In celebration of Canada Day - a yearly event/holiday celebrating the anniversary of July 1st, 1867, which united three British colonies into a single country under the British Empire called Canada - we are counting down the key heavy musical masterworks in our history. Hence the the 30 Best Canadian Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Albums Of All-Time countdown which will run daily throughout July!

We've asked the BW&BK; scribes to list their faves of all-time and now we can present you with the list. And we will count-down one-a-day for 30 days! What better way to spent the dog days of summer than to visit BraveWords.com and check out which fine Canuck metal needs to be in your collection!

Without further adieu, let's keep rockin' eh!

#21) KIM MITCHELL - Akimbo Alogo (Alert - 1984)

After the break-up of MAX WEBSTER, guitarist and vocalist KIM MITCHELL found himself going solo, first cranking the massively amazing five-track Kim Mitchell EP, and then shortly after, this classic debut full-length. Max lyricist Pye Dubois was still on board, lending his child-like world view and humour to Kim’s versatile and varied music. A good four or five Canadian hits emerged, with anti-drink anthem ‘Go For Soda’ (embraced in the US by MADD and hitting #86 on the Billboard singles charts) and ballad ‘All We Are’ being the biggest. The ‘Rumour Has It’ guitar solo is this writer’s (Martin Popoff) favourite guitar solo of all time – check it out – and while we’re at it, ‘All We Are’ is about the smartest, coolest “power ballad” ever (again according to me), due to no less than its drumming, its guitar solo and the dual vocals of Kim Mitchell and Peter Fredette. Huge hit album for Kim in Canada (platinum/100,000 units sales-wise), as were the two follow-ups, Shakin’ Like A Human Being (his biggest) and Rockland, with three other of Mitchell’s records also achieving Canadian certifications. Kim is currently a radio show host for CILQ-FM (Q107) in Toronto.

The Top 30 Canadian Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Albums Of All-Time!

#30) TRIUMPH – Allied Forces (Attic – 1981)

#29) INTO ETERNITY - The Scattering Of Ashes (Century Media - 2006)

#28) WOODS OF YPRES - Against The Seasons: Cold Winter Songs From The Dead Summer Heat (Krackenhaus - 2002)

#27) GORGUTS - Obscura (Olympic - 1998)

#26) CONEY HATCH - Coney Hatch (Mercury - 1982)

#25) SLAUGHTER – Strappado (Diabolic Force – 1987)

#24) KICK AXE - Vices (Pasha/CBS - 1984)

#23) KILLER DWARFS – Stand Tall (1988)

#22) SACRIFICE - Forward To Termination (Fringe - 1987)

#21) KIM MITCHELL - Akimbo Alogo (Alert - 1984)