My Top 500 Metal Songs of the 1980s

  1. Am I Evil (1982 Borrowed Time version) - Diamond Head
  2. Thieves - Ministry
  3. Angel Witch - Angel Witch
  4. A Fine Day to Die - Bathory
  5. Hall of the Mountain King - Savatage
  6. Fast as a Shark - Accept
  7. The Axeman - Omen
  8. The Hellion /  Electric Eye - Judas Priest
  9. One - Metallica
  10. Wheels of Steel - Saxon
  11. Overkill - Overkill
  12. At the Gallows End - Candlemass
  13. Metal Storm / Face the Slayer - Slayer
  14. Captor of Sin (Live Undead version) - Slayer
  15. Bomber - Girlschool
  16. Armed and Dangerous - Anthrax
  17. The Conjuring - Megadeth
  18. The Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden
  19. Metal Church - Metal Church
  20.  Phantom Lord - Metallica
  21. For All Those That Died - Bathory
  22. Whiplash - Metallica
  23. Queen of the Masquerade - Crimson Glory
  24.  Mr. Crowley - Ozzy Osbourne
  25.  Metal Thrashing Mad - Anthrax
  26. Black Metal - Venom
  27. Live Wire - Motley Crue
  28. Hell Awaits - Slayer
  29.  Machine Gunn Eddie - Nitro
  30.  Trilogy Suite Op: 5 - Yngwie Malmsteen
  31. Back at the Funny Farm - Motorhead
  32. Prisoner of Your Eyes - Judas Priest
  33. For Whom the Bell Tolls - Metallica
  34.  Battle Angels - Sanctuary
  35. Peace Sells - Megadeth
  36.  Cremation - King Diamond
  37. Angel of Death - Slayer​
  38.  N.O.T.J. - Avenger
  39. Witchfinder General - Witchfinder General
  40.   Blood Fire Death - Bathory
  41. Jailbait - Motorhead
  42.  In League with Satan - Venom
  43.  C'mon Let's Go - Girlschool
  44.  Call From the Grave - Bathory
  45.  Wheels of Fire - Manowar
  46.  Keeper of the Seven Keys - Helloween
  47. Wasted Years - Iron Maiden
  48. The Tempter - Trouble
  49.  Diary of a Madman - Ozzy Osbourne
  50.  Motorbreath - Metallica
  51. Solitude - Candlemass
  52. Inner Sanctum - Celtic Frost
  53. South of Heaven - Slayer
  54. Into the Coven - Mercyful Fate
  55. Live Like an Angel - Venom
  56.  Alison Hell - Annihilator
  57. Chapel of Ghouls - Morbid Angel
  58.  Freeway Mad - Saxon
  59. Twist of Cain - Danzig
  60.  Sacrifice - Venom
  61. Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath
  62. Enemy Within - D.R.I.
  63. The Last In Line - Dio
  64.  Haunting the Chapel - Slayer
  65. Mourners Lament - Candlemass
  66.  Aces High - Iron Maiden
  67. Spreading the Disease - Queensryche
  68.  Institutionalized - Suicidal Tendencies
  69.  Play It Loud - Saxon
  70. Trapped Under Ice - Metallica
  71. Victim of Fate - Helloween
  72. Spill the Blood - Slayer
  73. Master of the Pit - Cirith Ungol
  74. The Evil That Men Do - Iron Maiden
  75. Welcome Home (Sanitarium) - Metallica
  76. Blackened - Metallica
  77. Swords and Tequila - Riot
  78.  Assault Attack - Michael Schenker Group
  79. Fast and Loose - Motorhead
  80.   Hallowed Be Thy Name - Iron Maiden
  81. Y.R.O. - Racer X
  82.  Metal On Metal - Anvil
  83.  Medieval Steel - Medieval Steel
  84.  The Years of Decay - Overkill
  85.  Rock 'n' Roll - Motorhead
  86.  Bewitched - Candlemass
  87. Love Me Like a Reptile - Motorhead
  88.  Evil - Mercyful Fate
  89.  It's Electric - Diamond Head
