Best Metal Album From Each Year (1970-2021)

1970: Paranoid (Black Sabbath) 1971: Master of Reality (Black Sabbath) 1972: Vol. 4 (Black Sabbath) 1973: Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (Black Sabbath) 1974: Burn (Deep Purple) 1975: Sabotage (Black Sabbath) 1976: Rising (Rainbow) 1977: Sin After Sin (Judas Priest) 1978: Killing Machine (Judas Priest) 1979: Lovedrive (Scorpions) 1980: Iron Maiden (Iron Maiden) 1981: Welcome to Hell (Venom) 1982: Black Metal (Venom) 1983: Show No Mercy (Slayer) 1984: Powerslave (Iron Maiden) 1985: Spreading the Disease (Anthrax) 1986: Reign in Blood (Slayer) 1987: Abigail (King Diamond) 1988: ...And Justice for All (Metallica) 1989: Beneath the Remains (Sepultura) 1990: Rust in Peace (Megadeth) 1991: Human (Death) 1992: Vulgar Display of Power (Pantera) 1993: Bloody Kisses (Type O Negative) 1994: De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (Mayhem) 1995: Symbolic (Death) 1996: Ænima (Tool) 1997: Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk (Emperor) 1998: The Sound of Perseverance (Death) 1999: Metropolis Pt. 2 (Scenes from a Memory) (Dream Theater) 2000: Brave New World (Iron Maiden) 2001: Lateralus (Tool) 2002: In Absentia (Porcupine Tree) 2003: Hate Crew Deathroll (Children of Bodom) 2004: Leviathan (Mastodon) 2005: Ghost Reveries (Opeth) 2006: Blood Mountain (Mastodon) 2007: Fear of a Blank Planet (Porcupine Tree) 2008: The Way of All Flesh (Gojira) 2009: Crack the Skye (Mastodon) 2010: Écailles de Lune (Alcest) 2011: The Great Mass (Septicflesh) 2012: Koloss (Meshuggah) 2013: One of Us is the Killer (The Dillinger Escape Plan) 2014: The Satanist (Behemoth) 2015: Luminiferous (High on Fire) 2016: Dissociation (The Dillinger Escape Plan) 2017: Cryptoriana – The Seductiveness of Decay (Cradle of Filth) 2018: Firepower (Judas Priest) 2019: Fear Inoculum (Tool) 2020: Underneath (Code Orange)

Saw this pop up on my phone and had to immediately watch a little so I could go back and see it in my history later...when I have a pen and paper to make notes!

I’m just getting into metal so this video and comment section are a gold mine!

Always appreciate your opinions and content provided. Love the entertainment factor as well! One of my go to reviewers these days!

Tiamat's Wildhoney for 1994 Agalloch's The Mantle for 2002 Those are for sure. Septicflesh - Communion (2008) Mgla - Exercises in Futility (2015) Paradise Lost - Obsidian (2020)

You know, there's not a single album on here that I didn't already know of, but there are a few I don't really appreciate. Just hearing you talk about these albums so passionately makes me want tl go listen to them with a fresh set of ears and a different perspective. Great video as always. Cheers, questy!

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1970: Deep Purple-Deep Purple in Rock 1971: Black Sabbath-Master of Reality 1972: Uriah Heep-Demons and Wizards 1973: Budgie-Never turn your back on a Friend 1974: UFO-Phenomenon 1975: Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow self titled 1976: Rainbow-Rising 1977: AC/DC- Let there be Rock 1978: Judas Priest-Stained Class 1979: Motorhead-Overkill and Bomber 1980: Black Sabbath-Heaven and Hell 1981: Black Sabbath-Mob Rules 1982: Scorpions-Blackout 1983: Mercyful Fate-Melissa 1984:Iron Maiden-Powerslave 1985: Celtic Frost-To Mega Therion 1986: Iron Maiden- Somewhere in Time 1987: Helloween-Keeper of the Seven Keys 1 1988: Iron Maiden-Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 1989: Sodom-Agent Orange 1990: Megadeth-Rust in Peace 1991: Death-Human 1992: Alice In Chains-Dirt 1993: Carcass-Heartwork 1994: Megadeth-Youthanasia 1995: Dissection-Storm of the Lights Bane 1996: Opeth-Morningrise 1997: Emperor-Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk 1998: Death-Sound of Perseverance 1999: Opeth-Still Life 2000: Immolation-Close to a World Below 2001: Anaal Nathrakh-The Codex Necro 2002: Avantasia-The Metal Opera Pt 2 2003: Katatonia-Viva Emptiness 2004: Enslaved-Isa 2005: Bolt Thrower-Those once Loyal 2006: Mastodon-Blood Mountain 2007: Between the Buried and Me-Colors 2008: Septicflesh-Communion 2009: Mastodon-Crack the Skye 2010: Deathspell Omega-Paracletus 2011: Anthrax-Worship Music 2012: Cattle Decap-Monolith of Inhumanity 2013: Carcass-Surgical Steel 2014: Pallbearer-Foundations of Burden 2015: Enslaved-In Times 2016: Katatonia-The Fall of Hearts 2017: Full of Hell-Trumpeting Ecstasy 2018: Summoning- With Doom we Come 2019: Alcest-Spiritual Instinct 2020: Imperial Triumphant-Alphaville 2021 (So Far): Tribulation-Where the Gloom becomes Sound Holy Fuck how did I do it.

