BEST HEAVY METAL OF 1985 as chosen by you | Overkill Rewind

[@BangerTV]

What years would you like to see next on Overkill Rewind?

[@samsaalfeld4273]

What we need is 2 videos for 1986. One specifically for thrash, one for everything else in metal that year. 86 was the year of Thrash!

[@aarononon]

Whatever hasn't been done from 2005-2015

[@ralphdarc3094]

86 ? i know it sounds fucking crazy but the following year ?

[@rodrigoteti4317]

2001 best albums

[@phillipscheid4505]

89 if it hasn't been done yet!

[@robertgarside3827]

Savatage never really gets enough love.

[@attrouter1962]

True sadly :( love Savatage RIP Criss ❤️

[@rocioiribe5841]

I learned of Savatage last year thanks to Sea of Tranquility

[@PeteHawthorne]

Agreed! Power of the Night is my top album of 1985, in fact I don't really like any of the top 5 picked here.

[@petrilampela]

I loved Sirens, Hall of the Mountain King and The Dungeons are Calling so much.

[@themetalmartialartist5856]

@@petrilampela omg hall of the mountain king 😭😭😭🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾

[@williamhutton2126]

Sacred Heart by DIO or Speak English or Die by SOD would be in my top 5 but Live After Death was a pivotal album for me.

[@erikberg5363]

A great year! Awesome picks from everyone. My top 10: 1. Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion 2. Manilla Road - Open the Gates 3. Slayer - Hell Awaits 4. Megadeth - Killing is My Business... 5. Exodus - Bonded by Blood 6. Destruction - Infernal Overkill 7. Fates Warning - The Spectre Within 8. Razor - Evil Invaders 9. Possessed - Seven Churches 10. Overkill - Feel the Fire Honourable mentions: Bathory - The Return...... Bulldozer - The Day of Wrath Trouble - The Skull Saint Vitus - Hallow’s Victim Loudness - Thunder in the East Onslaught - Power from Hell Dark Angel - We Have Arrived Nasty Savage - Nasty Savage Kreator - Endless Pain Exciter - Long Live the Loud Razor - Executioner’s Song

[@JackieNihil]

10 of my top-picks of 1985 (that weren't mentioned) in no particular order: Omen - Warning Of Danger Vicious Rumors - Soldiers Of The Night Manilla Road - Open The Gates Tyrant - Legions Of The Dead Fates Warning - The Spectre Within Twisted Sister - Come Out And Play Ratt - Invasion Of Your Privacy Icon - Night Of The Crime Venom - Possessed Loudness - Thunder In The East

[@fun-with-acid]

I agree about loudness.

[@weregretohio7728]

When you're starting off with Celtic Frost, you know it's going to be good.

[@tborke]

UGH!

[@garyjoseph6574]

One of the worst ones I've ever heard

[@matt.pma.kresnaputra5458]

@@tborke UGH

[@drearyaugust1853]

@@AgentBeans One of my all time favourite CF moments

[@Yonder88]

"Thunder in the East" by Loudness!

[@keng.2468]

Celtic Frost was on fire during this period!

[@wightangel]

I have to go with Bonded by Blood by Exodus, followed by Walls of Jericho by Helloween. The title track to Accept's Metal Heart had a real killer solo, not as good as Balls to the Wall but close.

[@mikeb4858]

"I've probably gone on long enough" No way, I love to hear people talk about their passion in an articulate and well reasoned manner. Thanks for the 220 Volt tip, I'd never heard of them before. Definitely adding them to the list of road trip tunes.

[@PeteHawthorne]

I could listen to Martin talk all day about albums!

[@keithhughes3419]

Same. He's really good.

[@josefranciscomejiahernande2854]

220 rules!

[@katnob]

Forget the list, I just want to hang out in Martin's room for a couple of hours checking out all of his treasures 🤘

[@ianorourke6320]

Power of the night, under lock and key, invasion of your privacy, marching out all were in my listening.

