Top 10 Important Albums in Heavy Metal History

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These albums are the best that heavy metal has to offer. Join www.WatchMojo.com/ as we count down our picks for Top 10 Important Albums in Heavy Metal. For this list, we are only including albums that can be classified in the heavy metal genre. Subscribe►►youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=watchmojo Facebook►►www.Facebook.com/WatchMojo. Twitter►►www.Twitter.com/WatchMojo Instagram►►instagram.com/watchmojo Suggestion Tool►►www.WatchMojo.com/suggest Channel Page►►youtube.com/watchmojo

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All Comments (21)
  • @rommelivan9134
    Black Sabbath didn't change Heavy Metal, they created it
  • @robbieclark7828
    “Black Sabbath’s debut changed heavy metal like we’d never seen it before” Yeah because you hadn’t seen it before they invented it with their first album.
  • Coments: 90℅ Def Leppard is not Metal 10℅ Cliff Burton Guitarist?
  • @MrEndersai
    "'Rust In Peace' is often overlooked compared to other Megadeth albums..." What nonsense is this
  • @danielortiz5171
    A lot of things wrong with this: 1. They included the most well known or popular albums instead of the ones that actually helped progress and evolve the metal genre. For example, they chose British Steel instead of Sad Wings of Destiny or Sin After Sin that defined the elements of heavy metal 2.Def Leppard 3. Slayer didn't help define speed metal, it already existed, they did however define Extreme metal 4. Rust in Peace obviously isn't Megadeth's most underappreciated album 5. Cliff Burton wasn't a guitarist goddammit 6. While Master of Puppets is an undoubted masterpiece, Ride the Lightning was more unexpected and dynamic and it deserved the spot That's all folks
  • Cowboys From Hell is too far down on the list. Also, calling Cliff Burton a guitarist is offensive
  • @lance4842
    Sabbath CREATED metal. What do you mean "changed"?
  • @RaJa-xh5gi
    Watch mojo top ten guitarist list: 10:Jason Newsted 9:Kirk Hammet 8:John Entwistle 7:Robert Trujilo 666.Corey Taylor 5:Billy Sheehan 4:Jimi Hendrix 3:John Myung 2: Geddy Lee 1:CLIFF BURTON
  • @jaketsu1630
    9:32 unfortunatly, Master Of Puppets will be the last we would see guitarist Cliff Burton We would see guitarist Cliff Burton Guitarist Cliff Burton Guitarist
  • @kurtcometa4818
    Song: Black Sabbath/Album: Black Sabbath/Artist: Black Sabbath
  • @hiphyp489
    So WATCHMOJO doesnt know who CLIFF BURTON is? 😂
  • @Swolekamania
    "Rust in Peace is often overlooked in comparison to Megadeth's other releases." Bruh...what?
  • @DaveRelph001
    "Rust In Peace is often overlooked" - No it isn't, it's Megadeth's most popular album. "You don't need drugs..." - They were famously addicts.
  • @lorif4569
    9:31 this hurts my soul Cliff burton is a bass guitarist
  • Cliff wasn't a guitarist he was a bassist and they didn't even show cliff once even though there are tons of footage of him playing master of puppets songs. On top of that he wrote most of the stuff. Disrespectful mojo.
  • @835g
    Black Sabbath was ground zero for Heavy Metal There should be a statue in Birmingham celebrating the birth place of metal
  • @michaelhill2402
    Def Leopard better then Motorhead?!? why do I torture myself with these lists!