Top 10 Power Metal Albums of the 1980s

[@aaroncoroner5915]

I always liked Crimson Glory's second album Transcendence better than the self titled, Red Sharks is fucking jaw dropping.

[@chrisa1125]

I'm 51 and grew up in the 80's. You know 80's metal way better than me. I've never even heard of a couple of these bands... hat's off to you Bryce!

[@seagullpoet]

It’s amazing. Some people are just brilliant. They hear something twice - and they know it.😊

[@independenceltd.]

Great list. Can't argue with any of them. 1.Savatage - Hall of the Mountain King 2. Riot - Thundersteel 3. Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys, Part II 4. Manowar - Hail to England 5. Liege Lord - Master Control 6. Queensryche - The Warning 7. Sanctuary - Refuge Denied 8. Shok Paris - Go for the Throat 9. Cirith Ungol - One Foot in Hell 10. Metal Church (1984)

[@hmetaljustin]

Shok Paris nice!

[@independenceltd.]

@@hmetaljustin 👍

[@AdrianJeffreys-fj2fv]

Fates warning is from Connecticut Hartford.

[@Cornelius798]

Nice list! ...my ten in no particular order. 1. Vicious Rumors - Digital Dictator 2. Mannila Road - Crystal Logic 3. Chastain - Ruler of the Wastland 4. Omen - Warning of Danger 5. Helstar - Burning Star 6. Meliah Rage - Kill to Survive 7. Riot - Thundersteel 8. Savatage - Hall of the Mountain King 9. Armored Saint - March of the Saint 10. Metal Church - Metal Church

[@chuckmillsap3169]

Good list. At the moment my top 10 looks something like: 1. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son - Iron Maiden 2. Death or Glory - Heavy Load 3. Stronger Than Heaven - Stormwitch 4. Warning of Danger - Omen 5. Death or Glory - Running Wild 6. Follow the Blind - Blind Guardian 7. Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pt. I 8. Open the Gates - Manilla Road 9. Ruler of the Wasteland - Chastain 10. Deliver Us - Warlord Some of these are borderline PM, but I think there's enough PM elements to justify a spot on the list. Also if you haven't checked out the new Attic album yet you need to. It's a must listen for fans of King Diamond and Mercyful Fate.

[@shredman87.57]

Ohh yeah, heavy load is awesome

[@MetalAsylumNJ]

Hey Bryce. My picks...of course Helloween- Keepers pt 1 and 2, Savatage- Mountain King, Helstar - Remnants of War, Manowar- Hail to England, Blind Guardian- Follow the Blind, Yngwie- Trilogy, Virgin Steele- Noble Savage, Omen - Warning of Danger, Crimson Glory - Transcendence, Running Wild- Under Jolly Roger, Riot - Thundersteel.

[@andrettski8686]

Savatage #1 for sure. So glad you have Helstar in here, sooo under rated. James Rivera is easliy in my Top 10 Metal singers of all time. For anyone who hasn't seen them live check out their DVD '30 Years of HEL', F'ing heavy AF.

[@cirenotsluor9999]

The 80's were a glorious time for all genres of Metal! Proud 80's child here! Great video! \m/

[@seagullpoet]

The 80s metal scene took 1000s of years to emerge 😛

[@kevinbrown1893]

Great picks... 1. Queensryche - The Warning (1984) 2. Savatage - Hall of The Mountain King (1987) 3. Helloween - Keeper of The Seven Keys Pt.II (1988) 4. Crimson Glory - Transcendence (1988) 5. Metal Church - Metal Church (1984) 6. Hellion - Screams In The Night (1987) 7. Riot - ThunderSteel (1988) 8. Chastain - The Voice of The Cult (1988) 9. Omen - Battle Cry (1984) 10. Cirith Ungol - King of The Dead (1984) Honorable mentions: * Queensryche - Queensryche (EP)(1983) * Savatage - Sirens (1983) * Manilla Road - Crystal Logic (1983) * Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction (1984) * Manowar - Sign of The Hammer (1984) * Helloween - Walls of Jericho (1985) * Helloween - Keeper of The Seven Keys Pt.1 (1987) * Virgin Steele - Noble Savage (1985) * Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force - Marching Out (1985) * Crimson Glory - Crimson Glory (1986) * Cirith Ungol - One Foot In Hell (1986) * Metal Church - Blessing In Disguise (1989) * Blind Guardian - Follow The Blind (1989)

[@magnuswettermark8293]

That Savage Grace album is killer. Still have it since i buyed the vinyl back in the 80's.