[@ianorourke6320]

I forgot fight to survive

[@DannyGadish]

agreed dude

[@MetalAsylumNJ]

Savatage - Power of the Night, Anthrax-Spreading, Dokken-Lock n Key, Yngwie-Rising Force, Loudness- Thunder in the East, Ratt - Invasion, Helloween- Walls of Jericho, Icon - Night of the Crime.

[@fun-with-acid]

Loudness is an excellent add to this list.

[@kitoyobeni1]

In 1985, I was all about the hair metal until I got into thrash in 86. My top 5vatv the time would've been: 1. Under Lock And Key 2. Invasion Of Your Privacy 3. Marching Out 4. Sacred Heart 5. The Last Command Honorable Mentions: The Right To Rock, Thunder In The East, Done With Mirrors, Midnite Dynamite, Waiting For The Roar, and the two big live albums World Wide Live and Live After Death

[@mannyruiz1954]

Aerosmith, Done With Mirrors is great. It's their Rocks 2, imo. Criminally underrated.

[@PesterFester1966]

Bonded By Blood is my #1 in this list.

[@alfie.6652]

Damn, I love Megadeth but the debut feels a little rough round the edges. Bonded By Blood is one of my favourite thrash metal records ever, so that's my No.1

[@hinjurock70]

Just say it - it's pretty much crap. Mainly because of the terrible production, but the songs aren't that great either.

[@Morbidous]

Bonded by Blood is superior indeed, but since Megadeth has always been more popular than Exodus it makes sense. Many Megadeth fans aren't exactly thrash metal experts if you know what I mean.

[@asmodai2025]

@@Morbidous To be honest, that kind of applies to a large number of big 4 fans.

[@alfie.6652]

@@hinjurock70 I'm actually a massive Megadeth fan so I wouldn't say that- Mechanix, Rattlehead, Looking Down the Cross and the title track are all great

[@alfie.6652]

@@Morbidous Well, Megadeth are a far more impressive band than Exodus. Exodus played fast, restless thrash metal in 1985, nothing complex but they played it perfectly. Megadeth were a decade ahead of their time, with such technicality in their music yet at such speed. It's hard to compare them. I'd say Megadeth > Exodus but Bonded By Blood > every Megadeth album other than Rust in Peace

[@andysixxlett2632]

Power of the Night by Savatage is incredible!!! Metal Heart by Accept is killer too!

[@jamesgwarrior1981]

Couldn’t have clicked this fast enough! Been lost in a sea of Tranquility thanks🙏🏾 to you 🤘🏾✊🏿🤎🖤

[@darknessnight1115]

Love Overkill Rewind! Always exciting to see these come up on new videos

[@spaghetti.lee-69]

DRI - Dealing with It Crossover Masterpiece.. SOD - Speak English or Die Crossover Masterpiece

[@williamhutton2126]

Yes and yes.

[@garnetk3751]

it was a golden era for crossover. crumbsuckers was another great band to come out around that time.

[@fun-with-acid]

I'll take the SOD album over any Anthrax album.

[@williamhutton2126]

@@fun-with-acid Hell, I'd take the SOD album over any Exodus album.

[@piotrb8434]

@@garnetk3751 C.O.C., Suicidal Tendencies, Adrenaline O.D., Inferno, Raw Power, Negazione, Attitude Adjustment, Cryptic Slaughter, Heresy, Impulse Manslaughter, Ludichrist, Desecration, Hate Crew, Adversity, Transgression, Intense Degree, No Fraud, Lip Cream...

[@scottdunn2178]

I was 19 in 1985, and worked at a cemetery as a summer job, one day my co-worker turned me onto this band from Texas... Pantera. Metal Magic and Projects In The Jungle were on constant rotation that whole summer.

[@MartyWilson100]

I think Bonded By Blood is one of the greatest thrash metal albums, it's a lesson in pure thrash metal (and violence). My favorite metal album from 1985 are The Return by Bathory. To this day, it's such an evil, raw and atmospheric album

[@danielcano0201]

As a thrash metal album is a masterpiece. Now if you go with metal in general is too simple imo. Intro - verse - coro - repeat - solo - ending.

