1983: Metal
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Repo 
- Chart updated: 05/20/2024 13:15
- (Created: 09/15/2021 16:21).
- Chart size: 58 albums.
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Well that didn’t take long. Anvil were quickly dethroned as the speed metal champs of the Great White North only a year into their reign. They gave it a good fight. Upping their own metal game with Forged In Fire but that was no match for Exciter. (PS. I NO LONGER CONSIDER THIS TO BE TRUE!) Many still consider Heavy Metal Maniac the quintessential speed metal album. The bench post by which all speed metal is gauged & tallied. It’s basic, brutal no holds barred metal with zero commercial aspirations. It is Priest and Iron Maiden on steroids. All bulked out and full of brawn. You could even call it simple minded, but that would just make you a killjoy. A compact & tight brick of a band that just wanted to rock out, drink some beer and have fun. So not that far removed from Anvil. lol. Kind of makes me want to move to Canada. The older I get, the more I appreciate that approach to life. Don’t over think things. Drink a few beers on a Saturday night with friends. And, of course, rock out! [First added to this chart: 10/03/2021]
Well that didn’t take long. Anvil were quickly dethroned as the speed metal champs of the Great White North only a year into their reign. They gave it a good fight. Upping their own metal game with Forged In Fire but that was no match for Exciter. (PS. I NO LONGER CONSIDER THIS TO BE TRUE!) Many still consider Heavy Metal Maniac the quintessential speed metal album. The bench post by which all speed metal is gauged & tallied. It’s basic, brutal no holds barred metal with zero commercial aspirations. It is Priest and Iron Maiden on steroids. All bulked out and full of brawn. You could even call it simple minded, but that would just make you a killjoy. A compact & tight brick of a band that just wanted to rock out, drink some beer and have fun. So not that far removed from Anvil. lol. Kind of makes me want to move to Canada. The older I get, the more I appreciate that approach to life. Don’t over think things. Drink a few beers on a Saturday night with friends. And, of course, rock out! [First added to this chart: 10/03/2021]
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The Rise of Speed Metal
Ok. Before delving further into the extreme metal genre, I’m going to take a small step back to cover another pivotal subgenre that had a massive impact on the metal scene – Speed Metal. As we’ve discussed earlier, the beginnings of Speed Metal started in the late 70s with Judas Priest (Stained Glass, Killing Machine & British Steel) and then got a steroid injection in 1981 from their apt pupils – Raven & Accept. The importance of Priest on this genre cannot be overstated and in a lot of ways their Painkiller album from 1990 could now be considered the platonic ideal of the entire Speed Metal scene! Meanwhile, back in 1981, both Raven and Accept released two speed metal landmarks with Rock Until You Drop (which has grown on me since I started this project! It’s important, fellas!) and Breaker respectively.
The next vital band in the genre were metal documentary stars and all-around good guys - Anvil. They released two crucial, if not quite seminal, albums in the early 80s with Metal on Metal and Forged In Fire. Metal on Metal was the second best Speed Metal album of 1982 (right behind Accept’s Restless & Wild) and thus a major influence on the burgeoning Thrash Metal scene. However, Forged in Fire saw Anvil taking a quantum leap in both songwriting and power (equivalent actually to the leap they took from their debut LP Hard ‘N’ Heavy(which is a really fun & dumb metal album btw!!!) to Metal On Metal. But I digress! Forged In Fire is definitely the pinnacle of their oeuvre. They would leap no further. Instead they would churn out consistently good Speed Metal albums to drink Molson Bradors and other cheap Canadien lagers to at the local pub for the rest of their lives. Which honestly is good enough for me! I ain't picky! Everything they’ve recorded is worth a listen. Just remember, that…
THE TWO THAT MATTER R…
1. Metal On Metal ( 1982) (E)
2. Forged In Fire (1983) (HR) [First added to this chart: 04/15/2022]
The Rise of Speed Metal
Ok. Before delving further into the extreme metal genre, I’m going to take a small step back to cover another pivotal subgenre that had a massive impact on the metal scene – Speed Metal. As we’ve discussed earlier, the beginnings of Speed Metal started in the late 70s with Judas Priest (Stained Glass, Killing Machine & British Steel) and then got a steroid injection in 1981 from their apt pupils – Raven & Accept. The importance of Priest on this genre cannot be overstated and in a lot of ways their Painkiller album from 1990 could now be considered the platonic ideal of the entire Speed Metal scene! Meanwhile, back in 1981, both Raven and Accept released two speed metal landmarks with Rock Until You Drop (which has grown on me since I started this project! It’s important, fellas!) and Breaker respectively.
