1980 in heavy metal music

Albums & EPs

AC/DC - Back in Black Accept - I'm a Rebel Alice Cooper - Flush the Fashion The Angels aka Angel City - Dark Room Angel Witch - Angel Witch A II Z - The Witch of Berkeley Blackfoot - Tomcattin' Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell Blue Öyster Cult - Cultösaurus Erectus Budgie - If Swallowed Do Not Induce Vomiting EP Budgie - Power Supply Chevy - The Taker Cirith Ungol - Frost and Fire Def Leppard - On Through the Night Diamond Head - Lightning to the Nations Ethel The Frog - Ethel the Frog Fargo - No Limit Fist (UK) - Turn The Hell On Fist (Can) - Hot Spikes Gamma - Gamma 2 Gillan - Glory Road Girl - Sheer Greed Girlschool - Demolition Hellanbach - Out to Get You EP The Hunt - Back on the Hunt Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden Judas Priest - British Steel Killer (Bel) - Ready for Hell Kiss - Unmasked Krokus - Metal Rendez-vous Limelight - Limelight, aka Ashes to Ashes (1984) Magnum - Marauder Mama's Boys - Official Bootleg Manilla Road - Invasion

Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush - What's Next Michael Schenker Group - The Michael Schenker Group Molly Hatchet - Beatin' the Odds Gary Moore - G-Force Motörhead - Ace of Spades Ted Nugent - Scream Dream Ocean - Ocean; A Live + B Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz Plasmatics - New Hope for the Wretched Quartz - Stand Up and Fight; Quartz Live Queen - The Game Rail - Arrival The Rods - Rock Hard Rush - Permanent Waves Samson - Head On Saxon - Wheels of Steel Saxon - Strong Arm of the Law Scorpions - Animal Magnetism Shakin' Street - Shakin' Street Snow - Snow EP Thin Lizzy - Chinatown 38 Special - Rockin' into the Night Triumph - Progressions of Power Trust - Répression Tygers of Pan Tang - Wild Cat UFO - No Place to Run Van Halen - Women and Children First Vardis - 100 M.P.H. Whitesnake - Ready An' Willing Whitesnake - Live...In the Heart of the City White Spirit - White Spirit Wild Horses - The First Album Witchfynde - Give 'em Hell Witchfynde - Stagefright

1981

Albums & EPs

AC/DC – For Those About to Rock We Salute You Accept – Breaker The Angels aka Angel City – Night Attack Anvil – Hard 'N' Heavy April Wine – The Nature of the Beast August Redmoon – Fools Are Never Alone EP Barón Rojo – Larga vida al Rock and Roll Pat Benatar – Precious Time Blackfoot – Marauder Black Sabbath – Mob Rules Blue Öyster Cult – Fire of Unknown Origin Budgie – Nightflight Bodine – Bodine Graham Bonnet – Line Up Alice Cooper – Special Forces Dark Star – Dark Star Def Leppard – High 'n' Dry Demon – Night of the Demon Doc Holliday – Doc Holliday; Doc Holliday Rides Again E.F. Band – Last Laugh Is On You Electric Sun – Fire Wind Fargo – Frontpage Lover Fist (Can) – Fleet Street, aka Thunder in Rock United Gaskin – End of the World Gillan – Future Shock; Double Trouble Girlschool – Hit and Run Sammy Hagar – Standing Hampton The Handsome Beasts – Beastiality Hanoi Rocks – Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks Heavy Metal – OST Heavy Load – Metal Conquest EP Helix – White Lace & Black Leather Holocaust – The Nightcomers Iron Maiden – Killers and Maiden Japan EP Joan Jett – Bad Reputation Judas Priest – Point of Entry Killer – Ladykiller Kiss – Music from "The Elder" Kix – Kix Krokus – Hardware Legend – Legend Lips – Hard 'n Heavy Loudness – The Birthday Eve Frank Marino – The Power of Rock'n'Roll Molly Hatchet – Take No Prisoners

