In celebration of Canada Day (celebrated yearly on July 1st), 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 top ten and the best is yet to come!! 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!

Drum roll please … onward to the top hard rock/metal slabs from the Great White North of all time!

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

Devin Townsend’s a Canuck metal institution, one of Canada’s most prolific creative forces across all kinds of metal and dare we say neo-prog. But back on the band’s second album, the sound was a fresh and shocking extreme thrash, almost of a white noise variety, seductively sweetened by melodies out of CHEAP TRICK. It was a shocking sound but one instantly embraced by serious music fans who could rise to the challenge. Future albums would find the band morphing as any intense artistic unit is wont to do, leaving City as a magic snapshot of a complex idea brilliantly executed.

The band - which also featured Jed Simon on guitar, Byron Stroud on bass and drum monster Gene Hoglan (DEATH, TESTAMENT, FEAR FACTORY) - would eventually be recognized by fans and critics alike, who finally caught up with Townsend's vision as we all 'All Hail(ed) The New Flesh'!

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)