THE TEN ESSENTIAL HEAVY METAL ALBUMS | Chosen and Ranked by Me

[@pekkahalonen6684]

For me, Rainbow's Kill the King is a thousand times heavier than what all these blackened death metal bands with symphonic elements, and all these technical metalcore bands with grindcore influences can offer.

[@garyh.238]

Absolutely!

[@lucus55]

Love Rainbow, everything Ronnie James Dio was involved in was gold, I even named one of my cats after him 🤘

[@mfversluis]

Tonight I had a blast going to a RJ Dio tribute concert. I'm usually not a fan of tribute bands, but for deceased stars like Dio it is great way to (re)acquaint yourself with this great singer. Provided that the band and of course the singer (in this case John JayCee Cuijpers, who really seemed to channel RJ Dio) are good performers.

[@akatsiya]

Oh yeah, Rainbow is deeeefinitely heavier and more extreme than something like Mortician or Last Days of Humanity. Hiljaa vanhus, mielipiteesi on arvoton!

[@pekkahalonen6684]

@@akatsiya Ookkonää tosissasi? 🙂As an old man, I have a different understanding of heaviness of metal music than you do. I didn't wrote about extreme music. Acid Bath are one of my favourite bands when it comes to producing extreme noise. I love that band! But I don't care about all these goretex 😅bands, whose production is just boring generic noise.

[@nobbynoris]

Hey Andy, I think a great companion video to this one would be, Ten Bands That are Not Heavy Metal But Are Heavy. There have been plenty of bands out there over the years that may not have been officially accepted as metal but were definitely heavy.

[@nickvickers3486]

Cool idea! I nominate Therapy?, knew how to write catchy hooks and melodies but they always went hard. I forgot how heavy Troublegum was and it did well in the charts! Still going strong today too

[@paulh6673]

Great idea - I'd nominate Dark Magus by Miles Davis, pretty much anything by Swans, Electric Masada, Les Rallizes Denudes, Throbbing Gristle, Joy Division, Killing Joke's debut, Black Flag's My War, the later John Coltrane live albums, a whole lot of 70s dub productions - esp King Tubby.

[@DavyDredd14]

10 Essential Heavy Metal Albums : MOTORHEAD - Overkill (1979) BLACK SABBATH - Heaven and Hell (1980) SAXON - Wheels Of Steel (1980) JUDAS PRIEST - Screaming For Vengeance (1982) IRON MAIDEN - The Number Of The Beast (1982) ACCEPT - Restless & Wild (1982) ANTHRAX - Spreading The Disease (1985) SLAYER - Reign In Blood (1986) KING DIAMOND - Abigail (1987) MORBID ANGEL - Altars Of Madness (1989)

[@siliyemoodislam]

Pet Shop Boys - Tenant

[@matthewloukidis8947]

Cry out to legions of the grave.

[@SteveC-Shaman]

Not bad. I'd go with Paranoid from Sabbath, though. I'd take out Saxon as it just didn't sit that well with me - and replace it with Metallica's Ride The Lightning. And leaving out Budgie or Deep Purple is tough ... IYKYK Andy talks about a lot of newer groups, and I'd definitely have to put Prong, Static-X, White Zombie, Pantera and Vision of Disorder in a newer (90s+) list and they're inventive as hell - you can even dance to a good amount of it.

[@Ferretbomber]

I loved that when I bought Reign in Blood on tape, it was only 28 min long so the tape had the same songs on both sides.

[@YtuserSumone-rl6sw]

Yeah, tapes. Once bought ACDC's Powerage with one song missing. I was like wth???

[@royzero1485]

For months I thought NIN's Broken only had songs on Side 1 until I found the "hidden tracks" at the END of Side 2.

[@notsure1135]

I loved being able to fit Rust in Peace on one side and So Far, So Good, So What? On the other side of a 45 minute cassette…m

[@Ferretbomber]

@@notsure1135 Those would have needed a side on a 90 min tape, as 95% of the albums i recorded did, Tull, Rush, etc. I just had to laugh that Reign in Blood was so short the manufacturer actually repeated all songs on both sides of a store-bought cassette. 28 min is damn short for a 'full album'.

