Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Going through my top 15 favorite metal albums from 1990. Thought this would be fun to revisit some older years' best of lists and discuss albums that have stood the test of time. These albums are all celebrating their 35th anniversary this year.

The albums I discuss today are as follows, in alphabetical order (for the ranked order, you will have to watch the video!):

Bathory - Hammerheart
Black Sabbath - Tyr
Blind Guardian - Tales from the Twilight World
Cannibal Corpse - Eaten Back to Life
Death - Spiritual Healing
Deicide - self titled
Gamma Ray - Heading for Tomorrow
Iced Earth - self titled
Judas Priest - Painkiller
King Diamond - The Eye
Manilla Road - The Courts of Chaos
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Obituary - Cause of Death
Testament - Souls of Black
Winter - Into Darkness