[@RuthlessMetalYT]

Great picks, 80's power metal or USPM is so different from the European style. They would have more different names. :D I like all of these. Would perhaps have thrown in Warlord or early Manowar if they are power enough. :) Queensryche - The Warning too.

[@chrisa1125]

Awesome to see you comment here brother... 2 of my favorite channels merged lol

[@RuthlessMetalYT]

@@chrisa1125 hehe. thanks. :D

[@robertobuatti7226]

All these mentioned are classic metal gems that are truly killer, here are some more that I love from the 1980's, Medieval Steel EP (1984), Abattoir-Vicious Attack (1985) & The Only Safe Place (1986), Black Knight-Master of Disaster EP (1985), Amulance-Feel the Pain (1989), Artch-Another Return (1988), Sacred Oath-A Crystal Vision (1987), Sacred Warrior-Rebellion (1988) & Master's Command (1989), Armageddon-The Money Mask (1989), Griffin-Flight of the Griffin (1984) & Protectors of the Lair (1986), Attacker-Battle at Helm's Deep (1985) & The Second Coming (1988), Tyrant-Legions of the Dead (1985) & Too Late to Pray (1987), + many many more.

[@timetravelagent.1689]

Absolutely agree, brother. Especially Abattoir’s The Only Safe Place 😎

[@mvo_81]

My favorite kind of metal, some albums I didn't know, really appreciate the recommendations. Thanks!

[@robertobuatti7226]

@@mvo_81 Yes definitely, some really top notch metal gems, love these albums and bands.

[@robertobuatti7226]

@@timetravelagent.1689 Cheers, much appreciated, Definitely a stellar album. 🤘❤️🎸

[@daniellothgren157]

Great stuff, I'd like to mention Virgin Steele - Noble Savage + Age Of Consent, and Viper - Theatre Of Fate (with a young André Matos!)

[@dkeats6020]

I can never rank them, but here are some of my favorites Omen - Battle Cry Manowar - Sign of the Hammer Running Wild - Under Jolly Roger Cirith Ungol - One Foot In Hell Sacred Warrior - Master’s Command Dio - Holy Diver Leatherwolf - Leatherwolf (1984) Warlock - Burning the Witches

[@frizzyred1292]

Similar tastes! That Riot album was always a fave of mine and one ive been playing back alot lately.

[@festero31]

Very good selection, my list : JAG PANZER -AMPLE DESTRUCTION, VICIOUS RUMORS - DIGITAL DICTATOR, LIZZY BORDEN - LOVE YOU TO PIECES, HEXX - UNDER THE SPELL, RIOT -THUNDERSTEEL, SAVATAGE -GUTTER BALLET, CRIMSON GLORY -TRANSCENDENCE, QUEENSRYCHE - THE WARNING, MANOWAR -HAIL TO ENGLAND, CHASTAIN - RULER OF THE WASTELAND. Hugs and metal forever bro!

[@Therionx]

David T. Chastain extremely underrated for sure Within the Heat is a killer album . I got Savatage number 1 ALL DAY !

[@metalhead7319]

Thundersteel by Riot (now called Riot V) is my favorite album of all time and they are also my favorite band as if its not obvious already :D

[@inmyhouse11]

Great list all classic metal albums

[@rememberbeginning]

Helloween, Manowar, Savatage all have some 80s favorites here. Great list Bryce 🤘

[@mitchpassero1641]

Props for mentioning Liege Lord and going with Burn to My Touch. R.I.P. Matt Vinci and Paul Nelson.

[@RWalters81]

Agree with Savatage at #1, would definitely have Helloween Keeper Pt. 2 at #2. Great list. I have no idea who Savage Grace or Heavy Load are. Thanks.

[@rixmean9448]

Yay Bryce With Another One!! 🤘

[@ronaldsmith1484]

David T Chastain and leather have a lot of killer albums

[@independenceltd.]

"FIREHOUSE singer CJ Snare died Friday night (April 5) at age 64. Snare's daughter Heather tells TMZ his official cause of death is cardiac arrest." A friend had tix to FireHouse/Quiet Riot/Ratt/Cinderella (in 2000, i think) and asked me to go. I wasn't a FireHouse fan, but let me tell ya, those guys were pros. The playing was excellent and CJ sang his ass off. RIP

[@alexsuperpower1]

I am not a big power metal fan but I watch anything Bryce uploads. Thanks for the list going to check the ones I am not familiar with out :)

[@JonathanRL98]

Great list. ”Power Metal” by Pantera is my personal favorite, probably due to sentiment.

[@Bu11yMagu1re]

I wish that album would get reissued.

[@Beaumont67]

AWESOME VIDEO PERFECT PICKS !!!

