 | TYR by Black Sabbath
Buy used from: £30.54 A true classic and overlooked by so many, the viking concept album from the Sabbath legends it really is the best of the Tony Martin era in my opinion
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 | Nightfall in Middle-Earth by Blind Guardian
Buy used from: £20.02 Another modern classic, also a concept album based on telling the tale of the simarillion by Tolkien, the music is just as mindblowing as the book was and definately a worthy honour for it. Fantastic!
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 | Dream Evil by Dio
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £3.68 With Dio it's "Holy Diver" or "Last in Line" most talked about, we are often told about Dio's classic three "Rising, Heaven and Diver" this metal masterpeace by all accounts rarely gets a mention!
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 | Images and Words by Dream Theater
Buy new: £6.58 / Used from: £3.00 Dream theater in 1992 were responsible for picking up prog metal and preparing it for the 90's, it still isn't considered a classic by many.
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 | Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I by Helloween
Buy new: £3.48 / Used from: £3.97 1987's Keeper of the seven keys part 1 single handedly produced some of the best power metal ever recorded, so many people still have no idea who Helloween are!
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 | Burnt Offerings by Iced Earth
Buy new: £12.69 / Used from: £19.70 Exceptional metal as it should be with classic flavour written all over it, a definative classic in my eyes unfortunately it's not all that well known
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 | Come Clarity by In Flames
Buy new: £10.98 / Used from: £8.70 I think this is their best, this peace of melodic death metal is so good it should surely go down in history, Overshadowed some what by the amazing Jester race and Whoracle
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 | Iron Maiden by Iron Maiden
Buy new: £9.78 / Used from: £6.59 The start of it all, a classic without question. Old school metal as it should be, a debut and a shining pinnacle in the Iron Maiden tree, very underated too coming before the "beast"
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 | Burn My Eyes by Machine Head
Buy new: £9.78 / Used from: £3.31 A landmark debut in the middle of the 90's wasteland's heavy and inventive it's striking and i don't think it gets the classic attension it rightly deserves!
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 | Black Seeds of Vengeance by Nile
Buy new: £12.69 / Used from: £4.50 Death metal is very intense and often a wall of noise, here is an exception, Egyptian death metal so inventive and far above the crowd it stands out a mile! surely a classic not that many people know
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 | Still Life by Opeth
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £5.99 Opeth do this progressive thing so well, Still life is simply amazing and should be included in this list, so why then it isn't considered as clear-cut a classic as other classic albums is beyond me!
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 | Empire by Queensrÿche
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £4.88 Empire the second classic alongside Operation Mindcrime is massively overlooked by the latter, in many ways this one has the better songs on it, and really should by rated much higher.
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 | Seasons in the Abyss by Slayer
Buy new: £6.58 / Used from: £4.73 Another slightly forgotten relic in the world of thrash metal, Seasons is a marvel a stone-cold classic and should be as highly regarded as reign in blood, sadly it isnt!
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 | The Divine Wings of Tragedy by Symphony X
Buy new: £12.69 Divine wings as well as the band are long overdue worldwide acclaim, this masterpeace of prog metal art is concrete proof, a classic classic example of an underated album "Absolutely astonishing
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 | Subsurface (Special Edition) by Threshold
Buy new: £12.69 / Used from: £8.07 A smashing progtastic effort, this undoubtably become a classic in the near future, a brilliant achievement, but most people won't have even heard of Threshold!
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