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TOP HEAVY METAL ALBUMS FROM “THE (EARLY) GOLDEN AGE OF HEAVY METAL”  1981 – 1991 

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Some titles were added from the Golden Age of Extreme Metal 1981-1992 This list is not my list and was originally posted online (now deleted), and the years on the records were incorrectly labeled 1981-1985. This is why I reposted it here.

Abattoir “Vicious Attack” – Obscure but great speedmetal from the sunurbs of LA.

Accept “Restless & Wild” 

AGENT STEEL BAND IN THE 1980S

Agent Steel “Skeptics Apocalypse” 

Agent Steel “Mad Locust Rising” 

Anacrusis “Screams And Whispers” 

Angel Dust “Into The Dark Past” 

Angel Witch “Angel Witch” 

Angel Witch “Dr. Phibes” 

Annihilator “Alice In Hell” 

Anthrax “Fistful Of Metal” – This was a great album before the band got really thrashy and is very raw.

Anthrax “Armed And Dangerous” – Great EP.

Anthrax “Spreading The Disease” – Awesome combination of traditional heavy metal and thrash. One of the band’s best efforts.

Anthrax – Among The Living – From the 1986 crop of “Big 4” releases and considered by many to be Anthrax’s best.

Armored Saint “March of the Saint” 

Artillery “Fear Of Tomorrow” 

Artillery “Terror Squad” 

Artillery “By Inheritance” 

Atheist “Piece Of Time” 

Atheist “Unquestionable Presence” 

Attacker “Battle At Helm’s Deep”

Attacker “The Second Coming”

Bathory “Bathory” – Very raw and a classic for the black metal genre. The first copy has the Yellow Goat cover.

BATHORY BLACK METAL BAND QUORTHON

Bathory “The Return….

Bitch “Be My Slave”

Bitch “The Bitch Is Back” 

Black Death “Black Death”

Black Flag “Damaged”

Black Flag “My War”

Black Flag “Slip It In”

Black Flag “Live ’84”

Black Flag “Loose Nut”

Black Flag “In My Head”

Black Sabbath “Mob Rules” 

Blessed Death “Kill or Be Killed”

Blind Illusion Band Vinyl LP With Les Claypool and Larry LaLonde of Primus
Blind Illusion Band Vinyl LP With Les Claypool and Larry LaLonde of Primus

Blind Illusion “The Sane Asylum” 

Bloodlust “Guilty As Sin” 

Cacophony “Speed Metal Symphony” 

Candlemass “Epicus Doomicus Metallicus” 

Candlemass “Nightfall” 

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Celtic Frost “Morbid Tales” – This minialbum is best of breed and would set the pace for black and thrash bands for decades to come.

Celtic Frost “Emperor’s Return” 

Celtic Frost “The Mega Therion”

Celtic Frost “Into The Pandemonium” 

Chastain “Mystery of Illusion” 

Chastain “Ruler Of The Wasteland” 

Cirith Ungol “Frost And Fire” 

Cirith Ungol “King of The Dead” 

Crimson Glory “Crimson Glory” 

Coven “Witchcraft Destroys Minds & Destroys Souls”

Coven13 “Worship New Gods” 

Crytptic Slaughter “Convicted”

Culprit “Guilty As Charged” 

Cynic “Focus” 

Dark Age “Dark Age”

Dark Angel “Darkness Descends” 

Dark Angel “Leave Scars” 

Dark Angel “Time Does Not Heal” 

Darkness “Death Squad” 

Darkness “Defenders of Justice” 

Deaf Dealer “Keeper of The Flame” 

Deaf Dealer “Journey Into Fear” 

Death “Scream Bloody Gore” 

Death “Leprosy” 

Death “Spiritual Healing”

Death “Human” 

Death “Individual Thought Patterns” 

Death “Symbolic” 

Death Angel “The Ultra-Violence” 

Death Angel “Frolic Through The Park” 

Death Angel “Act III” 

Death Strike “Fuckin’ Death” 

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Destruction “Infernal Overkill” 

Destructor “Maximum Destruction” 

 Détente “Recognize No Authority” 

Diamond Head “Lighting To The Nations” 

Diamond Head “Behold The Beginning” 

Discharge “Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing” 

Dream Death “Journey Into Fear” 

Exciter “Heavy Metal Maniac”

Exciter “Violence And Force”

Exciter “Double Play Classic” CD Megaforce/ Caroline 

Exhorder “Slaughter In The Vatican” 

Exodus “A Lesson In Violence”

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Exodus “Bonded By Blood” – The only Exodus album that counts in my opinion. The only one to feature original singer Paul Paloff.

