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Top 10
2012 |
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No. |
Band |
Album
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1. |
Headspace |
I Am Anonymous |
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2. |
Anathema |
Weather Systems |
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3. |
Flying Colors |
Flying Colors |
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4. |
Arjen Anthony Lucassen |
Lost in the New Real |
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5. |
Beyond the Bridge |
The Old Man and the Spirit |
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6. |
Van Halen |
A Different Kind of Truth |
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7. |
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8. |
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9. |
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10. |
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Top 10
2011 |
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No. |
Band |
Album
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1. |
Opeth |
Heritage |
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2. |
Nightwish |
Imaginaerum |
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3. |
Arch/Matheos |
Sympathetic Resonance |
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4. |
3 |
The Ghost You Gave To Me |
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5. |
Neal Morse |
Testimony 2 |
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6. |
Karmakanic |
In a Perfect World |
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7. |
Dream Theater |
A Dramatic Turn of Events |
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8. |
Hell |
Human Remains |
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9. |
Trivium |
In Waves |
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10. |
Jolly |
The Audio Guide to Happiness (Part 1) |
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Top 10
2010 |
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No. |
Band |
Album
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1. |
Seventh Wonder |
The Great Escape |
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2. |
Nevermore |
The Obsidian Conspiracy |
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3. |
Kamelot |
Poetry for the Poisoned |
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4. |
Star One |
Victims of the Modern Age |
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5. |
Vanden Plas |
The Seraphic Clockwork |
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6. |
Orphaned Land |
The Never Ending Way of ORwarriOR |
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7. |
Spock's Beard |
X |
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8. |
Armored Saint |
La Raza |
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9. |
Anthriel |
The Pathway |
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10. |
MindSplit |
Charmed Human Art of Significance |
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Top 10
2009 |
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No. |
Band |
Album
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1. |
Transatlantic |
The Whirlwind |
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2. |
Redemption |
Snowfall on Judgement Day |
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3. |
Porcupine Tree |
The Incident |
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4. |
Riverside |
Anno Domini High Difinition |
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5. |
Katatonia |
Night is the New Day |
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6. |
Magnum |
Into the Valley of the Moonking |
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7. |
Free Spirit |
Pale Sister of Light |
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8. |
Place Vendome |
Streets of Fire |
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9. |
Hourglass |
Oblivious to the Obvious |
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10. |
Voyager |
I am the reVolution |
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Top 10
2008 |
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No. |
Band |
Album
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1. |
Seventh Wonder |
Mercy Falls |
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2. |
Opeth |
Watershed |
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3. |
Moon Safari |
[Blomljud] |
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4. |
Trivium |
Shogun |
|
5. |
Ayreon |
01011001 |
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6. |
Bullet for My Valentine |
Scream Aim Fire |
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7. |
In Flames |
A Sense of Purpose |
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8. |
Warrel Dane |
Praises to the Warmachine |
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9. |
Tesla |
Forever more |
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10. |
Amaseffer |
Slaves for Life |
