The wait is over!!! In celebration of Canada Day, BraveWords.com has been counting down the 30 Best Canadian Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Albums Of All-Time throughout the month of July!

Meticulously compiled by the BW&BK; scribes, we have finally reached our #1 pick! We hope you enjoyed the countdown and would love to think it caused a little bit of debate! Thanks for soaking it all in!

Drum roll please - the Top Canadian Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album Of All-Time is…

#1) RUSH – Moving Pictures (Mercury - 1981)

Yeah we know, a little anti-climactic. Really, what other album in the history of time could be #1? Moving Pictures brought to gleaming fruition RUSH’s new and enthusiastic concern for housing their prog ideas within logical, sensible songs with strong frames. ‘The Spirit Of Radio’ is often cited as the first successful execution of this, and then… man, the boys go from strength to strength, firing off ‘Limelight’, ‘Red Barchetta’ and most notably ‘Tom Sawyer’, Rush’s most celebrated anthem and a badge of honour for air drummers the world over. There’s also world famous instrumental ‘YYZ’ and a whole second side of prog metal mania (including the breathtaking 'The Camera Eye') that can be visited time and time again for fresh revelations. Perhaps what is greatest testimony to the record, none of the scribes had any doubt Moving Pictures would win this poll - it was a foregone conclusion from the start.

Moving Pictures became Rush's biggest selling album in the US, hitting #3, and remains the band's most popular and commercially successful studio recording to date. The album was certified quadruple-platinum with four million copies sold as of January 27, 1995. In Canada the album is also

quadruple-platinum (400,000 units sold). The Moving Pictures 5.1 surround sound 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition hit stores on April 5th and it remarkably re-entered the Billboard 200 at #51!

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)

#17) EXCITER - Heavy Metal Maniac (Shrapnel 1983)

#16) BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE - Not Fragile (Mercury - 1974)

#15) SWORD - Metalized (Aquarius 1986)

#14) RUSH - A Farewell To Kings (Mercury 1977)

#13) ANNIHILATOR - Alice In Hell (Roadracer 1989)

#12) PILEDRIVER - Metal Inquisition (Cobra - 1985)

#11) RUSH – Hemispheres (Anthem – 1978)

#10 MAX WEBSTER - Universal Juveniles (Anthem - 1980)

#9) RAZOR - Evil Invaders (Attic - 1985)

#8) RUSH – Signals (Anthem – 1982)

#7) STRAPPING YOUNG LAD – City (Century Media – 1997)

#6) ANVIL - Forged In Fire (Attic - 1983)

#5) RUSH – 2112 (Anthem – 1976)

#4) EXCITER - Violence & Force (Banzai - 1984)

#3) VOIVOD – Dimension Hatross (BMG - 1988)

#2) ANVIL - Metal On Metal (Attic - 1982)

#1) RUSH – Moving Pictures (Mercury - 1981)