BEST HARD ROCK AND HEAVY METAL ALBUMS OF 2014

01    Within Temptation - Hydra
02    Accept - Blind Rage
03    Unisonic - Light Of Dawn
04    In This Moment - Black Widow
05    Amaranthe - Massive Addictive
06    Arion – Last Of Us
07    Brother Firetribe - Diamond In The Firepit
08    H.E.A.T - Tearing Down The Walls
09    Allen Lande - The Great Divide
10    Billy Idol - Kings & Queens of the Underground
11    Vanishing Point - Distant Is The Sun
12    Axel Rudi Pell - Into The Storm
13    Gotthard - Bang!
14    Kissin' Dynamite - Megalomania
15    Delain - The Human Contradiction
16    Judas Priest - Redeemer Of Souls
17    Evergrey - Hymns For The Broken
18    Lacuna Coil - Broken Crown Halo
19    Maxxwell - Tabula Rasa
20    Xandria - Sacrificium
21    Jaded Heart - Fight the System
22    Pentakill - Smite and Ignite
23    Primal Fear - Delivering the Black
24    ACDC - Rock or Bust
25    In Flames - Siren Charms
26    Ten - Albion
27    Sonata Arctica - Pariah's Child
28    Sister Sin - Black Lotus
29    StoneDivision - Six Indifferent Places
30    Harmony - Theatre Of Redemption

Other great releases :

Crown Of Glory - King For A Day
Ambush - Firestorm
Hammerfall - rEvolution
Lordi - Scare Force One
Timo Tolkki's Avalon - Angels Of The Apocalypse
Fozzy - Do You Wanna Start A War
Crazy Lixx - Crazy Lixx
Epica - The Quantum Enigma
House Of Lords - Precious Metal
Savn - 2014
Miss Behaviour - Double Agent
Eldritch - Tasting the Tears
Ronny Munroe - Electric Wake
Tesla - Simplicity
Iced Earth - Plagues Of Babylon
Gamma Ray - Empire Of The Undead
Sanctuary - The Year The Sun Died
Slipknot - .5 The Gray Chapter
Astral Doors - Notes From The Shadows
Mustasch - Thank You For The Demon
Skull Fist - Chasing The Dream
Chrome Division - Infernal Rock Eternal

                                                                                                   by Elias Papadopoulos

BEST HARD ROCK AND HEAVY METAL ALBUMS OF 1986

1          Queensryche - Rage For Order

2          Metallica - Master of Puppets

3          Crimson Glory - Crimson Glory

4          Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time

5          Accept - Russian Roulette

7          Judas Priest - Turbo

6          Ozzy Osbourne - The Ultimate Sin

8          Europe-The Final Countdown

9          WASP - Inside the Electric Circus

10        Yngwie Malmsteen-Trilogy

11        Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet

13        Cinderella - Night songs

12        Motorhead - Orgasmatron

14        Stryper - To Hell with the Devil

15        Saxon - Rock The Nations

16        Lizzy Borden - Menace To Society

17        Fifth Angel - Fifth Angel

18        Van Halen - 5150

19        Anthrax-Among The Living

20        Bonfire - Don't Touch The Light

           
            Other great releases :

            Great White - Shot in the dark

            Black Sabbath - Seventh Star

            Krokus - Change of Address

            Loudness - Lightning Strikes

            Savatage - Fight For The Rock

            Slayer- Reign in Blood

            Flotsam and Jetsam - Doomsday for the deceiver

            Heir Apparent - Graceful Inheritance

            Metal Church - The Dark

            Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying

            Vengeance-Take it or Leave it

            Poison - Look What The Cat Dragged In

            Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus

            Q5 - When The Mirror Cracks

            Stone Fury - Let Them Talk

            Fates Warning - Awaken The Guardian

            Alice Cooper-Constrictor

            King Diamond - Fatal Portrait
                                                              by Elias Papadopoulos

