GMD Poll: Top 10 Metal Albums of 1983

[The Ozzman]

Never mind. I forgot about Thunder and Lightning so I took Queensryche out.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

I'm really not sure Thunder and Lightning will make my list. Too many other good shit and that is one of my least favorite Lizzy albums.

 

[Talos of Atmora]

Europe began it for power metal.

What about Rainbow?

 

[Talos of Atmora]

1. Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
2. Mercyful Fate - Melissa
3. Manilla Road - Crystal Logic
4. Savatage - Sirens
5. Satan - Court in the Act
6. Slayer - Show No Mercy
7. Motorhead - Another Perfect Day
8. Raven - All for One
9. Tokyo Blade - Tokyo Blade
10. Dio - Holy Diver

Honorable Mentions:
Saxon - Power & Glory
Manowar - Into Glory Ride
Sortilège - Sortilège
Heavy Load - Stronger than Evil
Grim Reaper - See You in Hell
Metallica - Kill 'Em All
Exciter - Heavy Metal Maniac
Ozzy - Bark at the Moon


EDIT: Exchanged Sortilège for Manilla Road because I've sticking strictly to full-length releases. So, when 1984 rolls around, you know Métamorphose is going on there.

 

[Slayed Necros]

Didn't know the Queensrÿche EP was '82. List edited.

 

[Phylactery]

What are we doing about Crystal Logic? Is it in or out?

 

[The Ozzman]

I'm really not sure Thunder and Lightning will make my list. Too many other good shit and that is one of my least favorite Lizzy albums.

Queer

 

[Krow]

I'm counting Crystal Logic. blah blah paperwork. If we arent counting it, just remove it from my list and bump everything up a spot.

1. Mercyful Fate - Melissa
2. Slayer - Show No Mercy
3. Manilla Road - Crystal Logic
4. Satan - Court in the Act
5. Dio - Holy Diver
6. Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
7. Black Sabbath - Born Again
8. Riot - Born in America
9. Saxon - Power & the Glory
10. Manowar - Into Glory Ride

 

[Dazed and Brutal]

hopefully i can even make it to ten

1. Mercyful Fate - Melissa
2. Hellhammer - Satanic Rites
3. Slayer - Show No Mercy
4. Manowar - Into Glory Ride
5. H-Bomb - Coup de métal(
6. Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
7. Witchfinder General - Friends of Hell
8. Acid - Acid
9. Heavy Load - Stronger Than Evil
10. Sortilège - Sortilège


Satan - Court in the Act
Metallica - Kill 'Em All


In the interest of possibly helping other releases crack the aggregated top ten, I placed Kill'em All at ten. I'm almost certain it will be on the list regardless of where I place it

edit: I totally overlooked shit, kill 'em is out
Also I'm probably a huge fuccboi, but can anyone please make a civil point as to why I should like Manilla Road

 

[Atomic Tide]

1) Piece of Mind - Iron Maiden
2) Holy Diver - Dio
3) Melissa - Mercyful Fate
4) Born Again - Black Sabbath
5) Kill em All - Metallica
6) Power and the Glory - Saxon
7) You Can't Stop Rock n Roll - Twisted Sister
8) Show No Mercy - Slayer
9) Another Perfect Day - Motorhead
10) Bark at the Moon - Ozzy

HM - Exciter, Warlord, Fastway, Lizzy, Accept, Raven, Manowar, etc... seriously need a top 20!

 

[no country for old wainds]

What are we doing about Crystal Logic? Is it in or out?

in i guess

 

[Master_Yoda77]

It should be in. Even the band claims that it came out in 1983. I saw them do a celebratory 30 year anniversary performance of the album in 2013.

1) Manilla Road - Crystal Logic
2) Satan - Court in the Act
3) Mercyful Fate - Melissa
4) Dio - Holy Diver
5) Manowar - Into Glory Ride
6) Slayer - Show No Mercy
7) Oz - Fire in the Brain
8) Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
9) Exciter - Heavy Metal Maniac
10) Grim Reaper - See You in Hell

Honorable Mentions
Metallica - Kill em All
Jaguar - Power Games
Trance - Power Infusion

Some things like Savatage, Acid, and that Heavy Load album I haven't even listened to, but I doubt it would change my top 5 here anyways.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

I need to listen to Power Infusion. I've always loved that cover art but assumed the album would be uninteresting.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

I'll try to actually participate in this one. How long do I have roughly?

 

[no country for old wainds]

i've been keeping them open roughly two weeks so far. tends to be a few stragglers.

 

[CiG]

Mine:

1. Manilla Road - Crystal Logic
2. Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
3. Dio - Holy Diver
   
4. Manowar - Into Glory Ride
5. Slayer - Show No Mercy
6. Mercyful Fate - Melissa
   
7. Virgin Steele - Guardians of the Flame
8. Metallica - Kill 'em All
9. Witchfinder General - Friends of Hell
   
10. Leviticus - Jag Skall Segra
11. Satan - Court in the Act (honorable 11th selection just in-case Crystal Logic is discounted)

 

[Baroque]

1) Dio - Holy Diver
1) Metallica - Kill 'Em All
3) Slayer - Show No Mercy
4) Exciter - Heavy Metal Maniac
5) Mercyful Fate - Melissa
6) Satan - Court in the Act
7) Suicidal Tendencies - s/t
8) Savatage - Sirens
9) Motorhead - Another Perfect Day
10) Ozzy - Bark at the Moon

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

i've been keeping them open roughly two weeks so far. tends to be a few stragglers.

... says King Straggler

 

[Master_Yoda77]

 

[Master_Yoda77]

Basting that MR album again. My god, it's fucking perfect.