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The Greatest Heavy Metal Albums Of 1986

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The top 10 greatest heavy metal albums of 1986
Step back into 1986, the year that reshaped heavy metal forever. From thrash metal masterpieces to genre-defining classics, this countdown explores the Top 10 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of 1986—including iconic releases from Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, and more. Discover the riffs, the stories, and the albums that changed the sound of metal history. If you love 80s metal, legendary albums, and classic heavy metal bands, this is the ultimate throwback.

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20 Comments

@StuartTurner582 9 months ago

Such brilliant 🤘 year for Metal 1986

@samuelferrell9257 9 months ago

1986 was the year i got into metal. I was 9 years old and a kid moved to my town and his older brother had an immaculate tape collection. It was a good year for me.

@edM-j8p 4 months ago (edited)

I was 18 in1986 love all this metal !!!! Windows down metal blaring on the stereo great times

@UglyKraut 10 months ago

I realy like '86s Orgasmatron (Motörhead) and Russian Roulette (Accept) til this day.

@LeeWetmore 9 months ago

I’ve noticed a lot of commentary about how many of these bands were “groundbreaking”, however just as groundbreaking was Queensryche. Rage for Order is an absolute masterpiece. It’s one of my favorite albums of theirs.

@scooter29 9 months ago

Somewhere in Time all day everyday

@chrispchrist8074 10 months ago

No Metal Church The Dark?! Gah!

@raveenvalles 9 months ago

I was 5 yrs old that time,.. but grown up with this songs..

@bloodbornehunter9974 10 months ago

Somewhere in time it's an album that the world still hasn't realized how far ahead of its time it is. It's an album that only aliens appreciate. The rest of the world continues to believe that master of puppets it's the greatest album of all time.

@Matias-music-71 10 months ago

Maiden , Metallica , Ozzy , Priest , those were tops for me , I also like Accept's Russian Roulette , Metal Church The Dark was awesome , what a time it was man ,

@ЭдуардШмидт-ы8ъ 9 months ago

Still reigning.

@jeanrunkle1059 10 months ago

One of the best years in music

@mobiusone3370 9 months ago

Crimson Glory - Crimson Glory

@GLAM_METAL_MAN 10 months ago

Master of puppets, the first cassette I bought when Im still 12 years old and it blew me away, now still blew me away

@e30er45 10 months ago

Master was incredible. It blew me away.

@alanofernandes1981 9 months ago

SOMEWHERE IN TIME, FROM IRON MAIDEN, IS THE BEST, THE BIGGEST , THE MOST IMPORTANT ÁLBUM FROM THE HISTORY OF THE HEAVY METAL FOR ALL THE TIMES! IT'S FUCKING ACTUAL...UP THE IRONS! GREETINGS FROM BRAZIIL!!!

@christopherfohner7412 9 months ago

Master of puppets made me a metalhead

@PittsburghRocks 10 months ago

"Rage For Order" is my #1.

@bdr113080 10 months ago

Yeah, you actually got all the ones I would put up there. This is probably the best 1986 list I have seen. Me and a buddy of mine were trying to figure out what the best years and metal could be. We both came to the conclusion that 1986 has to be in everybody’s top three years of all time just because of the amount of iconic albums that came out this year.