  90.  Ruler of the Wasteland - Chastain
  91. Queen of Desire - Ostrogoth
  92.  Blitzkrieg - Blitzkrieg
  93.  Breaking the Chains - Dokken
  94.  Agent Orange - Sodom
  95.  March of the Crabs - Anvil
  96. Deny the Cross - Overkill
  97. Denim and Leather - Saxon
  98.  Raining Blood - Slayer
  99.  Bastard - Motley Crue
  100.    Battle Hymn - Manowar
  101.    Metal Queen - Lee Aaron
  102.    Under Jolly Roger - Running Wild
  103.    Invisible Hate - Witchfinder General 
  104.    Tag Team - Anvil 
  105.    Eat the Rich - Motorhead
  106.    Fear of Napalm - Terrorizer
  107.    The Exorcist - Possessed
  108.    Black Wind, Fire and Steel - Manowar
  109.    Gorgon - Angel Witch
  110.    Satans Fall - Mercyful Fate
  111.   Powerslave - Iron Maiden
  112.   King of the Dead - Cirith Ungol
  113.  Welcome Home - Diamond Head
  114.   Maze of Torment - Morbid Angel
  115.  Glory Hunter - Armored Saint
  116.   Behind the Crooked Cross - Slayer
  117.  Skeleton On Your Shoulder - Coroner
  118.   Good Mourning / Black Friday - Megadeth
  119.  The Clairvoyant - Iron Maiden
  120.   Trip at the Brain - Suicidal Tendencies
  121.  The Toxic Waltz - Exodus
  122.   Seven Churches - Possessed
  123.   Blood of the Kings - Manowar
  124.   (Don't Need) Religion - Motorhead
  125.   Wake Up Dead - Megadeth
  126.   Invisible - Dio
  127.   Flight of Icarus - Iron Maiden
  128.   Battle at Helms Deep - Attacker
  129.   Die By the Sword (Live Undead version) - Slayer 
  130.    Sun and Steel - Iron Maiden
  131.   Dancing On Your Grave - Motorhead
  132.    Who Tends the Fire - Overkill 
  133.    Breakdown - Girlschool
  134.    Enemy Within - D.R.I.
  135.   Waking the Dead - Suicidal Tendencies
  136.   Disaster Blaster - White Zombie
  137.   Infinite Dreams - Iron Maiden
  138.   Black Magic - Slayer
  139.   Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good - Megadeth
  140.    Disposable Heroes - Metallica
  141.   Helpless - Diamond Head
  142.   The Prisoner - Iron Maiden
  143.    24 Hrs Ago - Savatage
  144.    Curse of the Pharaohs - Mercyful Fate
  145.    Holy Diver - Dio
  146.    Black Machine - Cirith Ungol
  147.    We Rock - Dio
  148.    Evil Never Dies - Overkill
  149.    Riding the Storm - Running Wild
  150.    American Metal - Lizzy Borden
  151.    Bite the Bullet - Motorhead
  152.    King of Rock and Roll - Dio
  153.   Reborn Through Hate - Coroner
  154.   Die With Your Boots On - Iron Maiden
  155.   Lightning to the Nations - Diamond Head
  156.   Center of Eternity - Ozzy Osbourne
  157.   War Inside My Head - Suicidal Tendencies 
  158.   Mirror, Mirror - Candlemass
  159.   Too Young to Fall In Love - Motley Crue
  160.   Creeping Death - Metallica
  161.   Chemical Warfare - Slayer
  162.   Enter the Enternal Fire - Bathory
  163.   Eyes of a Stranger - Queensryche
  164.   Trick or Treat - Fastway
  165.   Breaking the Law - Judas Priest
  166.    No Place for Disgrace - Flotsam & Jetsam
  167.    No Stayer - Witchfinder General
  168.    Redline - Saxon
  169.   22 Acacia Avenue - Iron Maiden
  170.   Madhouse - Anthrax
  171.   In My Darkest Hour - Megadeth
  172.   Out of the Body - Pestilence
