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!

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

After two wayward indies and a bit of a stodgy major label debut, Western Ontario’s HELIX unlocked the key to party rockin’ great white north style, through the likes of ‘Animal House’, ‘When The Hammer Falls’, Six Strings, Nine Lives’ and most righteously ‘Rock You’, made even more famous by the Trailer Park Boys. The classic video was filmed in a quarry in Kitchener, Ontario, and is known for the images of the boys in chains, covered in mud and guitarist Brent Doerner emerging from the water to play his guitar solo! Helix' covers of A FOOT IN COLD WATER's '(Make Me Do) Anything You Want' and CRAZY ELEPHANT's 'Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'' continue to be staples at classic rock radio to this day. The band also raised the ante on their show, decked out in leathers, vocalist brian Vollmer dealing the acrobatics along with his clarion roar to rock. Walkin’ The Razor’s Edge - possibly Canada’s greatest drinkin’ record - managed to hit #27 on the Canadian charts and #69 on the Billboard Top 200.

And like their Canuck metal brothers KICK AXE, one of Helix' biggest and most notable Canadian shows was in 1984 opening for the SCORPIONS's Heavy Metal Hurricane at Toronto's CNE Grandstand Stadium in front of nearly 25,000 fans with QUIET RIOT also on the bill!

Frontman Brian Vollmer remarks: "This was the CD that cast Helix into the international spotlight. It was produced by Rodney Mills, who also produced .38 SPECIAL, not exactly a heavy metal band. However, Rodney gave the album a very commercial touch. The album spawned the hit 'Rock You' which has become the signature song of the band over the years. Sometime this summer the tune will be featured on a Telus commercial."

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)