Best Metal Albums of 1980

The Top Ten
1 Heaven & Hell - Black Sabbath

Several great songs on this album: Heaven and Hell, Neon Knights, Children of the Sea

2 Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

This album is now lower than Back In Black / AC/DC, Ace of Spades / Motorhead... There's something wrong.
songs: Phantom of the Opera, Transylvania, Strange World, Remember Tomorrow

3 Ace of Spades - Motorhead
4 Blizzard of Ozz - Ozzy Osbourne
5 British Steel - Judas Priest
6 Lightning to the Nations - Diamondhead
7 Back In Black - AC/DC

Haha, this is metal?

8 Wheels of Steel - Saxon
9 I'm a Rebel - Accept
10 Angel Witch - Angel Witch
The Contenders
11 Animal Magnetism - Scorpions
12 Head On - Samson

Samson was Bruce Dickinson's band before Iron Maiden - a very good album. Check out my list Top 10 Songs on Samson's Head On

13 Strong Arm of the Law - Saxon
14 Wild Cat - Tygers of Pan Tang
15 Give 'Em Hell - Witchfynde
16 Demolition - Girlschool
17 Metal Rendez-vous - Krokus
18 On Through the Night - Def Leppard
19 100 MPH - Vardis
20 The Michael Schenker Group - Michael Schenker Group
21 Stand Up and Fight - Quartz
22 War - Gravestone
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