GMD Poll: Top 10 Metal Albums of 1983

[Krow]

I'll cry if Vanilla Load is #1

No way it beat Melissa or Show No Mercy.

 

[CiG]

I'll cry if Vanilla Load is #1

All you do is cry so what would be new.

 

[crimsonfloyd]

Manilla Road beat Metallica! Fuck yeah!

Dio at 7 is a joke.

 

[no country for old wainds]

Dio at 7 is a joke.

it's arguably the album most indebted to rock music on this list so i'm not sure why mr. "metal becomes purer the further it strays from rock music" is batting its corner

personally i like some tunes on HOLY DIVER plenty but i've never taken to it the way i love, say, the title track of HEAVEN AND HELL or my favourite rainbow songs, for whatever reason.

 

[CiG]

"Vanilla Road" is a pretty savage burn though.

 

[crimsonfloyd]

it's arguably the album most indebted to rock music on this list so i'm not sure why mr. "metal becomes purer the further it strays from rock music" is batting its corner.

personally i like some tunes on HOLY DIVER plenty but i've never taken to it the way i love, say, the title track of HEAVEN AND HELL or my favourite rainbow songs, for whatever reason.

How are the two notions incompatible? Just because something becomes purer, it doesn't mean it's de facto better. Holy Diver is phenomenal for what it is: a set of authentic, emotive, and catchy, mainstream metal songs. They are farily simple and direct, but absolutely nail the formula. It just aboub perfects what it aimed to achieve.

 

[The Ozzman]

All you do is cry so what would be new.

You can go to Jolly Pirate Donuts and take a two hour shit for all I care

 

[HamburgerBoy]

what it aimed to achieve.

Inferred opinions, exhibit C.

 

[CiG]

You can go to Jolly Pirate Donuts and take a two hour shit for all I care

 

[-CC-]

Did NOT expect Dio that low on the list...

 

[alex76]

Metallica at fucking five. There's just no Justice!

Well... at least until we get to '88!

 

[Baroque]

If TB had put Dio at #3 would it be higher?

 

[no country for old wainds]

it would've got 6th by half a point. instead, he put europe 3rd and more than doubled its total score, guaranteeing it not only double figures but a spot in the overall top 20.

 

[crimsonfloyd]

If I hadn't dropped Metallica, would it have been higher? I had it ranked 4th.

 

[no country for old wainds]

didn't affect anything no

 

[no country for old wainds]

4) Crystal Logic by Manilla Road
I will never put my sword down...

"Only a fool would think anything other than Crystal Logic is the best Manilla Road album." - @Master_Yoda77

Chosen by:
Vegard Pompey (#1)
CASSETTEISGOD (#1)
rms (#1)
Master_Yoda77 (#1)
Vilden (#2)
crimsonfloyd (#2)
EspaDa (#3)
Krow (#3)
Talos of Atmora (#3)
Mort Divine (#4)
RadicalThrasher (#5)
Phylactery (#5)
no country for old wainds (#5)
Slayed Necros (#5)
zerostatic (#5)
H.P. Lovecraft (n/a)

 

[Master_Yoda77]

What a fucking amazing album. Nothing else on the list really peaks quite as high as that album and then have songs like Feeling Free Again and The Ram. There is just something magical about CL that really sets it above and beyond nearly everything. It's weird, wickedly catchy, and something to behold. It also has one of the coolest album arts ever.

 

[no country for old wainds]

3) Piece of Mind by Iron Maiden
See the madman in his gaze...

"Piece Of Mind is an unequivocal masterpiece". @CASSETTEISGOD

Chosen by:
HamburgerBoy (#1)
EspaDa (#1)
no country for old wainds (#1)
Talos of Atmora (#1)
Atomic Tide (#1)
Vilden (#1)
CASSETTEISGOD (#2)
Vegard Pompey (#3)
crimsonfloyd (#3)
RadicalThrasher (#4)
Phylactery (#4)
alex76 (#4)
zerostatic (#4)
Krow (#6)
Dazed and Brutal (#6)
Mort Divine (#6)
The Ozzman (#7)
Master_Yoda77 (#8)
-CyanideChrist- (#9)
H.P. Lovecraft (n/a)
Sirjack (n/a)

 

[no country for old wainds]

sry about the boring quotes but the search engine on this site is pretty bad + don't have the energy this week + you guys never say anything interesting

 

[CiG]

Don't know why so many idiots in here are complaining like a bunch of faggots, this list would have been good no matter what because 1983 was both a very strong year and a year with not that many releases.