A long time ago on the forum of another heavy metal band a member created this top 50 albums list that was decided on by that forum's members and I thought it would be great if everyone here could do the same thing. Here's what I want all of you to do. In this thread we'll name all the albums that we'd like to nominate for the list. This covers all kinds of music, not just heavy metal. I'll check in daily and keep track of how many votes each album has. After a week or so of nominations I'll start ranking albums in order of total nominations. When two or more albums tie for the most amount of votes, there'll be a poll to vote for your least favorite album and that one will take a lower spot on the list than the others. To be fair I'll create two top 50 albums lists, one with HammerFall albums on there and one without. So here we go!

My albums that I'm nominating are:

Alice in Chains - Dirt
Def Leppard - Hysteria
Diamond Head - Lightning to the Nations
Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
HammerFall - Glory to the Brave
HammerFall - Legacy of Kings
HammerFall - Renegade
Iced Earth - Night of the Stormrider
Iced Earth - The Dark Saga
Megadeth - Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?
Megadeth - So Far, So Good...So What?
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction
Meshuggah - Destroy Erase Improve
Metallica - Kill 'Em All
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Metallica - Metallica
Nirvana - Nevermind
Slayer - Reign in Blood

I'm sure I'm forgetting something, but here goes:

Accept – Metal Heart
Amon Amarth – With Oden on Our Side
Amon Amarth – Twilight of the Thunder God
Ensiferum – Ensiferum
Ensiferum – Victory Songs
Ensiferum – From Afar
Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
HammerFall – Threshold
HammerFall – Chapter VI Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken
Iced Earth – Glorious Burden
Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast
Iron Maiden – Piece of Mind
Iron Maiden – Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Iron Maiden – Brave New World
Manowar – Fighting the World (my guilty pleasure)
Manowar – Louder than Hell (my guilty pleasure)
Meat Loaf – Bat out of Hell
Meat Loaf – Midnight at the Lost and Found
Meat Loaf – Bad Attitude
Megadeth - Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?
Metallica - Kill 'Em All
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Metallica – The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited
Motley Crue – Shout at the Devil
Sabaton – Primo Victoria
Sabaton – Attero Dominatus
Scorpions – Crazy World
Slayer – Seasons in the Abyss
Stormwarrior – Heading Northe
Tyr – By the Light of the Northern Star

Celesty - Vendetta
Excalion - Waterlines
Firewind - The Premonition
Hammerfall - Crimson Thunder
Hammerfall - No Sacrifice, No Victory
Kiuas - The Spirit of Ukko
Kiuas - The New Dark Age
Leverage - Circus Colossus
Olympos Mons - Conquistador
Olympos Mons - Medevil
Rhapsody - Symphony of Enchanted Lands
Rhapsody - Dawn of Victory
Rhapsody - Power of the Dragonflame
Stratovarius - Visions
Stratovarius - Destiny
Stratovarius - Elements pt.1
Stratovarius - Elements pt.2
Stratovarius - Polaris
Symphony X - Odyssey
Symphony X - Divine Wings of Tragedy
Symphony X - Paradise Lost


I might add something later since I feel like I am forgetting something but I will do it another post.

Well I'm not sure if I got the meaning of the topic right, but here goes:


Apocalyptica - Cult
Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond
Blind Guardian - Imaginations from the Other Side
Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth
Blind Guardian - A Night at the Opera
Blind Guardian - A Twist in the Myth
Cains Offering - Gather the Faithful
Cans - Beyond the Gates
Dragonland - Astronomy
Demons & Wizards - Touched by the Crimson King
Freedom Call - The Circle of Life
Steve Lukather - Ever Changing Times
Kamelot - Epica
Nocturnal Rites - Grand Illusion
Rammstein - Mutter
Rammstein - Liebe ist für Alle Da
Rhapsody - Symphony of Enchanted Lands II: The Dark Secret
Rhapsody - Triumph or Agony
Sabaton - The Art of War
Saxon - Into the Labyrinth
Sonata Arctica - Ecliptica
Sonata Arctica - Silence
Sonata Arctica - Reckoning Night
ToTo - ToTo
ToTo - The Seventh One
ToTo - Kingdom of Desire
ToTo - Tambu
ToTo - Falling In Between

I can't believe I'm the first one mentioning Blind Guardian

Guess we will have all tied at one at this rate

That would be a tough poll to make.

There's also some albums of the other 3 lists I like, but as I said, I don't know exactly what we are supposed to do.

I guess we are just listing all albums we feel like voting.

That is correct. We are just naming albums that we'd like to see on the poll for right now.

Here are the current standings and their number of nominations as of right now.

