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1986 Metal Album Releases
1985
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1986
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Alternative Rock
(14)
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(19)
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(16)
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(34)
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(14)
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(14)
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(14)
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(18)
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(15)
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(40)
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(18)
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(21)
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(21)
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(78)
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(35)
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(126)
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(55)
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(36)
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(25)
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(16)
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(18)
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(162)
Synthpop
(49)
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(28)
Mar 3
Metallica
Master of Puppets
98
critic score
(5)
88
user score
(1,439)
Oct 7
Slayer
Reign in Blood
90
critic score
(2)
82
user score
(487)
Oct 1
Megadeth
Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?
90
critic score
(2)
83
user score
(318)
Sep 29
Iron Maiden
Somewhere in Time
70
critic score
(3)
81
user score
(236)
Jun 10
Candlemass
Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
90
critic score
(1)
84
user score
(190)
Nov 1
Bad Brains
I Against I
94
critic score
(3)
75
user score
(101)
Jan 28
Black Sabbath
Seventh Star
50
critic score
(2)
49
user score
(94)
Jul 2
Metallica
Master Of Puppets
95
user score
(64)
Nov 1
Kreator
Pleasure to Kill
80
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(60)
Feb 22
Ozzy Osbourne
The Ultimate Sin
40
critic score
(1)
69
user score
(51)
Nov 10
Sepultura
Morbid Visions
60
critic score
(1)
72
user score
(45)
Apr 14
Judas Priest
Turbo
50
critic score
(2)
63
user score
(44)
Aug 9
Motörhead
Orgasmatron
75
critic score
(2)
71
user score
(37)
Nov 17
Dark Angel
Darkness Descends
45
critic score
(2)
79
user score
(30)
Mar 14
Voivod
Rrröööaaarrr
55
critic score
(2)
71
user score
(22)
Aug 2
Poison
Look What the Cat Dragged In
55
critic score
(2)
39
user score
(22)
Oct 1
Saint Vitus
Born Too Late
80
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(21)
Nov 10
Fates Warning
Awaken the Guardian
60
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(17)
Jul
Destruction
Eternal Devastation
90
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(16)
1986
King Diamond
Fatal Portrait
60
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(14)
Oct 31
Possessed
Beyond the Gates
50
critic score
(1)
70
user score
(14)
May 1
Sodom
Obsessed by Cruelty
30
critic score
(1)
60
user score
(12)
1986
Cinderella
Night Songs
60
critic score
(1)
70
user score
(11)
Apr 21
Accept
Russian Roulette
50
critic score
(1)
75
user score
(10)
Jun 27
Queensrÿche
Rage for Order
40
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(10)
1986
Nuclear Assault
Game Over
50
critic score
(1)
75
user score
(9)
1986
Discharge
Grave New World
35
user score
(8)
Nov 4
Yngwie Malmsteen
Trilogy
77
user score
(8)
Nov 8
Exumer
Possessed by Fire
75
user score
(8)
1986
Mr. Bungle
The Raging Wrath Of The Easter Bunny
51
user score
(7)
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Jul 7
Metal Church
The Dark
50
critic score
(1)
82
user score
(7)
1986
Mayhem
Pure Fucking Armageddon
44
user score
(5)
Oct 24
Stryper
To Hell With The Devil
80
critic score
(1)
72
user score
(5)
1986
Angel Dust
Into The Dark Past
77
user score
(4)
1986
Vinnie Moore
Mind's Eye
77
user score
(3)
1986
Paul Chain Violet Theatre
In The Darkness
70
user score
(3)
Apr
Death
Mutilation
67
user score
(3)
Sep 15
Fifth Angel
Fifth Angel
82
user score
(3)
Oct 13
Saxon
Rock the Nations
40
critic score
(1)
57
user score
(3)
Oct 20
Crimson Glory
Crimson Glory
80
critic score
(1)
78
user score
(3)
1986
Satanic Legion Of Death
Demo 1986
78
user score
(2)
1986
Speed Limit
Unchained
63
user score
(2)
1986
Morbid Angel
Bleed For The Devil
64
user score
(2)
1986
Morbid Angel
Scream Forth Blasphemies
70
user score
(2)
1986
Faith Or Fear
Demo of Fear
70
user score
(2)
1986
Chastain
Ruler Of The Wasteland
77
user score
(2)
Jan 1
Assassin
The Upcoming Terror
85
user score
(2)
Jan 1
Exciter
Unveiling The Wicked
81
user score
(2)
Feb 25
Manilla Road
The Deluge
93
critic score
(2)
94
user score
(2)
Mar 24
Loudness
Shadows of War
71
user score
(2)
Apr
Razor
Malicious Intent
63
user score
(2)
Apr 9
Angel Witch
Frontal Assault
40
critic score
(1)
66
user score
(2)
May
W.A.S.P.
Wild Child
93
user score
(2)
Oct
W.A.S.P.
Inside the Electric Circus
72
user score
(2)
1986
Легион
Апокалипсис
69
user score
(1)
1986
Damnation
Speed Anarchy
63
user score
(1)
1986
Various Artists
The Transformers: The Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
65
user score
(1)
1986
ADX
La Terreur
70
user score
(1)
1986
Protector
2 Track Demo Tape
75
user score
(1)
1986
Domine
Domine
78
user score
(1)
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