1986 - Heavy Metal Motherload! THE POLL

OK, no way I can do a poll and I'm sure I can't even list all the releases from this year.

TELL ME, WHO SHOULD BE IN THE TOP 15 HEAVY METAL and TOP 15 THRASH! TWO LISTS. I'll make the polls based off people lists.

Also, let me know if I left off any important releases.


Abbatoir - The Only Safe Place
Accept - Russian Roulette
AC/DC - Who Made Who
Aerosmith - Classics Live
Agent Steel - Mad Locus Rising (EP)
Angel Dust - Into The Dark Past
Alice Cooper - Constrictor
Anvil Bi+ch - Rise To Offend
Assassin - The Upcoming Terror
At War - Ordered To Kill
Beowülf - Beowülf
Black Sabbath featuring Tony Iommi - Seventh Star
Bloodlust - Guilty As Sin
Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
Bride - Show No Mercy
Britny Fox - In America (EP)
The Brood - s/t
Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
Carnivore - Carnivore
Cerebus - Too Late To Pray
Chastain - Ruler Of The Wasteland
Cinderella - Night Songs
Cirith Ungol - One Foot In Hell
Cities - Anihilation Absolute
Crumbsuckers - Life Of Dreams
Cryptic Slaughter - Convicted
Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
David Lee Roth - Eat 'Em and Smile
Deathrow - Riders Of Doom
Destruction - Eternal Devastation
Détente - Recognize No Authority
Digger - Stronger Than Ever
Dio - Intermission
Dr Mastermind - s/t
Europe - The Final Countdown
Exciter - Unveiling The Wicked
Fastway - Trick or Treat
Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian
Flotsam and Jetsam - Doomsday for the Deceiver
Grave Digger - War Games
Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time
Impaler - If We Had Brains...We'd be Dangerous
Hallows Eve - Death & Insanity
Helstar - Remnants Of War
Heretic - Torture Knows No Boundary
Hirax - Hate, Fear And Power
Holy Moses - Queen Of Siam
Krank - Hideous
Judas Priest - Turbo
Juggernaut - Baptism Under Fire
Keel - The Final Frontier
King Diamond - Fatal Portrait
King Kobra - Thrill of a Lifetime
Kreator - Pleasure to Kill
Krokus - Change of Address
Leviticus - The Strongest Power
Living Death - Back To The Weapons (EP)
Lizzy Borden - Murderous Metal Live Roadshow,
Lizzy Borden - Menace To Society
Loudness - Lightning Strikes
Tankard - Zombie Attack
Tony MacAlpine - Edge Of Insanity
M.A.R.S. - Project: Driver
Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
Messiah Prophet - Master Of The Metal
Metal Church - The Dark
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Motörhead - Orgasmatron
Nuclear Assault - Game Over
Omen - The Curse
Onslaught - The Force
Ozzy Osbourne - The Ultimate Sin
Pile Driver - Stay Ugly
Poison - Look What the Cat Dragged In
Possessed - Beyond the Gates
Post Mortem - Coroner's Office
Predator - Easy Prey
Queensrÿche - Rage for Order
Quiet Riot - QR III
Racer X - Street Lethal
Rage - Reign Of Fear
Ratt - Dancing Undercover
Raven - The Pack Is Back
Raven - Mad (EP)
Razor - Malicious Intent
Ruthless - Discipline Of Steel
Sadus - D.T.P.
Sacrifice - Torment In Fire
Saint - Time's End
Saint Vitas - Too Late to Pray
Savage Grace - After The Fall From Grace
Savatage - Fight for the Rock
Sentinel Beast - Depths Of Death
Sepultura - Morbid Visions
Sinner - Comin' Out Fighting
Slayer - Reign in Blood
Sodom - Obsessed By Cruelty
Sound Barrier - Speed of Light
Speed Kills Compilation (feat. Hallow's Eve, Exodus, Destruction, Bulldozer, Metallica, Slayer, Possessed, Exciter, Venom, Voivod, Megadeth & Celtic Frost)
Stormwitch - Stronger Than Heaven
Stryper - To Hell with the Devil
Sweet Cheater - Immortal Instant
Ted Nugent - Little Miss Dangerous
Tesla - Mechanical Resonance
TT Quick - Metal of Honor
Van Halen - 5150
Venom - Hell At Hammersmith '85
Vinnie Vincent Invasion - Vinnie Vincent Invasion
Voivod - Rrröööaaarrr
W.A.S.P. - Inside the Electric Circus
Warlock - True as Steel
Warlord - Thy Kingdom Come
Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Trilogy
Zodiac Mindwarp - High Priest Of Love (EP)