More – Warhead Mother's Finest – Iron Age Mötley Crüe – Too Fast for Love Motörhead – No Sleep 'til Hammersmith Motörhead & Girlschool – St. Valentine’s Day Massacre EP No Bros – Heavy Metal Party Ted Nugent – Intensities in 10 Cities Obus – Prepárate Ocean – Ocean Ozzy Osbourne – Diary of a Madman Overdrive (Swe) – Reflexions EP Picture – Picture; Heavy Metal Ears Plasmatics – Beyond the Valley of 1984; Metal Priestess Praying Mantis – Time Tells No Lies Queen – Flash Gordon Rainbow – Difficult to Cure Raven – Rock Until You Drop Reckless – Reckless Revolver – First Shot Riot – Fire Down Under The Rods – The Rods Rose Tattoo – Assault & Battery Rush – Moving Pictures Samson – Shock Tactics Santers – Shot Down In Flames Saxon – Denim and Leather Michael Schenker Group – MSG 707 – The Second Album Billy Squier – Don't Say No Starfighters – Starfighters Taipan – Taipan EP Thin Lizzy – Renegade 38 Special – Wild-Eyed Southern Boys Triumph – Allied Forces Trust – Marche Ou Crève Tygers Of Pan Tang – Spellbound; Crazy Nights UFO – The Wild, the Willing and the Innocent Van Halen – Fair Warning Vardis – The World's Gone Insane Venom – Welcome to Hell Vic Vergat – Down to the Bone Warning – Warning Wild Horses – Stand Your Ground Whitesnake – Come an' Get It Y&T – Earthshaker

1982 Metal

Albums & EPs

Lee Aaron - The Lee Aaron Project Accept - Restless and Wild Acid - Acid Aerosmith - Rock in a Hard Place Alice Cooper - Zipper Catches Skin Americade - American Metal Angel City, aka The Angels - Night Attack Anvil - Metal on Metal April Wine - Power Play August Redmoon - Fools Are Never Alone EP Axewitch - Pray For Metal EP Barón Rojo - Volumen Brutal Bengal Tigers - Metal Fetish EP Bitch - Damnation Alley EP Bitches Sin - Predator Blackfoot - Highway Song Live! Black Sabbath - Live Evil Blue Öyster Cult - Extraterrestrial Live Bodine - Bold As Brass Budgie - Deliver Us From Evil Breaker (Can) - In Days of Heavy Metal EP Breslau - Volksmusik Cheap Trick - One on One Cintron - Cintron EP Cloven Hoof - The Opening Ritual EP Coney Hatch - Coney Hatch Alice Cooper - Zipper Catches Skin Demon - The Unexpected Guest Demon Flight - Demon Flight EP Diamond Head - Borrowed Time Dietrich - Dietrich EP E.F. Band - Deep Cut Fargo - F Fist (UK) - Back With A Vengeance Fortnox - Fortnox Gamma - Gamma 3 Gary Moore - Corridors of Power Gaskin - No Way Out Geddes Axe - Escape From New York EP Gillan - Magic Girl - Wasted Youth Girlschool - Screaming Blue Murder Glory Bells Band - Dressed In Black Sammy Hagar - Three Lock Box Hanoi Rocks - Oriental Beat Headpins - Turn It Loud Heavy Load - Death or Glory Heritage - Remorse Code Hughes/Thrall - Hughes/Thrall The Hunt - Thrill of the Kill Hyksos - Hyksos Billy Idol - Billy Idol Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance Killer (Bel) - Wall of Sound Killer (Swi) - Thriller Kiss - Creatures of the Night Krokus - One Vice at a Time Led Zeppelin - Coda Legend - Death in the Nursery Loudness - Devil Soldier

Magnum - Chase the Dragon Mama's Boys - Plug It In Manilla Road - Metal Manowar - Battle Hymns Frank Marino - Juggernaut Mercyful Fate - Nuns Have No Fun EP Messendger - Messendger Michael Schenker Group - Assault Attack More - Blood & Thunder Motörhead - Iron Fist Night Ranger - Dawn Patrol No Bros - Ready for the Action Aldo Nova - Aldo Nova Ted Nugent - Nugent Obus - Poderoso Como el Trueno Overlord (US) - Broken Toys EP Picture - Diamond Dreamer Plasmatics - Coup d'Etat Rage (UK) - Nice 'n' Dirty Rainbow - Straight Between the Eyes Rapid Tears - Honestly Raven - Crash Bang Wallop EP; Wiped Out Resurrection Band - DMZ Riff Raff - Robot Stud Riot - Restless Breed; Riot Live EP The Rods - Wild Dogs Rose Tattoo - Scarred for Life Rush - Signals Samson - Before the Storm Santers - Mayday EP; Racing Time Saxon - The Eagle Has Landed Scorpions - Blackout Shiva - Firedance Sinner - Wild 'n' Evil Split Beaver - When Hell Won't Have You Squadron - First Mission Stampede - The Official Bootleg Stress - Stress Talas - Sink Your Teeth Into That Tank - Filth Hounds of Hades; Power of the Hunter 38 Special - Special Forces TNT - TNT Torch - Fire Raiser EP Trance - Break Out Trust - Savage Twisted Sister - Ruff Cuts EP; Under the Blade Tygers Of Pan Tang - The Cage Tytan - Blind Men and Fools EP UFO - Mechanix Vanadium - Metal Rock Vandenberg - Vandenberg Van Halen - Diver Down Vardis - Quo Vardis Vendetta (US) - Vendetta Venom - Black Metal Virgin Steele - Virgin Steele Voie De Fait - Ange ou Démon Warning - Warning II Whitesnake - Saints & Sinners Witchfinder General - Death Penalty Y&T - Black Tiger