Exodus “Pleasures of The Flesh” 

Exodus “A Lesson In Violence” Ultimate Revenge Soundtrack plus March 1986 Demo With Paul Baloff

Exodus “Another Lesson In Violence”

Exorcist “Nighmare Theatre” 

Exumer “Possessed By Fire” 

Exumer “Rising By The Sea” 

Fates Warning “Night on Bröcken”

Marty Friedman “Dragon’s Kiss” 

Forbidden “Forbidden Evil” 

Forbidden “Twisted Into Form” 

Grave Digger “Heavy Metal Breakdown”

Grave Digger “Witch Killer” 

Hawaii “One Nation Underground” 

H-Bomb “Coup De Metal” 

H-Bomb “Attack” 

Hades “Resisting Success” 

Halloween “Don’t Metal With Evil” 

Halloween “No One Gets Out!” 

Halloween “No One Gets Out!” Molten Metal Records Version / “Vicious”

Hallows Eve “Tales Of Terror

Heathen “Breaking The Silence” 

Heathen “Victims of Deception”

Hellhammer “Apocalyptic Raids” 

Hellion “The Black Book”

Hirax “Raging Violence” 

Hirax “Not Dead Yet” CD

Holocaust “The Nightcomers” 

Holy Moses “The New Machine of Liechtenstein”

Ice Age “Breaking The Ice” 

Imagika “Imagika” 

Imagika “Worship” 

Imagika “And So It Burns” 

Infernäl Mäjesty “None Shall Defy” 

Infernäl Mäjesty “Unholier Than Thou”

Infernäl Mäjesty “One Who Points To Death” 

Insanity “Death After Death” 

Iron Maiden “Iron Maiden” 

Iron Maiden “Killers” 

Iron Maiden “The Number of the Beast” 

Jag Panzer “Ample Destruction” 

Jaguar “Power Games” 

Judas Priest “Hell Bent For Leather” 

Judas Priest “Unleashed In The East”

Judas Priest “British Steel” 

Judas Priest “Painkiller” 

King Diamond “Fatal Portrait” 

King Diamond “Abigail” 

King Diamond “Them”

Kreator “Endless Pain

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Kreator “Pleasure To Kill” 

Liege Lord “Burn To My Touch” 

Liege Lord “Master Control”

Malediction “Condamnés”

Manowar “Battle Hymns” 

Manowar “Into Glory Ride” 

Manowar “Hail To England” 

Manowar “Sign Of The Hammer” 

Manowar “Kings Of Metal” 

Manowar “The Trimph of Steel” 

Manowar “Louder Than Hell” 

Manowar “Fighting The World” 

Manowar “Kings of Metal”

Massacre “From Beyond” 

Master “Master” 

Macbre “Gloom” 

Medieval “Cassette Album” 

Medieval “All Knobs To The Right” 

Medieval “Reign Of Terror” 

Medieval “Medieval Kills” 

Megadeth “Rust In Peace” 

Mercyful Fate “Mercyful Fate” 

Mercyful Fate “Melissa” 

Mercyful Fate “Don’t Break The Oath” 

Mercyful Fate “Live From The Depths of Hell” 

Mercyful Fate “Curse Of The Pharaohs” 

Mercyful Fate “The Beginning”  

Mercyful Fate “Return Of The Vampire” 

Mercyful Fate “In The Shadows”

Messiah Force “The Last Day” 

Metal Church “Metal Church” 

Metallica “No Life “Til Leather” 

Metallica “Kill ’em All” 

Metallica “Ride The Lighting” 

Metallica “Master of Puppets” 

Morbid Angel “Abominations Of Desolation” 

Morbid Angel “Altars of Madness” 

Morbid Angel “Blessed Are The Sick” 

