The Hudson Valley Squares: Our Favorite Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Albums of 1984

[@brycetalksmetal]

Very happy to be a full time member now… let’s gooooo! 🦅

[@stevemeek9225]

Welcome Bryce I've discovered alot of new black metal b.ands through you on your channel.

[@ScottyKirk1]

Subscribed to you now sir! 🤘

[@rafaelcruz4176]

Welcome to Hudson Valley Bryce, I always watch your videos in your channel. Rock on !! 🤘🤘

[@jovishania]

So happy your here man love all your input

[@jovishania]

Bryce is so great he really knows his stuff love his channel

[@HeavyArtTalk]

Congrats Bryce on joining the Hudson Valley Squares!

[@brycetalksmetal]

Thanks man!

[@matthunter4868]

He's Sydney's replacement

[@TheIslandersDynasty]

@@matthunter4868 Not necessarily. I don't believe Sydney was an original square, so just like she was an addition opposed to a replacement, same can be said for Bryce. Where is Lynne Versaci?

[@matthunter4868]

@@TheIslandersDynasty I think having female representation on the panel board is important. I also believe it helps the guys keep at their best behavior!😆

[@jimmycampbell78]

I just think its good to see people that can commit regularly to it like the Prog Seat guys; and its a good thing to freshen up the line up every so often. Bryce is a brilliant addition, his passion for metal and knowledge at such a young age is a fantastic enhancement to this panel.

[@craigkaminski]

I picked 1984 at SoT Fall Fest 😁

[@erikberg5363]

Awesome show as always, also super cool to hear Bryce will be on full-time! Great picks from everyone, I’ll just toss out a few that I didn’t hear anyone mention (apologies if they did and I missed it): Cloven Hoof - Cloven Hoof Sortilège - Métamorphose Griffin - Flight of the Griffin Black Death - Black Death Running Wild - Gates to Purgatory Witchfynde - Lords of Sin Blasphème - Blasphème Witchkiller - Day of the Saxons Cheers! 🤘🤘

[@carlmarks8170]

I'm surprised nobody mentioned "Gates to Purgatory", the debut album by German speed metal band, Running Wild.

[@alessandroneri8929]

Bryce is a Full time member now. A heavy " plus " for the show. Congrats Bryce and Pete! Great, great panel of discussion as always.

[@martymartin2894]

Welcome Bryce, I also enjoy when Steve is on.

[@RodrigoAlves-bc8qq]

As someone watching from Brazil, I would say that I need some blue printing of Quinnz Pinz, Steve. Yes, I do. LOL!!!😂

[@luisfernandoaguilaralonso4064]

So cool to see Bryce making it to the channel. He really knows his stuff!

[@samfrehley786]

To Pete and Bryce: Both of you have helped me get into a shit ton of music and find some music. Pete helped me get into stuff like Heart, Sweet, Van Halen and even Armored Saint. Bryce helped me get into stuff like Megadeth, Sodom, Bathory and W.A.S.P. Both helped me get into bands like Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden and Motörhead. Thank you both.

[@birdab.6873]

1984 - a great year of music - my top 5: 1. Iron Maiden - Powerslave 2. Dio - The Last In Line 3. Rush - Grace Under Pressure 4. Whitesnake - Slide It In 5. Europe - Wings Of Tomorrow Other LPs from 1984, which I loved in my youth and still love until today: Queen - The Works / Scorpions - Love At First Sting / Van Halen - 1984 / Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith / Metallica - Ride The Lightning / Triumph - Thunder Seven / W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P. / Metal Church - Metal Church / Survivor - Vital Signs / Queensryche - The Warning / Yngwie Malmsteen - Rising Force / Ratt - Out Of The Cellar / Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers / Mercyful Fate - Don’t Break The Oath / Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry / Prince - Purple Rain

[@milesdorst7120]

1. Ride the Lightning - Metallica 2. Powerslave - Iron Maiden 3. Defenders of the Faith - Judas Priest 4. In 3-D - "Weird Al" Yankovic 5. Fistful of Metal - Anthrax Honorables: The Last In Line - Dio Tooth and Nail - Dokken Condition Critical - Quiet Riot Out of the Cellar - Ratt Grace Under Pressure - Rush VOA - Sammy Hagar Love At First Sting - Scorpions This Is Spinal Tap - Spinal Tap The Yellow and Black Attack - Stryper Slide It In - Whitesnake

