit

[@samulation5047]

@@icankillbugs ok gatekeeper

[@TheGreatIndoors1979]

"What's this ABBA sounding song doing in this list?" *looks on screen* _GHOST_

[@JGKingCrusher]

I can agree with a LOT of your choices. Especially Symphony X, though Underworld should have been in there as well.

[@Dylan_RD]

Symphony Xs The Odyssey. Such a great album on so many levels.

[@Kecajaligator]

Nice list! I did a list of best metal albums for every year since 1970 myself once and I see that many of your picks are the same as mine. Here is my list. Disclaimer: it's based purely on my subjective opinion and my taste and not necessarily caring about popularity, influence, critical reception, etc. 1970 | Black Sabbath - Paranoid 1971 | Black Sabbath - Master of Reality 1972 | Deep Purple - Machine Head 1973 | Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 1974 | Rush - Rush 1975 | Black Sabbath - Sabotage 1976 | Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny 1977 | Judas Priest - Sin After Sin 1978 | Van Halen - Van Halen 1979 | Motörhead - Overkill 1980 | Judas Priest - British Steel 1981 | Def Leppard - High ‚n’ Dry 1982 | Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast 1983 | Metallica - Kill ‘Em All 1984 | Iron Maiden - Powerslave 1985 | Anthrax - Spreading the Disease 1986 | Metallica - Master of Puppets 1987 | Dio - Dream Evil 1988 | Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys, Part II 1989 | Annihilator - Alice in Hell 1990 | Megadeth - Rust in Peace 1991 | Metallica - Metallica 1992 | Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power 1993 | Sepultura - Chaos A.D. 1994 | Korn - Korn 1995 | Fear Factory - Demanufacture 1996 | Edge of Sanity - Crimson 1997 | In Flames - Whoracle 1998 | Death - The Sound of Perseverance 1999 | Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory 2000 | Iron Maiden - Brave New World 2001 | System of a Down - Toxicity 2002 | Korn - Untouchables 2003 | Iron Maiden - Dance of Death 2004 | Killswitch Engage - The End of Heartache 2005 | Trivium - Ascendancy 2006 | Killswitch Engage - As Daylight Dies 2007 | Machine Head - The Blackening 2008 | Sylosis - Conclusion of an Age 2009 | Megadeth - Endgame 2010 | Exodus - Exhibit B: The Human Condition 2011 | Blood Stain Child - Epsilon 2012 | Ne Obliviscaris - Portal of I 2013 | Deafheaven - Sunbather 2014 | Babymetal - Babymetal 2015 | Iron Maiden - The Book of Souls 2016 | Testament - Brotherhood of the Snake 2017 | Trivium - The Sin and the Sentence 2018 | Psychostick - Do 2019 | Amon Amarth - Berserker 2020 | Trivium - What the Dead Men Say 2021 | Spiritbox - Eternal Blue 2022 | Electric Callboy - Tekkno 2023 | Sleep Token - Take Me Back to Eden

[@HorseloverFat1984]

Good list. I actually think i even prefer that one over his one.

[@brianjohnston5221]

Great picks here too. Giving some to love Annihilator - Alice in Hell and Testament-Brotherhood of the Snake.

[@maxheili6029]

No Ghost? No A7X? Wow...

[@Kecajaligator]

​@@HorseloverFat1984 Thank you.

[@Kecajaligator]

@@maxheili6029 Oh yeah, I like Ghost. Were I to list more than one favorite album from each year, I’d definitely mention Prequelle for 2018. Love that album. Avenged Sevenfold are one of a few bands that everyone seems to love, but I could just never get into despite giving them numerous tries. Mastodon are another. I appreciate A7X for what they are doing though and I do like some of their songs at least. I friggin love Exist. Had that song on repeat in 2016 for a while. Like I said, I know my list may be a bit jarring. Anyone is free to disagree with it and I realize many folk would do disagree with it.

[@RicardoCesarPM]

Helmet's Meantime is my fav one. Good things on this selection, man!

[@Goat.phomator666]

The creator of this video obviously likes Power Metal 😂

[@TheHeadown]

I was so happy to see SYL-City on the list. It's an album I´ve listened to so many times and has a special place in my heart. Best album of 2023 so far? Terrasite by Cattle decaptitation.

[@matthewedwards2116]

City might be the angriest album ever made.

[@techdeath3609]

Terrasite is a f#@€& masterpiece. Agree 1000% 🤘🤘

[@calebraines3006]

Wow wasn’t expecting you to put spiritbox in this list. They definitely are moving modern metal in an awesome direction i think. Love the list!!

[@Redefinedacoustic]

Images and words for 92 and Sleep Token for 2023

[@zerohope6720]

So much to choose from...some i may need to check out....

[@NinoRockStar]

Thumbnail is indeed 10/10 lol, especially 2003 best album

[@thejudge-kv2jk]

Your 70's, 80's and 90's had me nodding along. Realised there isn't much in the 2000's I've particularly enjoyed.