  173.   Terrible Certainty - Kreator
  174.   Death Penalty - Witchfinder General
  175.   Jesus Saves - Slayer
  176.   I Wanna Be Somebody - W.A.S.P.
  177.   Breathe - Ministry
  178.   Speak - Queensryche
  179.   Die By the Blade - Omen
  180.    Dethroned Emperor - Celtic Frost
  181.   Melissa - Mercyful Fate
  182.   Leper Messiah - Metallica
  183.   Flash of the Blade - Iron Maiden
  184.    Manowar - Manowar
  185.    Seek & Destroy - Metallica
  186.    Death or Glory - Running Wild
  187.    Over the Wall - Testament
  188.    Practice What You Preach - Testament
  189.    (We Are) The Roadcrew - Motorhead
  190.    Suffer - Angel Witch
  191.    A.I.R. - Anthrax
  192.    Pace Till Death - Bathory
  193.    Rattlehead - Megadeth
  194.    Marching Off to War - Motorhead
  195.    Dirty Love - Motorhead
  196.    Darkness Descends - Dark Angel
  197.    So What - Ministry
  198.    Powersurge - Overkill
  199.    Am I Demon - Danzig
  200.     Darkness In Paradise - Candlemass
  201.    Freewheel Burning - Judas Priest
  202.     Stronger Than Hate - Sepultura
  203.    Deliver Us to Evil - Exodus
  204.     Devastation - Savatage
  205.    Dyers Eve - Metallica
  206.     Mother - Danzig
  207.    Beneath the Remains - Sepultura
  208.     Schizos (Are Never Alone) Pts I & II - Annihilator
  209.     Among the Living - Anthrax
  210.    Battery - Metallica
  211.   Death From Above - Anthrax
  212.   Steeler - Judas Priest
  213.   Fight Fire with Fire - Metallica
  214.  Sucking My Love - Diamond Head
  215.   Ton of Bricks - Metal Church
  216.   The Well of Souls - Candlemass
  217.   Murders in the Rue Morgue - Iron Maiden
  218.   Cajun Hell - Exodus
  219.   Queen of the Reich - Queensryche
  220.    The Antichrist (Live Undead version) - Slayer
  221.   One Track Mind - Motorhead
  222.   Caught In a Mosh - Anthrax
  223.    Metalshock - Flotsam & Jetsam
  224.    Demons Gate - Candlemass
  225.    Hammerhead - Flotsam & Jetsam
  226.    Crusader - Saxon
  227.    Burning Inside - Ministry
  228.    No Religion - D.R.I.
  229.    Hellbound - Tygers of Pan Tang
  230.    Awakening of the Gods - Kreator
  231.    Run to the Hills - Iron Maiden
  232.    The Kids Are Back - Twisted Sister
  233.    Never Coming Back - Grim Reaper
  234.    L.O.V.E. Machine - W.A.S.P.
  235.    Metal Command - Exodus
  236.    The Oath - Mercyful Fate
  237.    Burnt Offerings - Testament
  238.    Pledge Your Allegiance - Suicidal Tendencies
  239.    Atlantis - Angel Witch
  240.     Rocks Off - Def Leppard
  241.    Over the Mountain - Ozzy Osbourne
  242.    Raise the Dead - Venom
  243.    Suicidal Maniac - Suicidal Tendencies
  244.    Gods of Wrath - Metal Church
  245.    The Thing That Should Not Be - Metallica
  246.    Tormentor - W.A.S.P.
  247.    Black Magic (Live Undead version) - Slayer
  248.    Shout at the Devil - Motley Crue
  249.    (Take These) Chains - Judas Priest
  250.    Sorcerers - Angel Witch
  251.   Majesty - Blind Guardian
  252.    The Four Horsemen - Metallica
  253.    144,000 Days - Agent Steel
  254.    Curse the Gods - Destruction
  255.    Fire - Yngwie Malmsteen
  256.    One Foot in Hell - Cirith Ungol