[@notsure1135]

@ Deicide recorded an album that was shorter so they re-recorded it a little slower.

[@DabsDad]

I bought Number of the Beast when I was 10 years old on cassette at Zayres. I saved up lawn money and had my grandma take me there because I knew my mom wouldn't let me buy it.

[@jeremys5576]

Great choices, Andy, showcasing a fairly wide range of types of metal.

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@ForeverDownByLaw]

Honorable mention to Psalm 69 by Ministry. Although not a "metal" band, I feel this album influenced many metal bands going forward.

[@progperljungman8218]

Definitely the industrial kind of metal band. They blew me away live - more than e.g. any thrash bands have been able to....

[@nickvickers3486]

Yep that Ministry and the industrial bands were very heavy and influential. I'd like to throw Cubanate and Prong into the mix too. Some of the remixes on the singles were mindblowing!

[@jasonjames6383]

I would consider that 'metal'. Great album, not a fan of any of their other stuff but this album is awesome.

[@neplusultra4196]

Yeah Ministry and Godflesh would have to be on a bigger list.

[@fredvahldiek738]

Psalm 69 was influenced by the S. O. D. album Speak English Or Die. Al has admitted this. Don't get me wrong, Psalm is a great album, but the influence was already there.

[@neil993]

It's really quite amazing that Sabbath not only invented Heavy Metal, but how many forms of Metal as well. And a thing that rarely gets mentioned about them...a surprising amount of funk

[@fernandobenitezvalencia2591]

yes, and at least during the 70s, quite jazz-driven. Bill Ward = swing master.

[@neplusultra4196]

The groove of Snowblind is unbelievable.

[@matthews7805]

Never Say Die is criminally underrated.

[@Dave.Weiss.]

Reign in Blood- I remember hearing Tommy Vance playing Angel of Death on The Friday Rock Show just before it was released, and it changed everything: it was the fastest thing ever. You as a drummer must have had your jaw on the floor when THAT double bass drum break at the end of the song hit the very first time.

[@PaddyBaxter-ji8in]

The Sweet - “Sweet Fanny Addams” (RCA, 1974). Most of the stuff in this top ten are a bit late to be regarded as “most influential” in my book and I’m 57. I’d point you towards “Sweet Fanny Addams” (US version of “Desolation Boulevard”) by THE SWEET. Along with their B-Sides many of the NWOBHM and Punk bands grew up listening to this album, which contains one of the first thrash metal tracks, “Set Me Free”, which has been covered many times, including by Saxon, who murdered it. There are about five tracks on “Sweet FA” including the title track that are easily ten years ahead of their time and I have turned many metal heads and punks on to them and NONE of them could believe who it was when I first played it to them. Straight up. These guys were able to play Judas Priest into the ground and they make Motörhead and Black Sabbath, much though I like them, sound like tortoises. I bought a Judas Priest live album a month ago and at least two of the guitar solos were straight from Andy Scott (who for my money is the king of the whammy bar) plus “You Got Another Thing Coming” is “Rock ‘N’ Roll Disgrace”. Early Iron Maiden guitar solos are also Andy Scott rip-offs. Gene Simmons admitted that Kiss would not have existed without The Sweet. Queen ripped them off too but never admitted it. Sweet also had an enormous influence on Scandinavian and German metal. Blackmore joined them onstage in the US, Dio badly wanted to join them after Brian Connolly quit in 1978. Graham Bonnet also auditioned for them just before he got the gig with Rainbow. Check this album out if you haven’t already because you’ve missed out. It’s an album which to my mind is a damn sight more relevant to the development of metal as a genre than some of the stuff you’ve got here. Sabbath are doomy hard rock in my book, and I will never consider them as a metal band. Closest they got to being a metal band was with Dio. Musically, Sweet weren’t far off Deep Purple, and are all over most of these bands. Dave Lee Roth has an awful voice and sings like Foghorn Leghorn, by the way. I was pleasantly surprised you had “Slade Alive!” as your #1 live album but that you’d only heard it a couple of weeks before, whereas I bought it when I was 11 years old, knew for years that it was a classic, and I’m the same age as you. If you haven’t heard “Sweet Fanny Addams” yet this album will probably have a similar impact on you. You have to hear it.