Those with 2 nominations:

Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
Megadeth - Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?
Metallica - Kill 'Em All
Metallica - Ride the Lightning

Those with 1 nomination:

Accept – Metal Heart
Alice in Chains – Dirt
Amon Amarth – Twilight of the Thunder God
Amon Amarth – With Oden on Our Side
Apocalyptica – Cult
Blind Guardian - A Night at the Opera
Blind Guardian - A Twist in the Myth
Blind Guardian - Imaginations from the Other Side
Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth
Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond
Cains Offering - Gather the Faithful
Cans - Beyond the Gates
Celesty – Vendetta
Demons & Wizards - Touched by the Crimson King
Def Leppard - Hysteria
Diamond Head - Lightning to the Nations
Dragonland – Astronomy
Ensiferum – Ensiferum
Ensiferum – From Afar
Ensiferum – Victory Songs
Excalion - Waterlines
Firewind - The Premonition
Freedom Call - The Circle of Life
HammerFall – Chapter V Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken
Hammerfall - Crimson Thunder
HammerFall - Glory to the Brave
HammerFall - Legacy of Kings
Hammerfall - No Sacrifice, No Victory
HammerFall – Renegade
HammerFall – Threshold
Iced Earth – Glorious Burden
Iced Earth - Night of the Stormrider
Iced Earth - The Dark Saga
Iron Maiden – Brave New World
Iron Maiden – Piece of Mind
Iron Maiden – Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast
Kamelot – Epica
Kiuas - The New Dark Age
Kiuas - The Spirit of Ukko
Leverage - Circus Colossus
Manowar – Fighting the World
Manowar – Louder than Hell
Meat Loaf – Bad Attitude
Meat Loaf – Bat out of Hell
Meat Loaf – Midnight at the Lost and Found
Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Megadeth - So Far, So Good...So What?
Meshuggah - Destroy Erase Improve
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Metallica – Metallica
Metallica – The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited
Motley Crue – Shout at the Devil
Nirvana – Nevermind
Nocturnal Rites - Grand Illusion
Olympos Mons - Conquistador
Olympos Mons – Medevil
Rammstein - Liebe ist für Alle Da
Rammstein – Mutter
Rhapsody - Dawn of Victory
Rhapsody - Power of the Dragonflame
Rhapsody - Symphony of Enchanted Lands
Rhapsody - Symphony of Enchanted Lands II: The Dark Secret
Rhapsody - Triumph or Agony
Sabaton – Attero Dominatus
Sabaton – Primo Victoria
Sabaton - The Art of War
Saxon - Into the Labyrinth
Scorpions – Crazy World
Slayer - Reign in Blood
Slayer – Seasons in the Abyss
Sonata Arctica – Ecliptica
Sonata Arctica - Reckoning Night
Sonata Arctica - Silence
Steve Lukather - Ever Changing Times
Stormwarrior – Heading Northe
Stratovarius - Destiny
Stratovarius - Elements pt.1
Stratovarius - Elements pt.2
Stratovarius – Polaris
Stratovarius – Visions
Symphony X - Divine Wings of Tragedy
Symphony X - Odyssey
Symphony X - Paradise Lost
ToTo - Falling In Between
ToTo - Kingdom of Desire
ToTo – Tambu
ToTo - The Seventh One
ToTo - ToTo
Tyr – By the Light of the Northern Star

A total of 95 albums have at least one nomination. Keep them coming!

I found it rather difficult to make up a list... well, here's the result:

AC/DC - Highway To Hell
Aerosmith - Get A Grip
Alice Cooper - Trash
Doro - Calling The Wild
Guns 'N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
HammerFall - Glory To The Brave
HammerFall - Renegade
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Judas Priest - Painkiller
Manowar - Kings Of Metal
Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction
Metallica - Kill 'em All
Motörhead - Inferno
Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
Saxon - Denim And Leather
Therion - Secret Of The Runes
W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P.
Warlock - Triumph And Agony

Really hard... The most influential and important music to me. That list is across all kinds of music, from folk to medieval to rock and metal.

Ayreon - Into The Electric Castle
Ayreon - The Human Equation
Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth
Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond
Bon Jovi - Cross Road
Corvus Corax - Cantus Buranus II
Dream Theater - Images and Words
Elane - Lore of Nén
Fairyland - The Fall of An Empire
Gamma Ray - Power Plant
Haggard - Tales of Ithiria
HF - Glory to the Brave
Human Fortress - Defenders of the Crown
Iron Maiden - Brave New World (IM IS the most overrated band in the world, still I consider their importance)
Kamelot - Karma
Lost Horizon- A Flame To The Ground Beneath
Manowar - Battle Hymns
Manowar - Kings of Metal
Nightwish - Oceanborn
Rhapsody - Dawn of Victory
Rhapsody - Symphony of Enchanted Lands
Savatage - Dead Winter Dead
Saxon - Crusader
Scorpions - Crazy World
Therion - Deggial
Therion - Vovin
Die Toten Hosen - Opium fürs Volk
Luca Turilli - King of the Nordic Twilight
Virgin Steele - The House of Atreus Pt. I
Virgin Steele - The House of Atreus Pt. II
Virgin Steele - Marriage of Heaven and Hell Pt. I
Virgin Steele - Marriage of Heaven and Hell Pt. II
W.A.S.P. - Inside The Electric Circus
W.A.S.P. - The Neon God Pt. I