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The Best Metal, Hard Rock & Hardcore Punk Albums of the 1980s

The best of the heavy music genres: 100 albums covering a range of hard rock, hardcore punk and metal. Presented by Metal Music Archives.
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AC/DC - Back in Black
AC/DC - Back in Black
1
Adolescents - Adolescents
Adolescents - Adolescents
2
Amebix- Arise
Amebix- Arise
3
Articles of Faith - Give Thanks
Articles of Faith - Give Thanks
4
Ashbury - Endless Skies
Ashbury - Endless Skies
5
Autopsy - Severed Survival
Autopsy - Severed Survival
6
Bad Brains ‎– Bad Brains
Bad Brains ‎– Bad Brains
7
Bad Brains - Rock for Light
Bad Brains - Rock for Light
8
Bad Religion - No Control
Bad Religion - No Control
9
Bad Religion - Suffer
Bad Religion - Suffer
10
Barón Rojo - Volumen Brutal
Barón Rojo - Volumen Brutal
11
Bathory - Blood Fire Death
Bathory - Blood Fire Death
12
Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark
Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark
13
Black Flag - Damaged
Black Flag - Damaged
14
Black Flag - My War
Black Flag - My War
15
Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
16
Blue Öyster Cult - Fire of Unknown Origin
Blue Öyster Cult - Fire of Unknown Origin
17
Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
18
Candlemass - Nightfall
Candlemass - Nightfall
19
Carnivore - Retaliation
Carnivore - Retaliation
20
Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales
Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales
21
The Cult - Love
The Cult - Love
22
Danzig - Danzig
Danzig - Danzig
23
Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotten Vegetables (1980)
Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotten Vegetables (1980)
24
Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters
Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters
25
Death - Leprosy
Death - Leprosy
26
Descendents - Milo Goes to College
Descendents - Milo Goes to College
27
Diamond Head - Lightning to the Nations
Diamond Head - Lightning to the Nations
28
Die Kreuzen - Die Kreuzen
Die Kreuzen - Die Kreuzen
29
Dio - Holy Diver
Dio - Holy Diver
30
Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing
Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing
31
The F.U.'S - My America
The F.U.'S - My America
32
Frank Marino - Juggernaut
Frank Marino - Juggernaut
33
Gorilla Biscuits - Start Today
Gorilla Biscuits - Start Today
34
Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
35
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 2
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 2
36
Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade
Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade
37
Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
38
Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
39
Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
40
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