Picked a lot of classics and a lot of albums that deserve some more of the limelight too - nicely made list

Deja Vu is so underrated. Its probably my favorite Maiden song ever.

God some of these were incredibly difficult, I feel bad at the lack of Doom (unless you count Sabbath). A decade ago I never would’ve predicted my favourite album in 2016 would be a Korn album 😅 1970 Black Sabbath - Paranoid 1971 Black Sabbath - Master of Reality 1972 Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Vol. 4 1973 Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 1974 n/a 1975 Black Sabbath - Sabotage 1976 Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny 1977 Judas Priest - Sin After Sin 1978 Judas Priest - Stained Class 1979 Motörhead - Bomber 1980 Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell 1981 Black Sabbath - Mob Rules 1982 Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance 1983 Metallica - Kill ‘em All 1984 Metallica - Ride the Lightning 1985 Trouble - The Skull 1986 Slayer - Reign in Blood 1987 Candlemass - Nightfall 1988 Death - Leprosy 1989 Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness 1990 Judas Priest - Painkiller 1991 Sepultura - Arise 1992 Alice in Chains - Dirt 1993 Dissection - The Somberlain 1994 Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral 1995 Immortal - Battles in the North 1996 Burzum - Filosofem 1997 Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk 1998 System of a Down - System of a Down 1999 Tristania - Beyond the Veil 2000 Iron Maiden - Brave New World 2001 System of a Down - Toxicity 2002 Nile - In Their Darkened Shrines 2003 Watain - Casus Luciferi 2004 Exodus - Tempo of the Damned 2005 Nile - Annihilation of the Wicked 2006 Celtic Frost - Monotheist 2007 Primordial - To the Nameless Dead 2008 Metallica - Death Magnetic 2009 Behemoth - Evangelion 2010 Blind Guardian - At the Edge of Time 2011 Havok - Time Is Up 2012 Marduk - Serpent Sermon 2013 Stratovarius - Nemesis 2014 Behemoth - The Satanist 2015 Mgla - Exercises in Futility 2016 Korn - The Serenity of Suffering 2017 Power Trip - Nightmare Logic 2018 Judas Priest - Firepower 2019 Mayhem - Daemon 2020 Stygian Crown - Stygian Crown

I spilled my sippy cup 😭😭😩

I tried to do it til 96, then I saw I couldn't fit in Dio and Megadeth and gave up... Impossible task