[@rosechild3885]

The great southern trend kill is so overlooked, I’m glad it was included

[@RedNK]

Daily reminder that The Sound of Perseverance stole Bradley's beans (it is most unacceptable.)

[@RiffSL4YER]

Slaughter of the Soul , what a masterpiece in 95. Nice to see Altars of Madness and Death on there too.

[@stephantom8237]

Loved seeing “Sin After Sin” and “Nightfall in Middle-Earth” in here. Two of my top 10 albums ever, personally. There were a bunch I also like, and some I don’t do much, but a compelling list!

[@Metal_Screamer]

Crack the Skye by Mastodon should’ve won 2009. It’s a prog metal masterpiece with an incredible concept and gorgeous instrumentation. The Czar is one of the best prog songs ever.

[@marcoantoniorodriguez5376]

Such a great record. The Czar is a masterpiece. I missed Lateralus too.

[@Metal_Screamer]

@@marcoantoniorodriguez5376 Crack the Skye is so good that it becomes hard to describe. It’s so good it’s beyond words.

[@darthdump5440]

Anyone know what the pantera song at 2:19 is? I’m not familiar with any of their music but that riff sounds sick

[@zachstoraasli7570]

Floods

[@bitkower]

As much as I love Red and like Moving Pictures more than a lot of this list, I wouldn't have thought to put them on a list of metal albums.

[@ninjaking2548]

Yeah same, both are some of my all time favorite albums but I wouldn’t see them as Metal, maybe Prog Hard Rock

[@bitkower]

@@ninjaking2548 I can like kinda see an argument for Red being like proto-prog metal, but not as much Moving Pictures. Geddy Lee's voice and not really much distortion, etc.

[@hybridgarden]

Red is definitely metal

[@bitkower]

@@hybridgarden By what metric? King Crimson doesn't consider themselves metal. No KC fan I've ever met considers them metal. Them influencing later bands that identify as metal doesn't make them metal.

[@marklar9156]

Both are much heavier albums than for example 'Rising' by Rainbow. End of this useless discussion.

[@gallargus]

addicted is devy's best post-SYL album in my opinion, soooo good

[@BradleyHallGuitar]

Yes!! Doesn't get enough love

[@Necrodude]

name of songs at 3:53 and 2:07?

[@AVM-Music]

Fair amount of effort and a fair list Everyone’s will be different, but certainly some good shit on there innit

[@thewheelistaken]

YES!!! ANTHRAX LOVE!!! SPREADING THE DISEASE IS MY FAVORITE ALBUM GLAD IT WAS REPRESENTED!!!! Edit: I appreciate the SYL love too!! City is one of my favorite metal albums of all time!!!

[@RustingPeace]

at work im playing my music by full power and i get more strange looks when I play Anthrax then when I play Lorna Shore

[@stephenhughes5156]

Probably would've chosen Feel the Fire for 1985, but that's a great album too.

[@scottduncan3887]

Great list, but for 1988 I would pick Queensryche's Operation: Mindcrime instead of Maiden's Seventh Son. Don't get me wrong Seventh Son is still great, but Mindcrime takes the win for me.

[@newwaveinfantry8362]

I just now realized how little I've listened of post-1999 metal. Here are some years' favourites I would have placed differently: 1) 1970 - Black Sabbath - Paranoid 2) 1980 - Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell 3) 1984 - Iron Maiden - Powerslave 4) 1986 - Megadeth - Peace Sells...But Who's Buying? 5) 1989 - Terrorizer - World Downfall 6) 1992 - Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction 7) 1993 - Morbid Angel - Covenant 8) 1994 - Megadeth - Youthanasia 9) 1995 - Death - Symbolic 10) 1996 - Motorhead - Overnight Sensation 11) 1997 - Megadeth - Cryptic Writings 12) 1998 - Nasum - Inhale/Exhale 13) 1999 - opeth - Still Life 14) 2001 - Rammstein - Mutter 15) 2003 - Nasum - Shift 16) 2004 - Nasum - Helvete 17) 2005 - Disturbed - Ten Thousand Fists 18) 2006 - All Shall Perish - The Price Of Existence 19) 2007 - Megadeth - United Abominations (my all-time favourite album!) 20) 2009 - Skillet - Monster (status as metal is disputable) 21) 2011 - Megadeth - Thirteen or Get Scared - Best Kind Of Mess 22) 2012 - ViViD - Infinity (status as metal is disputable) 23) 2014 - Kataplexis - Downpour 24) 2016 - Megadeth - Dystopia 25) 2019 - Sabaton - The Great War 26) 2022 - Megadeth - The Sick, The Dying.....And The Dead You can tell I like Megadeth and, yes, my list is a lot more redundant than yours. I gotta check out more modern metal.

[@ravensflight2965]

I would have picked In Flames' 'Foregone' for 2023

[@LordChristoff]

Glad to see Rainbow/Dio make an appearance, well deserved.

