Indie News Poll: What Was The Best Rock & Metal Album Of 1986? January 1, 2026 / Accept – Russian Roulette AC/DC – Who Made Who Alcatrazz – Dangerous Games Alice Cooper – Constrictor Angel Witch – Frontal Assault Bad Brains – I Against I Black Sabbath – Seventh Star Bon Jovi – Slippery When Wet Britny Fox – In America Candlemass – Epicus Doomicus Metallicus Cirith Ungol – One Foot in Hell Crimson Glory – Crimson Glory Cro-Mags – The Age of Quarrel Crumbsuckers – Life of Dreams Cryptic Slaughter – Convicted Dark Angel – Darkness Descends Demon – Demon Desolation Angels – Desolation Angels Destruction – Eternal Devastation Europe – The Final Countdown Exciter – Unveiling the Wicked Exumer – Possessed by Fire Fates Warning – Awaken the Guardian Flotsam & Jetsam – Doomsday for the Deceiver Girlschool – Nightmare at Maple Cross Grave Digger – War Games Hallows Eve – Death & Insanity Hirax – Hate, Fear and Power Iron Maiden – Somewhere in Time Judas Priest – Turbo King Diamond – Fatal Portrait Kreator – Pleasure to Kill Krokus – Change of Address Lizzy Borden – Menace to Society Loudness – Lightning Strikes Manilla Road – The Deluge Martyr – Darkness at Time’s Edge Megadeth – Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying? Mekong Delta – Mekong Delta Messiah – Hymn To Abramelin Metal Church – The Dark Metallica – Master of Puppets Mortal Sin – Mayhemic Destruction Motörhead – Orgasmatron Nuclear Assault – Game Over Obsession – Scarred for Life Omen – The Curse Onslaught – The Force Ozzy Osbourne – The Ultimate Sin Phantom Lord – Evil Never Sleeps Poison – Look What the Cat Dragged In Possessed – Beyond the Gates Queen – A Kind of Magic Queensrÿche – Rage for Order Quiet Riot – QR III Racer X – Street Lethal Rage – Reign of Fear Ratt – Dancing Undercover Raven – The Pack Is Back Razor – Malicious Intent David Lee Roth – Eat ’Em and Smile Sabotage – Behind the Lines Sacrifice – Torment in Fire Sadus – D.T.P. Saint Vitus – Born Too Late Samhain – Samhain III: November-Coming-Fire Samurai – Weapon Master Satan – Into the Future Joe Satriani – Not of This Earth Savage Grace – After the Fall from Grace Savatage – Fight for the Rock Sepultura – Morbid Visions Slaughter – Strappado Slayer – Reign in Blood Sodom – Obsessed by Cruelty Sortilège – Larmes de Héros Steeler – Strike Back Stryper – To Hell with the Devil Tankard – Zombie Attack Tesla – Mechanical Resonance Thor – Recruits: Wild in the Streets Tony MacAlpine – Edge of Insanity Trilogy – Next in Line Triumph – The Sport of Kings Tygers of Pan Tang – First Kill Tyrant – Running Hot The Accüsed – The Return of… Martha Splatterhead Van Halen – 5150 Vardis – Vigilante Venom – Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Vinnie Moore – Mind’s Eye Vinnie Vincent Invasion – Vinnie Vincent Invasion Virgin Steele – Noble Savage Voivod – Rrröööaaarrr Vulcain – Big Brothers Vulcano – Bloody Vengeance W.A.S.P. – Inside the Electric Circus Whiplash – Power and Pain Yngwie Malmsteen – Trilogy
