He ain't heavy: Defining lists on metal music

BEST ALBUMS EVER

1. Black Sabbath – "Black Sabbath" (1970)

2. Iron Maiden – "The Number of the Beast" (1982)

3. Slayer – "Reign in Blood" (1986)

4. Metallica – "Ride the Lightning" (1984)

5. Motorhead – "No Sleep 'til Hammersmith" (1981)

6. Judas Priest – "British Steel" (1980)

7. Iron Maiden – "Killers" (1981)

8. Exodus – "Bonded by Blood" (1985)

9. Sepultura – "Beneath the Remains" (1989)

10. Venom – "Black Metal" (1982)

11. Celtic Frost – "Morbid Tales" (1984)

12. Metallica – "Master of Puppets" (1986)

13. Nuclear Assault – "Survive" (1988)

14. Fear Factory – "Demanufacture" (1995)

15. Manowar – "Battle Hymns" (1982)

16. Mercyful Fate – "Don't Break the Oath" (1984)

17. Anthrax – "Spreading the Disease" (1985)

18. Voivod – "Killing Technology" (1987)

19. Motley Crue – "Too Fast for Love" (1981)

20. Slayer – "Hell Awaits" (1985)

BEST METAL VOICES

1. Ronnie James Dio – Black Sabbath/Dio

2. Rob Halford – Judas Priest

3. Bruce Dickinson – Iron Maiden

4. Eric Adams – Manowar

5. Geoff Tate – Queensryche

6. King Diamond – Mercyful Fate/King Diamond

7. Tom Araya – Slayer

8. John Bush – Armored Saint/Anthrax

9. James Hetfield – Metallica

10. Max Cavalera – Sepultura/Soulfly

11. Paul Baloff – Exodus

12. Lemmy Kilmister – Motorhead

13. Denis 'Snake' Belanger – Voivod

14. Corey Taylor – Slipknot

15. Tom G. Warrior – Celtic Frost

16. Udo Dirkschneider – Accept/U.D.O.

17. Tim 'Ripper' Owens – Judas Priest

18. Cronos – Venom

19. Ozzy Osbourne – Black Sabbath/Ozzy

20. Peter Steele – Carnivore/Type O Negative

BANDS OFTEN CONSIDERED "METAL" - THAT AREN'T

1. Guns N' Roses

2. Kiss

3. Led Zeppelin (provided influence, but JNM - Just Not Metal)

4. Deep Purple (see Led Zep)

5. Poison

6. Def Leppard (They were a metal band early on)

7. Whitesnake (May have been metal early on, too)

8. Alice in Chains

9. Dokken

10. Great White

11. Warrant

12. Ratt

13. Van Halen

14. Scorpions

15. AC/DC

16. Night Ranger

17. Europe

18. Cinderella

19. Soundgarden

20. Marilyn Manson