5 METAL Albums I Can’t Live Without: The 80’s Edition, Part 1
Since we all love to revisit our favorite Metal albums from yesteryear, here are my Five Metal Albums I Cannot Live Without: The 80’s Edition, Part 1. This list is in no particular order and I do include EP’s for this Metal discussion. If you cannot live without any of the following Metal albums as well, feel free to blab about it with a comment. Metal be thy name!
Ozzy Osbourne – The Ultimate Sin
Released in 1986, this is the fourth studio album from the Godfather Of Heavy Metal. With Jake E. Lee on guitar and a powerful lineup of songs, The Ultimate Sin is an album that screams good-times 80’s for me. Never Know Why, Fool Like You and Shot In The Dark are my favorite three songs on this LP. Rest in peace, Randy Castillo.
METALLICA – Ride The Lightning
Before there was a Master Of Puppets, there was Ride The Lightning from 1984. I can remember holding this LP jacket in my hands and staring at both the front and back covers, wondering how a band could play such unbelievable Heavy Metal. It did not take me very long to realize what Thrash Metal was about, once I took ownership of this album. Rest in peace, Cliff Burton.
ANTHRAX – Armed And Dangerous
Released in 1985, this was the first EP from the great Anthrax. I bought it at a (now defunct) chain store named Strawberries Records & Tapes. I bought this EP without hearing a single song from it and it did not disappoint! The cover song of Sex Pistol’s God Save The Queen is whiz-bang, baby!
Queensrÿche – (self-titled)
Released back in 1983, this self-titled Queensrÿche EP is as necessary to my Metal world as bottled water is. I remember first hearing the song Queen Of The Reich on a syndicated FM radio show called: Metal Shop. When I heard this song, my life changed for the better, I swear it. My other favorite song from this EP is The Lady Wore Black and it’s a Metal gem!!
NUCLEAR ASSAULT – Handle With Care
From 1989, this was the third studio album from Nuclear Assault and I still have it on cassette! Metal be thy name! It rages from start to finish and now I am pumped-up to slap this cassette into my car stereo! With such songs as Critical Mass, Surgery and a load of others, this album is a keeper! Nuclear Assault are a Thrash Metal band that (without a doubt) helped shape their genre into the Metal force it is today. ‘Nuff said.
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LONG LIVE METAL.
Stone.
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March 15, 2015 at 4:36 am
The Queensryche and Metallica for me definitely. All great picks. I could never get into Anthrax doing God Save the Queen though but I love that EP! Joey sings his ass off on Armed and Dangerous!
March 15, 2015 at 9:52 am
What’s funny is that I never heard a single Sex Pistols song when I bought ‘Armed And Dangerous’! Sex Pistols were never played on FM radio, when I lived in Connecticut, growing up. I agree with you on Joey belting out his lungs on this EP!
I 100% admire John Bush, yet I consider Joey to be the “voice” of Anthrax and bringing him back to the band was the greatest move, in my Metal opinion! What say you about that thought? I am interested to know! \m/\m/
March 15, 2015 at 10:25 am
I totally agree. Full admiration for John Bush, he’s amazing and was great with Anthrax but Joey IS the voice of Anthrax. 100%!
And Bush is the voice of Armored Saint! I’m totally thrilled he’s with them again. Can’t wait for their new album. Their last one La Raza was fantastic.
Bush in Armored Saint. Joey in Anthrax. Good times! \m/\m/
March 15, 2015 at 10:41 am
You said it perfectly… Bush is the voice of Armored Saint! The resurgence of Armored Saint is one of the greatest moments in recent Metal history! I love ‘La Raza’ too and it’s entire vibe and sound that I cannot express into words… I think you know what I mean too. 🙂 \m/\m/
March 15, 2015 at 10:44 am
Oh yes, it’s a phenomenal album. Amazing vibe. Anyone out there that hasn’t heard it should sort that out right now!
March 15, 2015 at 9:56 am
That was such a great decade for metal – wasn’t it? Great list. Not sure what mine would be. I know Metallica’s Justice album would be on there maybe Pyromania.
March 15, 2015 at 10:05 am
Man, it was a great decade for Metal! THE decade for Metal too, IMO! You should do a same list! Please do one!! 🙂
I adore ‘Pyromania’ and that album was HUGE… remember the impact it had on MTV and FM radio?!! Unreal! I will do some follow-up lists just like this one in the future… ‘Pyromania’ will be on it! You… ROCK!! \m/\m/
March 15, 2015 at 2:46 pm
I’ll think on it, see if I can put together a top 5. I would say most of them would be of memories I have from my childhood. Like Crue’s Shout at the Devil. My friend brought that over and let me hear it for the first time. Awesome.
March 19, 2015 at 2:47 pm
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March 19, 2015 at 2:50 pm
Gave it some thought – kind of came up with something like this. Check it out here: http://awrenfro.com/2015/03/19/top-hard-rockmetal-albums-and-videos-that-shaped-my-metal-childhood/
Thanks again for inspiring me.