Best Albums Of '81

The Erlking · Post by **The Erlking** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 9:26 am

The same idea as in best of 1980 thread. List your favourite metal albums released in the year of 1981!

Here's my top 15:

ACCEPT: Breaker
ARKANGEL: Arkangel
BLACK SABBATH: Mob Rules
BOW WOW: Hard Dog
HOLOCAUST: The Nightcomers
IRON MAIDEN: Killers
LOUDNESS: Birthday Eve
PICTURE: Heavy Metal Ears
RAVEN: Rock Until You Drop
RESISTENCIA: Hecho En Venezuela
RIOT: Fire Down Under
SARACEN: Heroes, Saints And Fools
SAXON: Denim And Leather
TYGERS OF PAN TANG: Spellbound
VENOM: Welcome To Hell

+ as an honorable mention: Mistreater: Hell's Fire.

Things are getting heavier by this year. Welcome To Hell, Nightcomers, Breaker. Good times! Probably forgetting some bands but for the most part that's my best of the best of 1981.

Avenger · Post by **Avenger** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 9:34 am

In a hurry were we?

The Erlking · Post by **The Erlking** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 10:12 am

Avenger wrote:In a hurry were we?

If not, we won't get the whole 80s covered till 2020.

Black Axe · Post by **Black Axe** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 4:26 pm

Thin Lizzy - Renegade
EF Band - The Last Laugh Is On You
Legend - Legend
Vandale - Schandale
Venom - Welcome To Hell
Holocaust - The Nightcomers
Demon - Night Of The Demon
Dark Star - Dark Star
Saracen - Heroes, Saints & Fools
Saxon - Denim & Leather
Resistencia - Hecho En Venezuela
Raven - Rock Until You Drop
Mötley Crüe - Too Fast for Love
Tygers of Pan Tang - Spellbound

DMR · Post by **DMR** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 4:45 pm

Iron Maiden - Killers
Heavy Load - Metal Conquest
Blue Oyster Cult - Fire of Unknown Origin
Legend (Kent) - Hideaway
Valhalla - Lightning in the Sky

great_knuthulhu · Post by **great_knuthulhu** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 5:00 pm

LPs only with the exception of Force. Just had to list that one.

Arkangel - s/t
Black Sabbath - Mob rules
Blue Öyster Cult - Fire of unknown origin
Cirith Ungol - Frost and fire
Crysys - Hard as a rock
Force - s/t
Heavy Load - Metal conquest
Holocaust - The nightcomers
Iron Maiden - Killers
Michael Schenker Group - MSG
Mötley Crüe - Too fast for love
Raven - Rock until you drop
Rose Tattoo - Assault and battery
Saxon - Denim and leather
Thin Lizzy - Renegade
Triumph - Allied forces
Venom - Welcome to hell
Y & T - Earthshaker

omen of hate · Post by **omen of hate** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 7:16 pm

Here are a few more :

WARNING (FRA) - I
SAMSON - Shock Tactics
KILLER (BEL) - Wall of Sound
TRUST - Marche ou Crève
MORE - Warhead
KILLER (SWI) - Lady Killer

The Erlking · Post by **The Erlking** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 8:05 pm

omen of hate wrote:Here are a few more :

WARNING (FRA) - I
SAMSON - Shock Tactics
KILLER (BEL) - Wall of Sound
TRUST - Marche ou Crève
MORE - Warhead
KILLER (SWI) - Lady Killer

Nice original choises. That belgian Killer especially is pretty good. I never understood the love for Samson though. They're ok for me but surely not on any of my TOP lists. I'm interested in what makes them so good for you?

omen of hate · Post by **omen of hate** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 8:17 pm

The Erlking wrote:
omen of hate wrote:Here are a few more :

WARNING (FRA) - I
SAMSON - Shock Tactics
KILLER (BEL) - Wall of Sound
TRUST - Marche ou Crève
MORE - Warhead
KILLER (SWI) - Lady Killer
Nice original choises. That belgian Killer especially is pretty good. I never understood the love for Samson though. They're ok for me but surely not on any of my TOP lists. I'm interested in what makes them so good for you?

I don't know, I can't explain. I know they're not the most groundbreaking NWOBHM act, but I like them since ages. Dickinson's voice fits their music really well.
My 2 fave albums are "Head on" and "Shock Tactics".

khiijol · Post by **khiijol** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 4:04 pm

in approximate order:

holocaust - the nightcomers
iron maiden - killers
venom - welcome to hell
legend - s/t
tygers of pan tang - spellbound
loudness - the birthday eve
raven - rock til you drop
riot - fire down under
crysys - hard as rock
the rods - s/t
demon - night of the demon
girlschool - hit and run
krokus - hardware
accept - breaker
fist (can) - thunder in rock

Black Axe · Post by **Black Axe** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 4:16 pm

The Erlking wrote:
omen of hate wrote:Here are a few more :

WARNING (FRA) - I
SAMSON - Shock Tactics
KILLER (BEL) - Wall of Sound
TRUST - Marche ou Crève
MORE - Warhead
KILLER (SWI) - Lady Killer
Nice original choises. That belgian Killer especially is pretty good. I never understood the love for Samson though. They're ok for me but surely not on any of my TOP lists. I'm interested in what makes them so good for you?

I'm the other way around. WoS is mediocre to my ears, I much prefer the debut.

Cult_Metal_GR · Post by **Cult_Metal_GR** » Sun Apr 25, 2010 1:50 pm

Accept - Breaker
Saxon - Denim and Leather
Saracen - Heroes, Saints and Fools
Iron Maiden - Killers
Riot - Fire down under
Holocaust - Nightcomers
Venom - Welcome To Hell