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Top 10
2007 |
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No. |
Band |
Album
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1. |
Dream Theater |
Systematic Chaos |
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2. |
Nightwish |
Dark Passion Play |
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3. |
Alter Bridge |
Blackbird |
|
4. |
Symphony X |
Paradise Lost |
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5. |
Threshold |
Dead Reckoning |
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6. |
Krypteria |
Bloodangel's Cry |
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7. |
Neal Morse |
Sola Scriptura |
|
8. |
Machine Head |
The Blackening |
|
9. |
Blackfield |
Blackfield II |
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10. |
Sieges Even |
Paramount |
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Top 10 2006 |
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No. |
Band |
Album
|
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1. |
Trivium
|
The Crusade |
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2. |
Beyond Twilight
|
For the Love of Art and the Making |
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3. |
Communic
|
Waves of Visual Decay |
|
4. |
Andromeda
|
Chimera |
|
5. |
Blind Guardian
|
A Twist in the Myth |
|
6. |
Zero Hour |
Specs of Pictures Burnt Beyond |
|
7. |
Seventh Wonder
|
Waiting in the Wings |
|
8. |
Vanden Plas
|
Christ O |
|
9. |
HammerFall |
Threshold |
|
10. |
Slamer
|
Nowhere Land
|
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Top 10 2005 |
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No. |
Band |
Album
|
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1. |
Sieges Even
|
The Art of Navigating by the Stars
|
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2. |
Nevermore
|
This Godless Endeavor
|
|
3. |
Opeth
|
Ghost Reveries
|
|
4. |
Kamelot
|
The Black Halo
|
|
5. |
Shadow Gallery
|
Room V
|
|
6. |
Communic
|
Conspiracy in Mind
|
|
7. |
Dream Theater
|
Octavarium
|
|
8. |
Beyond Twilight
|
Section X
|
|
9. |
Porcupine Tree
|
Deadwing
|
|
10. |
Circus Maximus
|
The 1st Chapter
|
|
Top 10 2004 |
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1. |
Within Temptation
|
The Silent Force
|
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2. |
Nightwish
|
Once
|
|
3. |
Ayreon
|
The Human Equation
|
|
4. |
Eyefear
|
9 Elements of Inner Vision
|
|
5. |
Evergrey
|
The Inner Circle
|
|
6. |
Magnum
|
Brand New Morning
|
|
7. |
Iced Earth
|
The Glorious Burden
|
|
8. |
Aina
|
Day of Rising Doom
|
|
9. |
Manticora
|
8 Deadly Sins
|
|
10. |
Alter Bridge
|
One Day Remains
|
|
Top 10 2003 |
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No. |
Band |
Album
|
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1. |
Dream Theater
|
Train of Thoughts
|
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2. |
Star One
|
Live on Earth
|
|
3. |
King Diamond
|
The Puppet Master
|
|
4. |
Opeth
|
Damnation
|
|
5. |
Nevermore
|
Enemies of Reality
|
|
6. |
Iron Maiden
|
Dance of Death
|
|
7. |
Chrome Shift
|
Ripples in Time
|
|
8. |
John Arch
|
A Twist of Fate
|
|
9. |
Adagio
|
Underworld
|
|
10. |
Masterplan
|
Masterplan
|
|
Top 10 2002 |
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No. |
Band |
Album
|
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1. |
Symphony X
|
The Odyssey
|
|
2. |
Spock's Beard
|
Snow
|
|
3. |
Porcupine Tree |
In Absentia |
|
4. |
Star One
|
Space Metal
|
|
5. |
Pain of Salvation
|
Remedy Lane
|
|
6. |
Opeth
|
Deliverance
|
|
7. |
Nightwish
|
Century Child
|
|
8. |
Wuthering Heights
|
To Travel Forevermore
|
|
9. |
Time Requiem
|
Time Requiem
|
|
10. |
Manticora
|
Hyperion
|
|
Top 10 2001 |
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No. |
Band |
Album
|
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1. |
Jag Panzer
|
Mechanized Warfare
|
|
2. |
Angra
|
Rebirth
|
|
3. |
Beyond Twilight
|
The Devil's Hall of
Fame
|
|
4. |
Therion
|
Secret of the Runes
|
|
5. |
Kamelot
|
Karma
|
|
6. |
Shadow Gallery
|
Legacy
|
|
7. |
Ark
|
Burn ohe Sun
|
|
8. |
Evergrey
|
In Search of the
Truth
|
|
9. |
Adagio
|
Sanctus Ignis
|
|
10. |
Falconer
|
Falconer
|
|
Top 10 2000 |
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No. |
Band |
Album
|
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1. |
Nevermore
|
Dead Heart in a
Dead World
|
|
2. |
Symphony X
|
V - The New Mythology
Suite
|
|
3. |
Pain of Salvation
|
The Perfect Element,
Part 1
|
|
4. |
Fates Warning
|
Disconnected
|
|
5. |
Ayreon
|
Universal Migrator
Part 1 + 2
|
|
6. |
Nightwish
|
Wishmaster
|
|
7. |
Geddy Lee
|
My Favorite Headache
|
|
8. |
Stratovarius
|
Infinite
|
|
9. |
Under the Sun
|
Under the Sun
|
|
10. |
Enchant
|
Juggling 9 or
Dropping 10
|
|
Top 10 1999 |
|
No. |
Band |
Album
|
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1. |
Dream Theater
|
Scenes from a
Memory
|
|
2. |
Nevermore
|
Dreaming Neon Black
|
|
3. |
A.C.T.
|
Today's Report
|
|
4. |
Balance of Power
|
Ten More Tales of
Grand Illusion
|
|
5. |
Wuthering Heights
|
Within
|
|
6. |
L.T.E.
