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Top 11 Favourite Metal Albums Of 1984


Plus my top three favourite tracks from each release. \m/

Non-Metal mentions:
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Hyæna (Goth)

Created by: blackwreath13 | 20.07.2021



1. Metallica - Ride The Lightning
1984 (Thrash) The Call of Ktulu, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Ride the Lightning
2. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
1984 (NWOBHM) Powerslave, Aces High, Rime of the Ancient Mariner
3. Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith
1984 (Heavy) The Sentinel, Eat Me Alive, Jawbreaker
4. Trouble - Psalm 9
1984 (Doom) Psalm 9, Revelation (Life or Death), Victim of the Insane
5. Grim Reaper - See You In Hell
1984 (NWOBHM) See You in Hell, Wrath of the Ripper, Run For Your Life
6. Dio - The Last In Line
1984 (Heavy) We Rock, The Last In Line, Evil Eyes
7. Saint Vitus - Saint Vitus
1984 (Doom) Burial At Sea, Saint Vitus, Zombie Hunger
8. Metal Church - Metal Church
1984 (Heavy) Metal Church, Beyond The Black, Battalions
9. Bathory - Bathory
1984 (Proto-Black) Necromansy, Raising the Dead, Reaper
10. Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath
1984 (Heavy) Desecration of Souls, A Dangerous Meeting, Gypsy
11. Manowar - Hail To England
1984 (Power) Blood of My Enemies, Hail To England, Kill With Power



Disclaimer: All top lists are unofficial and do not represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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26.07.2021 - 23:41
F3ynman
Nocturnal Bro
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I love the top three! I haven't listened to the last three though... (I would've put Metal Church in there personally)
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27.07.2021 - 09:52
blackwreath13
Written by F3ynman on 26.07.2021 at 23:41

I love the top three! I haven't listened to the last three though... (I would've put Metal Church in there personally)

Well Psalm 9 is a classic traditional Doom album, considered an essential in the genre. See You In Hell is an underrated album from underrated Heavy Metal band Grim Reaper who had the rotten luck of just missing the NWOBHM movement and subsequently becoming a punching bag for esteemed music critics Beavis & Butthead. Bathory is pure raw, unpolished 1st Wave Black Metal and arguably the most extreme album of the year, it just barely made the cut over Don't Break the Oath... Maybe Metal Church will push it out when I finally hear the whole thing but at the moment I've still only heard the first two tracks.
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27.07.2021 - 14:35
F3ynman
Nocturnal Bro
Contributor
Written by blackwreath13 on 27.07.2021 at 09:52

Written by F3ynman on 26.07.2021 at 23:41

I love the top three! I haven't listened to the last three though... (I would've put Metal Church in there personally)

Well Psalm 9 is a classic traditional Doom album, considered an essential in the genre. See You In Hell is an underrated album from underrated Heavy Metal band Grim Reaper who had the rotten luck of just missing the NWOBHM movement and subsequently becoming a punching bag for esteemed music critics Beavis & Butthead. Bathory is pure raw, unpolished 1st Wave Black Metal and arguably the most extreme album of the year, it just barely made the cut over Don't Break the Oath... Maybe Metal Church will push it out when I finally hear the whole thing but at the moment I've still only heard the first two tracks.

Thanks for the explanations! I guess I'll have to check those albums out.
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03.08.2021 - 12:53
blackwreath13
Written by F3ynman on 27.07.2021 at 14:35

Written by blackwreath13 on 27.07.2021 at 09:52

Written by F3ynman on 26.07.2021 at 23:41

I love the top three! I haven't listened to the last three though... (I would've put Metal Church in there personally)

Well Psalm 9 is a classic traditional Doom album, considered an essential in the genre. See You In Hell is an underrated album from underrated Heavy Metal band Grim Reaper who had the rotten luck of just missing the NWOBHM movement and subsequently becoming a punching bag for esteemed music critics Beavis & Butthead. Bathory is pure raw, unpolished 1st Wave Black Metal and arguably the most extreme album of the year, it just barely made the cut over Don't Break the Oath... Maybe Metal Church will push it out when I finally hear the whole thing but at the moment I've still only heard the first two tracks.

Thanks for the explanations! I guess I'll have to check those albums out.

Updated with your suggestions.
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03.08.2021 - 17:45
F3ynman
Nocturnal Bro
Contributor
Written by blackwreath13 on 03.08.2021 at 12:53

Updated with your suggestions.

Looks great!
By the way, I've made a new list about my favorite album opening songs. Could you check it out and tell me what you think?
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03.08.2021 - 17:50
blackwreath13
Written by F3ynman on 03.08.2021 at 17:45

Written by blackwreath13 on 03.08.2021 at 12:53

Updated with your suggestions.

Looks great!
By the way, I've made a new list about my favorite album opening songs. Could you check it out and tell me what you think?

Sure thing!
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23.07.2022 - 18:13
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
Contributor
Even better year than the previous, could well be the best year of the decade for me, so many all time classics!

Here's my list:

1. Metallica - Ride The Lightning
2. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
3. Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath
4. Warlord - And The Cannons Of Destruction Have Begun...
5. Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith
6. Metal Church - Metal Church
7. W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P.
8. Dio - The Last In Line
9. Scorpions - Love At First Sting
10. Bathory - Bathory
11. Van Halen - 1984
12. Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
13. Whitesnake - Slide It In
14. Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction
15. Armored Saint - March Of The Saint
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23.07.2022 - 18:33
Redel
Moderator
Metal fully grown up and present, some of the best albums of all time were released this year.

My list goes:

1. Iron Maiden Powerslave
2. Metallica Ride the lightning
3. Mercyful Fate Don't break the oath
4. Judas Priest Defenders of the faith
5. Cirith Ungol King of the dead
6. Yngwie Malmsteem Rising force
7. DIO The last in line
8. W.A.S.P. W.A.S.P.
9. Metal Church Metal Church
10. Trouble Psalm 9
11. Saxon Crusader
12. Twisted Sister Stay hungry
13. Manowar Hail to England
14. Fates Warning Night on Bröcken
15. Armored Saint March of the saint
16. Queensryche The warning
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23.07.2022 - 18:46
Roman Doez
Hallucigenia
Now we're talking, some really solid stuff this year!

1. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
2. Megadeth - Last Rites
3. Slayer - Haunting the Chapel
4. Hellhammer - Apocalyptic Raids
5. Metallica - Ride the Lightning
6. Genocide - Toxic Metal
7. Gai - Extermination (Hardcore Punk)
8. Bathory - Bathory
9. Swans - Young God
10. Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales
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