Metal Hammer: 100 Rock and metal songs that defined the 1980s (2020)

[Pierre]

https://www.loudersound.com/features/10 ... -the-1980s

Oh lookey at those snobs, no "Number of the Beast".

1980

AC/DC | Back in Black
Black Sabbath | Heaven and Hell
Diamond Head | Am I Evil?
Girlschool | Emergency
Iron Maiden | Sanctuary
Judas Priest | Breaking the Law
Killing Joke | Wardance
Misfits | Last Caress
Motörhead | Ace of Spades
Ozzy Osbourne | Crazy Train

1981

AC/DC | For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)
Anti-Nowhere League | So What?
Black Flag | Rise Above
Joan Jett | Bad Reputation
Minor Threat | I Don't Wanna Hear It
Mötley Crüe | Live Wire
Motörhead & Girlschool | Please Don't Touch
Ozzy Osbourne | Over the Mountain
Saxon | Denim and Leather
Venom | In League with Satan

1982

Accept | Fast as a Shark
Anvil | Metal on Metal
Bad Brains | Attitude
Discharge | Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing
Iron Maiden | Hallowed Be Thy Name
Judas Priest | Screaming for Vengeance
KISS | I Love It Loud
Manowar | Battle Hymn
Mercyful Fate | A Corpse Without a Soul
Twisted Sister | Under the Blade

1983

Def Leppard | Photograph
Dio | Holy Diver
Hellhammer | Messiah
Iron Maiden | The Trooper
Metallica | Hit the Lights
Mötley Crüe | Shout at the Devil
Quiet Riot | Metal Health (Bang Your Head)
Slayer | Die by the Sword
Suicidal Tendencies | Institutionalized
ZZ Top | Sharp Dressed Man

1984

Anthrax | Metal Thrashing Mad
Celtic Frost | Into the Crypt of Rays
Iron Maiden | Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Killing Joke | Eighties
Metallica | Fade to Black
Scorpions | Rock You Like a Hurricane
Trouble | The Tempter
Twisted Sister | We're Not Gonna Take It
Van Halen | Jump
W.A.S.P. | Animal (Fuck Like a Beast)

1985

Anthrax | Madhouse
Celtic Frost | Circle of the Tyrants
Dio | Rock 'n' Roll Children
Exodus | Bonded by Blood
Faith No More | We Care a Lot
Megadeth | Mechanix
Pentagram | Sign of the Wolf (Pentagram)
Possessed | Death Metal
S.O.D. (Stormtroopers Of Death) | Sargent D and the S.O.D.

1986

Bon Jovi | Livin' on a Prayer
Candlemass | Solitude
Europe | The Final Countdown
Kreator | Flag of Hate
Megadeth | Peace Sells
Metallica | Master of Puppets
Repulsion | The Stench of Burning Death
Run-DMC & Aerosmith | Walk This Way
Saint Vitus | Clear Windowpane
Slayer | Angel of Death

1987

Anthrax | Indians
Death | Zombie Ritual
Def Leppard | Pour Somer Sugar on Me
Guns N' Roses | Welcome to the Jungle
Helloween | I'm Alive
King Diamond | Abigail
Mayhem | Deathcrush
Mötley Crüe | Girls Girls Girls
Napalm Death | Scum
Testament | Over the Wall

1988

Bathory | A Fine Day to Die
Danzig | Mother
Iron Maiden | Can I Play with Madness
Jane's Addiction | Mountain Song
Living Colour | Cult of Personality
Metallica | Blackened
Ministry | Stigmata
Queensrÿche | Eyes of a Stranger
Slayer | South of Heaven
Voivod | Tribal Convictions

1989

Carcass | Exhume to Consume
Faith No More | From Out of Nowhere
Godflesh | Like Rats
Morbid Angel | Chapel of Ghouls
Mötley Crüe | Dr Feelgood
Nine Inch Nails | Head Like a Hole
Nirvana | Negative Creep
Sepultura | Inner Self
Terrorizer | Fear of Napalm
White Zombie | God of Thunder

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Oh lookey at those snobs, no "Number of the Beast".

To be fair, it looks like each band gets one berth for each year (Iron Maiden's been taken up for '82) and any list that features Mötley Crüe three times can't be all that snobby! Besides, Hallowed Be Thy Name is a more than adequate substitute