[@aarononon]

8:20 "I don't like a few things about Megadeth and all of them are Dave Mustaine's singing" 😂

[@jaymzb.1713]

LOL!

[@TMoody]

It was great be 15 in 1985 and that Bonded By Blood record was absolutely ground breaking.

[@dowens3781]

I was also 15 that year and bought Bonded By Blood.

[@flippy7035]

KILLING IS MY BUSINESS (or Bonded by Blood, that's cool too.) Edit: I did NOT expect it to get number 1. My happiness is immeasurable.

[@garyjoseph6574]

My disappointment is immeasurable

[@Jaggedknife11]

The production brings down the enjoyment but if you listen to the most recent remaster you hear the genius of the record. Super unique style and very angry and brutal.

[@arvispinkletter5324]

Good list of things. But when I think of 1985, I think of S.O.D. - Scott and Charlie had two great albums that year.

[@fun-with-acid]

Stormtroopers of death should have been on this list.

[@okaythen27]

Yeah, that is still one of the most intense albums I've ever heard. It was chock full of killer riffs, too!

[@godetonter4764]

@@fun-with-acid SOD is a Satire Comedy Punk act not a Metal band . It's people like you that give bands like Gwar, Ludichrist, and Green Jell-O ( Jelly ) careers. While serious Metal bands struggled to fill smaller venues

[@fun-with-acid]

@@godetonter4764 yeah right. You don't know anything about me, so now you learn that I'm into very serious metal. Cheers.

[@godetonter4764]

@@fun-with-acid Your right I don't , I didn't mean to insult you on a personal level. I just am sick of Joke Punk bands being falsely categorized as Metal . Anthrax became a joke after Spreading the Disease. Wearing goofy Hawaiian print Bermuda shorts, and sounding happy not dark. Any music project involving spoiled rich kid whinge Scott Ian was destined to be a joke. Hip Hop , and Punk need to stay out of Metal . All it does is make it safe for non Metal people

[@jakobthonen9411]

I'm honestly very surprised that Megadeth won this year. I love them but my vote is Seven Churches followed very very closely by Bonded by Blood. Also you did make very good points about each of the albums. 👍 can't wait for the next one

[@mikeb4858]

Possessed was my pick, too. (Helping the) invention of death metal is better than "Fuck you, James!" imo :D

[@andrewtonkin820]

So good to see Celtic Frost in there. They seem too often to be a very over looked band.

[@mohammed.alfarsi.454]

I love when Martin talk about albums production

[@jakubjasienski3180]

I'd swap most of the albums mentioned in the video for any of these: Sacrilege - Behind the Realms of Madness, Manilla Road - Open the Gates, Omen - Warning of Danger, Overkill - Feel the Fire, Razor - Evil Invaders, Carnivore - Carnivore

[@shawnsmith8558]

Its true how could he not mention manilla road?

[@garyjoseph6574]

Yes exactly finally someone with a mind that actually likes decent metal

[@josemarceangles4128]

Other mention Savage Grace - master of disguase

[@flippy7035]

FUCK, I FORGOT ABOUT FEEL THE FIRE

[@bankovia]

The Mechanix/the four horsemen is pure Dave song!

[@philipwiss8426]

The obvious was missed. Overkill's Feel The Fire! This band deserves more love!

[@filipdzero8739]

The only problem I have with this list is that Kreator's Endless Pain wasn't even an honorable mention. Hugely influential for early Black Metal, really raw vocals from Mille, raw production, just a killer record.

[@erikberg5363]

Agreed! I think they really hit their stride with Pleasure to Kill and Terrible Certainty but that’s a great debut and definitely one of the fastest and most intense albums of ‘85!

[@KowankoMusic]

Interesting results! As to the observation that there are no 'old school' bands in this list, off the top of my head, neither Sabbath nor Priest nor Maiden nor Scorpions nor Van Halen (who am I forgetting?) released a studio album in '85, so that's probably a factor. One band that doesn't get enough love is Loudness, who released their phenomenal Thunder In The East in this year.