[@takodabostwick8507]

1. Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II Helloween 2. Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I Helloween 3. Walls of Jericho Helloween 4. Hall of the Mountain King Savatage (don't personally see this as power metal, but okay. More progressive metal.) 5. Follow the Blind Blind Guardian 6. Kings of Metal Manowar 7. Fire Down Under Riot 8. Metal Church Metal Church 9. Thunder steel Riot 10. The Dark Metal Church

[@happygilmore9572]

Fire Down Under is not Power Metal. They didn’t shift to that style until Thundersteel

[@peterjohansen3853]

As always you just blew me away 😂 check out Chateux Fire power.

[@jake6887]

Virgin Steele: Guardians of the Flame

[@popcultureoblivion2843]

Bryce, wanted to hear if you had any thoughts on the very small sub genre, "technical thrash". In particular the albums from 1989 to 1991 (seems like the technical thrash after 1991 is way different and off the mark) .... Bands like Coroner, Forbidden, Watchtower, Stone, etc.... was wondering if you can recommend some ultra obscurities from that time that I may not know.... Thanks

[@popcultureoblivion2843]

Forgot to mention Deathrow, Toxik, and Airdash......

[@hmetaljustin]

Awesome you had Chastain and Helstar on the list!

[@patriotpizzaman]

7th of Never is still my favorite Chastain album. I actually listened to Ruler of the Wasteland, Voice of the Cult, and 7th of Never back to back to back three days ago and 7th just crushes! Leather was at her peak on that album! The Warning by Queensryche has to be up there! Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part 1 is another all-time fav of mine. Hail To England is probably my favorite Manowar album but, Battle Hymns, Sign of the Hammer and, Into Glory Ride are close on my ranking. If we're considering Savatage as Power Metal I'm taking Hall of the Mountain King as my #1 by a long shot!

[@qryche1967]

Great list. Glad to see you back making content. Did you make it to Hells Heroes this year? 🤘

[@brycetalksmetal]

Thanks!… and I didn’t make it this year

[@nicholasfisher2595]

Awesome video Bryce!🤘🤘

[@Luke-pr2eu]

I'd probably put Death or Glory by Running Wild as my favorite. Very nice list though

[@sethnielsen2254]

Obsession is also from CT!!!@

[@Bu11yMagu1re]

Think its important to distinguish between US Power Metal and Euro Power Metal which is often called “flower metal”.

[@Kataxu]

Bit off topic, but what do you think of Axxis? EDIT: Well, i guess technically it's not off topic, heheheh

[@GLAM_METAL_BOY]

1. Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast 2. Dio - Holy Diver 3. Savatage - Power of the Night 4. Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part I 5. Blind Guardian - Follow the Blind 6. Accept - Balls to the Wall 7. Manowar - Kings of Metal

[@steelerfreak1977]

You don’t know about Fates Warning? They are from Connecticut. And Sacred Oath has an album from the 80s called A Crystal Vision that kicks all sorts of ass and is as good as most of the stuff on your list. You should check it out.

[@brycetalksmetal]

I said off the top of my head, didn’t know in that moment that they were from Connecticut, obviously I know about and like them lol… knew I’d get this comment.

[@steelerfreak1977]

@@brycetalksmetalCheck out Sacred Oath - A Crystal Vision. A stellar power/trad metal album from Connecticut. 1988

[@brycetalksmetal]

Yeah that’s good… I like my 10 a bit better tho, definitely could be an honorable mention for me

[@garyjoyce2160]

Great stuff. BRYCE/ keep it up. 👍💯

[@MoveitorLoseit2]

The first 2 Sanctuary albums are a combination of thrash and power metal, not just power metal. Awesome albums though.

[@Bu11yMagu1re]

No theyre US power metal a completely different beast than say Blind Guardian.

[@motleyfan7558]

Connecticut Metal bands. Fate’s Warning, Obsession and House of Lords.

[@Overlorde79]

ESP and Sacred Oath,all killer bands!!

[@Cernunnos358]

My pick is Satan’s Host - Metal From Hell (1986)

[@RuthlessMetalYT]

yes!

[@neugey]

No Manowar wow

[@brycetalksmetal]

Not much into them

[@shredman87.57]

I know you like firehouse, just wanted to let you know the singer died today

[@brycetalksmetal]

Yeah I saw, sucks

[@shredman87.57]

@@brycetalksmetal I'm glad I got to see them once

[@guillermogarciaparra2844]

How Helloween's Keeper Part 1 can be in 6th place? All right, your rankings are subjective.

[@zzzandy]

Fooled ya 😂