1. AC/DC - Back in Black
2. Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz
3. Judas Priest - British Steel
4. Rush - Permanent Waves
5. Iron Maiden - s/t
1981
1. Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
2. Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman
3. Judas Priest - Point of Entry
4. Riot - Fire Down Under
5. Rush - Moving Pictures
6. Motorhead - Ace of Spades
7. Motorhead - No Sleep 'til Hammersmith (live)
8. Iron Maiden - Killers
9. Judas Priest - Point of Entry
1982
1. Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
2. Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance
3. Motley Crue - Too Fast for Love
4. Scorpions - Blackout
5. Venom - Black Metal
1983
1. Metallica - Kill 'em All
2. Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil
3. Def Leppard - Pyromania
4. Dio - Holy Diver
5. Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
6. Queensryche - s/t (EP)
7. Mercyful Fate - Melissa
8. Quiet Riot - Metal Health
1984
1. Metallica - Ride the Lightning
2. Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith
3. Armored Saint - March of the Saint
4. Dokken - Tooth & Nail
5. Queensryche - The Warning
6. Dio - The Last in Line
7. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
8. Accept - Balls to the Wall
9. Metal Church - s/t
10. Fates Warning - Night on Brocken
Honorable Mention
Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath
Scorpions - Love at First Sting
Slayer - Haunting the Chapel (EP)
Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry
Van Halen - 1984
1985
1. Exodus - Bonded by Blood
2. Iron Maiden - Live After Death (live)
3. Dokken - Under Lock & Key
4. Anthrax - Spreading the Disease
5. Fates Warning - The Spectre Within
6. Slayer - Hell Awaits
7. Possessed - Seven Churches
8. WASP - The Last Command
1986
1. Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time
2. Megadeth - Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?
3. Crimson Glory - s/t
4. Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian
5. Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
6. Kreator - Pleasure to Kill
7. Metal Church - The Dark
8. Queensryche - Rage for Order
9. Slayer - Reign in Blood
10. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
Honorable Mention
Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
Tesla - Mechanical Resonance
Van Halen - 5150
1987
1. Anthrax - Among the Living
2. Death - Scream Bloody Gore
3. Dokken - Back for the Attack
4. Guns & Roses - Appetite for Destruction
5. Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 1
6. Savatage - Hall of the Mountain King
7. Whitesnake - Whitesnake
8. Candlemass - Nightfall
9. Running Wild - Death or Glory
10. Riot - Thundersteel
Honorable Mention
Def Leppard - Hysteria
Exodus - Pleasures of the Flesh
King Diamond - Abigail
Ozzy Osboune - Tribute (live)
Testament - The Legacy
1988
1. Crimson Glory - Transcendence
2. Death - Leprosy
3. Fates Warning - No Exit
4. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
5. Metal Church - Blessing in Disguise
6. Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
7. Slayer - South of Heaven
8. Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime
9. Testament - The New Order
10. Overkill - Under the Influence
Honorable Mention
Anthrax - State of Euphoria
Bon Jovi - New Jersey
Forbidden - Forbidden Evil
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 2
Helstar - Nosferatu
Kreator - Terrible Certainty
Manowar - Kings of Metal
Megadeth - So Far, So Good...So What!
Metallica - ...And Justice for All
Ozzy Osbourne - No Rest for the Wicked
Sanctuary - Refuge Denied
1989
1. Overkill - The Years of Decay
2. Sepultura - Beneath the Remains
3. King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska
4. Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness
5. Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood
6. Savatage - Gutter Ballet
7. Exodus - Fabulous Disaster
8. Obituary - Slowly We Rot
9. Skid Row - s/t
10. Testament - Practice What You Preach
Honorable Mention
Annihilator - Alice in Hell
Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry
Helstar - A Distant Thunder
Sodom - Agent Orange