BEST HARD ROCK AND HEAVY METAL ALBUMS OF 1985

1          Accept - Metal Heart

2          Gary Moore - Run for Cover

3          W.A.S.P. - The Last Command

4          Mötley Crüe - Theatre of Pain

5          Dio - Sacred Heart

6          Saxon - Innocence Is No Excuse

7          Twisted Sister - Come Out and Play

8          Helloween - Walls Of Jericho

9          Bon Jovi - 7800° Fahrenheit

10        Dokken - Under Lock And Key

11        Anthrax - Spreading the Disease

12        AC/DC - Fly on the Wall

13        Icon - Night of the Crime

14        Virgin Steele - Noble Savage

15        Y&T - Down for the Count

16        Blue Öyster Cult - Club Ninja

17        Exodus - Bonded by Blood

18        Lizzy Borden - Love You To Pieces

19        Savatage - Power of the Night

20        Stryper - Soldiers Under Command

Other great releases :

Running Wild - Branded and Exiled

Overkill - Feel The Fire

Armored Saint - Delirious Nomad

Manilla Road - Open the Gates

Ratt - Invasion of Your Privacy

Victory - Victory

Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!

King Kobra - Ready to Strike

S.O.D. - Speak English or Die

Tygers of Pan Tang - The Wreck-Age

Rogue Male - First Visit

UFO - Misdemeanor

Fates Warning - The Spectre Within

Kreator - Endless Pain

Loudness - Thunder in the East

Omen - Warning of Danger

Slayer - Hell Awaits

Vandenberg - Alibi

White Lion - Fight to Survive

Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Marching Out

KISS - Asylum

Grim Reaper - Fear No Evil

Trouble - The Skull

Grave Digger - Witch Hunter

Aerosmith - Done with Mirrors

                                                                                               by Elias Papadopoulos

BEST HARD ROCK AND HEAVY METAL ALBUMS OF 1984

1 Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith
2 Metallica - Ride The Lightning
3 Manowar - Sign Of The Hammer
4 Scorpions - Love at First Sting 
5 Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
6 Iron Maiden - Powerslave
7 Dio - Last In Line
8 Bon Jovi - Bon Jovi
9 WASP - 1984
10 Queensryche - The Warning
11 Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry
12 Warlord - And the Cannons of Destruction have Begun
13 Krokus - The Blitz
14 Manowar - Hail To England
15 Saxon  - Crusader
16 Van Halen - 1984
17 MSG - Built To Destroy
18 Q5 - Steel the Light
19 Whitesnake - Slide It In
20 Europe - Wings Of Tomorrow

More great albums :

Great white - Great white
Pretty Maids - Red, Hot And Heavy
Dokken - Tooth And Nail
Y&T - In Rock We Trust
Ratt - Out of the Cellar
Icon - Icon
Omen - Battle Cry
Underdog - Rabies In Town
TNT - Knight of the New Thunder
Lita Ford - Dancin' on the edge
Tokyo Blade - Night Of The Blade
Quiet Riot - Condition Critical
Stone Fury - Burns Like A Star
Armored Saint - March Of The Saint
Sammy Hagar - VOA
Running Wild - Gates To Purgatory
Helix - Walkin' the Razors Edge
Fastway - All Fired Up
Grim Reaper - See You In Hell
KISS - Animalize
Anthrax - Fistful Of Metal
Silver Mountain - Universe
Stryper - The yellow and black attack!
Metal Church - Metal Church
Grave Digger - Heavy Metal Breakdown
Fates Warning - Night On Bröcken
Cloven Hoof - Cloven Hoof
Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales

                                                                                             by Elias Papadopoulos

BEST HARD ROCK AND HEAVY METAL ALBUMS OF 1983

1 Accept - Balls to the Wall 
2 Rainbow - Bent Out Of Shape
3 Motley Crue - Shout At The Devil
4 Dio - Holy Diver
5 Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind
6 Krokus - Headhunter
7 Def Leppard - Pyromania
8 Gary Moore-Victims of the Future
9 Ozzy Osbourne-Bark at the Moon
10 Thin Lizzy - Thunder and Lightning
11 Twisted Sister - You Can't Stop Rock 'N' Roll
12 Metallica - Kill 'em All
13 Quite Riot - Metal Health
14 Manowar - Into Glory Ride
15 Y&T - Meanstreak
16 Saxon - Power & The Glory
17 ZZ Top - Eliminator
18 Blackfoot - Siogo
19 Slayer - Show No Mercy
20 Motorhead - Another Perfect Day

other great releases:

Journey - Frontiers

Dokken - Breaking The Chains
AC/DC - Flick Of The Switch
Black Sabbath - Born again
Diamond Head - Canterbury
KISS - Lick it up
Virgin Steele - Guardians Of The Flame
Blue Oyster Cult - The Revölution By Night
Uriah Heep - Head First
Vandenberg - Heading for a Storm
Gary Moore - Dirty Fingers
Alcatrazz - No Parole From Rock'n'Roll
UFO - Making Contact
Tokyo Blade - Tokyo Blade
Grim Reaper - See You In Hell
Europe - Europe
Anvil - Forged In Fire
Manilla Road - Crystal Logic
Exciter - Heavy Metal Maniac
Heavy Load - Stronger Than Evil
Lita Ford - Out For Blood
Mass - Metal Fighter
Mercyful Fate - Melissa
Helix - No Rest for the Wicked
Picture - Eternal Dark
Quartz - Against All Odds
Spartan Warrior - Steel 'n Chains
Steeler - Steeler
The Rods - In The Raw
Venom - At war with Satan

                                                                                     by Elias Papadopoulos

BEST HARD ROCK AND HEAVY METAL ALBUMS OF 1982

1 Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
2 Scorpions - Blackout
3 Judas Priest-Screaming for Vengeance
4 Accept - Restless and Wild
5 Gary Moore - Corridors Of Power 
6 Krokus - One Vice at A Time
7 KISS - Creatures of the Night
8 Manowar - Battle Hymns
9 Rainbow - Straight Between The Eyes
10 Van Halen - Diver Down
11 Y&T - Black Tiger
12 Diamond Head - Borrowed Time
13 Uriah Heep - Abominog
14 Twisted Sister - Under the blade
15 DEMON - The Unexpected Guest
16 Motorhead - Iron Fist
17 UFO - Mechanix
18 Sammy Hagar - Three Lock Box
19 Asia- Asia 
20 Whitesnake - Saint & Sinners

other great albums :

Alice Cooper - Zipper Catches Skin
MSG - Assault Attack
Vandenberg - Vandenberg
Tygers Of Pan Tang - The Cage
Aerosmith - Rock in a Hard Place
Gaskin - No Way Out
Anvil - Metal On Metal
Venom - Black Metal
Manilla Road - Metal
Heavy Load - Death Or Glory
Lenny Wolf - Lenny Wolf's Germany
Loudness - Devil Soldier
Mamas Boys-Plug It In
More - Blood & Thunder
Rush - Signals
Tank - Filth Hounds Of Hades
The Rods - Wild Dogs
Virgin Steele - Virgin Steele

                                                                                  by Elias Papadopoulos

BEST HARD ROCK AND HEAVY METAL ALBUMS OF 1981

1 Accept-Breaker
2 Thin Lizzy-Renegade
3 Ozzy Osbourne - Diary Of A Madman
4 Saxon - Denim and Leather
5 Def Leppard - High 'N' Dry
6 Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
7 Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz 
8 Krokus - Hardware
9 Judas Priest - Point Of Entry
10 Blue Oyster Cult - Fire Of Unknown Origin
11 Whitesnake - Come An' Get It 
12 Motley Crue - Too Fast for Love
13 Riot - Fire Down Under
14 Rainbow - Difficult To Cure
15 Blackfoot-Marauder
16 Y&T - Earthshaker
17 Iron Maiden - Killers
18 Triumph - Allied Forces
19 Demon - Night of the Demon
20 Praying Mantis - Time Tells No Lies

other great releases:

AC/DC - For Those About To Rock We Salute You
The Rods - The Rods
Holocaust - The Nightcomers
Raven - Rock Until You Drop
MSG - MSG
Tygers of Pan Tang - Spellbound
Rush - Moving Pictures
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - I Love Rock'n'Roll
Gaskin-End Of The World

                                                                                          by Elias Papadopoulos

BEST HARD ROCK AND HEAVY METAL ALBUMS OF 1980

1 AC/DC - Back In Black

2 Judas Priest - British Steel

3 Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell 

4 Saxon -  Strong Arm of the Law

5 Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

6 Accept - I am a Rebel

7 Scorpions - Animal Magnetism

8 Krokus - Metal Rendez-vous

9 Motorhead - Ace of Spades

10 Thin Lizzy - Chinatown

other great releases:

Blue Oyster Cult - Cultösaurus Erectus
Uriah Heep - Conquest
UFO - No Place To Run
MSG - The Michael Schenker Group
Whitesnake - Ready An' Willing
Gary Moore - G-Force
Def Leppard - On Through The Night
Saxon - Wheels Of Steel
Samson - Head On

Sammy Hagar - Danger Zone

                                                                                            by Elias Papadopoulos

BEST HARD ROCK AND HEAVY METAL ALBUMS OF 1979

1 Judas Priest - Killing Machine/Hell Bent For Leather
2 Scorpions - Lovedrive
3 Rainbow - Down To Earth
4 Thin Lizzy - Black rose
5 AcDc - Highway To Hell
7 Whitesnake - Lovehunter
6 Pat Benatar - In The Heat Of The Night
8 Motorhead - Bomber
9 Motorhead - Overkill
10 KISS - Dynasty

other killer albums :

Blue Oyster Cult - Mirrors
Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door
Accept - Accept
Van halen - Van halen II
Ted Nugent - State Of Shock
Saxon - Saxon
Riot - Narita

                                                                                         by Elias Papadopoulos

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BEST HARD ROCK AND HEAVY METAL ALBUMS OF 1978

1 Rainbow - Long Live Rock'n'Roll
2 Judas Priest - Stained Class
3 AC/DC - Powerage
4 Uriah Heep - Fallen Angel
5 Van Halen - Van Halen
6 Gary Moore - Back On The Streets
7 U.F.O. - Obsession 
8 Whitesnake - Trouble
9 KISS - Paul Stanley 
10 Whitesnake - Snakebite

other great releases:

Ted Nugent - Weekend Warriors
Journey-Infinity
David Coverdale - Northwinds
Queen - Jazz
Boston - Don't Look Back
The Godz - The Godz
Rose Tattoo – Rose Tattoo
The Runaways - And Now...The Runaways
Black Sabbath-Never Say Die

Rush - Hemispheres

                                                                                    by Elias Papadopoulos

BEST HARD ROCK AND HEAVY METAL ALBUMS OF 1977

1    AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
2 Judas Priest - Sin After Sin
3 U.F.O. - Lights Out
4 Thin Lizzy - Bad reputation
5 Motorhead - Motorhead
6 Scorpions - Taken By Force
7 Uriah Heep - Innocent Victim
8 Queen - News Of The World
9 Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever
10 Foreigner - Foreigner

other great releases :

Blue Oyster Cult - Spectres
Hawkwind - Quark Strangeness And Charm
Uriah Heep - Firefly
Legs Diamond - A Diamond Is A Hard Rock
Rush - A Farewell To Kings
KISS - Love gun
David Coverdale - White Snake
Journey - Next
Aerosmith - Draw The Line
The Runaways-Waitin' for the Night

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BEST HARD ROCK AND HEAVY METAL ALBUMS OF 1976

1 Rainbow - Rising 
2 Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
3 Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny 
4 Thin Lizzy - Johnny the fox
5 UFO - No Heavy Petting
6 AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
7 Scorpions - Virgin Killer
8 Black Sabbath - Technical Ecstasy
9 Kiss - Destroyer
10 Queen - A Day At The Races

Other great albums :
Rush - 2112
Blue Öyster Cult - Agents of Fortune
Ted Nugent - Free-for-All
Aerosmith - Rocks
Kiss - Rock and Roll Over
Bad Company - Run with the Pack

                                                                                  by Elias Papadopoulos

BEST HARD ROCK AND HEAVY METAL ALBUMS OF 1975

1 Scorpions - In Trance 
2 Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow -Rainbow
3 AC/DC - T.N.T 
4 Black Sabbath - Sabotage 
5 AC/DC - High Voltage
6 ZZ TOP-Fandango
7 Thin Lizzy - Fighting
8 Aerosmith - Toys In The Attic
9 Uriah Heep - Return To Fantasy
10 Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti

                                                                                            by Elias Papadopoulos

BEST HARD ROCK AND HEAVY METAL ALBUMS OF 1974

1 Scorpions - Fly to the Rainbow 
2 Deep Purple - Stormbringer
3 Deep Purple - Burn
4 KISS - KISS
5 UFO - Phenomenon 
6 Aerosmith - Get your Wings
7 Judas Priest - Rocka Rolla
8 Rush - Rush 
9 Queen - Queen II 
10 Uriah Heep - Wonderworld

                                                             by Elias Papadopoulos

BEST HARD ROCK AND HEAVY METAL ALBUMS OF 1973

1 Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
2 Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
3 Aerosmith - Aerosmith 
4 Budgie - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend 
5 Deep Purple - Who Do We Think We Are
6 Uriah Heep - Sweet Freedom
7 ZZ TOP - Tres Hombres
8 Queen - Queen
9 Thin Lizzy - Vagabonds Of The Western World
10 Led Zeppelin - Hauses Of The Holy

                                                                                              by Elias Papadopoulos

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BEST HARD ROCK AND HEAVY METAL ALBUMS OF 1972

1 Deep Purple - Machine Head
2 Uriah Heep -The Magician's Birthday
3 Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards
4 Elf - Elf 
5 Black Sabbath - Vol4
6 Thin Lizzy - Shades Of A Blue Orphanage
7 Alice Cooper - School's Out
8 Trapeze-you are the music...we are just the band
9 Blue Öyster Cult - Blue Öyster Cult
10 Scorpions - Lonesome Crow

                                                                                        by Elias Papadopoulos

BEST HARD ROCK AND HEAVY METAL ALBUMS OF 1971

1 Uriah Heep - Look At Yourself
2 Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
3 Uriah Heep - Salisbury
4 Deep Purple - Fireball 
5 Alice Cooper - Killer
6 Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
7 Nazareth - Nazareth
8 April Wine - April Wine
9 Thin Lizzy - Thin Lizzy
10 Hawkwind - In Search Of Space

                                                                                           by Elias Papadopoulos

BEST HARD ROCK AND HEAVY METAL ALBUMS OF 1970

This is the list of my favourite albums from the year 1970. I will keep publishing my favourite albums lists from the first days of heavy metal until present. Stay tuned in Eat This ! Hard Rock & Metal Webradio

1 Black Sabbath - Paranoid
2 Deep Purple - In Rock
3 Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
4 Uriah Heep - Very 'eavy ...Very 'umble
5 ZZ TOP-Primeiro
6 UFO - UFO1
7 Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III 
8 Hawkwind - Hawkwind
9 Alice Cooper - Easy Action
10 The Guess Who - American Woman

                                                                                               by Elias Papadopoulos

BEST 30 ALBUMS OF 2013

Ok guys, I know, we are living in a second golden age of metal and hard rock. The huge success of bands like Avenged Sevenfold, Black Sabbath, Five Finger Death Punch makes the dream come true. This year the great albums were many. It was difficult for me to make the list, but here it is. All the albums in the list are masterpieces.

Hey don't forget to listen tonights' Metal Party for the new year, at 18:00 pm until midnight (Athens time) on Eat This ! Hard Rock & Metal WebRadio. 

1 Pretty Maids - Motherland

2 Keldian - Outbound

3 Avenged Sevenfold - Hail To The King 

4 Stratovarius - Nemesis 

5 Amaranthe - The Nexus

6 Place Vendome - Thunder In The Distance

7 Timo Tolkki's Avalon - The Land of New Hope

8 Bullet For My Valentine - Temper Temper 

9 Volbeat - Outlaw Gentlemen And Shady Ladies

10 Ashes of Ares - Ashes of Ares

11 Escape The Fate - Ungrateful 

12 Stryper - No More Hell To Pay 

13 Crashdiet - The Savage Playground

14 Tarja - Colours In The Dark 

15 Five Finger Death Punch - Vol. 2 

16 Dream Theater - Dream Theater

17 Iron Mask - Fifth Son Of Winterdoom 

18 Reckless Love - Spirit

19 Black Star Riders - All Hell Breaks Loose

20 Battle Beast - Battle Beast 

21 Queensryche - Queensryche

22 Saxon - Sacrifice

23 Pamela Moore - Resurrect Me

24 Audrey Horne - Youngblood 

25 Ayreon - The Theory of Everything

26 Royal Hunt - A Life To Die For 

27 End of green - The Painstream

28 Avatarium - Avatarium 

29 Black Sabbath - 13 

30 Shakra - Powerplay 

                                                                                     by Elias Papadopoulos