|
Liquid Tension
Experiment 2
|
|
7. |
Sinergy
|
Beware the Heavens
|
|
8. |
Behind the Curtain
|
'Till Birth Do Us
Part
|
|
9. |
Ice Age
|
The Great Divide
|
|
10. |
Virgin Steele
|
The House of Atreus -
Act I
|
|
Top 10 1998 |
|
No. |
Band |
Album
|
|
1. |
Ayreon
|
Into the Electric
Castle
|
|
2. |
Nightwish
|
Oceanborn
|
|
3. |
Shadow Gallery
|
Tyranny
|
|
4. |
Balance of Power
|
Book of Secrets
|
|
5. |
Therion
|
Vovin
|
|
6. |
Rhapsody
|
Symphony of Enchanted
Lands
|
|
7. |
The Gathering
|
How to Measure a
Planet?
|
|
8. |
Rush
|
Different Stages
|
|
9. |
Dream Theater
|
Once in a Livetime
|
|
10. |
HammerFall
|
Legacy of Kings
|
|
Top 10 1997 |
|
No. |
Band |
Album
|
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1. |
Symphony X
|
The Divine Wings
of Tragedy
|
|
2. |
Paradise Lost
|
One Second
|
|
3. |
HammerFall
|
Glory to the Brave
|
|
4. |
Stratovarius
|
Visions
|
|
5. |
Ten
|
The Robe
|
|
6. |
Vanden Plas
|
The God Thing
|
|
7. |
The Gathering
|
Nighttime Birds
|
|
8. |
Tiamat
|
A Deeper Kind of
Slumber
|
|
9. |
Megadeth
|
Cryptic Writings
|
|
10. |
Gamma Ray
|
Somewhere out in
Space
|
|
Top 10 1996 |
|
No. |
Band |
Album
|
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1. |
Therion
|
Theli
|
|
2. |
Nevermore
|
The Politics of
Ecstasy
|
|
3. |
Iced Earth
|
The Dark Saga
|
|
4. |
Angra
|
Holy Land
|
|
5. |
Nevermore
|
In Memory
|
|
6. |
Stratovarius
|
Episode
|
|
7. |
Ten
|
The Name of the Rose
|
|
8. |
Virgin Steele
|
The Marriage of
Heaven and Hell, Part 2
|
|
9. |
Manowar
|
Louder than Hell
|
|
10. |
Ayreon
|
Actual Fantasy
|
|
|
|
Top 10 1995 |
|
No. |
Band |
Album
|
|
1. |
Paradise Lost
|
Draconian Times
|
|
2. |
Nevermore
|
Nevermore
|
|
3. |
Shadow Gallery
|
Carved in Stone
|
|
4. |
Ayreon
|
The Final Experiment
|
|
5. |
Savatage
|
Dead Winter Dead
|
|
6. |
Dream Theater
|
A Change of Seasons
|
|
7. |
Royal Hunt
|
Moving Targets
|
|
8. |
Iced Earth
|
Burnt Offerings
|
|
9. |
The Gathering
|
Mandylion
|
|
10. |
Testament
|
Live at the Fillmore
|
|
Top 10 1994 |
|
No. |
Band |
Album
|
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1. |
Dream Theater
|
Awake
|
|
2. |
Machine Head
|
Burn My Eyes
|
|
3. |
Testament
|
Low
|
|
4. |
Megadeth
|
Youthanasia
|
|
5. |
Tiamat
|
Wildhoney
|
|
6. |
Tesla
|
Bust a Nut
|
|
7. |
Saviour Machine
|
Saviour Machine II
|
|
8. |
Queensryche
|
Promised Land
|
|
9. |
Slayer
|
Divine Intervention
|
|
10. |
Savatage
|
Handful of Rain
|
|
Top 10 1993 |
|
No. |
Band |
Album
|
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1. |
Annihilator
|
Set the World on
Fire
|
|
2. |
Savatage
|
Edge of Thorns
|
|
3. |
Slayer
|
Decade of Aggression
|
|
4. |
Angra
|
Angels Cry
|
|
5. |
Metal Church
|
Hanging in the
Balance
|
|
6. |
Anthrax
|
Sound of White Noise
|
|
7. |
Anacrusis
|
Screams and Whispers
|
|
8. |
Paradise Lost
|
Icon
|
|
9. |
Type O Negative
|
Bloody Kisses
|
|
10. |
Saviour Machine
|
Saviour Machine I
|
|
Top 10 1992 |
|