[@metaldams78]

What you say is correct. I’d also be willing to bet if live albums were included, Live After Death would run away with number one.

[@KowankoMusic]

@@metaldams78 hell yeah it would

[@hinjurock70]

@@metaldams78 Meh. Not their best live performance.

[@metaldams78]

@@hinjurock70 I prefer Beast Over Hammersmith, though I like Live After Death. That said, either of our opinions aside, I get the feeling Live After Death would win a fan vote, or at least come close, for 1985. Just a hunch.

[@KowankoMusic]

@@metaldams78 That was an iconic tour/album, with the set list, performance and Dickinson's crowd patter becoming folklore. It was a very exciting release at the time. Iron Maiden at the apex of their career.

[@pauliescott]

Big year for me for sure...Hell Awaits, Bonded By Blood, Seven Churches, Dealing With It, Animosity, Infernal Overkill, Metallica still had potential to be heavy, Killing Is My Business, In the Sign Of Evil...What Year. I was 16 and my Mom was truly scared of my album covers.

[@anthonyrivers1619]

Me too, my mom too

[@amayacomics]

Thanks for this!

[@MossTheBoss]

Sigh ... a 4 month wait to find out my pick didn't even make the honorable mentions. Still it's good to finally see this episode air. At least I got to see my original comment when you showed the comments from the initial video scrolling by at the end lol

[@shawnsmith8558]

What was your pic?

[@MossTheBoss]

@@shawnsmith8558 Overkill - Feel the Fire

[@infernicide666]

Incredible year for Metal! My top 5 are: 5. Omen-Warningnof danger 4. Venom-Possessed (A truly underrated album imo) 3. Exodus-Bonded by Blood 2. Possessed-Seven Churches 1. Slayer-Hell Awaits

[@redness1824]

You had me at "Grinding grooves" 🤘

[@paladin1758]

Great year for metal with bands like artillery, omen, iron angel, agent steel, trouble,onslaught, bathory,razor, destruction, sod, fates warning all putting out records

[@Drforrester31]

Can't say I expected 3/5 for Hell Awaits, which was my vote. I do get what Martin is saying, the production isn't even close to as good as what they'd get a year later with Rick Rubin, but I feel like that production has a sense of claustrophobia. Like you're trapped in the bowels of hell. Ah well, it's always good to hear the professor's insights

[@hinjurock70]

Hell Awaits is one of my favorite metal albums of all time - I listened to it like 3 times a day for months after I bought it.

[@afinecupofcoffee8476]

Of the five albums, it's easily my favorite. I've never been able to get into Bonded by Blood so big oof that Hell Awaits scored even lower!

[@ryanjacobson2508]

@@afinecupofcoffee8476 The rating was based in part on the fact that Exodus had written some of those songs around 1981-1982. The Slayer album was written in 1984-1985. Three year difference.

[@DavidAtomic]

I'm surprised Bathory's The Return of Darkness and Evil didn't even get an honorable mention

[@RawBogan]

One of my faves back then!

[@bschuler6216]

Great point! I'd forgotten about that. That's my favorite Bathory album from their Black Metal phase.

[@marcbeil8342]

1. Black N Blue - Without love 2. Warrior - Fighting for the earth 3. Dokken - Under lock and key 4. Sinner - Touch of sin 5. Mama‘s Boys - Power & Passion

[@DannyGadish]

1: Night Of The Crime - Icon 2: The Last Command - W.A.S.P. 3: Dancin On The Edge - Lita Ford 4: Killing Is My Business And Business Is Good - Megadeth 5: Metal Heart - Accept

[@seagullpoet]

Night of the Crime ! Powerful release !

[@TebiCr]

Megadeth Killing is my Business is an underrated masterpiece

[@Jaggedknife11]

Chris poland is a genius...nuff said.

