Top Ten Most Important Metal Albums for Metal Music Subgenres

1 In Rock - Deep Purple (Heavy Metal)

2 Welcome to Hell - Venom (Speed Metal & Black Metal)

3 Kill 'Em All - Metallica (Thrash Metal)

4 Seven Churches - Possessed (Death Metal)

5 Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (Doom Metal)

6 Black Metal - Venom (Thrash Metal & Black Metal)

7 Walls of Jericho - Helloween (Power Metal)

8 Rising Force - Yngwie J. Malmsteen (Neoclassical Metal)

9 Scream Bloody Gore - Death (Death Metal)

10 Down to Earth - Rainbow (Symphonic Metal)