Super cool show, great picks my dude! 🤘🤘 I’ll start even a little earlier. Holy crap this was painful! I almost cried a couple times... I tried to include as many of my favourite bands as possible by not repeating them, but I still had to leave a lot of them off. 1966: The Beatles - Revolver 67: The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed 68: The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland 69: Spooky Tooth - Spooky Two 1970: Wishbone Ash - Wishbone Ash 71: Deep Purple - Fireball 72: Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick 73: King Crimson - Larks’ Tongues in Aspic 74: Budgie - In for the Kill 75: Black Sabbath - Sabotage 76: Thin Lizzy - Johnny the Fox 77: Pink Floyd - Animals 78: Scorpions - Taken by Force 79: Motörhead - Overkill 1980: Rush - Permanent Waves 81: Blue Öyster Cult - Fire of Unknown Origin 82: Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance 83: Mercyful Fate - Melissa 84: Iron Maiden - Powerslave 85: Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion 86: Metallica - Master of Puppets 87: Voivod - Killing Technology 88: Slayer - South of Heaven 89: Coroner - No More Color 1990: Megadeth - Rust in Peace 91: Carcass - Necroticism 92: Tiamat - Clouds 93: My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans 94: Gorement - The Ending Quest 95: Death - Symbolic 96: Crimson Relic - Purgatory’s Reign 97: Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk 98: Incantation - Diabolical Conquest 99: Immortal - At the Heart of Winter 2000: Immolation - Close to a World Below 01: Tool - Lateralus 02: Opeth - Deliverance 03: Lamb of God - As the Palaces Burn 04: The Chasm - The Spell of Retribution 05: Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal 06: Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain 07: Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet 08: Gojira - The Way of All Flesh 09: Mastodon - Crack the Sky 2010: Ihsahn - After 11: Vektor - Outer Isolation 12: Enslaved - Riitiir 13: Leprous - Coal 14: Behemoth - The Satanist 15: Tribulation - The Children of the Night 16: Gorguts - Pleiades’ Dust 17: Spectral Voice - Eroded Corridors of Unbeing 18: Horrendous - Idol 19: Blood Incantation - Hidden History of the Human Race 2020: Draghkar - At the Crossroads of Infinity 2021(so far): StarGazer - Psychic Secretions

Gotta agree with you on that Suffering Hour album. It sounds so good on vinyl!

I feel you were born to talk about metal.

Great Video! Here is my list (I have decided to allow Hard Rock for the 70s, after that only Metal) 1970: Deep Purple - Deep Purple in Rock 1971: Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV 1972: Wishbone Ash - Argus 1973: Budgie - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend 1974: Blue Öyster Cult - Secret Treaties 1975: Budgie - Bandolier 1976: Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny 1977: Blue Öyster Cult - Spectres 1978: Judas Priest - Stained Class 1979: Nazareth - No Mean City 1980: Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden 1981: Def Leppard - High 'n' Dry 1982: Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance 1983: Satan - Court in the Act 1984: Loudness - Disillusion 1985: Tytan - Rough Justice 1986: Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time 1987: Savatage - Hall of the Mountain King 1988: Cloven Hoof - Dominator 1989: Cloven Hoof - A Sultans Ransom 1990: Megadeth - Rust in Peace 1991: Motörhead - 1916 1992: Anthem - Domestic Booty 1993: Conception - Parallel Minds 1994: Killing Joke - Pandemonium 1995: Blind Guardian - Imaginations From the Other Side 1996: Stratovarius - Episode 1997: Stratovarius - Visions 1998: Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth 1999: Do not have anything metal from that year 2000: Holocaust - The Courage to Be 2001: Lost Horizon - Awakening the World 2002: Falconer - Chapters From a Vale Forlorn 2003: Killing Joke - Killing Joke 2004: Saxon - Lionheart 2005: Timeless Miracle - Into the Enchanted Chamber 2006: Wolverine - Still 2007: Solar Fragment - A Spark of Deity 2008: Galneryus - Reincarnation 2009: Porcupine Tree - The Incident 2010: Sinbreed - When Worlds Collide 2011: Wolverine - Communication Lost 2012: Sabaton - Carolus Rex (Swedish Version) 2013: Stratovarius - Nemesis 2014: Sinbreed - Shadows 2015: Galneryus - Under the Force of Courage 2016: Wolverine - Machina Viva 2017: Anubis Gate - Covered in Black 2018: Eternity's End - Unyielding 2019: Angel Witch - Angel of Light 2020: Falconer - From a Dying Ember 2021: Not sure yet, too early in the year for me Keep up the good work!