[@TheD4VR0S]

Set me free reminds me more of speed king by purple than anything else

[@PaddyBaxter-ji8in]

@ I never noticed that before! Gillan knew most of the Sweet from West London in the 60s and at least two of their albums were done at Kingsway Recorders aka De Lane Lea when Gillan owned it. Sweet and Purple toured together in Europe and I think they were mates.

[@omnipop4936]

5:32 "The heaviest music is the music that blows your mind, and there's more than one way to blow your mind." ✅

[@delorangeade]

The release of British Steel by Judas Priest marks the moment when there became something definable as Heavy Metal in the UK, with a new generation of teenage fans and a dress code, identifiable as specific movement. And you had the appearances of Gillan, Motorhead and Iron Maiden on Top of the Pops, as well as hits for Rainbow and Whitesnake, to consolidate this.

[@Jellybeantiger]

Mum bought me Paranoid on cassette in the early 70's at Target here in Melbourne Oz. Lived with that album,a classic.

[@GormlyKeep]

I started out as a vocalist and for me the Priest album was Screaming For Vengeance

[@gregorybrian]

I love that album! Could listen to it over and over forever. I was hoping it was gonna be one of the picks.

[@rollacoastaride1937]

Tony Macalpines' debut album with Steve Smith on drums and Billy Sheehan on bass is a belter of a heavy metal offering, my fave rhythm section of all time on record.

[@ericdinse5047]

Thank you !! Thanks for mentioning Praxis. I love the wide variety of sounds & music on these records.

[@babyfacemichael1]

Videos full of passion are so entertaining - great one Andy

[@tonymoule7061]

Entertaining as always Andy. Many thanks.

[@luisnunes3863]

Melodic metal is alive and well today, Andy. It's not all harsh vocals. And many bands mix harsh and melodic vocals, either having two vocalists or a vocalist that can do both things very well. See Wintersun, Eluveitie, Seven Spires and many, many more.

[@chernobylcoleslaw6698]

At The Gates massively influential.

[@progperljungman8218]

Opeth, An Abstract Illusion, Jinjer, Ne Obliviscaris, Devin Townsend, Leprous, Enslaved, Ihsahn, TesseracT, Zeal & Ardor... to name a few more

[@luisnunes3863]

@progperljungman8218 I always forget Opeth 😆 Epica, Arkona, Primordial and even power metal bands that add a little harsh vocals like Unleash the Archers and Unlucky Morpheus. There's so much good stuff coming out that there aren't enough hours in the day!

[@MantratyaProds]

@@progperljungman8218 reading this and gettin the shits dude you gonna pay for my medical bills now?

[@raymondmasullo3386]

Great list that covers many styles. It's not MY personal Top 10, but it's still very good. Subscribed. 🤘

[@DerekPugh-uj4yd]

you almost, ALMOST, had to say something nice about The Ramones for a second there...but you expertly navigated yourself out of a tight spot. well done. 👌😜

[@connyjohnson855]

Love it Andy! It's so interesting to listen to you sharing your passion for music with us. It doesn't hurt either that I'm the same age as you and had the same musical awakening and progression in the '80s as you apparently had. Cheers mate. 🤘🎸😊

[@ibanezlaney]

IMO - The best AC/DC album is Powerage - but its way too bluesy for this list.

[@marktrickett5081]

Black Sabbath critics: Specifically Rolling Stone Magazine : Their review thought process. Does this sound like The Band?

[@jenton70]

I was inspired by Andy's 10 Worst Songs video and decided to create my own list. Coincidentally, "Walk" by Pantera was number 3 on it. The rest of these selections are spot on.

[@gregorybrian]

Thank you for the video, Andy. Really enjoyed it. Been listening to heavy metal since I was a kid which was a long time ago. Sabbath has always been my number one metal band so I was delighted to see it one of their albums at number one. I would be curious what your thoughts are on the band Death Grips and maybe you could do a video on that type of music. Happy New Year!

