Here’s some more honorable mentions: Testament - Souls of Black Forbidden - Twisted Into Form Sacred Reich - The American Way Death Angel - Act III Vio-lence - Oppressing the Masses Sanctuary - Into the Mirror Black These albums helped me get through my freshman year of high school. 🤘

I’m one of those Painkiller fans!

1990 was such a great year for metal. Some of my favorites are: Megadeth - Rust in Peace Death Spiritual Healing Kreator - Coma of Souls Annihilator - Never Neverland Death Angel - Act III Pantera - Cowboys from Hell Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss

Rust in Peace by Megadeth is a masterpiece record for thrash metal and music in general.

I keep listening to "Rust In Peace" and it keeps to amaze me how it's still so fresh. Its sound, metrics, mood, change of pace, etc. are all still so top of the line more than 30 years later. Unbelievable. I would give all my money to be in that recording studio and see with my eyes such a piece of art being made. I really think it's the best thrash album in all human history.

Rust in Peace is one of the greatest albums ever made, it definitely deserves the number 1 spot🔥🤘🤘

Trouble S/T from 1990 is one of the greatest albums ever

Painkiller is a 5 every day of the week. I nearly done myself an injury when it got a 3...

Darn. No Annihilator Never, Never Land.

3 out of 5 for Painkiller ... you need to check your head Martin!

"it wasn't nu metal, which didn't even exist yet".... What a time to be alive. 🤘

My top 10 metal albums of 1990: 1. Megadeth- Rust in Peace 2. Judas Priest- Painkiller 3. Annihilator- Never, Neverland 4. Artillery- By Inheritance 5. Xentrix- For Whose Advantage 6. Pantera- Cowboys From Hell 7. Slayer- Seasons In The Abyss 8. King Diamond- The Eye 9. Black Sabbath- TYR 10. Death- Spiritual Healing Edit: Somehow i forgot Empire by Queensryche. Its another gem that deserves a spot on the list

3 out of 5 for Painkiller??? Are you serious?

Hard to argue with that top 5, but some more honorable mentions: Warrior Soul - Last Decade Dead Century Death Angel - Act III Prong - Beg To Differ

Painkiller from Judas Priest was the first album of metal I heard in my life, it will be always the n° 1 album for me in every top

I respectfully disagree about Anthrax Persistence of Time, I love that album, one of my favorites and a major step up from State of Euphoria. Got The Time is a great song.

Pain killer should have been at least 4 /5.

Painkiller is a 6/5. Okay, at least 5. There can be no doubt. In 1990 buying the vinyl hearing the intro I was like "what the....". Then hearing the vocals "what the...." Then the solo "what the...." then the end "what the...". Then hell patrol starts and the "what the...." moments starts all over untill the end of one shot at glory! Now I am again "what the..." withis rating!

"Left Hand Path was -not my favorite- the ONLY era of Entombed." Fixed it.

You never often see guitar players "overhauling" their technique like KK and Glenn did on Painkiller...I've heard they even hired guitar teachers to perfect their sweeps and whatnot.

Popoff's a Love/Hate fan... dudes my new hero, Love/Hate rules. Finally some recognition for a band who should've been bigger imo.

Disappointed Persistence of Time didn't make it. I just really like how Anthrax went a little bit darker on that one. Act III would never make the top 5 but I really think it deserves a shout out. A lot of experimentation on that one.

5 out 5 for Slayer? Hell YES!!! Great review on Seasons...

I love Overkill Rewind! And Martin Poppoff is my professor! Hahahaha

Napalm Death "Harmony Corruption" Cannibal Corpse "Eaten Back To Life" Iced Earth 'self titled'

I respect these picks, but I'm sad Bathory's Hammerheart didn't make it in.

Painkiller gets 3/5? Wrong! Mr. Halford was on effing fire.

Great one Martin!

Bathory doesn’t get enough respect 😔

I feel if Alice In Chains had come from any other city, they would not be considered grunge. And most likely grouped in with Danzig and Faith no more.

That Painkiller Vinyl is sick af BRUUHH 3/5 😥

Glad to see Kreator’s Coma Of Souls at least getting mentioned. I love this album, and it seems to be consistently overlooked in their catalog.

Slayer - Seasons In the Abyss ... cant be beat.. yeah thats it!

Never been a blues guy but Lucifuge is amazing 🤘🏼

Deicide - Deicide Paradise lost - lost paradise Napalm death - harmony corruption Winter - Into Darkness

I've said it before, the skull rating on these Rewind series has got to go. Every album is 5/5, or we wouldn't be discussing them 30+ years later. I voted for RiP as it's unquestionably one of the greatest albums ever, let alone 1990. If it had come out a different year I would have picked Left Hand Path for the #1 spot. Even though JP is my favorite band all time, I agree with Popoff that the lyrics on Painkiller are a little cheesy. Still a 5/5 album though, just for the leads and drums alone.