I already did best metal albums so here's the best rock album of every year: 1970: In Rock (Deep Purple) 1971: Led Zeppelin IV 1972: Machine Head (Deep Purple) 1973: Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd) 1974: Get Your Wings (Aerosmith) 1975: Physical Graffiti (Led Zeppelin) 1976: 2112 (Rush) 1977: The Clash 1978: Van Halen 1979: The Wall (Pink Floyd) 1980: I'm a Rebel (Accept) 1981: Moving Pictures (Rush) 1982: Walk Among Us (Misfits) 1983: Mental Health (Quiet Riot) 1984: 1984 (Van Halen) 1985: Rites of Spring 1986: So (Peter Gabriel) 1987: Appetite for Destruction (Guns n Roses) 1988: Nothing's Shocking (Jane's Addiction) 1989: Pretty Hate Machine (Nine Inch Nails) 1990: Repeater (Fugazi) 1991: Badmotorfinger (Soundgarden) 1992: Dirt (Alice in Chains) 1993: Siamese Dream (Smashing Pumpkins) 1994: The Downward Spiral (Nine Inch Nails) 1995: The Great Escape (Blur) 1996: Evil Empire (Rage Against the Machine) 1997: OK Computer (Radiohead) 1998: Follow the Leader (Korn) 1999: The Fragile (Nine Inch Nails) 2000: The Moon and Antarctica (Modest Mouse) 2001: Is This It (The Strokes) 2002: Songs for the Deaf (Queens of the Stone Age) 2003: Fallen (Evanescence) 2004: Good News (Modest Mouse) 2005: Lullabies to Paralyze (Queens of the Stone Age) 2006: Return to Cookie Mountain (TV on the Radio) 2007: In Rainbows (Radiohead) 2008: Third (Portishead) 2009: Black Gives Way to Blue (Alice in Chains) 2010: Diamond Eyes (Deftones) 2011: Bon Iver 2012: Koi No Yokan (Deftones) 2013: Like Clockwork (Queens of the Stone Age) 2014: La Gargola (Chevelle) 2015: Star Wars (Wilco) 2016: Blackstar (David Bowie) 2017: Ritual (In This Moment) 2018: Ancient Geometry (Vexes) 2019: Dogrel (Fontaines DC) 2020: Ohms (Deftones)

1970: Paranoid ~Black Sabbath 1971: Master of Reality ~Black Sabbath 1972: Machine Head ~Deep Purple 1973: Sabbath Bloody Sabbath ~Black Sabbath 1974: Rush ~Rush 1975: Fly by Night ~Rush 1976: Sad Wings of Destiny ~Judas Priest 1977: A Farewell to Kings ~Rush 1978: Stained Class ~Judas Priest 1979: Overkill ~Motorhead 1980: Wheels of Steel ~Saxon 1981: Killers ~ Iron Maiden 1982: Screaming for Vengeance ~Judas Priest 1983: Holy Diver ~ DIO \m/ 1984: Powerslave ~Iron Maiden 1985: Killing is My Business ~Megadeath 1986: Somewhere in Time ~Iron Maiden 1987: Under the Sign of the Black Mark ~Bathory 1988: Seventh Son ~Iron Maiden 1989: Beneath the Remains ~Sepultura 1990: Painkiller ~Judas Preist 1991: Human ~Death 1992: The IVth Crusade ~Bolt Thrower 1993: Det Som Engang Var ~Burzum 1994: In the Nightside Eclipse ~Emperor 1995: Imaginations from the Other Side ~Blind Guardian 1996: Morningrise ~Opeth 1997: Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk ~Emperor 1998: My Arms, Your Hearse ~Opeth 1999: Still Life ~Opeth 2000: Brave New World ~Iron Maiden 2001: Blackwater Park ~Opeth 2002: The Mantle ~Agalloch 2003: St Anger ~Metallica ;) Train of Thought ~Dream Theatre 2004: Once ~Nightwish 2005: From Mars to Sirus ~Gojira 2006: With Oden on Our Side ~Amon Amarth 2007: Victory Songs ~Ensiferum 2008: Watershed ~Opeth... Last Opeth album I swear! 2009: Those Whom the Gods Detest ~Nile 2010: Écailles de Lune ~Alcest 2011: A Dramatic Turn of Events ~Dream Theatre 2012: L'Enfant Sauvage ~Gojira 2013: Pelagial ~The Ocean 2014: The Satanist ~Behemoth 2015: Exercises in Futility ~Mgla 2016: Kodama ~Alcest 2017: Nightmare Logic ~Power Trip 2018: Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic ~The Ocean 2019: Heart Like a Grave ~Insomnium 2020: Black Mass for a Mass Grave ~Inquisition 2021: So far... Necroceros ~Asphyx That was fun!