[@steveprice9737]

No Andy, my missus is very angry and says you've got it all wrong. She's from Walsall and is 6 years older than yow and went all the gigs before you did and says your choices are silly and wrong. Anyway, just passing her rant on as she doesn't comment on KZbin not having an account. Please get it right next time, I'll never hear the last of it if you don't. Thanks , Steve.

[@JohnMilller]

i would add there NZ group Victory to this list - they do a great version of Van Morrison's Brown Eyed Girl. Such a good song that.

[@rocketshiptoaltair]

One of the bands I'd throw in for an honourable mention is Hellbastard. Saw them live way back and they were absolutely brilliant. Great list Andy.

[@seekah1]

Of all the bands you oppose it's the Ramones that mystifies me the most Andy, j/s.

[@tonymoule7061]

I have always rated Demon, The Unexpected Guest. Very underrated.

[@SheilaThompson-od5tr]

It's a bit of a dark thought but Black Sabbath are one of the few 'classic' rock bands that I can think of that all of the original members are still alive.

[@progperljungman8218]

Who would have thought? Especially with Ozzy....

[@WhizzRichardThompson]

​@@progperljungman8218Yeah, exactly.

[@progperljungman8218]

@@WhizzRichardThompson If Richard Thompson is your real name you should be really proud 🙂

[@WhizzRichardThompson]

@@progperljungman8218 Thanks mate. Yes it's my real name. Unfortunately my guitar skills compare very badly with my more famous namesake. 😢 (I inadvertently used my mum's email account for the lead comment).

[@DawnSuttonfabfour]

Oh well done at the end there Mr Andy; Heep and ELO get a shout. Awesome.

[@wastrelsbeginnings9992]

Great video, enjoyed your perspective, lots of solid choices

[@richardhoward7503]

Smell The Glove, Shark Sandwich, Intravenus de Milo, Break Like The Wind... Why no Spïnäl Täp?

[@chernobylcoleslaw6698]

They were number 11! :-P

[@richardhoward7503]

@chernobylcoleslaw6698 Boom! Boom! 🦊🤣🤣🤣

[@chernobylcoleslaw6698]

@@richardhoward7503 #classic

[@jamesmacdonald4835]

Looking forward to the next Aged Brummie Rocker video. Geezer Butler's pyjamas - I was laughing like a drain!

[@johnnyjolijt2]

When I first listened to Reign in Blood LP in 1986 (?) it scared the shit out of me. Even when I put it on later, the sound of the needle of the first grooves of the LP gave an exciting but also ominous feeling to me. I am not a big metal fan but that record is always present in my ever changing list of best albums.

[@splankhoon]

Bill Laswell needs to be talked about more!!!

[@iansmith8783]

Holy Diver by Dio, Melissa and Don't Break the Oath by Mercyful Fate, Heartwork by Carcass, Ghost Reveries by Opeth

[@nightsazrael]

Cool as usual. and no artists were harmed in the making. 😸😸😸😸😸😸

[@brianjames5685]

The Ear-ache grind-core at the BBC compilation album is fantastic. I saw Napalm Death a couple of times at the Winter Gardens in Morecambe. Also saw the Electro Hippies and Extreme Noise Terror. I say saw, we were 14 and my mates Dad was entertainments manager. We could watch from the side of stage but we got a rollicking if we went in any public areas. We also had a fantastic local grind-core band called Doctor & the Crippens who did a few Peel Sessions and ep's. They were probably my favourite grind band. The singer wore a huge paper-mache head, sang through a mega-phone and threw burning cabbages into the crowd. They were great but their gigs literally stank.

[@aminahmed2220]

Awesome video as always Andy have a great weekend

[@coolmark4851]

An honourable mention is Exodus

[@martinmathieu6098]

Another great video. You're really good in what you doing. Dont let those bastard grind you down. T.y.

[@1183newman]

Fates Warning - Awaken The Guardian is one of my favs.