[@andrewsmith4620]

This was an absurdly hard task hahaha! 1. Ride the Lightning- Metallica 2. Powerslave- Iron Maiden 3. Don't Break the Oath- Mercyful Fate 4. Defenders of the Faith- Judas Priest 5. Last in Line- Dio Close but no cigar: -Morbid Tales (Celtic Frost) -W.A.S.P (W.A.S.P) -Fist Full of Metal (Anthrax)... I'm surprised no one picked this! -Bathory (Bathory) -Haunting the Chapel (Slayer) I could go on and on! Such a great year for metal!

[@LarryFleetwood8675]

Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers Dio - The Last in Line Survivor - Vital Signs Manowar - Hail to England Metallica - Ride the Lightning HMs: Saxon - Crusader, Kiss - Animalize, W.A.S.P. -W.A.S.P., Rush - Grace Under Pressure, Lita Ford - Dancin’ on the Edge, Kerry Livgren - Time Line, Bryan Adams - Reckless, The Cars - Heartbeat City, Don Henley - Building the Perfect Beast, Honeymoon Suite - Honeymoon Suite, John Waite - No Brakes, Toto - Isolation, Fee Waybill - Read My Lips, Alan Parsons Project - Ammonia Avenue, Manowar - Sign of the Hammer, Orion the Hunter - Orion the Hunter, Van Halen - 1984.

[@dereks7745]

Bryce is the man. Great addition to the show.

[@brycetalksmetal]

💯🦅

[@markfurru3368]

1. Metallica - Ride the Lightning 2. Iron Maiden - Powerslave 3. Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith 4. Voivod - War and Pain 5. Dio - The Last in Line Great EPs: Slayer - Haunting the Chapel Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales Non-Metal Classics: Prince - Purple Rain Leonard Cohen - Various Positions Husker Du - Zen Arcade The Replacements - Let It Be

[@JohntheMusicNut]

These non-metal classics are fantastic!

[@arturodouglas2484]

Hey Bryce, I've been a fan of yours for a couple of years and it is so awesome to see now an official part of the Hudson Valley Squares. You're go such good company there. Congrats Bryce and S.O.T Rocks!!

[@brycetalksmetal]

Thanks a lot man!

[@arturodouglas2484]

@@brycetalksmetal You’re welcome brother, your channel and S.O.T absolutely rock!! So entertaining and so informative. Pete must have real respect and admiration for you to have you on the show permanently and you deserve it that’s for sure. Thanks again bro 😃🤘

[@brycetalksmetal]

@@arturodouglas2484 👍🏻💯

[@johnunderwood3132]

I was 15 in 84 and I friggin was and still is a metal head. What an awesome year for Metal/ Hard rock. Just absorbed everything. Love it! Thanks for the SOT podcast. I just love it

[@ronniejames3681]

TNT-Knights of the New Thunder Dio-The Last in Line Europe-Wings of Tomorrow Iron Maiden -Powerslave Judas Priest-Defenders of the Faith. Great show as always!!🤘

[@damiankarras]

My Top 20 of 1984. Great year Rush - Grace Under Pressure Triumph - Thunder Seven Queensryche - The Warning Dokken - Tooth n Nail Whitesnake - Slide It In Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith Iron Maiden - Powerslave Van Halen - 1984 Ratt - Out of the Cellar Scorpions - Love At First Sting Zebra - No Telling’ Lies Giuffria - Giuffria Dio - The Last In Line Yngwie Malmsteen’s Rising Force Y&T - In Rock We Trust TNT - Knights of the New Thunder Scandal - The Warrior Pat Benatar - Tropico Kiss - Animalize Stone Fury - Burns Like A Star

[@MochaDaisy8645]

Awesome and comprehensive list! Did you consider Perfect Strangers (Deep Purple)?

[@damiankarras]

@@MochaDaisy8645 it’s ok, but I’m more of a Mark 3 fan. Knockin’ On Your Back Door is awesome though. It’s probably a better album than Animalize, but I have a soft spot for Kiss. My second favourite band next to Rush, and my favourite band growing up. Animalize is mostly a miss, but the 3 or 4 good tracks make up for the misses.

