1983 - Best HEAVY METAL Album

[Geoff]

Motley Crue and Def Leppard.

[Blue Charvel]

AC/DC- Classic Rock Magazine considers them being from the Uk. I think Angus and Mal were born in England and moved to Australia at an early age. Besides the band moved to the Uk around 1976 and that's where they became known. Also Brian Johnson is from the UK also.

 

Cool, I learn something new every day.

[heaven&hell]

 

AC/DC- Classic Rock Magazine considers them being from the Uk. I think Angus and Mal were born in England and moved to Australia at an early age. Besides the band moved to the Uk around 1976 and that's where they became known. Also Brian Johnson is from the UK also.

 

Cool, I learn something new every day.

 

 

I'm here to teach.

 

That info on AC/DC was from an issue CR did about the top 100 British Albums that oddly enough included Jimi Hendrix. They considered the Hendrix albums British due to the fact that he moved to England to become a star and 2 Brits were in his original band.

[Blue Charvel]

 

AC/DC- Classic Rock Magazine considers them being from the Uk. I think Angus and Mal were born in England and moved to Australia at an early age. Besides the band moved to the Uk around 1976 and that's where they became known. Also Brian Johnson is from the UK also.

 

Cool, I learn something new every day.

 

 

I'm here to teach.

 

That info on AC/DC was from an issue CR did about the top 100 British Albums that oddly enough included Jimi Hendrix. They considered the Hendrix albums British due to the fact that he moved to England to become a star and 2 Brits were in his original band.

 

Jeez, cut it out man, now I've learned 2 things today. I can't handle that level of knowledge...

[heaven&hell]

 

AC/DC- Classic Rock Magazine considers them being from the Uk. I think Angus and Mal were born in England and moved to Australia at an early age. Besides the band moved to the Uk around 1976 and that's where they became known. Also Brian Johnson is from the UK also.

 

Cool, I learn something new every day.

 

 

I'm here to teach.

 

That info on AC/DC was from an issue CR did about the top 100 British Albums that oddly enough included Jimi Hendrix. They considered the Hendrix albums British due to the fact that he moved to England to become a star and 2 Brits were in his original band.

 

Jeez, cut it out man, now I've learned 2 things today. I can't handle that level of knowledge...

 

 

I'll be here all week, and remember that the 1 o'clock show is a little different from the 5 o'clock show.

 

Seriously though, maybe I just read too much.

[aXe mAn]

Great year for metal!

2 very hard decisions...

 

Motley Crue "Shout At The Devil"

Def Leppard "Pyromania"

[Dead Planet]

Y & T and Def Lep

[Rafo Phoenix]

Metallica y Leppard

[Faron]

Dio - Holy Diver

Y&T - Mean Streak

Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

Accept - Restless And Wild

AC/DC - Flick Of The Switch

Def Leppard - Pyromania

[Dave]

Dio just in front of Y&T and Saxon in part 2

[Juan Carlos]

What a year man!!

 

SLAYER - SHOW NO MERCY is my fav. but DIO - HOLY DIVER is another MASTERPIECE. 3º Metallica - Kill´em All

 

IRON MAIDEN - Piece Of Mind of course!(March 26Th here in PERU Maiden rules!!)

2º - AC/DC - Flick of the Switch

3º - Def Leppard - Pyromania

 

CHEERS.

[Doksdad]

Damn. The first part was easy. Shout at the Devil.

 

The second got a little dicey. I went with Bark At the Moon but it was a tough choice. 1983 was such a great year.

 

 

You didn't vote for Dokken 'Breaking the Chains'????

 

But I put it up there just for you Chad.

Damn. How did I miss this Wes??

 

Let's face it, Breaking the Chains was mediocre at best. The best was yet to come.....

[sharatan]

i voted some days earlier but i forgot to comment.....manowar and accept by a nautical mile....