No. |
Band |
Album
|
|
1. |
Dream Theater
|
Images and Words
|
|
2. |
Psychotic Waltz
|
Into the Everflow
|
|
3. |
Pantera
|
Vulgar Display of
Power
|
|
4. |
Megadeth
|
Countdown to
Extinction
|
|
5. |
Manowar
|
Triumph of Steel
|
|
6. |
Testament
|
The Ritual
|
|
7. |
Blind Guardian
|
Somewhere Far Beyond
|
|
8. |
AC/DC
|
Live
|
|
9. |
Iron Maiden
|
Fear of the Dark
|
|
10. |
Iced Earth
|
Night of the
Stormrider
|
|
Top 10 1991 |
|
No. |
Band |
Album
|
|
1. |
Savatage
|
Streets (A Rock
Opera)
|
|
2. |
Armored Saint
|
Symbol of Salvation
|
|
3. |
Metallica
|
Metallica
|
|
4. |
Dark Angel
|
Time Does not Heal
|
|
5. |
Fates Warning
|
Parallels
|
|
6. |
Nirvana
|
Nevermind
|
|
7. |
Metal Church
|
The Human Factor
|
|
8. |
Iced Earth
|
Iced Earth
|
|
9. |
Prong
|
Prove You Wrong
|
|
10. |
Tesla
|
Psychotic Supper
|
|
Top 10 1990 |
|
No. |
Band |
Album
|
|
1. |
Sanctuary
|
Into the Mirror
Black
|
|
2. |
Judas Priest
|
Painkiller
|
|
3. |
Death Angel
|
Act III
|
|
4. |
Pantera
|
Cowboys from Hell
|
|
5. |
Forbidden
|
Twisted into Form
|
|
6. |
Sacred Reich
|
The American Way
|
|
7. |
Slayer
|
Seasons in the Abyss
|
|
8. |
Steelheart |
Steelheart |
|
9. |
Annihilator
|
Never, Neverland
|
|
10. |
Queensryche
|
Empire
|
|
Top 10 1989 |
|
No. |
Band |
Album
|
|
1. |
Testament
|
Practise What You
Preach
|
|
2. |
Dream Theater
|
When Dream and Day
Unite
|
|
3. |
Psychotic Waltz
|
A Social Grace
|
|
4. |
Annihilator
|
Alice in Hell
|
|
5. |
Wrathchild America
|
Climbin' the Walls
|
|
6. |
Savatage
|
Gutter Ballet
|
|
7. |
Metal Church
|
Blessing in Disguise
|
|
8. |
King Diamond
|
Conspiracy
|
|
9. |
Over Kill
|
The Years of Decay
|
|
10. |
Fates Warning
|
Perfect Symmetry
|
|
Top 10 1988 |
|
No. |
Band |
Album
|
|
1. |
Queensr˙che
|
Operation:
Mindcrime
|
|
2. |
Crimson Glory
|
Transcendence
|
|
3. |
Metallica
|
... And Justice for
All
|
|
4. |
Slayer
|
South of Heaven
|
|
5. |
Helloween
|
Keeper of the Seven
Keys, Part II
|
|
6. |
Manowar
|
Kings of Metal
|
|
7. |
Iron Maiden
|
Seventh Son of a
Seventh Son
|
|
8. |
Forbidden
|
Forbidden Evil
|
|
9. |
Flotsam and Jetsam
|
No Place for Disgrace
|
|
10. |
Testament
|
The New Order
|
|
Top 10 1987 |
|
No. |
Band |
Album
|
|
1. |
Candlemass
|
Nightfall
|
|
2. |
Testament
|
The Legacy
|
|
3. |
Malice
|
License to Kill
|
|
4. |
Heathen
|
Breaking the Silence
|
|
5. |
Helloween
|
Keeper of the Seven
Keys, Part I
|
|
6. |
Pretty Maids
|
Future World
|
|
7. |
Savatage
|
Hall of the Mountain
King
|
|
8. |
Death Angel
|
The Ultra-Violence
|
|
9. |
Manowar
|
Fighting the World
|
|
10. |
Agent Steel
|
Unstoppable Force
|
|
Top 10 1986 |
|
No. |
Band |
Album
|
|
1. |
Metallica
|
Master of Puppets
|
|
2. |
Slayer
|
Reign in Blood
|
|
3. |
Iron Maiden
|
Somewhere in Time
|
|
4. |
Crimson Glory
|
Crimson Glory
|
|
5. |
Queensryche
|
Rage for Order
|
|
6. |
Metal Church
|
The Dark
|
|
7. |
Tesla
|
Mechanical Resonance
|
|
8. |
Megadeth
|
Peace Sells, but
Who's Buying?