[@holydiver73]

Top 5 will likely never change. 5. Iron Maiden - Powerslave 4. Dokken - Tooth and Nail 3. Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers 2. Whitesnake - Slide it in (UK Version of course😂) 1. Dio - The Last in Line. Nice to see Bryce coming on full time, he knows his stuff that lad! 👍🏻

[@seekah1]

I loved the range of styles on there. Awesome show that one.

[@commonman317]

Perfect 5

[@onekoolmedic]

Twisted sister-stay hungry Whitesnake-slide it in Dokken-tooth and nail Ratt-out of the cellar Great white-great white

[@sebastienlavoie9334]

Welcome Bryce on the regular team!! 🤘😎🤘

[@chiragchittar4179]

Was super fun guys! Loved every bit of it My ranking Metallica-ride the lightning Iron maiden-powerslave Mercyful fate-dont break the oath Van Halen-1984 Deep purple-perfect strangers Honorable mentions Judas priest-defenders of faith Trouble-psalm 9 Slayer-haunting the chapel Europe-wings of tomorrow Metal church-metal church

[@zandig666]

Alo's here !! Big Danzig fan here as well !!! 🤟🤟🤟🤟

[@eltronics]

Kudos to Bryce on becoming a member of the HVS, Hope you got thick skin, these guys (since you're minus the ladies) can be ruthless. Pretty much how my friends and I got along growing up. 🤣 Oh yeah, the video was good too!

[@davidpousho4828]

Thanks everyone! Love HVS!

[@oldenyz3148]

JP- Defenders of the Faith Deep Purple- Perfect Strangers Ratt- Out of the cellar Merciful Fate- DBTO Twisted Sister- Stay Hungry H/M- Acdc- Jailbreak VH- 1984

[@martinfranco3716]

Congrats, Bryce. 🤘 HSV is real strong again with the addition of Canz and Bryce. Good times ahead!

[@rolandmarckwort]

Exciter, Violence and Force - 1984

[@catdeli]

Solid picks everyone! Thinking back I had these on my list that I didn’t hear mentioned: Fastway All Fired Up; Rods Let Them Eat Metal; Raven Live At the Inferno; Ramones Too Tough To Die.

[@toneman8478]

Hey great episode!!

[@Danimal77]

Great meeting you guys on Saturday (and some on Sunday too)! Steve, your store (Rock Fantasy) kicks ass! Chris, Danzig 1 is awesome and Ryan, we forgot to exchange #'s. Will send you a friend invite on Facebook. And Pete, thanks again for setting all of this up. Will see you soon on The Monsters Den!

[@chrisflood9205]

Wow I have 90 percent of the albums mentioned didn’t know 1984 was such a great year .big up for the mention of first black n blue and first great white

[@alexsuperpower1]

Great to see Bryce as a member of the Squares. Great channel and great guy.

[@brycetalksmetal]

Thanks man! 💯

[@ScottyKirk1]

Damn! I could live in 1984's music and be happy for the rest of my days! Purple reforming was a big one, and Dio kicking out his 2nd album were high school highlights for me! Wore out those cassettes out in my '73 VW Thing! Another great show everyone. 🤘 🤘

[@peteygemini60]

Welcome to Bryce a great addition to the team.

[@marklangham4337]

Chris Alo, I am not too old for this stuff and I just turned 60 on 9/27!!!! Saw Testament/Exodus and Death Angel last weekend in Portland, ME this past wknd.

[@chrisalo2989]

I hear ya, I saw that concert myself in NYC. But Mark how are you at doing three day heavy metal festivals at 62? I'm 51 years old and three day metal fests are getting tougher and tougher to do.

[@marklangham4337]

@@chrisalo2989 i was thinking about that, and there is no way I could do a three day metal fest, even though it would be EPIC!!!! However, I still CAN do three days of reg. concerts in a row. : )

[@mikevillain666]

Cool episode, Bryce is a great fit, eloquent, quick-witted for his age and sense of dry humor!

[@jpmcmullan8666]

It’s not my favorite from the year, but I think Stormwitch’s Walpurgis Night is amazing.