[@danzemacabre8899]

Yep, unfortunately many didn't realize it until the remastered version years later, it holds its own with the best of Megadeths catalog

[@rememberbeginning]

1- Wasp- the last command 2- Manilla road - open the gates 3- Razor - executioners song 4- S.O.D. - speak english or die 5- ac/dc - fly on the wall That's just my picks

[@christianpetit704]

Hi Martin, I have a copy of Bonded By Blood released by Torrid Records in 1985. This pressing was released earlier than the Combat version.

[@Horrorfreak106]

5. Yngwie Malmsteen: Marching Out 4. Loudness: Thunder In The East 3. Possessed: Seven Churches 2. Dokken: Under Lock and Key 1. Razor: Evil Invaders Honorable mention to Savatage's Power Of The Night. It's almost a really great record but has a couple flops on it. Amazing band though. (RIP Criss \m/) as well as Bathory's The Return another great record but I have to be in a particular mood to listen to it

[@hinjurock70]

You like Dokken and Possessed, eh? That's kind of odd.

[@fun-with-acid]

Yeah that Yngwie album is amazing.

[@rocioiribe5841]

did Martin do a cool clap effect in the beginning?? look at him getting fancy! :D haha

[@rocioiribe5841]

@Martin Popoff ohhhh right that makes more sense b/c you were recording your audio to get it synched up. I thought it was an effect 😂😂

[@snowdog202]

1. Maiden - Live After Death 2. WASP - The Last Command 3. Savatage - Power of the Night 4. Dokken - Under Lock and Key 5.Agent Steel - Skeptics Apocalypse

[@ralphdarc3094]

Excellent !! As a 51 year old thrash fan who was 15 in 85 i can only agree with Popoff . Anthrax's "spreading" is and was then the best release of that year. Absolute classic ! Exodus sounded rather poor and dated when it came out as we had "Ride the lightning" to compare it to which was light years ahead of anything Exodus ever wrote ! MY number 1 has to be SOD "speak english or die" When metal met punk met hardcore . United forces !!! the best album of that year by a fucking mile !!

[@kevinbrown1893]

1. Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion 2. Savatage - Power of The Night 3. Fates Warning - The Spectre Within 4. Exodus - Bonded In Blood 5. Megadeth - Killing Is My Business...

[@KevinOrtega1980]

I’ll tell you this and 84 would be hard to do and in this top 5 here’s mine…. 1. Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion 2. Slayer - Hell Awaits 3. Megadeth - KIMB 4. Exodus - Bonded by Blood 5. Possessed - Seven Churches

[@anthonyrivers1619]

I bought Witch Hunter on vinyl in '85!

[@linusfotograf]

Keep doing these Martin!

[@neuroisis85]

1. Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion 2. Pentagram - Relentless 3. Bathory - The Return 4. Saint Vitus - Hollow's Victim 5. Possessed - Seven Churches

[@Romper_Stomper_]

Metal will always be my go to as a listener and musician, but No Jacket Required is the best album overall of 1985.

[@AetoumaatwechJulediggerkenzi]

1.Kreator - Endless Pain 2. Possessed - 7 CD 3 . Destruction 4. Sepultura - Morbid Visions 5. Halloween - EP

[@jensnilsson1507]

Not enough doom metal fans watching and voting :). Trouble - The Skull deserves at least an honorable mention.

[@lordtrigon1733]

I voted for Doom but I voted for Pentagram - Relentless instead so blame me.

[@jensnilsson1507]

@@lordtrigon1733 Well, that's a pretty awesome album too, so I can't really blame you :).

[@shawnsmith8558]

The skull is great and sadly underappreciated ;(

[@jaymzb.1713]

Trouble... The MOST underrated of all underrated bands in the history of underratedness! Peace

[@gwts1171]

My favorite: Possessed "Seven Churches". Mentions: Kix "Midnight Dynamite", Lee Aaron "Call Of The Wild", Dokken "Under Lock & Key", The Cult "Love". Thanks, Martin! I forgot about 220 V - I'm going to go dig those out now!!