|
|
9. |
Europe
|
The Final Countdown
|
|
10. |
Dark Angel
|
Darkness Descends
|
|
Top 10 1985 |
|
No. |
Band |
Album
|
|
1. |
Iron Maiden
|
Live after Death
|
|
2. |
Malice
|
In the Beginning ...
|
|
3. |
Exodus
|
Bonded by Blood
|
|
4. |
Accept
|
Metal Heart
|
|
5. |
Savatage
|
Power of the Night
|
|
6. |
Anthrax
|
Spreading the Disease
|
|
7. |
Helloween
|
Walls of Jericho
|
|
8. |
Virgin Steele
|
Noble Savage
|
|
9. |
Scorpions
|
World Wide Live
|
|
10. |
Megadeth
|
Killing is My
Business ...
|
|
Top 10 1984 |
|
No. |
Band |
Album
|
|
1. |
Metallica
|
Ride the Lightning
|
|
2. |
Metal Church
|
Metal Church
|
|
3. |
Judas Priest
|
Defenders of the
Faith
|
|
4. |
Iron Maiden
|
Powerslave
|
|
5. |
Pretty Maids
|
Red, Hot and Heavy
|
|
6. |
Queensryche
|
The Warning
|
|
7. |
Mercyful Fate
|
Don't Break the Oath
|
|
8. |
Armored Saint
|
March of the Saint
|
|
9. |
Scorpions
|
Love at First Sting
|
|
10. |
Manowar
|
Hail to England
|
|
Top 10 1983 |
|
No. |
Band |
Album
|
|
1. |
Dio
|
Holy Diver
|
|
2. |
Metallica
|
Kill'em All
|
|
3. |
Iron Maiden
|
Piece of Mind
|
|
4. |
Accept
|
Balls to the Wall
|
|
5. |
Savatage
|
Sirens
|
|
6. |
Mercyful Fate
|
Melissa
|
|
7. |
Slayer
|
Show No Mercy
|
|
8. |
Def Leppard
|
Pyromania
|
|
9. |
Saxon
|
Power and the Glory
|
|
10. |
Manowar
|
Into Glory Ride
|
|
Top 10 1982 |
|
No. |
Band |
Album
|
|
1. |
Iron Maiden
|
Number of the
Beast
|
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2. |
Manowar
|
Battle Hymns
|
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3. |
Accept
|
Restless and Wild
|
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4. |
Saga
|
In Transit
|
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5. |
Scorpions
|
Blackout
|
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6. |
Judas Priest
|
Screaming for
Vengeance
|
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7. |
Twisted Sister
|
Under the Blade
|
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8. |
Rush
|
Signals
|
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9. |
Saxon
|
The Eagle has Landed
|
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10. |
Van Halen
|
Diver Down
|
|
Top 10 1981 |
|
No. |
Band |
Album
|
|
1. |
Iron Maiden
|
Killers
|
|
2. |
Accept
|
Breaker
|
|
3. |
Saga
|
Worlds Apart
|
|
4. |
AC/DC
|
For Those About to
Rock
|
|
5. |
Rush
|
Moving Pictures
|
|
6. |
Riot
|
Fire Down Under
|
|
7. |
Black Sabbath
|
Mob Rules
|
|
8. |
Judas Priest
|
Point of Entry
|
|
9. |
Saxon
|
Denim and Leather
|
|
10. |
Rush
|
Exit .... Stage Left
|
|
Top 10 1980 |
|
No. |
Band |
Album
|
|
1. |
AC/DC
|
Back in Black
|
|
2. |
Judas Priest
|
British Steel
|
|
3. |
Black Sabbath
|
Heaven and Hell
|
|
4. |
Saga
|
Silent Knight
|
|
5. |
Iron Maiden
|
Iron Maiden
|
|
6. |
Saxon
|
Wheels of Steel
|
|
7. |
Scorpions
|
Animal Magnetism
|
|
8. |
Kansas
|
Audio Visions
|
|
9. |
Saxon
|
Strong Arm of the Law
|
|
10. |
Van Halen
|
Woman and Children
First
|
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