Top Ten Traditional Heavy Metal Albums of the 1980s

The Top Ten

1 Holy Diver - Dio

2 Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath

CjWriter1997, what a coincidence - it's my favorite Sabbath album, too!

3 Powerslave - Iron Maiden

4 Melissa - Mercyful Fate

5 Screaming for Vengeance - Judas Priest

6 The Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden

7 Wheels of Steel - Saxon

Very underrated album, while Iron Maiden is still popular since the '80s, people forgetting about Saxon.

8 Restless and Wild - Accept

Same as British Steel.

9 Metal on Metal - Anvil

10 British Steel - Judas Priest

Well, there are some hard rock tracks in the album, but the rest of the album is still metal.

The Contenders

11 Kings of Metal - Manowar

12 Blizzard of Ozz - Ozzy Osbourne

13 Fire Down Under - Riot

14 Don't Break the Oath - Mercyful Fate

15 Seventh Son of a Seventh Son - Iron Maiden

16 King of the Dead - Cirith Ungol

17 Mob Rules - Black Sabbath

18 Ample Destruction - Jag Panzer

19 Crystal Logic - Manilla Road

20 Balls to the Wall - Accept

21 Somewhere in Time - Iron Maiden

22 Piece of Mind - Iron Maiden

23 Dream Evil - Dio

24 The Last in Line - Dio

25 Born Again - Black Sabbath

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