  257.    Join the Army - Suicidal Tendencies
  258.    Mad House - Armored Saint
  259.    Altar of the King - Riot
  260.    Dark Reflections - Candlemass
  261.    Wrathchild - Iron Maiden
  262.    Elimination - Overkill
  263.    Race With the Devil - Girlschool
  264.    Guardian of the Blind - Blind Guardian 
  265.    Widowmaker - W.A.S.P.
  266.    Angels of War - Crimson Glory
  267.    Bored - Death Angel
  268.    Play It Loud - Diamond Head
  269.    Deathrider - Anthrax
  270.    One World - Anthrax
  271.    Revolution Calling - Queensryche
  272.    Angel of Death - Angel Witch
  273.    Possessed to Skate - Suicidal Tendencies
  274.    Phantom of the Opera - Iron Maiden
  275.    Abigail - King Diamond
  276.    Mandatory Suicide - Slayer
  277.    Crystal Ball - Candlemass
  278.    No Remorse - Metallica
  279.    Please Don't Touch - Girlschool & Motorhead (Headgirl)
  280.     Poison - Venom
  281.    At War With Satan - Venom
  282.    Wreaking Crew - Overkill
  283.    Prelude to Madness - Savatage
  284.    Eye of the Storm - Leige Lord
  285.    A.D.I. / The Horror Of It All - Anthrax
  286.     Turbo Lover - Judas Priest
  287.     Criminally Insane - Slayer
  288.    Sign of the Wolf (Pentagram) - Pentagram
  289.    Fade to Black - Metallica
  290.    Battle Axe - Quiet Riot
  291.    666 - Anvil
  292.    Stop Me - Anvil
  293.    I Don't Know - Ozzy Osbourne
  294.    The Chase Is Better Than the Catch - Motorhead
  295.    Shoot You in the Back - Motorhead
  296.    Devils Tower - Angel Witch
  297.    Grinder - Judas Priest
  298.    See You in Hell - Grim Reaper
  299.    Cloven Hoof - Cloven Hoof
  300.     Bonded By Blood - Exodus
  301.    Blood & Iron - Cirith Ungol
  302.    Relentless - Pentagram
  303.     Mechanix - Megadeth
  304.     A Lesson In Violence - Exodus
  305.     Troops of Doom - Sepultura
  306.     The Frayed Ends of Sanity - Metallica
  307.     The Marshall Arts - Razor
  308.     Demonspeed - White Zombie
  309.     She Rides - Danzig
  310.    A Cry From the Crypt - Candlemass
  311.    Brain Dead - Exodus
  312.    Carry On - Manowar
  313.   Demons Night - Accept
  314.   And the Band Played On - Saxon
  315.   Suicide Solution - Ozzy Osbourne
  316.   Street Lethal - Racer X
  317.   Wild Child - W.A.S.P.
  318.   Seducer - Armored Saint
  319.   Can U Deliver - Armored Saint
  320.   March of the Saint - Armored Saint
  321.   Suicidal Failure - Suicidal Tendencies
  322.    Beyond the Black - Metal Church
  323.    The Eagle Has Landed - Saxon
  324.    Show No Mercy - Slayer
  325.    Wicked Mystic - Annihilator
  326.    Harvester of Sorrow - Metallica
  327.    Never Believe - Ministry
  328.    Midnight Ride - Girlschool
  329.    Motorcycle Man - Saxon
  330.    I Want More - Suicidal Tendencies
  331.    White Magic / Black Magic - Saint Vitus
  332.    I Don't Need Society - D.R.I.
  333.    Black Stone Wielder - Candlemass
  334.    Time to Kill - Overkill
  335.    Kingdom Come - Manowar
  336.    Evil Has No Boundaries - Slayer
  337.    Assassin - Trouble
  338.    Machine Gun - Saxon
  339.    No Time to Lose - Shakin' Street
  340.     Death Noise - Blind Illusion