1983

Albums & EPs

AC/DC – Flick of the Switch Accept – Balls to the Wall Acid – Maniac Alcatrazz – No Parole from Rock N' Roll Alice Cooper – DaDa Alien – Cosmic Fantasy EP Anvil – Forged in Fire Armored Saint – Armored Saint EP Baron Rojo – Metalmorfosis Battleaxe – Burn This Town Bitch – Be My Slave Blackfoot – Siogo Black Sabbath – Born Again Blue Öyster Cult – The Revölution by Night Bodine – Three Times Running Chateaux – Chained and Desperate Coney Hatch – Outta Hand Culprit – Guilty As Charged Cutty Sark – Hardrock Power EP Dedringer – Second Arising Def Leppard – Pyromania Demon – The Plague Diamond Head – Canterbury Dio – Holy Diver Dokken – Breaking the Chains Earthshaker – Earthshaker Europe – Europe Exciter – Heavy Metal Maniac Fastway – Fastway Fist (Can) – In the Red Lita Ford – Out for Blood Girlschool – Play Dirty Great White – Out of the Night EP Grim Reaper – See You In Hell HSAS – Through the Fire Hanoi Rocks – Back to Mystery City Hawaii – One Nation Underground H-Bomb – Coup de Metal EP Headpins – Line of Fire Heavy Load – Stronger Than Evil Hellanbach – Now Hear This High Power – High Power Highway Chile – Storybook Heroes; Fever EP Helix – No Rest for the Wicked Hellion – Hellion EP Holocaust – Live (Hot Curry & Wine) Iron Maiden – Piece of Mind Jag Panzer – Tyrants EP Joshua – The Hand is Quicker than the Eye EP Killer Dwarfs – Killer Dwarfs KISS – Lick It Up Kix – Cool Kids Krokus – Headhunter Lady Killer – Lady Killer Leather Angel – We Came To Kill EP Le Griffe – Fast Bikes EP Le Mans – On the Streets Loudness – The Law of Devil's Land Loudness – Live-Loud-Alive: Loudness in Tokyo Magnum – The Eleventh Hour Mama's Boys – Turn It Up Manilla Road – Crystal Logic Manowar – Into Glory Ride Mindless Sinner – Master of Evil EP Max Havoc – Max Havoc Mercyful Fate – Melissa Metallica – Kill 'Em All Molly Hatchet – No Guts...No Glory Gary Moore – Dirty Fingers Gary Moore – Victims of the Future