[metalmaniac777]

Even if I didn't already know it, I would be able to tell from this poll that I am a late 80s+ kind of guy, 'cause out of all the bands listed, only one ("Pyromania") resides in my collection. The rest...eh, you can keep 'em. The early 80s is not where I find my metal fodder.

 

That said, I voted for Metallica: "Kill 'Em All" and Def Leppard: "Pyromania."

[Dark Star]

Tough choice, but I went with Metallica, and Raven...

 

See Keith?? you weren't the ONLY One to vote for All For One.. I LOVE that album!!!!!!!

[KarpetRydOFunk]

That wasn't easy. Thank God I'ma noob I haven't heard most of those, but even between the ones I do know...

 

I went with Queensrÿche and Def Leppard.

[fireforce]

Tough choice, too many bands with different styles but let's see...

 

US Releases

1) Mötley Crüe - "Shout At The Devil"

2) Quiet Riot - "Metal Health"

3) KISS - "Lick It Up", tied with Y&T - "Meanstreak" and Dio -"Holy Diver"

 

UK/Europe Releases

1) Ozzy - "Bark At The Moon"

2) Saxon - "Power And The Glory"

2) Iron Maiden - "Piece Of Mind" tied with Krokus - "Headhunter"

[gener8tr]

Impossible to choose for me. If you could go back to the day I joined this forum I've stated in countless threads that 1983 was the greatest year ever for hard rock / metal. The list is darn-near endless.

 

However, if I can only pick two, and this is based SOLELY on to hours listened to both albums, it would be MOTLEY CRUE - SHOUT AT THE DEVIL and DEF LEPPARD - PYROMANIA. But no way I can limit myself to those two... I choose the entire year!

[stubul]

US Releases

1) Manowar-Into Glory Ride

2) Dio-Holy Diver, tied with Motley-Shout at the Devil

3) Slayer-Show no Mercy, tied with Metallica-Kill'em All and Twisted Sister-You Can't Stop RnR

 

UK/Europe/Australia Releases

1) Mercyful Fate-Melissa

2) Def Leppard-Pyromania, tied with Raven-All for One and Iron Maiden-Piece of Mind

3) Black Sabbath-Born Again, tied with ACDC-Flick of the Switch

 

Missing from the list Releases

1)Satan-Court in the Act

2)Thin Lizzy-Thunder and Lightning, tied with Baron Rojo(Spain)-Metalmorfosis and High Power(France)-self titled and Sortilege(France)-self titled EP

3)Accept-Balls to the Wall(Restless and Wild is 82 in my book), tied with Exciter-Heavy Metal Maniac, Manilla Road-Crystal Logic, Anvil-Forged in Fire, and last but not least Warlord-Deliver Us EP

[bangerdave]

Dio and Maiden for me,but there is so many other kick ass releases.

[UGH]

First part-Shout at the Devil. This is the album that got me into Heavy Metal

 

Second Part- Piece of Mind. My favorite Maiden album

[heaven&hell]

Missing from the list Releases

3)Accept-Balls to the Wall(Restless and Wild is 82 in my book)

 

Looking at the back of my cds 'Restless' came out in 1983 and 'Balls' came out in 1984.

[Glen]

Complete no brainer for me....

 

Dio & Iron Maiden

 

2 of my most played albums ever!

[stubul]

Missing from the list Releases

3)Accept-Balls to the Wall(Restless and Wild is 82 in my book)

 

Looking at the back of my cds 'Restless' came out in 1983 and 'Balls' came out in 1984.

 

that's because you have the US releases; both albums were released one year earlier in Europe.

[sharatan]

Missing from the list Releases

3)Accept-Balls to the Wall(Restless and Wild is 82 in my book)

 

Looking at the back of my cds 'Restless' came out in 1983 and 'Balls' came out in 1984.

 

that's because you have the US releases; both albums were released one year earlier in Europe.

 

 

are you my brother i never had? manilla road-warlord-manowar-satan-sortilege in one reply it's enough to make me think this way...