I still stand by the opinion that this is the best year in metal.

I like Painkiller more than 3/5

Painkiller: 3/5... WTF, Mister Popoff?!

Great freaking list man 🤘

Thanks for the King's X and Trouble. You're probably the only person I've ever heard rate Persistence lower than Euphoria though.

For me, this is very close to a comprehensive summary of the best metal from this year. I was 15 and grew up in this era and although I have to do my homework on a couple of these albums, I'm impressed and excited these albums have been voted up by the people. I cracked open the shrink wrap on Rust In Peace and Painkiller the week they released and spent many hours after listening on a Sony Discman and Sony MDRV6 headphones. CFH changed everything, I lost my mind hearing it for the first time on cassette in a friends car. I slept with the lights on in my room for a week after listening to Seasons, I could go on and on but AIC, Death, Suicidal, King's X...man! what a killer year for metal. It's validating to see these masterpieces celebrated 30+ years later and showing no sign of stopping! Thank you Martin for your continued passion and contribution and BangerTV as a vehicle to the masses for Metal!!

Nocturnus, Atheist and Demolition Hammer's records all come to mind as worthy records from that year

Mr. Popoff always keeping it real.

Demolition Hammer, need I say anything more?!?!

My favourites: Pain Killer (Judas Priest) Rust in Peace (Megadeth) Lock Up The Wolves (Dio)

Nice to see King's X get some love. They're hella slept on.

WTF, Persistence of Time is a fucking Masterpiece it's amazing!

Danzig 2 is also my fav album of their discography.

KIMB and Peace Sells had already rivaled Metallica in technical ability in my opinion

That self titled from Trouble is an absolute banger. Really underappreciated band and album as a whole.

Slayer Seasons in the Abyss

Sorry but painkiller is a 5/5 album. Though you are right the lyrics aren't that deep but they aren't that bad either. And the music is just... It's just one of the greatest metal albums of all time. Period. But then again I'm one of those younger fans 😏

No 'Tortured Existence' from Demolition Hammer? Yeah, right.

Thanks for the Suicidal Tendencies mention !!!!

What's wrong with Peace Sells...Martin?

Impact is Imminent from Exodus was awesome. Didn't seem to get much love back in the day and I still don't hear much for it.

Dear Martin, thank you very much for this video. I just discovered it (a little bit late, I know). This are my top 5 metal albums of 1990: 1. Vicious Rumors "Vicious Rumors" 2. Entombed "Left Hand Path" 3. Bathory "Hammerheart" 4. Lethal "Programmed" 5. King Diamond "The Eye" And yes there are Judas Priest, Kreator, Apocrypha, Nocturnus, Psychotic Waltz, Megadeth, Sanctuary, Testament, Tiamat, U.D.O., Kreator, Gamma Ray, Centaur, Benediction, Atheist, Artillery and Death.

Exhorder, "Slaughter In The Vatican" needed to be part of the honorable mentions. A killer album from a killer band!

1.Rust. 2. Seasons 3.Painkiller 4. Cowboys 5. No prayer for me.

I’m hurt by Annihilator’s absence

Damn, Bathory - Hammerheart was one of my favorites. But I probably would have picked also RIP before that. Recardles Hammerheart was one step forward with viking/folk metal which has evolved a lot since.

DANZIG II (Lucifuge) incredible masterpiece!! You are The man Martin! Salud from Mallorca Island

Martin you are definitely brilliant! Thank You!

No love for annihilator?

1. Cowboys 2. Rust 3. Seasons 4. Left Hand 5. Painkiller all five skulls for me!

Amazing year for metal. Excellent list . Perfect

Rust in Peace deserves the top spot for sure. I liked Peace Sells' raw thrashiness a bit more but Rust is for sure is a prog thrash uberpeice... Agree with Martin about Suicidal as well.. always overlooked and shit upon band but some of their guitar work and especially on How will I Laugh is exemplary.. IMO..

1990 was a pretty big year for metal. Tough list to make.... Now bring on 1986,1989,1983...

1990 was when I finally moved into CD's. The 5 albums I probably still listen to the most from that year: Obituary - Cause of Death Trouble - self-titled Forbidden - Twist Into Form Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss Primus - Frizzle Fry

Awesome reviews from Popov - I agreed with every single rating - up to Megadeath ( Max: 3/5). As I missed to vote - here’s my top 10 (as if anyone cares): 1. Slayer - Skeleton of Society 2. Danzig - II, Lucifuge 3. Entombed - Left Hand Path 4. Pantera - Cowboys from Hell 5. Celtic Frost - Vanity/Nemesis 6. Death - Spiritual Healing 7. Alice In Chains - Facelift 8. Iron Maiden - No Prayer for the Dying 9. Paradise Lost - Lost Paradise 10. Kreator - Coma of Souls Megadeath had a decent release, just like Dio, Judas, Bathory & ACDC +++ many others. (I can't really rate Obituary as I heard them years later...)