Gary Moore – Rockin' Every Night – Live in Japan Gary Moore – Live at the Marquee Mötley Crüe – Shout at the Devil Motörhead – Another Perfect Day MSG – Built to Destroy Night Ranger – Midnight Madness No Bros – Our Own Way Aldo Nova – Subject Ostrogoth – Full Moon's Eyes EP Overdrive – Metal Attack Oz – Fire in the Brain Ozzy Osbourne – Bark at the Moon Pandemonium – Heavy Metal Soldiers Pantera – Metal Magic Picture – Eternal Dark Pretty Maids – Pretty Maids EP Quartz – Against All Odds Queensrÿche – Queensrÿche EP Quiet Riot – Metal Health Rage (UK) – Run for the Night Ratt – Ratt EP Riff Raff – Give the Dead Man Some Water Riot – Born in America Rock Goddess – Rock Goddess; Hell Hath No Fury The Rods – In The Raw; Live Satan – Court in the Act Satan Jokers – Les Fils du Métal Savage – Loose 'N Lethal Savage Grace – The Dominatress EP Savatage – Sirens Saxon – Power & the Glory Shy – Once Bitten... Twice... Silver Mountain – Shakin' Brains Sinner – Fast Decision Six Feet Under (Swe) – Six Feet Under Slayer – Prepare to Die EP Slayer – Show No Mercy Sledgehammer – Blood On Their Hands Sortilège – Sortilège EP Sound Barrier – Total Control Spartan Warrior – Steel n' Chains Stampede – Hurricane Town Starfighters – In-Flight Movie Steeler – Steeler Suicidal Tendencies – Suicidal Tendencies Takashi – Kamikaze Killers EP Talas – Live Speed On Ice Thin Lizzy – Thunder and Lightning Tokyo Blade – Tokyo Blade Torch – Torch Trance – Power Infusion Triumph – Never Surrender Twisted Sister – You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll 220 Volt – 220 Volt UFO – Making Contact Vanadium – A Race with the Devil Vandenberg – Heading for a Storm Vardis – The Lion's Share Victim – Power Hungry Virgin Steele – Guardians of the Flame; Wait for the Night EP Vixen – Made In Hawaii EP Warlord – Deliver Us EP Warriors – Warriors Wild Dogs – Wild Dogs Wildfire – Brute Force and Ignorance Witchfinder General – Friends of Hell Xcursion – Xcursion EP Y&T – Mean Streak Zebra – Zebra

1984 in Music

Albums & EPs

Lee Aaron - Metal Queen AC/DC - '74 Jailbreak Alcatrazz - Live Sentence The Angels - Two Minute Warning Anthrax - Fistful of Metal Armed Forces - Let There Be Metal EP Armored Saint - March of the Saint Avenger (UK) - Blood Sports Axe Victims - Another Victim Axewitch - Visions of the Past Baron Rojo - Barón al Rojo Vivo Bathory - Bathory Battleaxe - Power From The Universe Black Death - Black Death Black Lace - Unlaced Black 'n Blue - Black 'n Blue Black Rose - Boys Will Be Boys; Black Rose EP Bloody Six - In the Name of Blood Bon Jovi - Bon Jovi Brocas Helm - Into Battle Cacumen - Down to Hell Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales Chariot - The Warrior Chateaux - Fire Power Childhood's End - Childhood's End EP Cirith Ungol - King of the Dead Cloven Hoof - Cloven Hoof Crisis - Armed to the Teeth EP Crossfire - See You In Hell Crown - Red Zone; All That Rock & Roll Music The Cult - Dreamtime Cutty Sark - Die Tonight Dark Age (US) - Dark Age EP Dark Heart - Shadows of the Night Demon - Wonderland EP Demon Eyes - Rites of Chaos Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers Destruction - Sentence of Death Dio - The Last in Line Dokken - Tooth And Nail Elessar - Defy the King EP Earthshaker - Fugitive Eric Steel - Eric Steel Europe - Wings of Tomorrow Evil - Evil's Message EP Exciter - Violence & Force Faithful Breath - Gold 'n' Glory Fastway - All Fired Up Fates Warning - Night on Bröcken Flatbacker - Minagoroshi Lita Ford - Dancin' on the Edge Rhett Forrester - Gone With The Wind Gilgamesj - Take One EP Glory Bells - Century Rendezvous Gotham City - The Unknown Grave Digger - Heavy Metal Breakdown Graven Image - People In Hell Want Ice Water EP Great White - Great White Griffin - Flight of the Griffin Grim Reaper - See You in Hell Sammy Hagar - VOA Hammerhead - Heart Made of Steel EP Hammers Rule - Show No Mercy Hanoi Rocks - All Those Waisted Years Hanoi Rocks - Two Steps from the Move Hawaii - Loud, Wild and Heavy H-Bomb - Attaque Helix - Walkin' the Razor's Edge Hellanbach - The Big H Hellhammer - Apocalyptic Raids EP Hellion (NY) - Dangerous Maneuvers Helstar - Burning Star Hexx - No Escape Highway Chile - For the Wild and Lonely EP Holocaust - No Man's Land Icon - Icon Incubus (UK) - To the Devil A Daughter Iron Maiden - Powerslave Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction Jaguar - This Time Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith Keel - Lay Down the Law Kick Axe - Vices Killer (Swi) - Stronger Than Ever Killer (Bel) - Shock Waves KISS - Animalize Krokus - The Blitz Lääz Rockit - City's Gonna Burn Leatherwolf - Leatherwolf EP Le Griffe - Breaking Strain EP Legs Diamond - Out On Bail Limelight - Ashes to Ashes, aka Limelight (1980) Living Death - Vengeance of Hell Lizzy Borden - Give 'Em the Axe EP Loudness - Disillusion Madam X - We Reserve the Right Mad Max - Rollin' Thunder Madison - Diamond Mistress Maineeaxe - Shout It Out Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Rising Force Mama's Boys - Mama's Boys Manowar - Hail to England, Sign of the Hammer Medieval Steel - Medieval Steel EP Mercy - Mercy Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath Metal Church - Metal Church Metallica - Ride the Lightning Millennium - Millennium Gary Moore - We Want Moore! Motörhead - No Remorse

