Terrorizer Magazine's Greatest Metal Albums of the 80s & 90s

Submitted by Phoust on Wed, 09/12/2007 - 07:38
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  1. 1980s

  3. AC/DC ….. Back In Black ( 1980 )
  4. ANGEL WITCH ….. Angel Witch ( 1980 )
  5. DEAD KENNEDYS ….. Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables ( 1980 )
  6. IRON MAIDEN ….. Iron Maiden ( 1980 )
  7. JOY DIVISION ….. Closer ( 1980 )
  8. JUDAS PRIEST ….. British Steel ( 1980 )
  9. MOTORHEAD ….. Ace Of Spades ( 1980 )
  10. BLACK FLAG ….. Damaged ( 1981 )
  11. IRON MAIDEN ….. Killers ( 1981 )
  12. MOTORHEAD ….. No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith ( 1981 )
  13. VENOM ….. Welcome To Hell ( 1981 )
  14. DISCHARGE ….. Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing ( 1982 )
  15. IRON MAIDEN ….. Number Of The Beast ( 1982 )
  16. JUDAS PRIEST ….. Screaming For Vengeance ( 1982 )
  17. MISFITS ….. Walk Among Us ( 1982 )
  18. VENOM ….. Black Metal ( 1982 )
  19. BAD BRAINS ….. Rock For Light ( 1983 )
  20. DIO ….. Holy Diver ( 1983 )
  21. IRON MAIDEN ….. Piece Of Mind ( 1983 )
  22. MERCYFUL FATE ….. Melissa ( 1983 )
  23. METALLICA ….. Kill 'Em All ( 1983 )
  24. SUICIDAL TENDENCIES ….. Suicidal Tendencies ( 1983 )
  25. BATHORY ….. Bathory ( 1984 )
  26. BLACK FLAG ….. My War ( 1984 )
  27. IRON MAIDEN ….. Powerslave ( 1984 )
  28. MANOWAR ….. Hail To England ( 1984 )
  29. MERCYFUL FATE ….. Don'T Break The Oath ( 1984 )
  30. MISFITS ….. Earth Ad ( 1984 )
  31. SLAYER ….. Show No Mercy ( 1984 )
  32. SWANS ….. Cop ( 1984 )
  33. WASP ….. Wasp ( 1984 )
  34. CELTIC FROST ….. Morbid Tales ( 1985 )
  35. CELTIC FROST ….. To Mega Terion ( 1985 )
  36. DESTRUCTION ….. Infernal Overkill ( 1985 )
  37. EXODUS ….. Bonded By Blood ( 1985 )
  38. METALLICA ….. Ride The Lightning ( 1985 )
  39. MISFITS ….. Legacy Of Brutality ( 1985 )
  40. PIXIES ….. Sufer Rosa ( 1985 )
  41. POSSESSED ….. Seven Churches ( 1985 )
  42. SAMHAIN ….. November Coming Fire ( 1985 )
  43. SLAYER ….. Hell Awaits ( 1985 )
  44. AGNOSTIC FRONT ….. Cause For Alarm ( 1986 )
  45. ANTHRAX ….. Among The Living ( 1986 )
  46. BAD BRAINS ….. I Against I ( 1986 )
  47. BEASTIE BOYS ….. Licensed To Ill ( 1986 )
  48. CANDLEMASS ….. Epicus Doomicus Metallicus ( 1986 )
  49. DARK ANGEL ….. Darkness Descends ( 1986 )
  50. DEATH ANGEL ….. The Ultra-Violence ( 1986 )
  51. KREATOR ….. Pleasure To Kill ( 1986 )
  52. MEGADETH ….. Peace Sells….But Who'S Buying ( 1986 )
  53. METALLICA ….. Master Of Puppets ( 1986 )
  54. MOTORHEAD ….. Orgasmatron ( 1986 )
  55. SAINT VITUS ….. Born Too Late ( 1986 )
  56. SKINNY PUPPY ….. Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse ( 1986 )
  57. SLAYER ….. Reigh In Blood ( 1986 )
  58. BIG BLACK ….. Songs About Fucking ( 1987 )
  59. BUTTHOLE SURFERS ….. Locust Abortion Technician ( 1987 )
  60. CANDLEMASS ….. Nightfall ( 1987 )
  61. CELTIC FROST ….. Into The Pandemonium ( 1987 )
  62. DEATH ….. Scream Bloody Gore ( 1987 )
  63. GUNS 'N' ROSES ….. Appetite For Destruction ( 1987 )
  64. KING DIAMOND ….. Abigail ( 1987 )
  65. NAPALM DEATH ….. Scum ( 1987 )
  66. SWANS ….. Children Of God ( 1987 )
  67. TESTAMENT ….. The Legacy ( 1987 )
  68. VOIVOD ….. Killing Technology ( 1987 )
  69. BATHORY ….. Blood Fire Death ( 1988 )
  70. CARCASS ….. Reek Of Putrifaction ( 1988 )
  71. DANZIG ….. Danzig ( 1988 )
  72. DEATH ….. Leprosy ( 1988 )
  73. FIELDS OF NEPHILIM ….. The Nephilim ( 1988 )
  74. HELLOWEEN ….. Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part Ii ( 1988 )
  75. IRON MAIDEN ….. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son ( 1988 )
  76. JANE'S ADDICTION ….. Nothing'S Shocking ( 1988 )
  77. MEGADETH ….. So Far So Good …So What? ( 1988 )
  78. MELVINS ….. Gluey Porch Treatments ( 1988 )
  79. METALLICA ….. …And Justice For All ( 1988 )
  80. N.W.A. ….. Straight Outta Compton ( 1988 )
  81. NAPALM DEATH ….. From Enslavement To Obliteration ( 1988 )
  82. NICK CAVE ….. Tender Prey ( 1988 )
  83. PUBLIC ENEMY ….. It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back ( 1988 )
  84. QUEENSRYCHE ….. Operation: Mindcrime ( 1988 )
  85. SLAYER ….. South Of Heaven ( 1988 )
  86. SONIC YOUTH ….. Daydream Nation ( 1988 )
  87. VOIVOD ….. Dimension Hatross ( 1988 )
  88. YOUNG GODS ….. L'Eau Rouge ( 1988 )
  89. CARCASS ….. Symphonies Of Sickness ( 1989 )
  90. FAITH NO MORE ….. The Real Thing ( 1989 )
  91. GODFLESH ….. Streetcleaner ( 1989 )
  92. MINISTRY ….. The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste ( 1989 )
  93. MORBID ANGEL ….. Altars Of Madness ( 1989 )
  94. NIRVANA ….. Bleach ( 1989 )
  95. OBITUARY ….. Slowly We Rot ( 1989 )
  96. PRIMUS ….. Suck On This ( 1989 )
  97. SABBAT ….. Dreamweavers ( 1989 )
  98. SEPULTURA ….. Beneath The Remains ( 1989 )
  99. SOUNDGARDEN ….. Louder Than Love ( 1989 )
  100. TERRORIZER ….. World Downfall ( 1989 )