[@Panda-sd9nd]

So glad to hear Ryan mention Battle Cry, what a great album.

[@sebastienlavoie9334]

1- RATT - Out Of The Cellar 2- Metallica - Ride The Lightning 3- W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P. 4- Van Halen - 1984 5- Iron Maiden - Powerslave Honorable Mentions Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry Scorpions - Love At First Sting Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers KISS - Animalize (even though it's not in their best ones, i've listened this album alot when i was 11 in 1984) Prince - Purple Rain

[@ilovevinyl620]

1. Metallica - Ride the Lightning 2. Iron Maiden - Powerslave 3. Mercyful Fate - Don't break the Oath 4. Dio - The Last in Line 5. Scorpions - Love at First Sting HM: Running Wild - Gates to Purgatory

[@garyjoyce2160]

Last IN LINE/8️⃣4️⃣ in my t0p 1️⃣0️⃣ in my catalog. Love it 👍💯

[@garyjoyce2160]

And BRYCE: so glad you were added full time. You’ll knock ‘em dead./ as usual 👍💯

[@christianhaynes1954]

Love armored Saint. ! Good mention !

[@gaupau]

Cheers fellas. Here are mine: 1. The Smiths - The Smiths 2. Iron Maiden - Powerslave 3. Minutemen - Double Nickels On The Dime 4. Rush - Grace Under Pressure 5. King Crimson - Three Of A Perfect Pair

[@JohntheMusicNut]

Oh great call on the Smiths and the Minutemen!

[@robmlisanti]

Top 5 hard rock/metal albums FROM 1984 METALLICA- RIDE THE LIGHTNING JUDAS PRIEST-DEFENDERS OF THE FAITH IRON MAIDEN - POWERSLAVE DIO -LAST IN LINE QUEENSRYCHE - THE WARNING HONORABLE DEEP PURPLE -PERFECT STRANGERS RISING FORCE-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN VAN HALEN - 1984 RATT - OUT OF THE CELLAR RUSH - GRACE UNDER PRESSURE

[@brendankilroy9203]

Was awesome to meet all you guys on Saturday! Cant wait for the next one.

[@stevemcnary7963]

Mine are 1. Powerslave-Iron Maiden 2. Don't Break The Oath-Mercyful Fate 3. Warning-Queensryche 4. Morbid Tales-Celtic Frost 5. Defenders Of The Faith-Judas Priest Honorable Mention 1. Tooth & Nail-Dokken 2. Last In Line-Dio 3. March Of The Saint-Armored Saint 4. Dunfgeons Are Calling-Savatage 5. Rising Force-Yngwie Malmsteen 5. Burning The Witches-Warlock Glad to hear the King Chris Alo again!

[@gabriellarrubia1006]

'84 is crazy good, by far my favorite year... Here's my truckload of favorites: 1. Judas Priest- Defenders of the Faith (I've said before that this is my favorite Priest record- a shred fest from Tipton and Downing, dark atmosphere, intensity, classical inspired bits and great chord articulation. A handful of my favorite songs here as well.) 2. Metallica- Ride the Lightning (Also a top ten favorite album. To me this is the album that elevated thrash metal from a songwriting standpoint, already having been the sub-genre that stepped up on the technical side.) 3. Dokken- Tooth & Nail (One of my favorite bands, and second only in their catalogue to Back for the Attack. To me this sounds like perfected nwobhm or the ultimate version of european classic metal like 220 Volt or Heavy Load despite being American. The radio hits are already pretty good, but the deep cuts like Don't Close Your Eyes and When Heaven Comes Down are simply on another level. I like the little stylistic nuances each member adds to the table, with focus on Lynch bringing his unique phrasing element along with the shred... A bit of trivia: on the video to Just Got Lucky you can see footage of George Lynch playing guitar on an active volcano 🌋 in Hawaii. An actual f*ing volcano! Which erupted moments after they left!! Needless to say this is one of the most metal moments of all time, for anyone out there sneering at the glam thing.) 4. Ratt- Out of the Cellar (Warren DeMartini. That is all.) 5. Queensryche- The Warning (Prog metal making its way into the 80's, and it took a while for me to admit I loved this album when I was younger- presumably because odd time signatures and weird blurpy stuff like on NM were things I just wasn't used to to. It's a great example of how a record can challenge your mind, turn you outside of your comfort zone but also intrigue you and make you come back for more. Mindcrime is a masterpiece of its own, but when I'm in the mood for Queensryche I'm not satisfied until I give this whole record a turn.) *Assuming people already know the fantastic Van Halen, Scorpions, Rush, Whitesnake, Dio, Iron Maiden, Twisted Sister and Deep Purple records- might I suggest: 1. TNT- Knights of the New Thunder 2. Tokyo Blade- Night of the Blade These I felt bad for leaving out because they're a little more obscure, but as you can see the competition is a bit unfair... *Edit (more I had forgotten) 3. Autograph- Sign in Please (another personal favorite of mine) 4. Lee Aaron- Metal Queen 5. Avenger- Blood Sports (nwobhm cult classic) 6. Krokus- The Blitz 7. Quiet Riot- Condition Critical

