1985: Metal
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Repo 
- Chart updated: 10/24/2023 02:45
- (Created: 08/31/2021 02:52).
- Chart size: 73 albums.
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aka Riffs Need Shadows Too!
In the four corners of life are the golden mirrors
Reflecting what you are and what you are to be... – The Apparition
Very few albums can promise you an actual journey. Something on par with great science fiction or perhaps a short story by Poe. This one does. The twin talents of John Arch on vocals and Jim Matheos on guitar creates a unique and utterly novel Progressive Metal masterpiece. Whereas their debut - Night On Brocken - showcased their massive debt to Iron Maiden, The Spectre Within is where Fates Warning came into their own as confident storytellers AND songwriters. Crafting an atmosphere that could only be compared to those early albums by Mercyful Fate at this point in the 80s.
The Spectre Within also underscores the importance of guitar tone. I'd never really thought too much about guitar tone until beginning my deep dive into '70s & '80s metal a few years back. BUT, I’ve come to realize that THAT tone is half the game with of course riffs being the other half. THAT tone shades the riffs. It's the riff's shadow. AND if any album is about mischievous shadows and their eventual capture it's THIS one.
While other bands of the USPM (US Power Metal) movement may have captured the raw visceral energy and power of Maiden , no other quite captured Maiden’s world building & storytelling quite like Fates Warning does here and on its sequel Awaken The Guardian.
At this point in time, Fates Warning were more Maiden than Queensryche, and, in my particular opinion, all the better for it.
The Rating: Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil [First added to this chart: 09/28/2021]
aka Riffs Need Shadows Too!
In the four corners of life are the golden mirrors
Reflecting what you are and what you are to be... – The Apparition
Very few albums can promise you an actual journey. Something on par with great science fiction or perhaps a short story by Poe. This one does. The twin talents of John Arch on vocals and Jim Matheos on guitar creates a unique and utterly novel Progressive Metal masterpiece. Whereas their debut - Night On Brocken - showcased their massive debt to Iron Maiden, The Spectre Within is where Fates Warning came into their own as confident storytellers AND songwriters. Crafting an atmosphere that could only be compared to those early albums by Mercyful Fate at this point in the 80s.
The Spectre Within also underscores the importance of guitar tone. I'd never really thought too much about guitar tone until beginning my deep dive into '70s & '80s metal a few years back. BUT, I’ve come to realize that THAT tone is half the game with of course riffs being the other half. THAT tone shades the riffs. It's the riff's shadow. AND if any album is about mischievous shadows and their eventual capture it's THIS one.
While other bands of the USPM (US Power Metal) movement may have captured the raw visceral energy and power of Maiden , no other quite captured Maiden’s world building & storytelling quite like Fates Warning does here and on its sequel Awaken The Guardian.
At this point in time, Fates Warning were more Maiden than Queensryche, and, in my particular opinion, all the better for it.
The Rating: Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil [First added to this chart: 09/28/2021]
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1985: Metal composition
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| 1980 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1981 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1982 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1983 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1984 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1985 | 72 | 99% | |
| 1986 | 1 | 1% | |
| 1987 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1988 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1989 | 0 | 0% |
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| Celtic Frost | 2 | 3% | |
| Helloween | 2 | 3% | |
| Razor | 2 | 3% | |
| Exodus (US) | 1 | 1% | |
| Lizzy Borden | 1 | 1% | |
| Black 'N Blue | 1 | 1% | |
| Black Hole | 1 | 1% | |
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37 | 51% | |
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14 | 19% | |
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8 | 11% | |
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5 | 7% | |
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2 | 3% | |
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1985: Metal chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 1 from 11th to 10th Animosity by Corrosion Of Conformity |
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| Top 35 Music Albums of 1985 |  mrblond | 1985 year chart | 2021 |  |
| Top 40 Music Albums of 1985 |  badseed | 1985 year chart | 2015 | |
| 1984: Metal | Repo | Custom chart | 2023 | |
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| Top Thrash Metal Albums | saltysurprise | Custom chart | 2021 | |
| Top 60 Music Albums of the 1980s |  Hermes_requite | 1980s decade chart | 2012 | |
| Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | Cronostalksmetal | Overall chart | 2021 |  |
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