  102. 1990s

  104. DEICIDE ….. Deicide ( 1990 )
  105. DEPECHE MODE ….. Violator ( 1990 )
  106. ENTOMBED ….. Left Hand Path ( 1990 )
  107. FUGAZI ….. Repeater ( 1990 )
  108. JANE'S ADDICTION ….. Ritual De La Habitual ( 1990 )
  109. KILLING JOKE ….. Extremities, Dirt And Various Repressed Emotions ( 1990 )
  110. MEGADETH ….. Rust In Peace ( 1990 )
  111. NAKED CITY ….. Torture Garden ( 1990 )
  112. NAPALM DEATH ….. Harmony Corruption ( 1990 )
  113. NINE INCH NAILS ….. Pretty Hate Machine ( 1990 )
  114. OBITUARY ….. Cause Of Death ( 1990 )
  115. SLAYER ….. Seasons In The Abyss ( 1990 )
  116. WORLD OF SKIN ….. Ten Songs For Another World ( 1990 )
  117. AUTOPSY ….. Mental Funeral ( 1991 )
  118. BOLT THROWER ….. War Master ( 1991 )
  119. CARCASS ….. Necroticism ( 1991 )
  120. DARKTHRONE ….. A Blaze In The Northern Sky ( 1991 )
  121. DIAMANDA GALAS ….. Plague Mass ( 1991 )
  122. DISMEMBER ….. Like An Ever Flowing Stream ( 1991 )
  123. ENTOMBED ….. Clandestine ( 1991 )
  124. JUDAS PRIEST ….. Painkiller ( 1991 )
  125. METALLICA ….. Metallica ( 1991 )
  126. MORBID ANGEL ….. Blessed Are The Sick ( 1991 )
  127. NIRVANA ….. Nevermind ( 1991 )
  128. PARADISE LOST ….. Gothic ( 1991 )
  129. SEPULTURA ….. Arise ( 1991 )
  130. SLINT ….. Spiderland ( 1991 )
  131. SOUNDGARDEN ….. Badmotorfinger ( 1991 )
  132. SUFFOCATION ….. Effigy Of The Forgotten ( 1991 )
  133. SWANS ….. White Light Form The Mouth Of Infinity ( 1991 )
  134. AGNOSTIC FRONT ….. One Voice ( 1992 )
  135. ALICE IN CHAINS ….. Dirt ( 1992 )
  136. CASPER BROTZMANN MASSAKER ….. Koksofen ( 1992 )
  137. FAITH NO MORE ….. Angel Dust ( 1992 )
  138. GOD ….. Possession ( 1992 )
  139. GODFLESH ….. Pure ( 1992 )
  140. HELMUT ….. Meantime ( 1992 )
  141. KYUSS ….. Blues For The Red Sun ( 1992 )
  142. MINISTRY ….. Psalm 69: The Way To Succeed And The Way To Suck Eggs ( 1992 )
  143. MONSTER MAGNET ….. Spine Of God ( 1992 )
  144. NEUROSIS ….. Souls At Zero ( 1992 )
  145. PANTERA ….. A Vulgar Display Of Power ( 1992 )
  146. RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE ….. Rage Against The Machine ( 1992 )
  147. ROLLINS BAND ….. The End Of Silence ( 1992 )
  148. YOUNG GODS ….. T.V. Sky ( 1992 )
  149. BURZUM ….. Hvis Lyset Tar Oss ( 1993 )
  150. CARCASS ….. Heartwork ( 1993 )
  151. CATHEDRAL ….. Ethereal Mirror ( 1993 )
  152. CYNIC ….. Focus ( 1993 )
  153. DISSECTION ….. The Somberlain ( 1993 )
  154. ENTOMBED ….. Wolverine Blues ( 1993 )
  155. EYEHATEGOD ….. Take As Needed For Pain ( 1993 )
