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Both Spence and Ed penned the blurbs for the various inclusions and their script is denoted by either "SD" or "ET." That said, in the semi-immortal words of Quiet Riot: " Bang your head! Metal health will drive you mad!" Enjoy! with input from various IGN Editors as well as loyal freelancer Ed Thompson with special thanks to reader Ryan and Ed's homey Steve. For the record, the list was compiled by Spence D. Feel free to slag us, praise us, or better yet send in your own list of Top 25 Metal Albums.

We could continue to expound upon the merits of the genre, instead, without further adieu, we bring you IGN Music's Top 25 Metal Albums list. Which is exactly why we decided to tackle a Top 25 Metal Albums list. It has weathered and outlasted Disco, New Wave, and even the Boy Band/Pretty Girl infestation that seemed to capture the vapid imaginations of the multitudes in the '90s. We can argue the roots of Heavy Metal all we want, but the real nut here is that the style has persevered through the ages. Sabbath would lay the groundwork by which all subsequent Metal outfits would adhere to. Known as an industrialized, blue collar, hard working community, Birmingham gave the world Black Sabbath, unquestionably the earliest and most popular proponents of Heavy Metal. And while legend has it that producer Sandy Pearlman (best known for his pioneering early work with Blue Oyster Cult) may have been the first person to actually utter the term "heavy metal" in direct reference to the style of music a band was playing, most modern music historians site the township of Birmingham, England as the birthplace of the music, if nothing else. Steppenwolf dropped the term in their 1968 classic "Born To Be Wild" likewise Iron Butterfly named their 1968 debut album Heavy and the band's name incorporated a popular (and obvious) form of metal in its moniker. Burroughs who named a character in his cult classic The Soft Machine "Uranian Willy, the Heavy Metal Kid." He furthered the term in Nova Express. Those with strong literary ties will no doubt proffer up the indomitable William S.

The term itself is of both chemical and metallurgical nature, used by chemists and the like for centuries.

The origins of the term "heavy metal" have been contested for years, at least in respect to its relationship to modern music.