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!

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

Jeff Waters is a shred-headed Canuck institution, having stuck to his guns through a vast catalogue of precision, accessible thinking-man's thrash, rocking now more than 20 years down the line. But back in ’89, we had the band’s debut, a “commercial” thrash semi-classic along the lines of MEGADETH (rumor has it Mustaine has always wanted to work with Jeff), ANTHRAX or METALLICA, not without faults, but studded with metal events, production plushness, and precision rhythms that would presage the rise of PANTERA. Pretty weird seeing DOA’s old vocalist Randy Rampage in this pure and committed metal guise, but there ya go. Waters is known for his revolving door of musicians, but certainly one of those consistent, treasured Canuck metal all-stars.

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)