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Mar 3
Metallica
Master of Puppets
100
critic score
(4)
90
user score
(3,631)
Oct 7
Slayer
Reign in Blood
90
critic score
(3)
83
user score
(1,145)
Sep 19
Megadeth
Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?
90
critic score
(2)
82
user score
(694)
Sep 29
Iron Maiden
Somewhere in Time
74
critic score
(4)
82
user score
(437)
Jun 10
Candlemass
Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
90
critic score
(1)
83
user score
(344)
Jul 2
Metallica
Master Of Puppets
96
user score
(170)
Nov 1
Bad Brains
I Against I
94
critic score
(3)
76
user score
(160)
Jan 28
Black Sabbath
Seventh Star
50
critic score
(2)
49
user score
(149)
Nov 1
Kreator
Pleasure to Kill
80
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(119)
Apr 14
Judas Priest
Turbo
50
critic score
(2)
63
user score
(90)
Nov 10
Sepultura
Morbid Visions
60
critic score
(1)
70
user score
(88)
Feb 22
Ozzy Osbourne
The Ultimate Sin
40
critic score
(1)
69
user score
(79)
Aug 9
Motörhead
Orgasmatron
77
critic score
(3)
72
user score
(64)
Nov 17
Dark Angel
Darkness Descends
45
critic score
(2)
79
user score
(46)
Aug 2
Poison
Look What the Cat Dragged In
55
critic score
(2)
45
user score
(44)
Jul 23
Bon Jovi
You Give Love a Bad Name
80
critic score
(1)
70
user score
(37)
Oct 1
Saint Vitus
Born Too Late
80
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(37)
Mar 14
Voivod
Rrröööaaarrr
55
critic score
(2)
67
user score
(36)
May 1
Sodom
Obsessed by Cruelty
25
critic score
(2)
58
user score
(28)
1986
King Diamond
Fatal Portrait
60
critic score
(1)
75
user score
(28)
Nov 10
Fates Warning
Awaken the Guardian
60
critic score
(1)
78
user score
(28)
Jul
Destruction
Eternal Devastation
88
critic score
(2)
78
user score
(28)
Oct 31
Possessed
Beyond the Gates
50
critic score
(1)
71
user score
(27)
Jun 27
Queensrÿche
Rage for Order
63
critic score
(3)
78
user score
(25)
1986
Cinderella
Night Songs
60
critic score
(1)
69
user score
(24)
Nov 4
Yngwie Malmsteen
Trilogy
76
user score
(19)
Jul 7
Metal Church
The Dark
50
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(19)
1986
Nuclear Assault
Game Over
50
critic score
(1)
74
user score
(17)
Apr 21
Accept
Russian Roulette
50
critic score
(1)
70
user score
(16)
Nov
Megadeth
Peace Sells
91
user score
(16)
Advertisement
Jul 4
Flotsam and Jetsam
Doomsday for the Deceiver
90
critic score
(2)
79
user score
(15)
Feb 25
Manilla Road
The Deluge
93
critic score
(2)
82
user score
(14)
1986
Discharge
Grave New World
50
critic score
(2)
28
user score
(14)
Oct 24
Stryper
To Hell With The Devil
80
critic score
(1)
66
user score
(14)
Nov 8
Exumer
Possessed by Fire
73
user score
(12)
1986
Mr. Bungle
The Raging Wrath Of The Easter Bunny
58
user score
(9)
Oct 20
Crimson Glory
Crimson Glory
80
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(9)
1986
Mayhem
Pure Fucking Armageddon
33
user score
(8)
1986
Vulcano
Bloody Vengeance
70
critic score
(1)
69
user score
(6)
1986
Angel Dust
Into The Dark Past
75
user score
(6)
1986
Various Artists
The Transformers: The Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
76
user score
(6)
1986
Dead
Musical Abortions
39
user score
(6)
May
Onslaught
The Force
60
critic score
(1)
68
user score
(5)
Oct 13
Saxon
Rock the Nations
40
critic score
(1)
59
user score
(5)
Oct
W.A.S.P.
Inside the Electric Circus
43
critic score
(1)
70
user score
(5)
Sep 15
Fifth Angel
Fifth Angel
81
user score
(5)
Jan 25
Sacrifice
Torment in Fire
90
critic score
(1)
63
user score
(4)
Apr
Razor
Malicious Intent
60
critic score
(1)
63
user score
(4)
Jan 1
Exciter
Unveiling The Wicked
80
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(3)
1986
Vinnie Moore
Mind's Eye
80
critic score
(1)
80
user score
(3)
1986
Messiah
Hymn To Abramelin
80
critic score
(1)
53
user score
(3)
1986
Paul Chain Violet Theatre
In The Darkness
68
user score
(3)
1986
Morbid Angel
Bleed For The Devil
65
user score
(3)
1986
Melvins
6 Songs
73
user score
(3)
1986
Helstar
Remnants of War
80
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(3)
Apr
Death
Mutilation
69
user score
(3)
1986
Morbid Angel
Scream Forth Blasphemies
67
user score
(3)
May
W.A.S.P.
Wild Child
91
user score
(3)
1986
Sortilège
Larmes de héros
86
user score
(2)
Mar 24
Loudness
Shadows of War
71
user score
(2)
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