  341.    W.T.Y.D. - Annihilator
  342.    Babylon Fell (Jade Serpent) - Celtic Frost
  343.     Midnight Mover - Accept
  344.    Don't Talk to Strangers - Dio
  345.    To the Devil His Due - Diamond Head
  346.    Princess of the Dawn - Accept
  347.    Sweet Danger - Angel Witch
  348.    Black Funeral - Mercyful Fate
  349.    Last Caress / Green Hell - Metallica
  350.    Thrashard - D.R.I.
  351.    Immortal Rites - Morbid Angel
  352.    Pull the Plug - Death
  353.    Traitor - Motorhead
  354.    To Heaven From Hell - Diamond Head
  355.    Take Me to the Top - Motley Crue
  356.    Princess of the Night - Saxon
  357.    The Hunter - Danzig
  358.    The Golden Walls of Heaven - Bathory
  359.    Atom Smasher - Cirith Ungol
  360.     Memories of Tomorrow - Suicidal Tendencies
  361.    Ride the Lightning - Metallica
  362.    The Lady Wore Black - Queensryche
  363.    Say What You Will - Fastway
  364.    R.I.P. - Coroner
  365.    Orgasmatron - Motorhead
  366.    Doomsday for the Deceiver - Flotsam & Jetsam
  367.    Orion - Metallica
  368.    Soldiers of Hell - Running Wild
  369.    Balls to the Wall - Accept
  370.    (Don't Let Em) Grind You Down - Motorhead
  371.    Possessed - Suicidal Tendencies
  372.    Rock 'n' Roll Rebel - Ozzy Osbourne
  373.    Kill Again - Slayer
  374.    Piece By Piece - Slayer
  375.    Drunken Wisdom - Overkill
  376.    Into the Pit - Testament
  377.    Night Wolf - Krokus
  378.    Mind Over Metal - Raven
  379.    Angry Neurotic Catholics - Carnivore
  380.     100 MPH - Celtic Frost
  381.     Loser - Angel Witch
  382.    Shame On the Night - Dio
  383.    King of Metal - Manowar
  384.     ...And Justice for All - Metallica
  385.    Metal Heart - Accept
  386.    Funeral Rites - Sepultura
  387.    V.B.P. - Omen
  388.    Built for Speed - Motorhead
  389.    Fury - Yngwie Malmsteen
  390.    Born too Late - Saint Vitus
  391.    Ten Seconds to Love - Motley Crue
  392.    Angel Dust - Venom
  393.    Prodigal Son - Iron Maiden
  394.    Ace of Spades - Motorhead
  395.    Ancient Dreams - Candlemass
  396.    Fake Healer - Metal Church
  397.    Come to the Sabbath - Mercyful Fate
  398.    Into the Arena - Michael Schenker Group
  399.    The Last Act of Defiance - Exodus
  400.     The Shortest Straw - Metallica
  401.    Gutter Ballet - Savatage
  402.     Living After Midnight - Judas Priest
  403.    The Nightcomers - Holocaust
  404.    Teachers Pet - Venom
  405.     Into the Crypts of Rays - Celtic Frost
  406.     Max Overload - Acid
  407.     Soldiers of Metal - Anthrax
  408.     Stand Up and Be Counted - Saxon
  409.     Stranger In a Strange Land - Iron Maiden
  410.    Mayhemic Destruction - Mortal Sin
  411.    Fabulous Disaster - Exodus
  412.    Pleasure to Kill - Kreator
  413.    (Empty) Tankard - Tankard
  414.    Power and the Glory - Saxon
  415.    Read Between the Lines - Slayer
  416.    Death of the Sun - Cirith Ungol
  417.    Morbid Visions - Sepultura
  418.    Where Eagles Dare - Iron Maiden
  419.    Never Surrender - Saxon
  420.     S.S.C. / Stand or Fall - Anthrax
  421.    Butchers Block - Anacrusis