Morbid Angel “Covenant” 

Morbid Angel “Domination” 

Morbid Angel “Entangled In Chaos” 

Mötley Crüe “Too Fast For Love” 

Mötley Crüe “Shout At The Devil”

Motörhead “Ace of Spades” 

Motörhead “No Sleep “Til Hammersmith” 

Motörhead “Iron Fist” 

Motorhead “Another Perfect Day” 

Motörhead “No Remorse”

Motörhead “Orgsamatron” 

Naplam Death “Harmony Corruption”

Naplam Death ” Utopia Banished”

Nasty Savage “Nasty Savage” 

Nasty Savage “Indulgence” 

Nightmare “Astral Deliverance” 

Nuclear Assault “Something Wicked” 

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Obituary “Slowly We Rot” 

Obituary “Cause Of Death” 

Oblivion “Nemesis” 

Onslaught “The Force” 

Original Sin “Sin You Find You Out” 

Overkill “Feel The Fire” 

Ozzy Osbourne “Blizzard Of Ozz” 

Ozzy Osbourne “Diary of A Madman” 

Ozzy Osbourne “Tribute” 

Pagan Altar “Pagan Altar” 

Pagan Altar “Volume 1” 

Pagan Altar “Judgement of The Dead” 

Pantera “Power Metal” 

Pantera “Cowboys From Hell” 

Pantera “Vulgar Display of Power”

Pantera “Far Beyond Driven”

Pentagram “Pentagram” 

Pentagram “Day Of Reckoning”

Pentagram “Relentless” 

Pestilence “Mallevs Maleficarum”

Piledriver “Metal Inquisition”

Piledriver “Stay Ugly” 

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Possessed “Seven Churches” 

Raven “All For One”

Raven “Live At The Inferno””

Razor “Exectuioner’s Song” 

Razor “Evil Invaders” 

Repulsion “Slaughter Of The Innocent” 

Replusion “Horrified” 

Riot “Fire Down Under” 

Riot “Thundersteel” 

Riot “Privilege of Power” 

Sabbat “History of A Time To Come” 

2 SACRIFICE THRASH BAND VINYL CANADA FORWARD INTO TERMINATION

Sacrifice “Torment In Fire” 

Sacrifice “Forward To Termination” 

Sacrifice “Soldiers of Misfortune”  

Sacrifice “Apocalypse Inside” 

Satan “Into The Fire” 

Satan “Court In The Act” 

Savatage “Sirens” 

Scorpions “Taken By Force” 

Sentinel Beast “Depths of Death” 

Sepultura “Beneath The Remains” 

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Skullview “Kings Of The Universe” 

Slaughter “Strappado” 

Slauter Xstroyes “Winterkill” 

Slauter Xstroyes “Free The Beast” 

Slayer “Show No Mercy” 

Slayer “Haunting The Chapel” 

Slayer “Hell Awaits” 

Slayer “Reign In Blood” 

Slayer “South of Heaven” 

Slayer “Season In The Abyss”

Syris “Unseen Forces” 

Tank “Filth Hounds of Hades” 

Tank “Power Of The Hunter” 

Tank “This Means War” 

Testament “The Legacy” 

Tension “Breaking Point”

Terrorizer “World Downfall” 

The Gathering “Mandylion” 

The Gathering “Nighttime Birds” 

The Gathering “In Motion” DVD

Trouble “Live 1983” Cassette Album

Trouble “Psalms 9”

Trouble “The Skull” 

Trouble “Run To The Light” 

Tygers Of Pan Tang “WIld Cat” 

Tygers of Pan Tang “Spellbound” 

U.F.O “The Wild, The Willing, The Innocent” 

Unseen “Terror” 

Venom “Welcome To Hell” 

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Venom “Black Metal” 

Venom “At War With Satan” 

Vicious Rumors “Soldiers of the Night” 

Vicious Rumors “Digital Dictator” 

Vio-Lence “Eternal Nightmare” 

Voi Vod “War And Pain” 

W.A.S.P “Wasp” 

Warfare “Pure Filth” 

Warfare “Metal Anarchy” 

Warfare “Mayhem, Fuckin’ Mayhem

Warhead “Speedway” 

Warhead “The Day After” 

Warlock – “Triumph And Agony”

Watchtower “Energetic Disassembly” 

Watchtower “Control & Resistance” 

Witch Cross “Fit For Fight” 

Witchfinder General “Death Penalty” 

Witchfinder General” Friends From Hell”

Witchkiller “Day Of THe Saxons” 

Zoser Mez “Vizier Of Wastland” 

Do you have albums like this?

