Top Ten Lists - 1984

1. Trouble Psalm 9
2. Manowar Hail To England
3. Metal Church Metal Church
4. Metallica Ride The Lightning
5. Manowar Sign Of The Hammer
6. Jag Panzer Ample Destruction
7. Mercyful Fate Don't Break The Oath
8. Helstar Burning Star
9. Brocas Helm Into Battle
10. Venom At War With Satan

1. Metallica Ride The Lightning
2. Iron Maiden Powerslave
3. Mercyful Fate Don't Break The Oath
4. Judas Priest Defenders Of The Faith
5. Manowar Sign Of The Hammer
6. Queensryche The Warning
7. Celtic Frost Morbid Tales
8. Slayer (EP) Haunting The Chapel
9. Dio The Last In Line
10. Manowar Hail To England

Manowar's finest hour, as both albums were high Top Ten entries and Hail To England narrowly missed being best of the year. Venom's At War With Satan is not their best, and on retrospect is a rather odd pick. America records a majority of the Top Tens for the first time ever.

No real surprises here, except perhaps the inclusion of an EP (Slayer). Otherwise, this is a fine representation of the best of mid-eighties metal.