[@fourteenmonthsmile]

I'd go: Paranoid and Master Of Reality Master Of Puppets and And Justice For All Reign In Blood Screaming For Vengeance Killers Deafheavdn - Sunbather Opeth - Blackwater Park Pupil Slicer - Mirrors And from last year, the latest Blood Incantation - which I think is an album that will join the canon of great Metal albums.

[@445supermag]

I remember in high school buying Ace of Spades on cassette tape, it had a black faux leather outer case. Cool, but it wouldn't fit in the case I had for cassettes. I also had a double Black Sabbath cassette that had Paranoid on one side, and Heaven and Hell on the other - gives you the best of both Ozzy and Dio.

[@JC-lu4se]

Scum was the beginning of grindcore. Harmony Corruption was basically a stock-standard Florida Death Metal sounding band. I'd throw in Bathory's Under the Sign of the Black Mark for it's influence on the Black Metal scene.

[@jerrypotente872]

And I think you know my tastes, and by now, but the only two quintessential metal albums I have ever owned and ever loved all those very first black Sabbath albums, which I bought on their release way back in the day and perhaps for me, although your fans may laugh, a very, very distant second group that you have not mentioned this from the city Detroit, the original two albums by Grand Funk Railroad For a little bit of Americana in heavy metal OK God bless you man keep up the good work you don’t have to get my comments like I’m not a metal guy ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

[@coolguitarchannel]

Black Sabbath is truly one of most brilliant bands of all time. It’s crazy that one band could invent so many genres and take each one to its peak. I think they’re only second to the Beatles in terms of a run of albums. Those first 6 are just incredible. I love how you can clearly hear the band progressing as songwriters and musicians as each album comes out.

[@alecmiddleton1842]

A top 5 of 5 albums close to my heart. Each of them blew me away at the time and I'm about the same age as you. And in the same city. Stay in that algorithm groove. Do the ten essential oils for successful love spells next.

[@jimmyjambhere]

If I had to pick 10 I’d have to say these…in most cases these are not my favorite albums from these bands but I believe are essential 🔥🔥🔥 1. Ac/dc Back in Black 2. Iron Maiden Number of the Beast 3. Metallica Master of Puppets 4. Dio Holy Diver 5. Slayer Reign in Blood 6. Def Leppard Pyromania 7. Black Sabbath Paranoid 8. Metallica Black Album 9. Anthrax Among The Living 10. Black Sabbath Heaven & Hell

[@aliensporebomb]

If you like "Sacrifist" you need to check out their earlier effort "Transmutation" because that one was grabbed by quite a lot of my guitar playing friends. It was sort of our litmus test if you liked it or not whether you were cool or not.

[@davegregovich3522]

Tennessee 2004 is also very good.

[@drewnelson3149]

I like Praxis DESPITE Buckethead, not because of him.

[@davegregovich3522]

@@drewnelson3149 I like Buckethead. And think his best work is within the confines of a band like Praxis, or at least when playing with other musicians like Travis Dickerson or Praxis, or Buckethead and Friends.

[@geographyinaction7814]

I love this episode. I have to add Dio, Holy Diver, Ozzy, Blizzard of Ozz, Merciful Fate Abigail, and for hair alongside VH, Quiet Riot's Metal Health. Helmet, Meantime, and Ministry.

[@klasseact6663]

For me it is the Black Sabbath debut, Friday the 13th 1970...how metal🤘

[@SunhairSpiralmind]

My favorite work of Bill Laswells' is the Hindu stuff he worked on like Tabla Beat Science for instance.

[@ernger531]

Golden Earring -Eight Miles High. The Song Everydays Torture was the Blueprint for Heavy Metal Riffs

[@stevensimons9813]

Your knowledge is limitless! Can't wait for Bigfoot!

[@brianjames5685]

Soon as I saw Motorhead on the Young Ones as a kid I was obsessed. Possibly why I'm about as deaf as Lemmy was nowadays.

[@kdakan]

I like early Black Sabbath, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Melvins, later Sepultura, early Metallica, early Korn, Iron Maiden. I can enjoy only 2 bands out of 10 on of this list, I'm not a metalhead sure, yet metal is so diverse that I think this list has to cover more styles.