[@donnybrookdetritus]

Great to have Bryce join the show and immediately gives some love to early era Pantera!

[@georgelamie7001]

​Mine: 5. Metal Church 4. Rising Force 3. Disillusion 2. Ride the Lightning 1. Don't Break the Oath

[@Yonder88]

Did anyone else mention Loudness here? Hell, what an album!

[@georgelamie7001]

@@Yonder88 I think there was one other person. Sad. It smokes most of the picks I see

[@marcoiacobuzio4075]

Great video Pete.....here are my top five albums from 1984: 1. Iron Maiden - Powerslave 2. Metallica - Ride the Lightning 3. Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry 4. Merciful Fate - Don't Break the Oath 5. Scorpions - Love at First Sting Honorable mentions: Whitesnake - Slide it in WASP - WASP (self titled debut) Trouble - Psalm 9 Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers Anthrax - Fistful of Metal RATT - Out of the Cellar Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith Venom - At War with Satan

[@yurivogensen5438]

Great show. Loved seeing Bryce.

[@scottwalker5275]

Big 👍🏻to Bryce for joining the show and giving a little love to Black N Blue. My top five would be Metal Church Armored Saint Queensryche W.A.S.P. Saxon

[@mariopimenteljr8312]

Cool new member on the squares!

[@TheMafrand]

Love the Madonna talk :-). Her first albums are great pop music.

[@seekah1]

Bring on the Madge talk..top 10 songs would be killer.

[@TheMafrand]

@@seekah1 Well, gonna give it a try 1. Papa don't Preach 2. Live to tell 3. Cherish 4. Borderline 5. Into the groove 6. Open your Heart 7. Angel 8. La Isla Bonita 9. Like a Prayer 10. Secret

[@pvdguitars2951]

Kudos to Bryce for bringing Helstar and Madison! Missing gems: Pretty Maids: red hot & Heavy Witchkiller: day of the saxons (EP) Obsession : Marshall law Steeler self titled ( Germany with Axel Rudy Pell) Laaz Rockit : City’s gonna burn Lee Aaron: Metal queen Ostrogoth: ecstasy and danger Fates Warning : night on Brocken Sortilège: metamorphose Stryper : the yellow and black attack Tokyo: night of the blade Vengeance self titled (holland), with Arjen Lucassen Wendy O Williams : WOW TT Quick (EP) Stormwitch : Walpurgis night Sinner : danger zone Black n blue : self titled H Bomb : attaque (France) + releases by Black lace ( unlaced) Sleeelover (glove me) Axe victim ( another victim) Killer ( shockwaves) Kick axe : vices Baron Rojo Tormentor ( goddess of love) Tyrant ( mean machine) Helix: walking on the razors edge Chateaux : fire power But my nr 1 and 2: Metal Church Anthrax : fistful of Metal

[@carlmarks8170]

Running Wild, "Gates to Purgatory"

[@carlmarks8170]

Sortilege!! I haven't thought of them in years... Listening again now. Great album.