I PAY TOP $$$ FOR METAL AND PUNK COLLECTIONS!

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Poll: What Was The Best Year For Thrash Metal 1983-1991?

Since it’s pretty clear many of us (including me) are living in the past (rightfully so)…what is your favorite year for Thrash Metal? You can choose from 1983-1991. Personally, I’m going to have to choose 1986 with classic such as Pleasure To Kill, Darkness Descends and Reign In Blood pulling much of the weight, but what is your pick?

Poll: What Was The Best Year For Thrash Metal 1983-1991?

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Grim Reaper – WHERE ARE THEY NOW? (The “See You In Hell Guys)

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GREAT BAND, BAD HAIR – WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

Grim Reaper is a super handsome heavy metal band from England that was formed in 1979. They are best known for the 1983’S “See You In Hell” album”.

Photo Cred: Metal Archives

Grim Reaper: Where Are They Now?

UPDATE: Grimmett passed away on Monday, Aug. 15 at the age of 62.

  • In a recent interview Steve Grimmett said, “We have a date of February 19, 2019 (the original date was in October 2018). We had to move the date forward because we could not deliver the album on time, nor could the record label. February 19 will gives us a little bit more time to get things done. We have recorded all the guitars and all the drums I have started the vocals; when we get back from the tour, I will be doing vocals and bass. It should be done in the next month.”
  • Guitarist Nick Bowcott is a rep for Marshall Amps.
  • Nick Bowcott spoke at Jeff Hannaman’s funeral.
  • Just having the word “hell” in an album title tied Grim Reaper up in lawsuits with their label from 1987 to 1988.
  • Steve Grimmett was in the thrash metal band Onslaught. Strangely enough, Onslaught’s first album was “Power From Hell”.
  • The band broke up in 2008.
  • The band re-formed and started work on a new studio album tentatively titled “From Hell” (not joking)
  • In 2017, after collapsing at a show from a leg infection, Steve Grimmett went into surgery. As a result, he had to have a portion of his leg amputated.

Listen To See You In Hell

Album Cover And Artwork

Tracklist

  1. See You In Hell
    2. Dead On Arrival
    3. Liar
    4. Wrath Of The Ripper
    5. Now Or Never
    6. Run For Your Life
    7. The Show Must Go
    8. All Hell Let Loose
    SKU: AFL1-5431

Band Line-Up

Grim Reaper

Steve Grimmett – vocals
Nick Bowcott – guitar
Dave Wanklin – bass
Lee Harris – drums

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Canada’s Anvil: Were They The First Thrash Band?

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Anvil: Were They The First Thrash Band?

Was Anvil The First Thrash Metal Band?

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Way back a long time ago, before Anvil was best known for a movie made about them: Anvil was in a tremendously influential, “proto-thrash” band. Musicians like Lemmy, Slash, Scott Ian and Lars Ulich considered them to be a big influence. While Anvil’s sound was more of traditional heavy metal, they did play louder and faster than most bands did at the time.

Listen and Decide, If You Haven’t Heard Anvil (You Probably Haven’t).


Side one


No. | Title | Length
1. “Forged in Fire” 4:45
2. “Shadow Zone” 4:00
3. “Free as the Wind” 5:38
4. “Never Deceive Me” 3:35
5. “Butter-Bust Jerky” 3:20

Side two

No. | Title | Length

6. “Future Wars” 3:11
7. “Hard Times – Fast Ladies” 3:49
8. “Make It Up to You” 3:31
9. “Motormount” 3:43
10. “Winged Assassins” 3:46

Anvil Is:
Steve “Lips” Kudlow – vocals, guitar
Dave Allison – guitar, lead vocals
Ian Dickson – bass, backing vocals
Robb Reiner – drums