[@michaelberresford4291]

One day Haken is gonna be there, I believe it. They just have to keep putting out amazing albums and playing big shows like Archtangent, which I'm still mad I didn't get to go.

[@andzera2567]

Libd of a7x is a masterpiece nice to see someone recognizing it

[@alinzon]

Sunbather pick was a nice surprise!❤

[@robiu013]

oh well, let's do this too: 1970: Black Sabbath - Paranoid 1971: Black Sabbath - Master of Reality 1972: Deep Purple - Machine Head 1973: Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 1974: Judas Priest - Rocka Rolla (didn't have much to compare it to) 1975: Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare ('75 also wasn't a year i explored much, this is technically not even metal) 1976: Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak (there's probably more metal albums from 1976 out there) 1977: Motörhead - Motörhead 1978: Van Halen - Van Halen 1979: Motörhead - Overkill 1980: Diamond Head - Lightning to the Nations (there's a bunch of good metal from that year, but i feel this one is my favorite) 1981: Mötley Crüe - Too Fast For Love (there's probably better, more important metal records from that year though) 1982: Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast 1983: Metallica - Kill 'em All 1984: Metallica - Ride the Lightning 1985: Possessed - Seven Churches 1986: Slayer - Reign in Blood or Metallica - Master of Puppets 1987: Napalm Death - Scum or Death - Scream Bloody Gore 1988: Metallica - ...and Justice For All 1989: Sepultura - Beneath the Remains 1990: Judas Priest - Painkiller or Pantera - Cowboys From Hell 1991: Mr. Bungle - Mr. Bungle 1992: Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power 1993: Carcass - Heartwork 1994: Korn - Korn 1995: Death - Symbolic 1996: Burzum - Filosofem 1997: Electric Wizard - Come My Fanatics 1998: Death - The Sound of Perseverance 1999: Botch - We Are the Romans (does metalcore count?) 2000: Electric Wizard - Dopethrone 2001: Converge - Jane Doe (does metalcore count?) 2002: Agalloch - The Mantle 2003: Linkin Park - Meteora (does Linkin Park count?) 2004: Mastodon - Leviathan 2005: Amenra - Mass III 2006: Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain 2007: Machine Head - The Blackening 2008: Misery Signals - Controller 2009: Baroness - Blue Record 2010: Kvelertak - Kvelertak 2011: Woods of Desolation - Torn Beyond Reason 2012: Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind 2013: Deafheaven - Sunbather 2014: Behemoth - The Satanist 2015: Ghost - Meliora 2016: Cult of Luna & Julie Christmas - Mariner 2017: Trivium - The Sin and the Sentence 2018: Zeal & Ardor - Stranger Fruit 2019: Cult of Luna - A Dawn to Fear 2020: Poppy - I Disagree (yeah, i went there) 2021: Whitechapel - Kin 2022: Chat Pile - God's Country 2023: Agriculture - Agriculture

[@user-yt2rl3rq5z]

1990 is literally the hardest Rust in peace, Cowboys from hell, Painkiller are all one of the greatest albums in all metal history

[@user-yt2rl3rq5z]

Plus, I dont think Van Halen is metal

[@brandon6759]

Rush’s moving pictures was a surprise and I’m glad you picked it. One of my favorite albums of all time!

[@TheRedGuy9]

Moving Pictures is one of my favorite albums ever but is it metal? I don't think so

[@gabrielpesantes9073]

Rush is progressive rock not metal

[@brandon6759]

Hey both of you, I know that! That’s why it was a surprise! But it is a favorite of mine so I was happy to see it. SMH

[@AndyBrak]

By the time Painkiller release, can't be another album on top of this

[@saictrue9016]

What is the Deep Purple's song?

[@mita_c]

So glad Beanley put Cattle Decapitation into this list. They're incredible!

[@__C8H10N4O2__]

I absolutely love that you put the BEST Bodom album in there for 03, what an unfathomably distinguished gentleman you are

[@whyisyes3957]

I prefer hatebreeder but I see where you are coming from, hate crew deathroll a legendary album

[@Yuxor1977]

I miss The Dillinger Escape Plan. "Dissociation" is a masterpiece.

[@Potatosaladmemes]

Diary of a madman not being in 1981 is illegal

[@maxheili6029]

Thx for having Avenged Sevenfold, Nightmare, Meliora, Prequelle, Ride the Lightning and the Black Album! Every single song on these albums is a banger ❤

[@paramourcat]

In Waves is such a great album. My dad isn't into the screaming stuff, but we saw them opening for Dream Theater during that album cycle and even he likes that song haha

[@JLujan4492]

I had a friend in college I took to see DT and Trivium in Atlanta at that time, and he wasn't a fan of Trivium until after he saw them live. A couple years later we saw KsE and Trivium and some other similar bands. It was awesome.

[@RiffRaffish]

Red King Crimson inclusion is awesome. Moving Pictures by Rush, I don't know much about the year but that does strike me as an inspired choice.

[@velonmusk]

TRACKLIST ?