Props for showing the Flipside cover. They were LA's best punk rock fanzine ever.

Lights... Camera... Revolution.

Death Angel - Act III surely an honourable mention

Honorable mentions: Queensrÿche - Empire Extreme - Extreme II: Pornograffitti Steelheart - Steelheart Bathory - Hammerheart

Iron Maiden's No Prayer for the Dying. It's a good album. Not sure how it didn't even get a mention?

There is nothing to argue about for the first 3 albums. But Queensryche - Empire and AC/DC - The Razor's Edge should be in the top 5 in my opinion. My Top 5: 1. MEGADETH - Rust in Peace 2. QUEENSRŸCHE - Empire 3. SLAYER - Seasons in the Abyss 4. JUDAS PRIEST - Painkiller 5. AC/DC - The Razors Edge Honorable mentions: BRUCE DICKINSON - Tattooed Millionaire BLIND GUARDIAN - Tales from the Twilight World SUICIDAL TENDENCES - Lights... Camera... Revolution! IRON MAIDEN - No Prayer for the Dying ANNIHILATOR - Never, Neverland

Day Of Death! I was at that show and still have my flyer which a lot of the bands signed! Wow! Great to see that flyer in this video.

I graduated in 1990 and so did heavy metal!!!

A day of death, $10 ticket, with a mindblowing lineup. Gotta get Doc to rev up the Delorean and go back to 1990!!!

Damn. Actually a pretty good year for metal. Never realized.

Blind Guardian Tales from the Twilight World should have been somewhere on this list

I must say that 1990 is my favorite year for metal. Love all these albums which I usually don’t for this series.

I too would love to have seen Danzig II.

You've got to give credit to Martin, he always gives his honest opinion and ratings, despite knowing people will diagree - 3 out of 5 for Painkiller - Wow! I will let him off though for mentioning Trouble and Danzig 2, both great albums. I also think Iron Maiden's No Prayer for the Dying is under rated, not as good compared to their earlier 80's stuff, but still better than anything released since.

Grunge didn't explode until 1991. However the year 1990 was a time when Underground/ Alternative Rock was starting to make some noise courtesy of releases by Janes Addiction, The Pixies, Sonic Youth & Faith No More who appeared on SNL.

I always enjoy your videos. From your selections, my score is... Entombed 5/5 Pantera 0/5 Slayer 3/5 Judas Priest 4/5 Megadeth (Haven't heard it)

Entombed should have gotten at least two popcorns and three sodas...

Thrash and grunge took over in the 90's, but I was still listening to Motley Crue and Iron Maiden

my birth year. RIP my favorite metal album of all time

May I suggest a change of system? Instead of just selecting one, just have us choose our top 3 and in each comment we rank the 3 choice: 3rd place gets point, 2nd place gets 2 and 1st gets 3 points. I know it will take more time, but let's be honest: It sucks to leave out possible picks that won't even get an honorable mention + there's not an infinite number of years we can go back & revisit, so...

Such a massive year for metal

1-Eaten Back to Life, 2-Cause of Death, 3-Rust in Peace, 4-Cowboys from Hell, 5- Seasons in the Abyss

I’ll do a personal non Metal ish list, but am curious if you liked that Ian Gillian album released that year Martin? 1. Jawbreaker “Unfun” 2. Uncle Tupelo “No Depression” 3. Iron Maiden “No Prayer For the Dying” 4. Sonic Youth “Goo” 5. AC/DC “The Razors Edge”

My Top 5 from 1990 Exhorder - Slaughter In The Vatican Anthrax - Persistence Of Time Deicide - Deicide Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss Megadeth - Rust In Peace

Solid list and summed up my love for Pantera 100%! I loved Metallica- they were so heavy! And then i heard Pantera and Metallica's Black album came out and my 11 year old self found a new direction

1990 was such a great year for metal. My favourite one is Death Angel - ACT III and others that were not even even mentioned Living Colour's Time's Up, Deicide's debut, Sacred Reich's American Way, Tankard's Meaning of Life and Prong's Beg To Differ come to mind.

5. Alice In Chains - Facelift 4. Judas Priest - Painkiller 3. Pantera - Cowboys From Hell 2. Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss 1. Megadeth - Rust In Peace

Suicidal Tendencies - Lights...Camera... Revolution!!

What a year for metal