Best Heavy Metal Albums of 1986

The Top Ten
1 Metallica - Master of Puppets

Of course this album is better than every other one! This album has everything from the thrash metal anthem Battery to the epic instrumental Orion.

I my mind some of Metallica's best work. Given a choose I would pick master of puppets every time.

I agree this album defines metal.

Metallica's best album period

2 Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?

Metallica is so overrated its not even funny. They were what introduced me to thrash, but now they get so much head I swear. They're not the best band, Overkill is the best. But Megadeth is a close second and this is their best release. Megadeth!

Better than Master from start to finish. And unlike Metallica, this has no bad songs *coughTheThingThatShouldNotBecough*

awesome album... Speed and Violence mixed perectly with excelent lyrics

Awesome album, no greater! End of enough said

3 Slayer - Reign in Blood

Master of puppets was a great album. But Reign in blood is hands down the best trash metal album ever! SLAYER FOREVER

This is by far the best and the heaviest thrash metal album ever created... metallica doesn't stand a chance...

4 Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time
5 Kreator - Pleasure to Kill

Makes Reign in Blood like Miley Cyrus

6 Fates Warning - Awaken The Guardian

Best album of the 1980s.

7 Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
8 Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
9 King Diamond - Fatal Portrait
10 Crimson Glory - Crimson Glory
The Contenders
11 Metal Church - The Dark
12 Flotsam & Jetsam - Doomsday for the Deceiver

Much, much better than the Overrated "MOP" from Metallica. Jason Newsted brought the Band to a really high level. And Songs like "Hammerhead", "Iron Tears", "Metalshock", Titletrack or "She Took An Axe" are Speed/Thrash Metal Classics.

13 Rage for Order - Queensryche
14 I Against I - Bad Brains
15 Nuclear Assault - Game Over
16 To Hell with the Devil - Stryper
17 Judas Priest - Turbo
18 Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark
19 Watchtower - Energetic Disassembly
20 Night Songs - Cinderella
21 Motorhead - Orgasmatron
22 Morbid Visions - Sepultura
23 Russian Roulette - Accept
24 The Ultimate Sin - Ozzy Osbourne
25 Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
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