  156. FUGAZI ….. In On The Kill Taker ( 1993 )
  157. IMMORTAL ….. Pure Holocaust ( 1993 )
  158. KYUSS ….. Sky Valley ( 1993 )
  159. MELVINS ….. Houdini ( 1993 )
  160. MORBID ANGEL ….. Covenant ( 1993 )
  161. MY DYING BRIDE ….. Turn Loose The Swans ( 1993 )
  162. NEUROSIS ….. Enemy Of The Sun ( 1993 )
  163. SEPULTURA ….. Chaos Ad ( 1993 )
  164. TYPE O NEGATIVE ….. Bloody Kisses ( 1993 )
  165. AMORPHIS ….. Tales From 1000 Lakes ( 1994 )
  166. BRUTAL TRUTH ….. Need To Control ( 1994 )
  167. CRADLE OF FILTH ….. The Priciple Of Evil Made Flesh ( 1994 )
  168. KORN ….. Korn ( 1994 )
  169. MACHINE HEAD ….. Burn My Eyes ( 1994 )
  170. MAYHEM ….. De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas ( 1994 )
  171. SCORN ….. Evanescence ( 1994 )
  172. SICK OF IT ALL ….. Scratch The Suface ( 1994 )
  173. AT THE GATES ….. Slaughter Of The Soul ( 1995 )
  174. DARK TRANQUILITY ….. The Gallery ( 1995 )
  175. DEADGUY ….. Fixation On A Co-Worker ( 1995 )
  176. DISSECTION ….. Storm Of The Lights Bane ( 1995 )
  177. EMPEROR ….. In The Nightside Eclipse ( 1995 )
  178. FEAR FACTORY ….. Demanufacture ( 1995 )
  179. MORBID ANGEL ….. Domination ( 1995 )
  180. OPETH ….. Orchid ( 1995 )
  181. PANASONIC ….. Vakio ( 1995 )
  182. SWANS ….. The Great Annihilator ( 1995 )
  183. AVAIL ….. 4Am Friday ( 1996 )
  184. KATATONIA ….. Brave Murder Day ( 1996 )
  185. NEUROSIS ….. Through Silver In Blood ( 1996 )
  186. SWANS ….. Soundtracks For The Blind ( 1996 )
  187. TOOL ….. Aenima ( 1996 )
  188. TYPE O NEGATIVE ….. October Rust ( 1996 )
  189. ARTURUS ….. La Masquerade Infernale ( 1997 )
  190. DAWN ….. Slaughtersun ( 1997 )
  191. EMPEROR ….. Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk ( 1997 )
  192. HAMMERFALL ….. Glory To The Brave ( 1997 )
  193. IN THE WOODS ….. Omnio ( 1997 )
  194. SIGH ….. Hail Horror Hail ( 1997 )
  195. STRAPPING YOUNG LAD ….. City ( 1997 )
  196. ANATHEMA ….. Alternative 4 ( 1998 )
  197. HAUNTED ….. The Haunted ( 1998 )
  198. IRON MONKEY ….. Our Problem ( 1998 )
  199. MONSTER MAGNET ….. Powertrip ( 1998 )
  200. NILE ….. Amongst The Catacombs Of The Nephren Ka ( 1998 )
  201. REFUSED ….. The Shape Of Punk To Come ( 1998 )
  202. VISION OF DISORDER ….. Imprint ( 1998 )
  203. ULVER ….. Themes From William Blakes The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell ( 1999 )
Author Comments: 

Some of the selections were obviously not metal but this is what was in the list. Metal's golden age was in the 80s and 90s but did start to deteriate towards the end.