Top 10 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

Keep in mind that this list is only directed towards metal music so no hard rock or rock albums in general are allowed
The Top Ten
1 Ride the Lightning - Metallica

Defiantly their best album

Still one of the best

2 Rust In Peace - Megadeth
3 Master of Puppets - Metallica
4 Reign In Blood - Slayer

This kicks ass

5 Vulgar Display of Power - Pantera
6 At the Edge of Time - Blind Guardian

Epic and perfect album. Great composing skills. Superior vocals.
You may hear a huge choir but there's no real choir on this album - Hansi provides all vocals, including the multi-layered backing vocals with the harmonies. And he records every vocal track individually, no studio tricks.

Masterpiece

7 Powerslave - Iron Maiden
8 Black Sabbath - Paranoid
9 Symbolic - Death

A true Masterpiece

10 Songs to Burn Your Bridges By - Project 86
The Contenders
11 Alice in Hell - Annihilator

Thrash metal masterpiece

12 The Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden
13 ...And Justice for All - Metallica
14 Screaming for Vengance - Judas Priest
15 Among the Living - Anthrax
16 Painkiller - Judas Priest
17 Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? - Megadeth
18 Blackwater Park - Opeth

Almost perfect album

19 Metallica (Black Album) - Metallica
20 The Sound of Perseverance - Death
21 Meliora - Ghost

If you haven’t heard of Ghost, and want a very accessible record, this is it. Easily the most accessible modern metal record. Plus, Dave Grohl was in this band, come on!

22 Far Beyond Driven - Pantera
23 Abigail - King Diamond
24 Kill Em All - Metallica
25 Crack the Skye - Mastodon
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