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

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[@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

[@ThePelicans44]

@@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]

@@ThePelicans44 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.

[@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.

[@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! 🤘🤘

[@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.

[@dereks7745]

Bryce is the man. Great addition to the show.

[@brycetalksmetal]

💯🦅

[@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

[@RodrigoAlves-bc8qq]

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

[@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!

[@craigkaminski]

I picked 1984 at SoT Fall Fest 😁

[@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!

[@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.

[@onekoolmedic]

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

[@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 👍🏻💯

[@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.

[@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

[@luisfernandoaguilaralonso4064]

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

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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!!🤘

[@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

[@shatteredking2774]

1. Maiden- Powerslave 2. Metallica- Ride The Lightning 3. Dio- The Last In Line 4. Metal Church- Metal Church 5. Judas Priest- Defenders Of The Faith 6. Mercyful Fate- Don’t Break The Oath

[@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

[@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

[@davidpousho4828]

Thanks everyone! Love HVS!

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@martymartin2894]

Welcome Bryce, I also enjoy when Steve is on.

[@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!

[@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.

[@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

[@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!

[@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!

[@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

[@carlmarks8170]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@mikevillain666]

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

[@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. 🤘 🤘

[@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...

[@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

[@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

[@satchboogy8168]

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

[@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

[@dougreeder8155]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@inmyhouse11]

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

[@martinfranco3716]

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

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@frankstanovic4401]

Ill be boring today. I was 21 in 1984 and loved all of these albums that year . No surprises here. 1) defenders of the faith 2) slide it in 3) powerslave 4) perfect strangers 5) stay hungry

[@donnybrookdetritus]

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

[@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. : )

[@terrymtbnurse4760]

Way to go Bryce for mentioning W.A.S.P. Golgotha is an absolute banger. The lead in Golgotha still gives me goose bumps. People tend to hate the albums that are about Jesus. Never could understand all the hate for Christain metal.

[@Intermentor]

Not a huge fan of newer W.A.S.P myself either, and it is not because of Jesus. But Dominator and Dying for the world I can enjoy

[@terrymtbnurse4760]

@@Intermentor My son has gotten me into "Fit For A King" Real good metal

[@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

[@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

[@yokerecords803]

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

[@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

[@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!

[@matheushenriquepires7493]

Ride the Lightning Pslam 69 1984 (Van Halen)

[@Panda-sd9nd]

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

[@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.

[@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!

[@Drumdude74]

1. AC/DC - '74 Jailbreak 2 .Metallica - Ride The Lightening 3. Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry 4. Ratt - Out of the Cellar 5. Honeymoon Suite - Honeymoon Suite honorable mentions: Van Halen - 1984 Whitesnake - Slide It In Dio - The Last In Line Iron Maiden - Powerslave Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath Lee Aaron - Metal Queen WASP - WASP....... ETC ETC ETC.

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@alstevens8168]

Ok here’s mine Motörhead- No Remorse Metallica-Ride the Lighting Judas Priest-Defenders of the Faith Dio-The Last in Line Hanoi Rocks-Two Steps From The Move

[@brendankilroy9203]

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

[@rolandmarckwort]

Exciter, Violence and Force - 1984

[@alexsuperpower1]

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

[@brycetalksmetal]

Thanks man! 💯

[@JonathanCon]

1. Don't Break The Oath 2. Slide It In 3. Powerslave 4. ICON 5. Ride the Lightning

[@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! :)

[@fbettr2627]

Here are my top picks for 1984 (what a great year for rock music fans): 1. 'Thunder Seven' by TRIUMPH & '1984' by VAN HALEN 2. 'Love At First Sting' by SCORPIONS 3. 'Defenders Of The Faith' by JUDAS PRIEST 4. 'Animalize' by KISS 5. 'Tooth And Nail' by DOKKEN 6. 'Powerslave' by IRON MAIDEN 7. 'Slide It In' by WHITESNAKE 8. 'The Last In Line' by DIO 9. 'The Warning' by QUEENSRŸCHE 10. 'Out Of The Cellar' by RATT Honourable mentions: 'Through The Fire' by Hagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve (H.S.A.S.) 'Ride The Lightning' by METALLICA 'W.A.S.P.' by W.A.S.P. 'Walkin' The Razor's Edge' by HELIX 'Stay Hungry' by TWISTED SISTER 'Sign In Please' by AUTOGRAPH 'Knights Of The New Thunder' by TNT

[@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.

