The Best Metal Albums of 1987

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Rank	Artist / Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Helloween Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I	May 23, 1987	92.5	128	11
2	Guns N' Roses Appetite for Destruction	Jul 21, 1987	92.8	114	6
3	Whitesnake Whitesnake [aka 1987]	Apr 7, 1987	93.7	78	9
4	Judas Priest Priest... Live! [Live]	Jun 29, 1987	93.2	64	5
5	Ozzy Osbourne Tribute: Randy Rhoads [Live]	May 26, 1987	93.3	54	3
6	Def Leppard Hysteria	Aug 3, 1987	92.3	58	6
7	Sodom Persecution Mania	Dec 1, 1987	92.3	48	4
8	부활 (Boohwal) II : Remember	Nov 1987	92.9	41	4
9	Sepultura Schizophrenia	Oct 30, 1987	90.7	56	3
10	Testament The Legacy	Apr 21, 1987	89.9	66	6
11	Anthrax Among the Living	Mar 22, 1987	89.3	73	4
12	King Diamond Abigail	Jun 1987	90.7	47	4
13	Candlemass Nightfall	Nov 9, 1987	93.1	22	2
14	Bathory Under the Sign of the Black Mark	May 11, 1987	90	43	6
15	Dark Quarterer Dark Quarterer	1987	93.3	20	1
16	Death Scream Bloody Gore	May 25, 1987	87.8	62	4
17	Gary Moore Wild Frontier	Mar 9, 1987	92.9	18	0
18	Kreator Terrible Certainty	Sep 22, 1987	89.4	35	2
19	Anthem Bound to Break	Mar 1, 1987	90.8	23	2
20	Cacophony Speed Metal Symphony	1987	88.9	32	4
21	Joe Satriani Surfing With the Alien	Oct 15, 1987	89.7	26	2
22	Tony MacAlpine Maximum Security	1987	91	18	2
23	TNT Tell No Tales	Apr 13, 1987	91.6	13	0
24	Vow Wow Vow Wow V	Sep 5, 1987	94.5	6	1
25	Coroner R.I.P	Jun 1, 1987	89.7	17	0
26	Savatage Hall of the Mountain King	Sep 28, 1987	89.5	16	2
27	Napalm Death Scum	Jul 1, 1987	85.9	34	2
28	Exodus Pleasures of the Flesh	1987	87.9	20	1
29	Mötley Crüe Girls, Girls, Girls	May 15, 1987	86.4	28	2
30	Aerosmith Permanent Vacation	Aug 1987	87.9	17	1
31	Dokken Back for the Attack	Nov 27, 1987	87.4	19	3
32	White Lion Pride	Jun 21, 1987	86.9	21	3
33	Baekdoosan King of Rock'n Roll	Aug 20, 1987	85.4	27	0
34	Toxik World Circus	1987	91.7	6	0
35	Gehenna En busca del valle de Gehenna	Apr 1987	87.7	15	1
36	Sinawe Down and Up	1987	87.1	16	2
37	Grim Reaper Rock You to Hell	Sep 5, 1987	85.9	19	1
38	Trouble Run to the Light	Jul 15, 1987	92.5	4	0
39	Whiplash Ticket to Mayhem	Aug 2, 1987	92.5	4	0
40	Voivod Killing Technology	Apr 3, 1987	88.9	9	0
41	Celtic Frost Into the Pandemonium	Nov 2, 1987	82.6	35	2
42	Destruction Mad Butcher [EP]	1987	88.9	8	0
43	Alice Cooper Raise Your Fist and Yell	1987	90	6	0
44	Manowar Fighting the World	May 14, 1987	86.9	12	0
45	Dio Dream Evil	Jul 30, 1987	83.7	25	2
46	Rush Hold Your Fire	Sep 8, 1987	88.6	8	1
47	Pretty Maids Future World	Apr 20, 1987	86.8	12	2
48	Sacred Reich Ignorance	Oct 1987	91.3	4	1
49	Agent Steel Unstoppable Force	Mar 1987	89.2	6	1
50	Metallica The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited [EP]	Aug 21, 1987	85.2	15	0

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