Best Debut Albums by a Metal Band

A lot of metal band have their best album within their first two or so. What are the best?

The Top Ten

1 Kill 'Em All - Metallica

The original title/cover of their first album was called Metal Up Your Are and it had a drawing of a hand with a toilet with a hand emerging from it holding a dagger. However, megaforce records thought this would be inappropriate so they told the band to change the title/artwork to Kill 'Em All, this time depicting the shadow of a hand letting go of a bloody hammer.

2 Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

3 New American Gospel - Lamb of God

This isn't even a debut album people, Burn The Priest is their debut album!

4 Undertow - Tool

5 Slipknot - Slipknot

6 Alice In Hell - Annihilator

7 The Strength/The Sound/The Songs - Volbeat

8 System of a Down - System of a Down

9 Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

10 Fundamental Component - Byzantine

The Contenders

11 Iced Earth - Iced Earth

12 Walls of Jericho - Helloween

13 The Sickness - Disturbed

14 Scream Bloody Gore - Death

15 Alive or Just Breathing - Killswitch Engage

16 Remission - Mastodon

17 Bonded by Blood - Exodus

18 The Legacy - Testament

19 Onset of Putrefaction - Necrophagist

20 Holy Diver - Dio

Why was this album not in the list? One of the best debut albums ever!

21 Show No Mercy - Slayer

22 Eaten Back to Life - Cannibal Corpse

23 Noble - Versailles

24 Wheels of Steel - Saxon

25 Epicus Doomicus Metallicus - Candlemass

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