Best Album Runs in Metal History

The Top Ten
1 Black Sabbath (1970-1975) - Black Sabbath (1970)
- Paranoid (1970)
- Master of Reality (1971)
- Vol. 4 (1972)
- Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973)
- Sabotage (1975)

- Black Sabbath
- Paranoid
- Master of Reality
- Vol 4
- Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
- Sabotage
Again, one of the best runs in metal history, classic right after classic

2 Metallica (1983-1991) - Kill 'Em All (1983)
- Ride the Lightning (1984)
- Master of Puppets (1986)
- ...And Justice for All (1988)
- Metallica (1991)
3 Iron Maiden (1980-1988) - Iron Maiden (1980)
- Killers (1981)
- The Number of the Beast (1982)
- Piece of Mind (1983)
- Powerslave (1984)
- Somewhere in Time (1986)
- Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988)

- Iron Maiden
- Killers
- The Number of the Beast
- Piece of Mind
- Powerslave
- Somewhere in Time
- Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Definitely the best run of albums in metal (and music too), classic right after classic

That's a bold claim that it is the best run of album in music history not saying it's necessarily not true though.

4 Megadeth (1986-1992) - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? (1986)
- So Far, So Good... So What! (1988)
- Rust in Peace (1990)
- Countdown to Extinction (1992)

Incorrect: Megadeth's run began in 1985 with Killing Is My Business.

5 Project 86 (1998-2012) - Project 86 (1998)
- Drawing Black Lines (2000)
- Truthless Heroes (2002)
- Songs to Burn Your Bridges By (2003)
- ...And the Rest Will Follow (2005)
- Rival Factions (2007)
- Picket Fence Cartel (2009)
- Wait for the Siren (2012)
6 Death (1987-1998) - Scream Bloody Gore (1987)
- Leprosy (1988)
- Spiritual Healing (1990)
- Human (1991)
- Individual Thought Patterns (1993)
- Symbolic (1995)
- The Sound of Perseverance (1998)
7 Pantera (1990-2000) - Cowboys from Hell (1990)
- Vulgar Display of Power (1992)
- Far Beyond Driven (1994)
- The Great Southern Trendkill (1996)
- Reinventing the Steel (2000)
8 Motorhead (1977-1986) - Motörhead (1977)
- Overkill (1979)
- Bomber (1979)
- Ace of Spades (1980)
- Iron Fist (1982)
- Another Perfect Day (1983)
- Orgasmatron (1986)
9 Anthrax (1984-1993) - Fistful of Metal (1984)
- Spreading the Disease (1985)
- Among the Living (1987)
- State of Euphoria (1988)
- Persistence of Time (1990)
- Sound of White Noise (1993)
10 Opeth (1998-2008) - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998)
- Still Life (1999)
- Blackwater Park (2001)
- Deliverance (2002)
- Damnation (2003)
- Ghost Reveries (2005)
- Watershed (2008)
The Contenders
11 Judas Priest (1976-1980) - Sad Wings of Destiny (1976)
- Sin After Sin (1977)
- Stained Class (1978)
- Killing Machine (1978, also known as "Hell Bent for Leather")
- British Steel (1980)
12 Slipknot (1999-2019) - Slipknot (1999)
- Iowa (2001)
- Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) (2004)
- All Hope Is Gone (2008)
- .5: The Gray Chapter (2014)
- We Are Not Your Kind (2019)
13 Alice in Chains (1990-1995) - Facelift (1990)
- Dirt (1992)
- Jar of Flies (1994)
- Alice in Chains (1995)
14 Corrosion of Conformity (1994-2000) - Deliverance (1994)
- Wiseblood (1996)
- America's Volume Dealer (2000)
15 Agalloch (1999-2014) - Pale Folklore (1999)
- The Mantle (2002)
- Ashes Against the Grain (2006)
- Marrow of the Spirit (2010)
- The Serpent & The Sphere (2014)
16 Slayer (1985-1990) - Hell Awaits (1985)
- Reign in Blood (1986)
- South of Heaven (1988)
- Seasons in the Abyss (1990)
17 Dream Theater (1999-2009) - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory (1999)
- Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (2002)
- Train of Thought (2003)
- Octavarium (2005)
- Systematic Chaos (2007)
- Black Clouds & Silver Linings (2009)
18 Deep Purple (1970-1974) - Deep Purple in Rock (1970)
- Fireball (1971)
- Machine Head (1972)
- Who Do We Think We Are (1973)
- Burn (1974)
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