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Part one:voted the Spectre Within, one of the greatest masterpieces in heavy metal, John Arch's performance is out of this world.

Followed closely by 3 of the best thrash albums ever( Spreading the Disease, Killing is my business and Bonded by blood)and the german Speed metal masterpiece that is Helloween's st and Walls of Jericho(also from 85).

Followed by some other great 80s metal gems: Marching out, Sacred Heart, Metal heart, Thunder in the East, Under lock and key, Love you to pieces and the great and underrated Disturbing the Peace.

Haven't heard the Malice, Laaz Rockit, Keel and Cult albums yet; We Have Arrived is from 84 in my book(great album btw).

Part two: voted Feel the fuckin Fire, my favorite album from one of the best thrash bands, it has so much attitude and balls.

Followed by classic thrash albums Seven Churches, Hell Awaits and Speak english or die and classic 80s metal albums The Last Command, Theater of Pain, Soldiers under command and Innocence is no excuse.

Also, Twisted Sister's The Fire Still Burns and the title track from Savatage's Power of the Night are classic heavy metal anthems.

I have yet to hear the Warlock, Venom, Trouble, Pantera, Running Wild and Raven albums and i think soldiers of the Night is from 86, and Metal Curch's st from 84.

Last but not least, some other great albums, such as Magnum's On a Storyteller's Night, Bon Jovi's 7800 degrees Fahrenheit, Gary Moore's Run for Cover, Destruction's infernal overkill, Kreator's Endless Pain, Grim Reaper's Fear no Evil, Manilla Road's Open the Gates, Agent Steel's Skeptics Apocalypse should be added to the list, imo.

imo, it is pretty unfair to put Operation Mindcrime against Keeper 1; it should be Mincrime vs Keepers 1&2 and Empire vs Pink Bubbles(which is a good album, imo).

anyway, here are my votes:

1. Walls of Jericho (a tough one)

2. Operation Mindcrime

3. Empire(very tough one)

4. Master of the Rings(though i haven't heard Promised Land for ages)

5. the Dark Ride( never heard it, but Q2K was crap,imo)

6. rabbit Don't Come Easy

BJ-st

DL-High n Dry(easily)

DL-Pyromania

BJ-New Jersey(easily)

BJ-Keep the Faith

BJ-These Days(not that easy)

all the choices were quite tough, but here are the answers:

1. Screaming for Vengeance

2. Defenders of the Faith

3. Turbo

4. Somewhere in Time

5. Painkiller

6. No Prayer

Freddie Mercury, quite obviously;the greatest singer in hard rock and rock in general.

Other favorites : Paul Stanley, Geddy Lee, steve Perry, RJ Dio and Klaus Meine.

Breaker

1. starlight

2. Breaker

3. Run if you can

Restless and Wild

1. Fast as a Shark

2. Ahead of the Pack

3. Restless and Wild

Balls to the Wall

1. Balls to the Wall

2. Head over Heels

3. Loosing more than you ever had

Metal heart

1. Screaming for a lovebite

2. Wrong is right

3. Midnight mover

Russian Roulette

1. Aiming High

2. Another Second to be

3. TV War

Iron Maiden

1. Prowler

2. Phantom of the Opera

3. Remember Tomorrow

Killers

1. Wrathchild

2. Killers

3. Purgatory

NOTB

1. Invaders(one of my favorites)

2. Children of the Damned

3. Total Eclipse

Piece of Mind

1. Sun and Steel

2. To Tame a Land

3. Revelations

Powerslave

1. Aces High

2. Powerslave

3. The Rhyme

Somwhere in time

1. Sea of Madness

2. Alexander the Great

3. Caught Somwhere in Time

SSOASS

1. The Evil that men do

2. Moonchild

3. The Prophecy

NPFTD

1. No Prayer

2. Tailgunner

3. The Assassin

Fear of the Dark

1. Be Quick or be Dead

2. childhood's end

3. Afraid to Shoot Strangers

the X Factor

1.Look for the Truth

2. The Sign of the Cross

3. Lord of the Flies

actually all the songs, this may be my favorite Maiden album(the b sides are very good too)

Virtual XI

1. Futureal

2. The Clansman

3. The Angel and the Gambler( i know everyone hates this one; i think it fuckin rocks...even if it's over-repetitive)

Brave New World

1. Fallen Angel

2. Blood Brothers

3. Ghost of the Navigator

Dance of Death

1. Paschendale

2. Dance of Death

3. Montsegur

AMOLAD

1. Longest Day

2. Out of the Shadows

3. Lord of Light

AMOLAD and Dance of Death are by far my least favorite Maiden albums.