[@Almeida5]

5.(A) Trouble - Psalm 9 5.(B) Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath (I'm pulling a Steve Keeler) 4. Iron Maiden - Powerslave 3. Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith 2. RATT - Out of the Cellar 1. Metallica - Ride The Lightning Non-metal 5. Howard Jones - Human's Lib 4. Madonna - Madonna 3. Survivor - Vital Signs 2. Prince - Purple Rain 1. Bryan Adams - Reckless

[@stevemeek9225]

5. Cirith Ungol- King Of The Dead 4. Judas Priest- Defenders Of The Faith 3. Metal Church 2. Mercyful Fate- Don't Break The Oath 1. Iron Maiden- Powerslave HM: Wasp, Bathory Metallica-Ride The Lightning, Deep Purple- Perfect Strangers Running Wild- Gates Of Purgatory Omen- Battle Cry RATT- Out Of The Cellar Jag Panzer- Ample Destruction Armored Saint- March Of The Saint Europe- Wings Of Destruction Trouble- Psalm 9 Celtic Frost- Morbid Tales Dokken- Tooth and Nail I could keep going. Year is stacked. Haha

[@gabriellarrubia1006]

I haven't heard Omen in years, that's a great list

[@stevemeek9225]

@@gabriellarrubia1006 Love the early OMEN albums

[@ClaymoreanOfficialMetal]

The best American metal band - Manilla Road! Thank you, Ryan! Up the Hammers! 🤘🏻🔥⚔️

[@dougreeder8155]

This is the best panel ever. These six guys rule. Add Nick and Sydney and it would be perfection.

[@alciovillalobos]

Great show and congrats Bryce on joining THVS!! :) My picks: Trouble - Psalm 9 Whitesnake - Slide it In Dio - Last in Line Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales Metallica - Ride the Lightning Powerslave is hors-concours.

[@carlosmas8809]

what an addition to the hudson valley squares!!!!!

[@brianpirie5490]

Welcome bryce. Congratulations...I've watched your channel and you know your shit.. Can we get Ralph from Almost Human...that would sew up the universe for SoT

[@independenceltd.]

1. Ride the Lightning 2. W.A.S.P. 3. Powerslave 4. Don't Break the Oath 5. Psalm 9 HM to Deep Purple, Hanoi Rocks, Manowar, Savatage and Saxon.

[@b2tall239]

A great year indeed. I turned 20 in '84 and was fully into metal.... 1. Poweslave by Iron Maiden 2. Ride the Lightning by Metallica 3. Out of the Cellar by Ratt 4. Last in Line by Dio 5. Defenders of the Faith by Judas Priest

[@ericdinse5047]

Yeah, I agree on "Purple Rain". Loved the album & I'm not ashamed.

[@electricshock3266]

Nice Bryce - WASP & Ratt are great choices!

[@kevinbrown1893]

1. Judas Priest - Defenders of The Faith 2. Iron Maiden - Powerslave 3. Queensryche - The Warning 4. Metallica - Ride The Lightning 5. Dio - The Last In Line Honorable mentions: * Rush - Grace Under Pressure * Van Halen - 1984 * Scorpions - Love at First Sting * Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers * Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath * Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction * Cirith Ungol - King of The Dead * Metal Church - Metal Church * Ratt - Out of The Cellar * Dokken - Tooth and Nail * Yngwie J. Malmsteen - YJM's Rising Force * Spinal Tap - Spinal Tap * Pantera - Projects In The Jungle * Savatage - The Dungeons Are Calling * Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales * KISS - Animalize * Whitesnake - Slide It In * Saxon - Crusader * Fates Warning - Night On Brocken * AC/DC - '74 Jailbreak

[@Skinnerposse]

Finally at the end Savatage was mentioned. I was saying every list that came up, “what about Savatage?” Lol. It’s in my top 5 for 84. Couple others I don’t remember mentioned is ‘74 Jailbreak (in the US) and Fastway All Fired Up for a couple honorable mentions. 1. Powerslave 2. Don’t Break the Oath 3. The Dungeons are Calling 4. Metal Church 5. The Last in Line

[@guillermomaldonado6277]

Welcome Bryce! always great to have new blood 🍺🤘 This was nearly impossible but here it goes: 1- DIO: Last in Line / 2- Iron Maiden: Powerslave / 3- Judas Priest: Defenders of the Faith / 4- Scorpions: Love at First Sting / 5- Deep Purple: Perfect Strangers HM: Whitesnake: Slide It In / Triumph: Thunder Seven / Twisted Sister: Stay Hungry / Dokken: Thooth and Nail / Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force ...and a shitload more that I don't have space to mention... that was a great, great year! Thanks!