MSG - Rock Will Never Die Nemesis - Day of Retribution EP Obsession - Marshall Law EP Obus - El Que Más Omen - Battle Cry Ostrogoth - Ecstasy and Danger Overdrive - Swords and Axes Overkill - Overkill EP Pantera - Projects in the Jungle Picture - Traitor Pretty Maids - Red Hot and Heavy Proud - Fire Breaks the Dawn Q5 - Steel the Light Queensrÿche - The Warning Quiet Riot - Condition Critical Oz - III Warning Rail - Rail EP Railway - Railway Rapid Tears - Cry For Mercy EP Ratt - Out of the Cellar Raven - Live at the Inferno Razor - Armed & Dangerous EP Reckless - Heart of Steel The Rods - Let Them Eat Metal Rose Tattoo - Southern Stars Ruffkut - Fight For The Right EP Running Wild - Gates to Purgatory Rush - Grace Under Pressure Ruthless - Metal Without Mercy EP S.A.D.O. - Shout! Sacred Rite - Sacred Rite Saint Vitus - Saint Vitus Satan Jokers - Trop Fou Pour Toi Samson - Don't Get Mad, Get Even Savatage - The Dungeons Are Calling Saxon - Crusader Scorpions - Love at First Sting Shok Paris - Go For The Throat Silver Mountain - Universe Sinister Angel - Sinister Angel EP Sinner - Danger Zone Six Feet Under (Swe) - Eruption Slayer - Haunting the Chapel EP Sodom - In the Sign of Evil EP Sortilège - Métamorphose Sound Barrier - Born to Rock EP Spartan Warrior - Spartan Warrior Spinal Tap - This Is Spinal Tap Splitcrow - Rockstorm Jack Starr - Out of the Darkness Steeler (Ger) - Steeler Steeltower - Night of the Dog Stone Fury - Burns Like A Star Stormwitch - Walpurgis Night Stryper - The Yellow and Black Attack Stygian Shore - Stygian Shore EP Taist of Iron - Resurrection Tank - Honour & Blood Third Stage Alert - Third Stage Alert EP Thrust - Fist Held High TKO - In Your Face TNT - Knights of the New Thunder Tokyo Blade - Night of the Blade; Midnight Rendezvous EP Torch - Electrikiss Trauma - Scratch and Scream Triumph - Thunder Seven Trouble - Psalm 9; Assassin EP Trust - Man's Trap T.T. Quick - TT Quick EP Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry 220 Volt - Powergames Tyran' Pace - Eye to Eye Tyrant (Ger) - Mean Machine Tyrant (Aus) - Never Too Loud EP Tysondog - Beware of the Dog Tyton - Castle Donington Upper Echelon - Surface Tension EP Steve Vai - Flex-Able Valhalla (US) - Valhalla EP Vanadium - Game Over Van Halen - 1984 Vengeance (Hol) - Vengeance Venom - At War with Satan Viva - Apocalypse Voivod - War and Pain Vow Wow - Beat of Metal Motion Vulcain - Rock'n'Roll Secours Warhead (Bel) - Speedway Warlord - And the Cannons of Destruction Have Begun... Warning - Metamorphose Warriors - Warriors W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P. Warlock - Burning the Witches Waysted - Waysted EP Whitesnake - Slide It In Wild Dogs - Man's Best Friend Wildfire - Summer Lightning Witch - The Hex Is On EP Witch Cross - Fit For Fight Witchfynde - Lords of Sin Witchkiller - Day of the Saxons EP Wizz - Crazy Games Wolf - Edge of the World Wendy O. Williams - WOW Wrathchild (UK) - Stakk Attakk Wyzard - Knights of Metal EP Xcursion - Ready to Roll Y&T - In Rock We Trust Zebra - No Tellin' Lies Znowhite - All Hail to Thee EP