The next vital band in the genre were metal documentary stars and all-around good guys - Anvil. They released two crucial, if not quite seminal, albums in the early 80s with Metal on Metal and Forged In Fire. Metal on Metal was the second best Speed Metal album of 1982 (right behind Accept’s Restless & Wild) and thus a major influence on the burgeoning Thrash Metal scene. However, Forged in Fire saw Anvil taking a quantum leap in both songwriting and power (equivalent actually to the leap they took from their debut LP Hard ‘N’ Heavy(which is a really fun & dumb metal album btw!!!) to Metal On Metal. But I digress! Forged In Fire is definitely the pinnacle of their oeuvre. They would leap no further. Instead they would churn out consistently good Speed Metal albums to drink Molson Bradors and other cheap Canadien lagers to at the local pub for the rest of their lives. Which honestly is good enough for me! I ain't picky! Everything they’ve recorded is worth a listen. Just remember, that…
THE TWO THAT MATTER R…
1. Metal On Metal ( 1982) (E)
2. Forged In Fire (1983) (HR) [First added to this chart: 04/15/2022]
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[First added to this chart: 03/24/2023]
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1983: Metal composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1980 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1981 | 1 | 2% | |
| 1982 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1983 | 57 | 98% | |
| 1984 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1985 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1986 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1987 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1988 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1989 | 0 | 0% |
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| Satan (UK) | 1 | 2% | |
| Virgin Steele | 1 | 2% | |
| Heavy Load | 1 | 2% | |
| Helix | 1 | 2% | |
| Slayer | 1 | 2% | |
| Jaguar (UK) | 1 | 2% | |
| Exciter | 1 | 2% | |
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23 | 40% | |
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18 | 31% | |
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3 | 5% | |
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3 | 5% | |
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2 | 3% | |
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1983: Metal chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 13 from 35th to 22ndAll For One by Raven (UK) |
| Up 1 from 59th to 58thLettin Loose by Heavy Pettin |
| Up 1 from 58th to 57thNo Rest For The Wicked by Helix |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 2 from 26th to 28thDirty Rotten LP by D.R.I. |
| Down 1 from 22nd to 23rdPower & The Glory by Saxon |
| Down 1 from 23rd to 24thLoose 'N' Lethal by Savage (UK) |
1983: Metal similar charts
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top 50 Music Albums of 1983 | NHGRANITE | 1983 year chart | 2021 | |
| Top 40 Music Albums of 1983 |  mrblond | 1983 year chart | 2021 |  |
| Top 27 Music Albums of 1983 |  ~SMiLE~ | 1983 year chart | 2013 | |
| NWOBHM (1979-1984) | Repo | Custom chart | 2023 | |
| Top 49 Music Albums of 1983 | Chambord | 1983 year chart | 2022 | |
| Top 40 Music Albums of 1983 |  badseed | 1983 year chart | 2015 | |
| Top 50 Music Albums of 1983 | conallmalone | 1983 year chart | 2022 |  |
| Top 36 Music Albums of 1983 |  RasmV | 1983 year chart | 2023 | |
| Top 20 Music Albums of 1983 |  Kaiser | 1983 year chart | 2015 |  |
| Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | Aris1914 | Overall chart | 2022 |  |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 06/06/2023 16:45 |  Graeme2 | 213 | 94/100 |
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