Metalheads Podcast: The Top 50 Albums of the First 50 Years of Metal

To celebrate our 100th episode we cobbled together our lists for the Top 50 Albums of the First 50 Years of Metal. You can listen to the episode or read the lists below.

George

2019 Nile - Vile Nilotic Rites
2018 Khemmis - Desolation
2017 Enslaved - E
2016 Thrawsunblat - Metachthonia
2015 Swallow the Sun - Songs from the North
2014 Triptykon - Melana Chasmata
2013 Black Sabbath - 13
2012 Woods of Ypres - Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light
2011 Powerwolf - Blood of the Saints
2010 Triptykon - Eparistera Daimones
2009 Goatwhore - Carving Out the Eyes of God
2008 Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thunder God
2007 Type O Negative - Dead Again
2006 Celtic Frost - Monotheist
2005 Sentenced - The Funeral Album
2004 Wintersun - Wintersun
2003 Children of Bodom - Hate Crew Deathroll
2002 Sentenced - The Cold White Light
2001 Opeth - Blackwater Park
2000 Sentenced - Crimson
1999 Opeth - Still Life
1998 Sentenced - Frozen
1997 Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
1996 Sentenced - Down
1995 Paradise Lost - Draconian Times
1994 Samuel - Ceremony of Opposites
1993 Life of Agony - River Runs Red
1992 Ministry - Psalm 69
1991 Voivod - Angel Rat
1990 Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss
1989 Voivod - Nothingface
1988 Metallica - ...And Justice for All
1987 Manowar - Fighting the World
1986 Metallica - Master of Puppets
1985 Dio - Sacred Heart
1984 Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry
1983 Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
1982 Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
1981 Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
1980 Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
1979 AC/DC - Highway to Hell
1978 Judas Priest - Stained Class
1977 Kiss - Love Gun
1976 Rush - 2112
1975 Queen - A Night at the Opera
1974 Kiss - Kiss
1973 Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
1972 Deep Purple - Machine Head
1971 Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
1970 Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

Jay

2019 Possessed - Revelations of Oblivion
2018 Slugdge - Esoteric Malacology
2017 Enslaved - E
2016 Witchcraft - Nucleus
2015 Cattle Decapitation - The Anthropocene Extinction
2014 Triptykon - Melana Chasmata
2013 Carcass - Surgical Steel
2012 Goatwhore - Blood for the Master
2011 Arch/Matheos - Sympathetic Resonance
2010 Overkill - Ironbound
2009 Mastodon - Crack the Skye
2008 Enslaved - Vertebrae
2007 High on Fire - Death Is This Communion
2006 Celtic Frost - Monotheist
2005 Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
2004 Mastodon - Leviathan
2003 Enslaved - Below the Lights
2002 Isis - Oceanic
2001 Opeth - Blackwater Park
2000 Iron Maiden - Brave New World
1999 Type O Negative - World Coming Down
1998 Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding
1997 Bruce Dickinson - Accident of Birth
1996 Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar
1995 Death - Symbolic
1994 Mercyful Fate - Time
1993 Carcass - Heartwork
1992 Danzig - III: How the Gods Kill
1991 Death - Human
1990 Megadeth - Rust in Peace
1989 Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness
1988 King Diamond - "Them"
1987 King Diamond - Abigail
1986 Metallica - Master of Puppets
1985 Slayer - Hell Awaits
1984 Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales
1983 Mercyful Fate - Melissa
1982 Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
1981 Venom - Welcome to Hell
1980 Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
1979 Motorhead - Overkill
1978 Judas Priest - Stained Class
1977 UFO - Lights Out
1976 Rainbow - Rising
1975 Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
1974 Deep Purple - Burn
1973 Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
1972 Deep Purple - Machine Head
1971 Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
1970 Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

Will

2019 Crypt Sermon - The Ruins of Fading Light
2018 Khemmis - Desolation
2017 Kreator - Gods of Violence
2016 Eerie - Eerie
2015 Nile - What Should Not Be Unearthed
2014 Behemoth - The Satanist
2013 Carcass - Surgical Steel
2012 Cannibal Corpse - Torture
2011 Borracho - Splitting Sky
2010 High on Fire - Snakes for the Divine
2009 Kreator - Hordes of Chaos
2008 Bloodbath - The Fathomless Mastery
2007 Obituary - Xecutinoner's Return
2006 Cannibal Corpse - Kill
2005 Gojira - From Mars to Sirius
2004 Bloodbath - Nightmares Made Flesh
2003 Gojira - The Link
2002 Bloodbath - Resurrection Through Carnage
2001 Slayer - God Hates Us All
2000 Iron Maiden - Brave New World
1999 Opeth - Still Life
1998 Death - The Sound of Perseverance
1997 Deicide - Serpents of the Light
1996 Monstrosity - Millennium
1995 Death - Symbolic
1994 Slayer - Divine Intervention
1993 Death - Individual Thought Patterns
1992 Gorefest - False
1991 Death - Human
1990 Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss
1989 Overkill - The Years of Decay
1988 Death - Leprosy
1987 Anthrax - Among the Living
1986 Slayer - Reign in Blood
1985 Onslaught - Power From Hell
1984 Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith
1983 Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
1982 Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
1981 Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
1980 Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
1979 Motˆrhead - Overkill
1978 Judas Priest - Stained Class
1977 Judas Priest - Sin After Sin
1976 Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
1975 Black Sabbath - Sabotage
1974 Judas Priest - Rocka Rolla
1973 Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
1972 Black Sabbath - Vol 4
1971 Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
1970 Black Sabbath - Paranoid