[@hinjurock70]

I saw Possessed open up for Kix and Dokken Just kidding!

[@DarthVengeant]

How on earth could Ratt - Invasion of your Privacy NOT be on this list? Seriously!!! One of my all time favorite albums of any type of metal.

[@DannyGadish]

IKR. This is more like top 5 thrash albums of 85 lol

[@Jamie.Laszlo]

I'm not a big hair metal guy, but I love Under Lock and Key. It's kinda like "smart man's" hair metal. And with SoT, Contrarians, History in Five Songs, and Banger I almost feel like I'm stalking Martin. Haha.

[@garyjoyce2160]

Me as well. JAMIE. Lol

[@lucasoliv.goncalves]

Overkill Rewind is once of my favorites! And Martin is a wisdom voice!

[@matma84]

Great to see Savatage being mentioned! Others I like: Omega - The Prophet, Blind Fury - Out of Reach and Tytan - Rough Justice as well as the debut by Anthem.

[@blaisebarshaw2534]

Thanks for that last mention, The good the bad and the Waysted!

[@TWOnly666]

I watched this video just to see if the guy was Keith Olbermann or not

[@Yonder88]

Really seems that 1985 was in in-between year. Master of Puppets and Reign in Blood were not out yet, so the reign of Thrash had not fully began. Also, Judas and Maiden hadn't put anything out, so they are not here either. I had instinctively thought of Pretty Maids' "Red Hot and Heavy", but that's from 1984. So I agree with Savatage's Power of the Night being the best album of 85. Oh, and I was a huge fan of Trouble's "The Skull" then.

[@david10006]

man "Live after Death" is one of the greatest live albums ever, I don't think they said there only could be studio stuff on here did they?

[@mjnation7876]

Spreading The Disease is my favorite here. I like Gung Ho and The Enemy a lot.

[@waterdrinker90]

1985 - 1986 were two years just packed with excellent stuff, so no one can't get mad at a top list from that time, because it's extremely hard to choose from. The only record I'm surprised didn't make even to the top 10 is Bathory's The Return. But good list nonetheless.

[@mrpositronia]

Live After Death (Maiden) and Sacred Heart (Dio) for me. Okay LAD is live, but it's the notable standout among metal releases that year.

[@Deathwing2001]

Corrosion of Conformity Animosity was a great one of 1985. It’s more crossover though.

[@hinjurock70]

Along with Dealing With It and Speak English Or Die. I got into hardcore punk in early 1985 after seeing D.R.I. open for Slayer in LA.

[@jwilliams511]

Armored saint - delirious nomad C.O.C. - animosity Exorcist - nightmare theater...might be 1986 Kreator - endless pain Another great album was a compilation....metal massacre vi. It had possessed, hallows eve, nasty savage, dark angel, hirax and a few more

[@thenash76]

Trouble "The Skull" would top my list

[@acdcking1234]

My top 5 of 1985 1.iron angel hellish crossfire is my favorite metal album from 1985 so underrated 2. Slayer hell awaits 3. Nasty savage first album 4. Tales of terror by stormwitch 5. The specter within by fates warning

[@thegoatgotmilked373]

Dio should be in this list. But then again: Dio should be on every best off list out there when it is about metal.

[@Briansgate]

eh, their '85 album sucked. It was their '84 and '87 albums that were amazing. in my opinion.

[@NeonKnight67]

@@Briansgate "Sacred Heart" wasn't *terrible*...it just wasn't anything much...some really lackluster writing on this one...and I agree, "The Last In Line" and "Dream Evil" knocked this flat on it's arse! Great tour, however...

[@anthonyrivers1619]

Metal Heart...jesus what a Track #1...killer intro

[@DannyGadish]

Facts

[@Rextum]

Did not expect Megadeth to fare this well, but I ain’t complaining. The fastest Megadeth album, horrible production, but great songs and insane energy!

[@Wagoo]

This again.. Dave's singing voice is perfect.. for Megadeth. Horrible recording quality on Killing is my Business though.. blew the studio budget on partying then cobbled it together on a shoestring lol

[@hinjurock70]

The guitars are buried in the mix.

