The Top 500 Heavy Metal Albums of All Time

thanks ix intro xiii listings 1(414) appendix 1 top 500 at a glance 415(11) appendix 2 top 500 sorted by band 426(11) appendix 3 points by country: top 10 437(1) appendix 4 some freewheeling observations 438(2) appendix 5 points by band 440(2) appendix 6 a few ``thematic'' top tens 442(4) appendix 7 points by year: top 10 446(1) appendix 8 martin popoff's top 25 447