[@scottbubb2946]

I'm Old Guard Heavy Metal. I stopped to listen to Praxis and I really l8ke it a lot. Reminds me of Ministry in a way. I wouldn't call it "Heavy Metal" but it's influence is there. It is definitely heavy.

[@schlooonginator1227]

What's your opinion of Justin Broadrick, another Birmingham council states product? Dude has to be the most under rated man in heavy music period. Starting out on the first Napalm Death album Scum to Fall of Because to form legendary Godflesh arguably the heaviest music ever. Then Jesu wgich kinda evolved from post metal to electronics along with side project like Final, JK Flesh,... Many collabs, he has been one of my favorite artists for producing music like no other. Someone needs to do a deep dive on this guy's music career. That would be an epic show!

[@nickvickers3486]

I saw Godflesh supporting Devin Townsend at Norwich Waterfront back in the day - they were gut-wrenchingly heavy! Haven't thought about that gig in years but it was a great night

[@neplusultra4196]

Totally agree about Paranoid except one thing. From all i’ve read and heard over the years the song Paranoid was the only song done in the studio. The were playing clubs, something like seven 45 min sets a night. Thats why they were so fast in the studio because they had it mostly worked out. Rat Salad was basically a 40 min drum solo so the rest of the band could take a break.

[@francisanosissi1]

Thank you for educating me on bands ive never eaten my salad to.

[@markscheppner5658]

Van morrison " Brown eyed girl " that sound must be so heavy the up and down sound he talks of weird symbolic crushing noise till he goes " la la la " because he is so heavy metal an cold wind in August that is so heavy metal month . I think you need me as a sidekick. I want to be dressed head to toe in latex in the corner, and my just being there will remind you Van Morrison and his heavy metal stage kicks .

[@progperljungman8218]

😂

[@Delsbo]

Have a question! I was inspired to listen to Praxis, but could not find the drummer of Napalm Death on there. On the other hand I found that Bill Laswell has a band called Painkiller with John Zorn and the drummer of Napalm Death (Mick Harris). Is there a mix up of bands in the list?

[@Lupi33z]

Buckethead on guitar, I'm sold

[@stephenvelden295]

Blackwater Park - Opeth Still Life - Opeth Last Fair Deal Gone Down - Katatonia The Great Cold Distance - Katatonia Nexus Polaris - The Kovenant Machine Head - Deep Purple Youthanasia - Megadeth Mutter - Rammstein Killer - Alice Cooper Sons Of Northern Darkness - Immortal

[@erikheddergott5514]

On the Continent Lady in Black from Uriah Heep reentered the Charts every three Years. Coz of the Girls. We Boys better had it. Since the LP Salisbury was covered by a very Heavy Metallic Tank, it looked the Job. 1988 I curated The Trio of James Blood Ulmer, Ronald Shannon Jackson and Bill Laswell for the International Jazzfestival Zürich. The Concert is available on Bill Laswell‘s Bandpage Site. I got that Power Trio through Ronald Shannon Jackson, my favorite Rock Drummer.

[@45calypso]

I’m not a fan of Heavy Metal but I would like to thank the genre for its contribution to comedy.

[@gregorygreene1940]

My personal opinion is that the Dave Holland situation was an injustice. Setting that aside, that run of Judas Priest albums with him on them are simply superb. I think I would have chosen Van Halen's Fair Warning for this list. I just think it has a very dark, gritty feel to it that is more reminiscent of heavy metal. Paranoid to me was a no brainer at #1. First album I thought of when the video started. I would have been disappointed if you chose something else. Thanks for another great list and must watch.

[@matthewloukidis8947]

Everybody flyin' cross the sky, Superman was outta town.

[@francoispitre6292]

Reign In Blood was a game changer !

[@quoc-cangtran2260]

yes!…Praxis, and all metal from Bill Laswell

[@notsure1135]

No Rust in Peace, No Blessed are the Sick… You could put Decade of Aggression in there as well as one of the greatest live metal albums of all time…

[@Matias-music-71]

Priest Sad Wings of Destiny , Sabbath Sabotage , Metallica Ride the Lightning , Accept Metal Heart , Riot Narita , Quiet Riot Metal Health , Dokken Breakin' the Chains , Def Leppard High and Dry , Saxon Denim and Leather , Iron Maiden The Number Of The Beast , essential metal to start with ..,

[@garyh.238]

I see your list and there are some fine entrants there too....most of whom would fall within the Metal genre.....but Def Leppard I see as somewhat of a stretch - hard rock at best, coupled with some pop sensibilities.

