Favorite 1980s Metal Albums
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NoisyBeast 
Straight-up 1980's Heavy Metal, NWOBHM, and various metallic sub-genres; including Thrash/Speed/Power/Prog/Doom/Black/Death/etc... Part One.
- Chart updated: 12/30/2017 23:45
- (Created: 12/27/2017 23:26).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Year of Release:
1986
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Rank Score:
12,572
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Year of Release:
1986
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Rank Score:
3,715
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Year of Release:
1984
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Rank Score:
9,162
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Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
2,074
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Favorite 1980s Metal Albums composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1980 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1981 | 4 | 4% | |
| 1982 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1983 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1984 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1985 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1986 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1987 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1988 | 17 | 17% | |
| 1989 | 11 | 11% |
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| Metallica | 4 | 4% | |
| Slayer | 4 | 4% | |
| Iron Maiden | 4 | 4% | |
| Candlemass | 4 | 4% | |
| Bathory | 4 | 4% | |
| Venom | 3 | 3% | |
| Voïvod | 3 | 3% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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39 | 39% | |
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29 | 29% | |
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8 | 8% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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Favorite 1980s Metal Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 1 from 53rd to 52ndMob Rules by Black Sabbath |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 52nd to 53rdKilling Technology by Voïvod |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 09/12/2020 19:51 | vruslov | 583 | 89/100 |
| ! | 08/15/2020 11:40 | Graeme2 | 213 | 94/100 |
| ! | 03/01/2020 08:35 | Repo | 570 | 100/100 |
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From Repo 03/02/2020 03:34 | #248409
Repo 03/02/2020 03:34 | #248409
That's Brat album from 1980 is NOT metal! ;)
Kinda cool how many metal bands were completely into punk at this point. Metallica, Slayer... Even Merciful Fate!!!
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| Best Artists of the 1980s | |
|---|---|
| 1. The Smiths | |
| 2. Prince | |
| 3. The Cure | |
| 4. Pixies | |
| 5. Talking Heads | |
| 6. U2 | |
| 7. Metallica | |
| 8. Kate Bush | |
| 9. R.E.M. | |
| 10. The Stone Roses | |
| 11. Sonic Youth | |
| 12. Michael Jackson | |
| 13. Bruce Springsteen | |
| 14. Iron Maiden | |
| 15. Prince And The Revolution | |
| 16. Tom Waits | |
| 17. Joy Division | |
| 18. New Order | |
| 19. Talk Talk | |
| 20. Rush |
