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Jul 21
Guns N' Roses
Appetite for Destruction
92
critic score
(7)
73
user score
(1,399)
May 25
Death
Scream Bloody Gore
100
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(602)
Mar 22
Anthrax
Among the Living
93
critic score
(3)
80
user score
(320)
Aug 3
Def Leppard
Hysteria
93
critic score
(3)
74
user score
(256)
Aug 16
Mayhem
Deathcrush
50
critic score
(1)
71
user score
(229)
May 11
Bathory
Under the Sign of the Black Mark
90
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(212)
Nov 9
Candlemass
Nightfall
90
critic score
(1)
83
user score
(161)
Nov 1
Black Sabbath
The Eternal Idol
60
critic score
(3)
50
user score
(147)
May 23
Helloween
Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part I
93
critic score
(3)
79
user score
(137)
Apr 1
Faith No More
Introduce Yourself
80
critic score
(1)
65
user score
(111)
Oct 30
Sepultura
Schizophrenia
80
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(111)
Apr 21
Testament
The Legacy
90
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(106)
May 15
Mötley Crüe
Girls, Girls, Girls
70
critic score
(2)
64
user score
(103)
Feb 24
King Diamond
Abigail
90
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(89)
1987
Melvins
Gluey Porch Treatments
80
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(86)
Apr 3
Voivod
Killing Technology
85
critic score
(2)
82
user score
(77)
Dec 1
Sodom
Persecution Mania
90
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(70)
Apr 5
Sarcófago
I.N.R.I.
75
critic score
(2)
76
user score
(67)
Aug 21
Metallica
The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited
60
critic score
(1)
72
user score
(62)
Jul 21
Dio
Dream Evil
70
critic score
(3)
76
user score
(60)
Nov 2
Celtic Frost
Into the Pandemonium
90
critic score
(1)
78
user score
(56)
Sep 22
Kreator
Terrible Certainty
90
critic score
(1)
80
user score
(53)
Sep 18
KISS
Crazy Nights
25
critic score
(2)
32
user score
(51)
Oct 3
Guns N' Roses
Welcome to the Jungle
75
user score
(49)
Apr 23
Death Angel
The Ultra-Violence
60
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(46)
Oct 1
Soundgarden
Screaming Life
50
critic score
(1)
70
user score
(41)
Sep 5
Motörhead
Rock 'n' Roll
40
critic score
(1)
68
user score
(40)
Mar 1
Overkill
Taking Over
80
critic score
(1)
74
user score
(34)
Aug 15
Savatage
Hall of the Mountain King
80
critic score
(1)
73
user score
(33)
Jun 1
Coroner
R.I.P.
60
critic score
(1)
76
user score
(29)
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Jun 1
Pentagram
Day of Reckoning
90
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(29)
Oct 7
Exodus
Pleasures of the Flesh
40
critic score
(1)
72
user score
(26)
Sep 28
Alice Cooper
Raise Your Fist and Yell
50
critic score
(1)
63
user score
(26)
1987
Parabellum
Sacrilegio
71
user score
(21)
Dec
Morbid
December Moon
77
user score
(20)
Sep 8
Def Leppard
Pour Some Sugar On Me
64
user score
(20)
May 14
Manowar
Fighting the World
60
critic score
(1)
72
user score
(20)
Dec 1
Destruction
Release From Agony
90
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(16)
May 31
Possessed
Eyes Of Horror
40
critic score
(1)
73
user score
(15)
Feb
Running Wild
Under Jolly Roger
81
user score
(13)
1987
Tony MacAlpine
Maximum Security
80
user score
(11)
Jun
Whitesnake
Here I Go Again
75
user score
(11)
Aug 13
Twisted Sister
Love Is for Suckers
40
critic score
(1)
34
user score
(11)
Jun 17
Manilla Road
Mystification
60
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(10)
Jun 21
White Lion
Pride
90
critic score
(1)
68
user score
(10)
Apr 24
Artillery
Terror Squad
40
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(10)
1987
Cacophony
Speed Metal Symphony
50
critic score
(1)
71
user score
(9)
1987
S.O.B.
Don't Be Swindle
74
user score
(9)
Jul 15
Trouble
Run to the Light
60
critic score
(1)
84
user score
(8)
1987
Toxik
World Circus
60
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(8)
Feb
Necrophagia
Season of the Dead
50
critic score
(1)
74
user score
(7)
1987
Morbid Angel
Thy Kingdom Come
72
user score
(7)
1987
Poison
Into The Abyss...
79
user score
(7)
May 1
Heathen
Breaking the Silence
60
critic score
(1)
71
user score
(7)
Nov 7
Venom
Calm Before the Storm
40
critic score
(1)
60
user score
(7)
Feb 11
Racer X
Second Heat
80
critic score
(1)
73
user score
(6)
Jul 6
Sacrifice
Forward to Termination
60
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(6)
1987
Dark Quarterer
Dark Quarterer
75
user score
(6)
1987
Megadeth
Wake Up Dead
94
user score
(6)
1987
G.I.S.M
Military Affairs Neurotic
79
user score
(6)
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