[@garyh.238]

No DEEP PURPLE IN ROCK!? Absolutely essential....it set the template for speed/ thrash metal (influence on Metallica) ....had the original galloping riff too with Hard Lovin' Man (influence on Nazareth, Heart, Iron Maiden). The wailing/screaming front man Ian Gillan (predates Halford of Judas Priest by almost 5 years). And the blitzkreig guitar work of Ritchie Blackmore all over it. All the elements of what was to become Heavy Metal were inside the IN ROCK album in 1970....before there was even such a thing as "Heavy Metal".....it was called Hard Rock back then.

[@dohanddonuts5716]

But we then have to give London credit.

[@quigon6349]

That is not really metal though

[@garyh.238]

@@quigon6349 IN ROCK is the original metal album, along with Black Sabbath and Paranoid. Those are the three albums which started it all. With honorable mention to Uriah Heep's Very 'Eavy Very 'Umble. And Van Halen?? Not Metal at all....hard party rock at best.

[@garyh.238]

@@dohanddonuts5716 Yes, because Birmingham and the Midlands don't have exclusive rights to it

[@dohanddonuts5716]

@@garyh.238 Well nor does the Bay Area when it comes to thrash, but we take credit for it anyways.

[@MrLcowles]

I agree about iron maiden. Killers is the best and the one I still listen to. Murders in the Rue morgue is so good.

[@DominicWard-Horner]

I am a big fan of Judas Priest but I felt that German band Accept wiped the floor with them as support on the 1981 tour. ‘Breaker’ & ‘Restless & Wild’ would be on my list.

[@megaduck7965]

Metal heart and Russian roulette are fantastic albums as well

[@michaelantonyaustin]

Always a matter of taste but objectively I’d go for the following Top 10 essential Metal Albums… A Vulgar Display Of Power / Pantera Reign In Blood / Slayer Portrait Of An American Family / Marilyn Manson Operation: Mindcrime / Queensrÿche From Enslavement To Obliteration / Napalm Death Master Of Puppets / Metallica Superunknown / Soundgarden British Steel / Judas Priest Number Of The Beast / Iron Maiden Vol. 4 / Black Sabbath

[@iansmith8783]

Love Mindcrime, one of Ryche's best

[@yinoveryang4246]

Andy, a couple of questions for you: 1. Why do you never mention Ronnie Dio? Is it the whole 'big voice, tiny man' situation? Or is it personal, ‘ can’t call it Black Sabbath without Osbourne’? Feels like there’s a juicy story here. 2. Do you honestly think Praxis deserves a nod over Highway to Hell, anything by Deep Purple, or Led Zeppelin II? Really? Also, doesn’t the fact that “progressive” metal alienating 80% of listeners, disqualify Praxis?

[@garyh.238]

Deep Purple's In Rock is definitely needed on any such list

[@Matias-music-71]

Zepp , Purple, AC/DC all great rock but not metal ..,

[@progperljungman8218]

​@@Matias-music-71Good point. Great precursors to metal, but not it.

[@johnroberts1708]

Well, I'm not much of a heavy metal fan but I would have included Deep Purple in Rock.

[@garyh.238]

Absolutely

[@DannyMcGrath1969]

The first three Maiden Albums. First 3 Metallica Albums. Priest-Sin After Sin. Def Leppard High n Dry.. scorps-Virgin Killer Taken by Force-Animal Magnerism Blackout-Y&T-Earth Shaker. Sabbath-Mob Rules- Dio-Holy Diver. Triumph-Rock n Rp;; Machine-Never Surrender. Twisted Sister-I Wanna Rock. AC/DC-Highway to Hell.

[@paulcollins5586]

AC/DC were hard rock not metal.