[@wolf1977]

I love Survivor too but hard rock? More AOR to me. I don't like REO but again wouldn't call that 'hard rock'

[@guillermomaldonado6277]

@@wolf1977 you're absolutely right, I totally forgot the title of the show, thanks!

[@wolf1977]

@@guillermomaldonado6277 I do have a hard time with defining 'hard rock' (versus 'regular' rock). To me it's stuff like Deep Purple & AC/DC, Dio, Scorpions, maybe Van Halen. Others use different definitions...

[@michaelfrazia4569]

84 was a great year in general...the music , moves and shows that year were phenomenal

[@alternativepreacher4516]

1) Black Flag - My War 2) Bathory - ST 3) Metallica - Ride The Lightning 4) Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath 5) Icon - ST Non hard rock picks : REM - Reckoning The Smiths - The Smiths Husker Dü - Zen Arcade Cocteau Twins - Treasure

[@dmacnic]

Loved the show!. All great picks that Bryce made. I agree with his sentiments on each album. Is he a time traveler?. lol. It's so cool that there are young Metalheads like that who appreciate the greatness of Metal in the 1980's.

[@brycetalksmetal]

Haha thanks! Wish I’d been around back then!

[@lateramae]

Yay!!!! I'm so excited Bryce is joining the Hudson Valley Squares! He's going to give a great perspective on these topics.

[@brycetalksmetal]

Thank you! 💯

[@lateramae]

@@brycetalksmetal Of course! :)

[@mgerometta]

Thanks for mentioning Heavy Temple! Another great discovery.

[@mariusjacobsenlixomania]

1984, what a year in metal/hard rock indeed

[@franciskocher200]

A lot of fantastic albums that year.My most listened albums were: Running Wild:Gates to Purgatory - Grave Digger:Heavy metal Breakdown - Tank: Honour & Blood - Loudness:Disillusion (Japanese version) - Trust: IV...And i still like them very much...😄👍

[@satchboogy8168]

Yngwe’s Rising Force Kick Axe - Vices Krokus - The Blitz Fastway - All Fired Up Pretty Maids - Red Hot and Heavy

[@kimberlywalker3970]

I only have two for this category. 1984, a DLR Van Halen album I actually like. And, come one, Slide It In. A no-brainer!

[@davidburns6284]

1984 was incredible. I was 13/14 years old and just getting into hard rock and metal. Great memories. 1. Metallica-Ride the Lightning 2. Mercyful Fate-Don't Break the Oath 3. Queensryche-The Warning 4. W.A.S.P.-WASP 5. Judas Priest-Defenders of the Faith Honorable Mentions: Iron Maiden-Powerslave Dio-The Last in Line Ratt-Out of the Cellar Dokken-Tooth and Nail Van Halen-1984

[@dmacnic]

My top Five are 1. Rising Force - Yngwie 2. Defenders of the Faith - Priest 3 - Warning - Queensyrche - I saw them a L''amour in Brooklyn on the Tour 4 - Disillusion - Loudness /Akira 5 - Last in Line - Dio The Triumph - Thunder Seven came out in 1984, which was a pretty good album. I saw Yngwie open for them on that Tour. Also, It's a shame that Accept didn't have an album in 1984. They would have been in my Top.

[@yokerecords803]

So many great Metal albums from 1984. One of the absolute best is Bathory-Bathory. A landmark LP for Black and Death Metal.

[@inmyhouse11]

Perfect Strangers- Deep Purple Hail To England- Manowar Fistful of Metal- Anthrax Slide It In- Whitesnake Violence & Force- Exciter

[@carlmarks8170]

Glad to see Celtic Frost getting a lot of love in this episode (and Hellhammer, too.) They're all too often overlooked when people do their lists of favourite thrash metal albums. Such an influential band who were pioneers of extreme metal & downtuned riffs. They were leaders, not followers. "To Mega Therion" was a stone cold classic and it was relistening to "Morbid Tales" and "Emperor's Return" 20 years later which got me back into metal after a few year's hiatus.

