Hey so people make all these comprehensive “These are the best things ever” lists and I always take issue with their absolutist stance. That’s why I’m saying these albums are my favorites. Even though they’re really the best metal albums ever.

I chose these albums based on very simple criteria. Can I listen to the album without getting the urge to skip a track. Usually I skip the ballads, so these albums are fast all day everyday, or the ballads are unique. Also, are these albums that I can listen to semi-regularly without getting tired of them. That one is tough, as some great metal albums are a bit older and thus I’ve heard them a hell of a lot more than the more recent albums in the mix.

This list can change, obviously, but these are the albums that I love as of now. For the next couple weeks, I’ll put up a dissertation on each album and why they are the best of the best. So for now just post comments telling me I’m lame.

3 Inches of Blood – Advance And Vanquish
Iron Maiden – Number of the Beast
Metallica – Kill Em All
3 Inches of Blood – Fire Up the Blades
Iron Maiden – Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Hibria – The Skull Collectors
Dethklok – The Dethalbum

Hey look at that, seven albums. That seems like a solid portent right there.