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Metal Hammer
Metal Hammer
Entertainment
Stephen Hill

10 classic metal albums that should be played live in full (but haven’t yet)

Album art by Iron Maiden, Limp Bizkit and Slayer.

Last week, two of the definitive metal bands of the 2000s, Trivium and Bullet For My Valentine, announced that they would be going out on a joint headlining tour early next year. And, even better, they’ll be celebrating the 20th anniversaries of their classics, Ascendancy and The Poison, by playing them in full.

It’s a popular trend in music these days, but even with the likes of Metallica and Slayer playing their definitive albums from front to back over the years, there are still plenty of metal albums that we haven’t heard in their entirety live. Here are 10 legendary records we’d love to see played in full.

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