[@fun-with-acid]

killing is my business is an amazing album. It's too bad the recording is so terrible.

[@markcain460]

Chris Oliva RIP should be more acknowledged for his incredible guitar chops in Savatage.

[@anthonyrivers1619]

Power of the Night is perfect- Popoff rated it 10/10 in his book

[@joncbartlett]

Marching Out is probably my favorite of 1985. Just neoclassical perfection, and with good songwriting. Elsewhere Power of the Night is a classic, and I like the mention of Mind Over Muscle. That album is really good.

[@ghostnote-6]

Destruction, SOD, Kreator, Armored Saint, COC, Possessed This is right before it got really good

[@DCHurlford1]

Magnum's "On A Storyteller's Night" was a superb album from the year (their breakthrough commercially in the UK). The cover artwork was also class.

[@multijamesbondfan]

@BANGERTV - All Metal, I agree with the top 3 being Anthrax, Slayer and Megadeth. For me I may personally have Slayer Hell Awaits at 3., Megadeth Killing Is My Business And Business Is Good at 2. and Anthrax Spreading The Disease at 1.

[@scriecumine913]

I fkin' love Mustaine's voice.

[@kennyunderwood3602]

1-fly on the wall...2-killing is my buisness...3-hell awaits...4-last command...5-bonded by blood

[@metalpractor5150]

7 churches by Possessed and hell awaits by Slayer changed everything , ushering in Death metal - building upon what slayer’s haunting the chapel , venom and Celtic frost began. Overkill’s feel the fire is also one of the greatest metal albums of all time.

[@lordvader6512]

Another gem from that year. "Trouble - The Skull". Probably my favorite.

[@daymondcain2903]

Clicked for the Y&T t-shirt, stayed for the content!

[@michaelgonzales92mg]

Dio- Sacred Heart was my pick. But I'm cool with these 5 getting in

[@williamhutton2126]

Sacred Heart was a stellar album! Even SOD would have been a good top 5 pick

[@christianjackson9360]

DIO was a ZERO!!

[@williamhutton2126]

@@christianjackson9360 Hey, that matches your IQ

[@mrpositronia]

Yeah, sad times when metal's greatest singer doesn't get a mention. Great album, too. It's in my top 5 for that year, that's for sure.

[@kellyjackson7889]

Chomsky loves Celtic Frost? One more reason to adore him..

[@cosmicjourneys3359]

Am I the only one that thinks Dave's voice is pretty cool. It is unique, and always melodic in its intensity.

[@THEONEMS1]

For me the best "Heavy Metal" album of 85 and one of the best ever made. Warrior - Fighting for the earth.

[@jontayyee3]

Destruction - “Infernal Overkill” should most definitely be on this list!!!

[@acdcking1234]

Great one I agree 1985 was great year for thrash

[@geoffgero6081]

What a year! So many great albums, but I’d have put Kreator’s Endless Pain, Artillery’s Fear Of Tomorrow, Destruction’s Infernal Overkill, Fates Warning’s The Spectre Within, Manilla Road’s Open The Gates, and Watchtower’ Energetic Disassembly as honorable mentions

[@Draxtor]

Oh man you convinced me that 85 was almost better than 84 !!!!

[@PeteHawthorne]

We've missed you Martin! \m/

[@BankstonSkooma]

More Professor Popoff pls!

[@KevinOrtega1980]

I also agree with 220 Volt, thanks to Ruthless Metal I learned about them. They are really good, especially the first three albums

[@evandemers3753]

Paul Baloff was a shouter, I'm a shouter, gotta love metal shouters !!

[@scruggscorp]

I've always been iffy on Popoff, the 3.5 rating of Bonded by Blood finalizes it, we don't see eye to eye. This is fine of course, but I simply cannot get behind this. The knock on Paul's vocals, who to me was one of the most unique and enthusiastic vocalists of the whole genre...... I'm just gonna end here in respect.