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!

#18) CRYPTOPSY - None So Vile (Wrong Again Records - 1996)

CRYPTOPSY were seen as the quicker, smarter, more stratospheric cousins of Quebec deathsters KATAKLYSM, suddenly, vaulting to international status, if not by this their second record, certainly after a couple more. Still, None So Vile was seen as an increase of intensity for a tired death scene, combining extremity and serious rhythmic complexity, welling up from percussion wizard Flo Mounier. The album saw reissue twice, underscoring its imprint on death. It was the last album to feature vocalist Lord Worm, until his return on 2005's Once Was Not and the cover artwork is a painting of Herodias With the Head of John the Baptist by Elisabetta Sirani.

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)

#20) VOIVOD - Nothingface (Mechanic - 1989)

#19) HELIX – Walkin’ The Razor’s Edge (Capital - 1984)

#18) CRYPTOPSY - None So Vile (Wrong Again Records - 1996)