[@RuthlessMetalYT]

My top 5 1984: 1. Metallica - Kill 'Em All 2. Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath 3. Metal Church - Metal Church 4. Gotham City - The Unknown 5. Queensryche - The Warning

[@JackieNihil]

1. Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath 2. W.A.S.P. - S/T 3. Omen - Battle Cry 4. Ratt - Out Of The Cellar 5. Queensrÿche - The Warning 6. Armored Saint - March Of The Saint 7. Madison - Diamond Mistress 8. Warlock - Burning The Witches 9. Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith 10. Cirith Ungol - King Of The Dead 11. Dio - The Last In Line 12. Tank - Honour And Blood 13. Great White - S/T (a.k.a. Stick It) 14. Voïvod - War And Pain 15. Iron Maiden - Powerslave 16. Venom - At War With Satan 17. Metallica - Ride The Lightning 18. Bathory - S/T 19. Pretty Maids - Red Hot And Heavy 20. Manowar - Sign Of The Hammer Honorable mentions (some not rocking hard and heavy enough): Y&T - In Rock We Trust Van Halen - 1984 Rush - Grace Under Pressure Bon Jovi - S/T Europe - Wings of Tomorrow Triumph - Thunder Seven Piledriver - Metal Inquisition Trouble - Psalm 9 Wild Dogs - Man's Best Friend Metal Church - S/T

[@jacobheaney3836]

1) Metallica - Ride The Lightning 2) Iron Maiden - Powerslave 3) Casiopea - Down Upbeat 4) Miles Davis - Decoy 5) Weather Report - Domino Theory

[@drumkit666]

Such a great year really hard to choose the golden period. 1. Powerslave 2. Ride The Lighting 3. Grace Under Pressure 4. Don't Break The Oath 5. Defenders of The Faith Honorable Mentions Metal Church S/T Trouble Psalm9 Manowar Hail To England Pat Benatar Tropico Queensryche The Warning

[@aidenswords5809]

Tropico good choice, although not as hard as pats first 4

[@drumkit666]

@@aidenswords5809 yeah it's defiantly more experimental album probably why I like better then most of her output very solid album I think the bookends of the album is very strong, the middle of it is ok, i never thought of Pat having the strongest albums they do have their moments, it's the singles that were the main vocal point, after Tropico sadly, the Madonna's and female studio producer pop artists were taking over the mainstream and times were changing fast, and Pat slowed down and had a family. It's a capsule in time.

[@tylerpatterson4787]

My top 3 1. Metallica Ride the Lightning 2. Van Halen 1984 3. Judas Priest Defenders of the Faith

[@tylerpatterson4787]

Honorable mentions Whitesnake Slide it in Dio Last in Line Iron Maiden Powerslave Ratt Out of the Cellar Acdc Jailbreak EP

[@markfurru3368]

I didn't put 1984 on my list, because my CD actually says ©1983 on the back cover.

[@laggyluke5700]

5. Icon - Icon 4. Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath 3. Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers 2. Metallica - Ride the Lightning 1. Iron Maiden - Powerslave And some honorable mentions: 1. Cacumen - Down to Hell 2. Gary Moore - Dirty Fingers 3. Queensryche - The Warning 4. Sinner - Danger Zone 5. Talon - Neutralized 6. Whitesnake - Slide it In 7. Witchfynde - Lords of Sin

[@carl-johanfougstedt199]

1) Hanoi Rocks : Two Steps From The Move 2) Iron Maiden : Powerslave 3) W.A.S.P. : W.A.S.P. 4) Twisted Sister : Stay Hungry 5) Kiss : Animalize Honorable mentions / Dio : The Last In Line and Van Halen : 1984.

[@sebastienlavoie9334]

Welcome Bryce on the regular team!! 🤘😎🤘

[@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!

[@Intermentor]

1. Ride the Lightning- Metallica 2. In Rock we trust - Y&T 3. Don't Break the Oath - Mercyful Fate 4. Sign in Please - Autograph 5. March of the Saint - Armored Saint

[@ericdinse5047]

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

[@mariopimenteljr8312]

Cool new member on the squares!

[@larilahtela]

10. Armored Saint - March of the Saint 9. Metal Church - Metal Church 8. Warlock - Burning the Witches 7. Metallica - Ride the Lightning 6. Dio - Last in Line 5. Savatage - The Dungeons Are Calling 4. Tokyo Blade - Night of the Blade 3. Queensrÿche - The Warning 2. Iron Maiden - Powerslave 1. Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith Really, no mention of Tokyo Blade? That is a 5-star album, vocals are amazing. One of the absolute finest releases to come out of the whole NWOBHM movement. I love it.

[@LoLavilla82]

My top 3 would be in no order : Powerslave Ride The Lightning Don't Break The Oath

[@bonehead797]

1. Powerslave - Iron Maiden 2. Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen 3. Stay Hungry - Twisted Sister 4. Slide It In - Whitesnake 5. W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P. Honorable mentions: Ride The Lightning - Metallica, Reckless - Bryan Adams, Wheels Are Turnin' - REO Speedwagon, Tour De Force - .38 Special, Private Dancer - Tina Turner

[@michaelfrazia4569]

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

[@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.

[@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...