[@seekah1]

Excellent show from one amazing year! Keep up the great content. INPO: Priest - Defenders of the Faith Ratt - Out of the Cellar Rush - Grace Under Pressure MF - Dont Break the Oath W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P. HM Gary Moore - We Want Moore VH - 1984 Maiden - Powerslave

[@JohntheMusicNut]

1. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime 2. Y&T - In Rock We Trust 3. Metallica - Ride the Lightning 4. Husker Du - Zen Arcade 5. Ratt - Out of the Cellar

[@ronaldsmith1484]

.... Bryce talks metal!...... Superb move!...... Youngblood !

[@brycetalksmetal]

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[@minsterhill]

1. The Warning - Queensryche. 2. Powerslave - Iron Maiden. 3. Ride the lightning - Metallica 4. Rock Will Never Die- MSG 5. Grace Under Pressure - Rush

[@EnemyKnown]

These are my top 5 in no particular order. 1. Iron Maiden - Powerslave 2. Dio - The Last In Line 3. Metallica - Ride The Lightning 4. Y&T - In Rock We Trust 5. Metal Church - Metal Church

[@thewal1ofsleep]

Helstar's Burning Star was a great pick by Bryce! I didn't even realize that album came out in 84; I thought it was later.

[@ivanfortuny2244]

Very good video the whitesnake album is a Masterpiece of hard rock.

[@tillwesenberg1178]

1) Ride The Lightning 2) Metal Church 3) Defenders Of The Faith 4) Winged Assassins 5) Morbid Tales Honorable Mentions: Perfect Strangers, The Warning, Violence & Force, Fugazi, Gates To Purgatory, Don't Break The Oath, Powerslave, The Last In Line, Stay Hungry, Night On Bröcken, Out Of The Cellar. Crazy good year.

[@Protometal66]

1. Metallica - Ride The Lightning 2. Mercyful Fate- Don't Break The Oath 3. Cirith Ungol - King of the Dead 4. Bathory - Bathory 5. Iron Maiden- Powerslave Runners up Running Wild- Gates To Purgatory Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers Dokken- Tooth and Nail For me 83 , 84, 85 and 86 might be the best years for metal. A truckload of fantastic albums just from those 4 years

[@webbfaze124]

Good on Bryce for picking some glam metal.. Huge in 1984.

[@takodabostwick8507]

Top Rock/Metal Albums of 1984 1. Ride the Lighting Metallica 2. Tooth and Nail Dokken 3. 1984 Van Halen 4. Powerslave Iron Maiden 5. WASP WASP 6. Love at First Sting Scorpions 7. Cafe Bleu Style Council 8. Defenders of the Faith Judas Priest 9. Don't Break the Oath Mercyful Fate 10. Zen Arcade Husker Du 11. Some Great Reward Depeche Mode 12. Let It Be The Replacements 13. Stay Hungry Twisted Sister 14. The Unforgettable Fire U2 15. Crusader Saxon 16. Purple Rain The Revolution 17. Born in the USA Bruce Springsteen 18. Two Steps from the Move Hanoi Rocks 19. Heartbeat City The Cars 20. Treasure Cocteau Twins

[@JohntheMusicNut]

Great call on Style Council, Husker Du and U2!

[@gabriellarrubia1006]

That's a great, well-rounded list. Mercyful Fate is a classic I totally just forgot about. Dokken really does deserve one of the highlights...

[@dtltmtgt]

Back home after a GREAT weekend meeting everyone at the Fall Festival! Many great metal albums in '84 IMO: 1. Lightning 2. Defenders 3. Powerslave 4. Trouble - s/t debut (or Psalm 9) 5. Metal Church - s/t debut Bubbling under/next 5: Last In Line Don't Break the Oath Fistful of Metal Morbid Tales Haunting the Chapel

[@briansf7012]

Bryce is a great addition. I really like his pick's

[@BlackMoore82]

Top 5... Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers. Whitesnake - Slide It In. Metal Church - Metal Church. Destruction - Sentence of Death. Dio - The Last in Line. Honorable mentions... Living Death - Vengeance of Hell. Trouble - Trouble (Psalm 9). Cloven Hoof - Cloven Hoof. Stevie Ray Vaughan - Couldn't Stand the Weather. Metallica - Ride the Lightning.