BEST HARD ROCK AND HEAVY METAL ALBUMS OF 1985

1          Accept - Metal Heart

2          Gary Moore - Run for Cover

3          W.A.S.P. - The Last Command

4          Mötley Crüe - Theatre of Pain

5          Dio - Sacred Heart

6          Saxon - Innocence Is No Excuse

7          Twisted Sister - Come Out and Play

8          Helloween - Walls Of Jericho

9          Bon Jovi - 7800° Fahrenheit

10        Dokken - Under Lock And Key

11        Anthrax - Spreading the Disease

12        AC/DC - Fly on the Wall

13        Icon - Night of the Crime

14        Virgin Steele - Noble Savage

15        Y&T - Down for the Count

16        Blue Öyster Cult - Club Ninja

17        Exodus - Bonded by Blood

18        Lizzy Borden - Love You To Pieces

19        Savatage - Power of the Night

20        Stryper - Soldiers Under Command

Other great releases :

Running Wild - Branded and Exiled

Overkill - Feel The Fire

Armored Saint - Delirious Nomad

Manilla Road - Open the Gates

Ratt - Invasion of Your Privacy

Victory - Victory

Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!

King Kobra - Ready to Strike

S.O.D. - Speak English or Die

Tygers of Pan Tang - The Wreck-Age

Rogue Male - First Visit

UFO - Misdemeanor

Fates Warning - The Spectre Within

Kreator - Endless Pain

Loudness - Thunder in the East

Omen - Warning of Danger

Slayer - Hell Awaits

Vandenberg - Alibi

White Lion - Fight to Survive

Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Marching Out

KISS - Asylum

Grim Reaper - Fear No Evil

Trouble - The Skull

Grave Digger - Witch Hunter

Aerosmith - Done with Mirrors

                                                                                               by Elias Papadopoulos

BEST HARD ROCK AND HEAVY METAL ALBUMS OF 1983

1 Accept - Balls to the Wall 
2 Rainbow - Bent Out Of Shape
3 Motley Crue - Shout At The Devil
4 Dio - Holy Diver
5 Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind
6 Krokus - Headhunter
7 Def Leppard - Pyromania
8 Gary Moore-Victims of the Future
9 Ozzy Osbourne-Bark at the Moon
10 Thin Lizzy - Thunder and Lightning
11 Twisted Sister - You Can't Stop Rock 'N' Roll
12 Metallica - Kill 'em All
13 Quite Riot - Metal Health
14 Manowar - Into Glory Ride
15 Y&T - Meanstreak
16 Saxon - Power & The Glory
17 ZZ Top - Eliminator
18 Blackfoot - Siogo
19 Slayer - Show No Mercy
20 Motorhead - Another Perfect Day

other great releases:

Journey - Frontiers

Dokken - Breaking The Chains
AC/DC - Flick Of The Switch
Black Sabbath - Born again
Diamond Head - Canterbury
KISS - Lick it up
Virgin Steele - Guardians Of The Flame
Blue Oyster Cult - The Revölution By Night
Uriah Heep - Head First
Vandenberg - Heading for a Storm
Gary Moore - Dirty Fingers
Alcatrazz - No Parole From Rock'n'Roll
UFO - Making Contact
Tokyo Blade - Tokyo Blade
Grim Reaper - See You In Hell
Europe - Europe
Anvil - Forged In Fire
Manilla Road - Crystal Logic
Exciter - Heavy Metal Maniac
Heavy Load - Stronger Than Evil
Lita Ford - Out For Blood
Mass - Metal Fighter
Mercyful Fate - Melissa
Helix - No Rest for the Wicked
Picture - Eternal Dark
Quartz - Against All Odds
Spartan Warrior - Steel 'n Chains
Steeler - Steeler
The Rods - In The Raw
Venom - At war with Satan

                                                                                     by Elias Papadopoulos