  422.    The Skull Beneath the Skin - Megadeth
  423.    Killers - Iron Maiden
  424.    Last Rites / Loved to Death - Megadeth
  425.    Electro-violence - Overkill
  426.    Let the Thunder Roar - Grim Reaper
  427.    Devils Child - Judas Priest
  428.    Procreation (Of the Wicked) - Celtic Frost
  429.    Under the Guillotine - Kreator
  430.    Fascist Pig - Suicidal Tendencies
  431.    Prowler - Iron Maiden
  432.    At Dawn They Sleep - Slayer
  433.    Human Guinea Pig - Suicidal Tendencies
  434.    I Saw Your Mommy... - Suicidal Tendencies
  435.    Jump In the Fire - Metallica
  436.    You're No Different - Ozzy Osbourne
  437.    Trial By Fire - Testament
  438.    Nightstalker - Cloven Hoof
  439.    Ides of March - Iron Maiden
  440.     Altar of Sacrifice - Slayer
  441.    Efilnikufesin (N.F.L.) - Anthrax
  442.     Restless and Wild - Accept
  443.     Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
  444.     I Don't Believe in Love - Queensryche
  445.     Heart Attack - Toxic
  446.     Breaking the Silence - Queensryche
  447.    Hell Patrol - Raven
  448.     Battalions - Metal Church
  449.     Rock Hard Ride Free - Judas Priest
  450.     Take Hold of the Flame - Queensryche
  451.     13 Candles - Bathory
  452.    Probation - D.R.I.
  453.    To Live Is to Die - Metallica
  454.    Death Rider - Omen
  455.     Two Sided Politics - Suicidal Tendencies
  456.    Sinister - Pentagram
  457.    Night of the Demon - Demon
  458.    Heading Out to the Highway - Judas Priest
  459.    Neon Nights - Accept
  460.     Death Metal - Possessed
  461.    Hammer of the Gods - Abattoir
  462.    Black Demon - Running Wild 
  463.    Dark Are the Veils of Death - Candlemass
  464.    The Price You Pay -  Savatage
  465.    Halloween - Helloween
  466.    The Antichrist - Slayer
  467.    Warning of Danger - Omen
  468.     Black Star - Yngwie Malmsteen
  469.    Deity - Ministry
  470.     Gangland - Iron Maiden
  471.    Into the Lungs of Hell - Megadeth
  472.    Hot On Your Heels - Steeler
  473.    Valhalla - Crimson Glory
  474.    Nightrider - Queensryche
  475.    Merciless Onslaught - Metal Church
  476.    Deliver Us From Evil - Warlord
  477.    The Five Year Plan - D.R.I.
  478.    Eerie Inhabitants - Testament
  479.    Bearer of Pain - Candlemass
  480.    Heavy Metal - Judas Priest
  481.    Imitation of Life - Anthrax
  482.    Beyond the Doors of the Dark - Savatage
  483.    The Ivory Gates of Dreams - Fates Warning
  484.    The Ultra-Violence - Death Angel
  485.    Mean Machine - Motorhead
  486.     502 - Megadeth
  487.     Makin' Music - Diamond Head
  488.     Shoot Out the Lights - Diamond Head
  489.     How Will I Laugh Tomorrow - Suicidal Tendencies
  490.     In Nomine Satanas - Venom
  491.    Rainbow in the Dark - Dio
  492.    Free Country - Witchfinder General
  493.    Blackout - Scorpions
  494.    Suffocation - Morbid Angel
  495.     Tapping Into the Emotional Void - Excel
  496.    Hello From the Gutter - Overkill
  497.    Like Rats - Godflesh
  498.     Samaritan - Candlemass
  499.     Metal Militia - Metallica
  500.     Holy Martyr - Omen
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