[@markperry9427]

Enjoyed that Andy. Sabbath had to be number one and it had to be Paranoid. I would agree with Master of Puppets also. At least I have five of the albums on your list 👍👍

[@robertlonergan9401]

Yeah, fantastic! On a more serious note,any chance of a break? Waffling on ad infinitum in the frenetic style. An intermission maybe. Thanks and big love!

[@paulmclaughlin7147]

Rust in Peace ? Wow 😮

[@alternativepreacher4516]

Electric Wizard - Dopethrone Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops

[@erikbartlam7377]

Did Lemmy lead your journey to prog whatever through Hawkwind?

[@lucilovecraft1621]

Looking forward to this one 🤘⚡️

[@rollacoastaride1937]

LOVE Magnum, Ace Brummies

[@mattd8725]

Not being a huge metal fan, I can tell you what I have and listen to. Audioslave, Paranoid, Psalm 69, Angel Dust, Siamese Dream, Sleep's Holy Mountain, Holy Diver.

[@davidk2906]

Are any of the Brits into Electro-Industrial , Harsh EBM, Aggrotech, Terror EBM , Darkwave or Industrial Metal? How about Front Line Assembly, Suicide Commando , Velvet Acid Christ, X-Marks The Pedwalk, Combichrist, Dance or Die , Project Pitchfork or In Strict Confidence? These bands are more German based I suppose.

[@lucilovecraft1621]

10 essential metal albums Iron Maiden - Killers Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality Metallica- Ride The Lightning Megadeth - Peace Sells .. but who’s buying Anthrax - Among The Living Dio - Holy Diver Motörhead- No sleep till Hammersmith Judas Priest - Unleashed in the east Van Halen - 1984 Venom - Welcome To Hell 🤘

[@MaurizioMezzatesta]

I love metal so I was looking forward to this. Surprised you didn't bring up Cynic or Death especially because of how jazzy Sean Reinert was. The intro of Flattening of Emotions changed everything in metal and led the way tech/prog metal. Pantera to me is funky as hell, Phil influenced so much of the singing after that as much as they may not like to admit it. Dime was perfection. 80s thrash (for me) was peak metal and my goto thrash album is Kill Em All but yeah Slayer was super important and yeah Charlie B was the shit. As a metal head, we all know that Painkiller is their most important, metal af album and is one of my fave drum albums. Even though Kill Em All is my fave, Master of Puppets is the quintessential metal album. Some of my subjective faves are Catch 33 by Meshuggah, Deliverance/Damnation by Opeth, City and Alien by Strapping Young Lad, Leviathan by Mastodon, Chaos AD by Sepultura but we all know that the greatest metal band is Dethklok. Would love to hear a conversation with you and Gene Hoglan, he shares a lot of influences and also has a love of soul/funk.

[@progperljungman8218]

Catch Trirtythree mentioned gives lots of kudos mate ❤️

[@progperljungman8218]

Also, great point about Death/Cynic!

[@craze77]

He’s probably never heard of Cynic or Death, I don’t think he knows much about metal apart from the “big” bands 😁 \m/

[@progperljungman8218]

@craze77 I think he knows quite a lot. Maybe more on the British side. But it's hard to narrow it down to ten and very subjective of course.

[@stewarttiley9683]

Demon-The Unexpected Guest; The Plague!!! Ridiculously underrated band and great live! Budgie-Nightflight; Saxon-SAOTL and obviously ACCEPT -Breaker;RaW;BTTW;MH. Mercyful Fate!!!!! First two albums!

[@chernobylcoleslaw6698]

A Black Sabbath history would be great!

[@sean_on_bass]

let's settle down on the ranked lists please

[@videostoryanalyses8910]

Most metal today seems to involve only the 6,5 string ;-)

[@acanofvancampsbeaneeweenee2037]

Any fans of Sacrifist should also look into the band God, one of Justin Broadrick of Godflesh’s side projects with Kevin Martin (who he’d join up with in Techno Animal). More industrial but still dub-y with some jazz in there.

[@apparaoapparao]

Lemmy must be the only person in the top ten most important prog bands and the top ten most important heavy metal bands?