John

2019 Wilderun - Veil of Imagination
2018 Alkaloid - Liquid Anatomy
2017 Exist - So True, So Bound
2016 Oranssi Pazuzu - Värähtelijä
2015 Wilderun - Sleep at the Edge of the Earth
2014 The Contortionist - Language
2013 The Ocean - Pelagial
2012 Enslaved - RIITIIR
2011 Arch/Matheos - Sympathetic Resonance
2010 Ihsahn - After
2009 Devin Townsend - Addicted
2008 Cynic - Traced in Air
2007 Primordial - To the Nameless Dead
2006 Amorphis - Eclipse
2005 Gojira - From Mars to Sirius
2004 Mastodon - Leviathan
2003 Enslaved - Below the Lights
2002 Opeth - Deliverance
2001 Opeth - Blackwater Park
2000 Spiral Architect - A Sceptic's Universe
1999 Opeth - Still Life
1998 Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse
1997 Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine: Biomech
1996 Edge of Sanity - Crimson
1995 The Gathering - Mandylion
1994 Dream Theater - Awake
1993 Cynic - Focus
1992 Alice in Chains - Dirt
1991 Death - Human
1990 Megadeth - Rust in Peace
1989 Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry
1988 Queensrˇche - Operation: Mindcrime
1987 Savatage - Hall of the Mountain King
1986 Megadeth - Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?
1985 Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
1984 Trouble - Psalm 9
1983 Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
1982 Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
1981 Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman
1980 Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz
1979 Van Halen - Van Halen II
1978 Judas Priest - Stained Class
1977 Judas Priest - Sin After Sin
1976 Rainbow - Rising
1975 Rush - Fly By Night
1974 Blue ÷yster Cult - Secret Treaties
1973 Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
1972 Deep Purple - Machine Head
1971 Led Zeppelin - IV
1970 Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

Matt

2019 Crowhurst - III
2018 Rivers of Nihil - Where Owls Know My Name
2017 Enslaved - E
2016 Wormed - Krighsu
2015 Cattle Decapitation - The Anthropocene Extinction
2014 Triptykon - Melana Chasmata
2013 Carcass - Surgical Steel
2012 Cattle Decapitation - Monolith of Inhumanity
2011 Skeltonwitch - Forever Abomination
2010 Triptykon - Eparistera Daimones
2009 Mastodon - Crack the Skye
2008 Gojira - The Way of All Flesh
2007 Rotting Christ - Theogonia
2006 Celtic Frost - Monotheist
2005 Gojira - From Mars to Sirius
2004 Mastodon - Leviathan
2003 Type O Negative - Life Is Killing Me
2002 Isis - Oceanic
2001 Kreator - Violent Revolution
2000 Iron Maiden - Brave New World
1999 Testament - The Gathering
1998 Death - The Sound of Perseverance
1997 Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
1996 Type O Negative - October Rust
1995 Death - Symbolic
1994 Cannibal Corpse - The Bleeding
1993 Death - Individual Thought Patterns
1992 Sadus - A Vision of Misery
1991 Carcass - Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious
1990 Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss
1989 Sepultura - Beneath the Remains
1988 Death - Leprosy
1987 Death - Scream Bloody Gore
1986 Slayer - Reign in Blood
1985 Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
1984 Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath
1983 Mercyful Fate - Melissa
1982 Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
1981 Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
1980 Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
1979 Motˆrhead - Overkill
1978 Judas Priest - Stained Class
1977 Judas Priest - Sin After Sin
1976 Rainbow - Rising
1975 Black Sabbath - Sabotage
1974 Deep Purple - Burn
1973 Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
1972 Black Sabbath - Vol 4
1971 Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
1970 Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

Markisan

2019 Atlantean Kodex - The Course of Empire
2018 Khemmis - Desolation
2017 Immolation - Atonement
2016 Khemmis - Hunted
2015 Ahab - The Boats of the Glen Carrig
2014 Triptykon - Melana Chasmata
2013 Atlantean Kodex - The White Goddess
2012 Pallbearer - Sorrow and Extinction
2011 Light Bearer - Lapsus
2010 Alcest - …cailles de lune
2009 Fall of Efrafa - InlÈ
2008 Dir En Grey - Uroboros
2007 Fall of Efrafa - Elil
2006 Celtic Frost - Monotheist
2005 Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness
2004 Mastodon - Leviathan
2003 Enslaved - Below the Lights
2002 Nile - In Their Darkened Shrines
2001 Tool - Lateralus
2000 Iron Maiden - Brave New World
1999 Opeth - Still Life
1998 Incantation - Diabolical Conquest
1997 The Gathering - Nighttime Birds
1996 Neurosis - Through Silver in Blood
1995 Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane
1994 Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse
1993 Cynic - Focus
1992 Incantation - Onward to Golgotha
1991 Death - Human
1990 Entombed - Left Hand Path
1989 Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness
1988 Slayer - South of Heaven
1987 Death - Scream Bloody Gore
1986 Slayer - Reign in Blood
1985 Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
1984 Metallica - Ride the Lightning
1983 Dio - Holy Diver
1982 Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
1981 Venom - Welcome to Hell
1980 Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
1979 Motˆrhead - Overkill
1978 Judas Priest - Stained Class
1977 Scorpions - Taken by Force
1976 Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
1975 Rainbow Ritchie - Blackmore's Rainbow
1974 Budgie - In for the Kill
1973 Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
1972 Black Sabbath - Vol 4
1971 Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
1970 Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath