My Top Heavy Metal Album Covers by Year

1980
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  1. Angel Witch - Angel Witch
  2. British Steel - Judas Priest
  3. Wheels of Steel - Saxon
  4. Shakin' Street - Shakin' Street
  5. Metal Rendez-vous - Krokus
  6. Ace of Spades - Motörhead
  7. Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath
  8. Strong Arm of the Law - Saxon
  9. Blizzard of Ozz - Ozzy Osbourne
  10. Stand Up and Fight - Quartz
1981
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  1. Welcome to Hell - Venom
  2. The Nightcomers - Holocaust
  3. No Sleep Til Hammersmith - Motörhead
  4. Hit and Run - Girlschool
  5. Time Tells No Lies - Praying Mantis
  6. The Birthday Eve - Loudness
  7. Frost and Fire - Cirith Ungol
  8. Breaking the Chains - Dokken
  9. Denim and Leather - Saxon
  10. Too Fast for Love - Motley Crue
1982
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  1. Borrowed Time - Diamond Head
  2. Black Metal - Venom
  3. Restless and Wild - Accept
  4. Chase the Dragon - Magnum
  5. The Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden
  6. The Eagles Has Landed (Live) - Saxon
  7. Screaming for Vengeance - Judas Priest
  8. Iron Fist - Motörhead
  9. Metal On Metal - Anvil
  10. Volumen Brutal - Baron Rojo
  11. Black Summer - Nightwing
  12. Acid - Acid
  13. Diamond Dreamer - Picture
  14. Metal Rock - Vanadium
  15. Assault Attack - Michael Schenker Group
  16. Battle Hymns - Manowar
  17. Turn It Loud - Headpins
  18. Death Penalty - Witchfinder General
  19. Pray for Metal - Axewitch
  20. Predator - Bitches Sin
  21. Wall of Sound - Killer
  22. Break Out - Trance
  23. One Vice at a Time - Krokus
  24. Stress - Stress
  25. TNT - TNT
1983
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  1. Melissa - Mercyful Fate
  2. Another Perfect Day - Motörhead
  3. Holy Diver - Dio
  4. Heavy Metal Maniac - Exciter
  5. See You in Hell - Grim Reaper
  6. Queensryche (EP) - Queensryche
  7. The Lord of Flies - Axewitch
  8. All for One - Raven
  9. Loose 'n' Lethal - Savage
  10. Armored Saint (EP) - Armored Saint
  11. Headhunter - Krokus
  12. Ecstasy and Danger - Ostrogoth
  13. Kill 'Em All - Metallica
  14. 220 Volt - 220 Volt
  15. Mean Streak - Y&T
  16. Show No Mercy - Slayer
  17. Fastway - Fastway
  18. Fire in the Brain - OZ
  19. Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies
  20. Piece of Mind - Iron Maiden
  21. Metal Health - Quiet Riot
  22. You Can't Stop Rock N Roll - Twisted Sister
  23. Burn This Town - Battleaxe
  24. Power and Glory - Saxon
  25. The Law of Devils Land - Loudness
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1984
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  1. Don't Break the Oath - Mercyful Fate
  2. King of the Dead - Cirith Ungol
  3. Haunting the Chapel (EP) - Slayer
  4. Morbid Tales - Celtic Frost
  5. Bathory - Bathory
  6. March of the Saint - Armored Saint
  7. ...And the Cannons of Destruction Have Begun - Warlord
  8. Rising Force - Yngwie Malmsteen
  9. Powerslave - Iron Maiden
  10. Saint Vitus - Saint Vitus
  11. Metal Church - Metal Church
  12. At War with Satan - Venom
  13. Psalm 9 - Trouble
  14. Speedway - Warhead
  15. Eye for an Eye - Corrosion of Conformity
  16. Neutralized - Talon
  17. The Last in Line - Dio
  18. Crusader - Saxon
  19. Give Em the Axe (EP) - Lizzy Borden
  20. Resurrection - Taist of Iron
  21. Bringer of Evil - Syron Vanes
  22. Summer Lightning - Wildfire
  23. Fist Held High - Thrust
  24. Ride the Lightning - Metallica 
  25. Live Undead - Slayer
1985
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  1. Seven Churches - Possessed
  2. The Return of Darkness and Evil - Bathory
  3. Power from Hell - Onslaught
  4. Infernal Overkill - Destruction
  5. DMN (EP) - Victim
  6. Guilty as Sin - Bloodlust
  7. Feel the Fire - Overkill
  8. Armies of the Night - Stormtrooper
  9. Fear of Tomorrow - Artillery
  10. Headhunter - Headhunter
  11. Behind the Realms of Madness - Sacrilege
  12. Runestaff - Runestaff
  13. Don't Take No for an Answer (EP) - Odin
  14. Branded and Exiled - Running Wild
  15. The Right to Rock - Keel
  16. Fear No Evil - Grim Reaper
  17. Rough Cutt - Rough Cutt
  18. The Bitter End - Excalibur
  19. Endless Pain - Kreator
  20. Disturbing the Peace - Alcatraz
  21. Skeptics Apocalypse - Agent Steel
  22. Live After Death - Iron Maiden
  23. Made in Hell - Flames
  24. Highly Strung - Chateaux
  25. Back to Attack - Gravestone
1986
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  1. ​Trilogy - Yngwie Malmsteen
  2. Street Lethal - Racer X
  3. Born to Fight - Vanadium
  4. Mayhemic Destruction - Mortal Sin
  5. Epicus Doomicus Metallicus - Candlemass
  6. The Son of Odin - Elixir
  7. Pleasure to Kill - Kreator
  8. Coroner's Office - Post Mortem
  9. The Age of Quarrel - Cro-Mags
  10. The Curse - Omen
  11. Heavier Than Thou - The Rods
  12. Graceful Inheritance - Heir Apparent
  13. Born Too Late - Saint Vitus
  14. Eternal Devastation - Destruction
  15. Torture Knows No Boundary (EP) - Heretic
  16. Darkness Descends - Dark Angel
  17. One Foot in Hell - Cirith Ungol 
  18. The Force - Onslaught
  19. Turbo - Judas Priest
  20. Torment in Fire - Sacrifice
  21. Crimson Glory - Crimson Glory
  22. Master of Puppets - Metallica
  23. Tredegar - Tredegar
  24. St. Elmo's Fire - St. Elmo's Fire 
  25. Mekong Delta - Mekong Delta
1987
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  1. Nightfall - Candlemass
  2. Into the Pandemonium - Celtic Frost
  3. Under the Jolly Roger - Running Wild
  4. Ruling the World - Tyrant
  5. Scream Bloody Gore - Death
  6. R.I.P. - Coroner
  7. Days of Reckoning - Pentagram
  8. Terrible Certainty - Kreator
  9. Among the Living - Anthrax
  10. Scum - Napalm Death
  11. Violent Termination - Devastation
  12. Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pt. 1 - Helloween
  13. Deathcrush - Mayhem
  14. The Ultra Violence - Death Angel
  15. Indestroy - Indestroy
  16. Abigail - King Diamond
  17. Crossover - D.R.I.
  18. Screams in the Night - Hellion
  19. Too Late to Pray - Tyrant
  20. Rock 'n' Roll - Motörhead
  21. Under the Sign of the Black Mark - Bathory
  22. The Eyes of Horror (EP) - Possessed
  23. Strength of Steel - Anvil
  24. Split Image - Excel
  25. The Legacy - Testament
1988
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  1. Blood Fire Death - Bathory
  2. Danzig - Danzig
  3. Forbidden Evil - Forbidden
  4. ...And Justice for All - Metallica
  5. Suffering Hour - Anacrusis
  6. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son - Iron Maiden
  7. Ancient Dreams - Candlemass
  8. The Sane Asylum - Blind Illusion
  9. Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pt. 2 - Helloween
  10. No Place for Disgrace - Flotsam and Jetsam
  11. No Sleep at All - Motorhead
  12. Ram It Down - Judas Priest
  13. The New Order - Testament
  14. Mournful Cries - Saint Vitus
  15. Punishment for Decadence - Coroner
  16. The Eyes of Time - Apocrypha
  17. Lesser of Two Evils - Steel Fury
  18. Survive - Nuclear Assault
  19. Terminal Velocity - Bloodlust
  20. Them - King Diamond
  21. O.T.T. - Exciter
  22. Eternal Nightmare - Vio-Lence
  23. Release from Agony - Destruction
  24. South of Heaven - Slayer
  25. Anno Domini - Tormentor
1989
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  1. Altars of Madness - Morbid Angel  (Both early and later version)
  2. The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste - Ministry
  3. Beneath the Remains - Sepultura
  4. Horsecore: An Unrelated Story That's Time Consuming - dead horse
  5. The Years of Decay - Overkill
  6. Worlds Neuroses - Living Death
  7. Streetcleaner - Godflesh
  8. Blue Murder - Blue Murder
  9. World Downfall - Terrorizer
  10. Handle with Care - Nuclear Assault
  11. Practice What You Preach - Testament
  12. Tales of Creation - Candlemass
  13. Time Will Tell - Fifth Angel
  14. Presage of Disaster - Midas Touch
  15. Fright Night - Stratovarius
  16. O.F.R. - Nitro
  17. Heresy - Paradox
  18. Signs of Life - Devastation
  19. In Search of Sanity - Onslaught
  20. A Higher From of Killing - Intruder
  21. No More Color - Coroner
  22. God Save the Scene - Tyranicide
  23. Thrash Zone - D.R.I.
  24. Auf Wiedersehen - Equinox
  25. Horrified - Repulsion