the single best heavy metal album

has gotta be black sabbath's paranoid, or at least its in the top 5.

 

I'd say Metallica's Ride the lightning or Judas Priests Painkiller for single best heavy metal album. But Paranoid is a great album indeed. I can't get enough of songs like Electric funeral, Fairies wear boots and Hands of doom.

 

its rikki, bobby, cece, and brett!!!

 

man i dig reign in blood by slayer but everyone hates me so i want to die.

 

A lot of people cite that album, but I have to say that Master Of Reality is far superior in my opinion... Far darker and mysterious, and with far heavier, monolithic riffage..

 

Definately a Black Sabbath album.

 

I think I'd have to agree with you there.....Master of Reality is better than Paranoid

 

I love Metallica, so i think Garage Inc. is the best. But Asmodean, I love Ride the lightening too

 

Garage inc? *pukes*

you deserve to be banned for saying that


i gotta say Piece of mind by maiden, priest's painkiller, tallica's kill em all, or sth like that

 

fuck yeah

 

I'll say......."Time of the oath" by Helloween.That's the best for me

 

nah, keepers I & II is waaaaaay awesomer than time of oath

 

Reign in Blood is what I was gonna say.

 

lol i BEAT ya.

 

Deep Purple's Machine Head is first on my list, just ahead of paranoid. These two were practically ISSUED to new metalheads for over two decades!

 

hell yes! i totally agree... either that or master of puppets... nobody has anything on Orion

 

I'm going to say Metallica's Master of Puppets... That or Sabbaths Paranoid... Both a great albums..

 

What about the Number of the Beast by Iron Maiden? Everyone seems to have forgotten Iron Maiden.

 

/me agrees with Raddish-licious.
However... is this thread about *heavy* metal only or also about other subgenres? Because I know tons of perfect albums but all of them are other styles of metal (mostly black, unsurprisingly).

You think so? Hm, I like Call of ktulu much more...