For the record, yes I am counting this one. It would be idiotic not to.

Well, you can count on me, JA. I'll drop at least 50 albums til deadline. Expect something like:

1. Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath
2. Mercyful Fate - Melissa
3. Diamond Head - Lightning to the Nations
and also:
Kat - 666
Slayer - Show No Mercy
Morbid Saint - Spectrum of Death
Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness
+ some Iron Maiden, Bathory, Metallica and shit

Only 5 days left you guys, start turnin em in.

1. Manilla Road - Crystal Logic
2. Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian
3. Slayer - Show No Mercy
4. Mercyful Fate - Melissa
5. Morbid Angel - Altars of madness
6. Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath
7. Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark
8. Crimson Glory - Crimson Glory
9. Iron Maiden - Killers
10. Crimson Glory - Transcendance
11. Manilla Rad - Open the Gates
12. Cirith Ungol - King of the Dead
13. Slayer - Reign In Blood
14. Carnivore - Carnivore
15. Metallica - Ride the Lightning
16. Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
17. Slayer - Hell Awaits
18. Autopsy - Severed Survival
19. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
20. Bathory - The Return...
21. Dark Quarterer - Dark Quarterer
22. Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction
23. Possessed - Seven Churches
24. Fates Warning - Specter Within
25. Manowar - Hail to England
26. Hellhammer - Satanic Rites
27. Manilla Road - The Deulge
28. Slaughter -Strappado
29. Metal Church - Metal Church
30. Manowar - Battle Hymns
31. King Diamond - Abigail
32. Omen - Battle Cry
33. Liege Lord - Burn to My Touch
34. Riot - Fire Down Under
35. Exodus - Bonded By Blood
36. Running Wild - Gates to Purgatory
37. Raven - Rock Until You Drop
38. Diamond Head - Lightning to the Nations
39. Obituary - Slowly We Rot
40. Sodom - In the Sign of Evil
41. Rigor Mortis - Rigor Mortis
42. Venom - Welcome to Hell
43. Sadus - Illusions
44. Terrorizer - World Downfall
45. Metal Church - The Dark
46. Voivod - War and Pain
47. Megadeth - Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?
48. Atheist - Piece of Time
49. Voivod - Killing Technology
50. Holy Terror - Terror and Submission
51. Sacrifice - Forward to Termination

I'd normally go up to 100, but I doubt that there will be more than 5 or 6 participants this time around.

1. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son - Iron Maiden.

Nice



Anyway:
1. Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath
2. Mercyful Fate - Melissa
3. Diamond Head - Lightning to the Nations
4. Metallica - Ride the Lightning
5. Kat - 666
6. Slayer - Show No Mercy
7. Metal Church - Metal Church
8. Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time
9. Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness
10. Bathory - Bathory
11. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
12. Queensrÿche - Queensrÿche
13. Morbid Saint - Spectrum of Death
14. Warlord - And the Cannons of Destruction Have Begun...
15. Tormentor - Anno Domini
16. Accept - I'm a Rebel
17. Metallica - Kill 'Em All
18. Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance
19. Bathory - Blood Fire Death
20. Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
21. Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
22. Manilla Road - Crystal Logic
23. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
24. Metal Church - The Dark
25. Mercyful Fate - Mercyful Fate
26. Iron Maiden - Killers
27. King Diamond - Abigail
28. Autopsy - Severed Survival
29. Accept - Balls to the Wall
30. Dio - Holy Diver
31. Metallica - Master of Puppets
32. Jaguar - Power Games
33. Death - Scream Bloody Gore
34. Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian
35. Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith
36. Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
37. Dark Quarterer - Dark Quarterer
38. Slayer - Reign in Blood
39. Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark
40. Venom - Welcome to Hell
41. Metallica - ...And Justice for All
42. Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
43. Sepultura - Beneath the Remains
44. Turbo - Dorosle dzieci
45. Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II
46. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
47. Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz
48. Motörhead - Ace of Spades
49. Fates Warning - The Spectre Within
50. Kat - Oddech Wymarlych Swiatow
51. Manilla Road - Open the Gates
52. Pagan Altar - Pagan Altar
53. Death - Leprosy
54. Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I
55. Praying Mantis - Time Tells No Lies
56. Accept - Restless and Wild
57. Slayer - Hell Awaits
58. King Diamond - "Them"
59. Détente - Recognize No Authority
60. Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
61. Manilla Road - Mystification
62. Possessed - Seven Churches
63. Trouble - Psalm 9
64. Törr - Witchhammer
65. Grim Reaper - See You in Hell
66. Savatage - Gutter Ballet
67. Bathory - The Return......
68. Dio - The Last in Line
69. Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman
70. Obituary - Slowly We Rot
71. Angel Witch - Angel Witch
72. Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
73. King Diamond - Conspiracy
74. Slayer - South of Heaven
75. Holocaust - The Nightcomers
76. Helloween - Walls of Jericho
77. Savatage - Hall of the Mountain King
78. Overkill - The Years of Decay
79. Megadeth - Killing Is My Business ... And Business Is Good!
80. Metal Church - Blessing in Disguise
81. Mayhem - Pure Fucking Armageddon
82. Riot - ThunderSteel
83. Testament - The Legacy
84. Manilla Road - The Deluge
85. Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction
86. Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
87. Fates Warning - No Exit
88. Exodus - Bonded by Blood
89. Griffin - Flight of the Griffin
90. Sadus - Illusions
91. Angel Witch - Screamin' 'n' Bleedin'
92. Saxon - Denim and Leather
93. Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
94. Scorpions - Love at First Sting
95. Ozzy Osbourne - Bark at the Moon
96. TSA - Heavy Metal World
97. Scorpions - Blackout
98. Testament - The New Order
99. Turbo - Kawaleria szatana
100. Saxon - Wheels of Steel

Damn.... completely forgot about Diamond Head. I'll edit it in.

List is finished!!

http://rateyourmusic.com/list/neilpeartjr/ride_the_sky__digitaldreamdoors_100_greatest_metal_albums_of_the_1980s

Kind of pointless with so few participants, but at least we have Show No Mercy and Melissa in the top 5, Killers as the highest ranking Maiden album, and RTL over MOP.

That actually annoyed me, thought not as much as not a single Maiden album appearing in the top 5. I'm actually willing to alter it around if I get one more list.

47. Accept - I'm a Rebel (1980) 85 points
46. Tormentor - Anno Domini (1988) 86 points
45. Warlord - And the Cannons of Destruction have Begun... (1984) 87 points
44. Morbid Saint - Spectrum of Death (1988) 88 points
43. Queensrÿche - Queensrÿche (1983) [EP] 89 points

I like it

Yeah, another thing. You guys put demos on your lists. I never said you could do that. Hell, I never even said you could put on EP's. I said I was counting Morbid Tales despite being an EP, because its probably the most important EP in metal, and to not have it on a list is dumb.

I think Satanic Rites is just as important as any Celtic Frost album, if not moreso. You can't make an exception for Morbid Tales, and not Hellhammer. I don't think I had anything else there that should have been a problem.

As for mj7's list, I'm surprised that he picked PFA over Deathcrush (not that I have a problem with it), but I think that (and Deathcrush) should qualify as well.

Also, I would have gladly replaced it if you had mentioned having a problem about it earlier.

I figured it was common sense. No one put demos or EP's on Nesquik's lists so why should people put them on mine?

In regards to Hellhammer, their official release was Apocalyptic Raids, and that made the list.

Still think the whole leaving out comps/live albums/EPs/demos when it comes to metal (and hardcore) is kinda dumb.

So who voted for AR anyway? Don't know any Hellhammer fans here.