Overkill's "Feel the Fire" and Celtic Frost's "The Emperor's Return" were actually released in 1985 - not 1986.


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The "Thrash List" MUST include the following:


Metallica - Master of Puppets

Slayer - Reign in Blood

Megadeth - Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?

Dark Angel - Darkness Descends

Kreator - Pleasure to Kill

Flotsam & Jetsam - Doomsday for the Deceiver

Nuclear Assault - Game Over

Destruction - Eternal Devastation

Metal Church - The Dark


The "Thrash List" SHOULD include the following:


Carnivore - Carnivore

Onslaught - The Force

Exumer - Possessed by Fire

Sodom - Obsessed by Cruelty

Possessed - Beyond the Gates


OTHERS:


Exciter - Unveiling the Wicked

Razor - Malicious Intent

Tankard - Zombie Attack

Voivod - Rrroooaaarrr

Abattoir - The Only Safe Place

Metal Church is more of a traditional/power metal band than a thrash metal band to me. The Dark is still a great album, though.

Some of the stuff I have that's not listed

Anthem-Tightrope
St. Vitus-Born To Late
Assassin-The Upcoming Terror
Angel Dust-Into The Dark Past
Sacred Blade-Of the Sun + Moon
Hexx-Under The Spell
SAXON-Rock The Nations
Sweet Cheater-Immortal Instant
PileDriver-Stay Ugly
Killer-Young Blood
Stormwitch-Stronger Than Heaven
Impaler-If We Had Brains...We'd be Dangerous

skullkrusher wrote:

The "Thrash List" MUST include the following:


Metallica - Master of Puppets

Slayer - Reign in Blood

Megadeth - Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?

Dark Angel - Darkness Descends

Kreator - Pleasure to Kill

Flotsam & Jetsam - Doomsday for the Deceiver

Nuclear Assault - Game Over

Destruction - Eternal Devastation

Metal Church - The Dark


The "Thrash List" SHOULD include the following:


Carnivore - Carnivore

Onslaught - The Force

Exumer - Possessed by Fire

Sodom - Obsessed by Cruelty

Possessed - Beyond the Gates


OTHERS:


Exciter - Unveiling the Wicked

Razor - Malicious Intent

Tankard - Zombie Attack

Voivod - Rrroooaaarrr

Abattoir - The Only Safe Place

all of the above and also a ton from Ult's list, and a bunch of other metal like Candlemass, Fates Warning, Omen and even Queensryche.

To me heavy metal was kinda dying by '86, most of the hard rock/heavy metal bands I loved in the early 80's all put out sub par or just plain awful albums. But the thrash and progressive metal bands were hitting their stride and it was all gettin' really good right about now. What an exciting time this was. So many great bands.

I'll make my other picks tomorrow but definatly Iron Maiden and Metallica in their respective polls. Two of my favorite albums of all time!

Here's my take.....in no particular order

Metal/ Hard Rock
Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time
Queensryche - Rage for Order
AC/DC - Who Made Who
Stryper - To Hell With The Devil
Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian

Thrash
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Megadeth - Peace Sells
Slayer - Reign in Blood
Kreator - Pleasure to Kill
Nuclear Assault - Game Over

Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
Cinderella - Night Songs
Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian
Great White - Shot in the Dark (Scott you forgot this one)
Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time
Judas Priest - Turbo
Loudness - Lightning Strikes
Motorhead - Orgasmatron
Ozzy - Ultimate Sin
Queensryche - Rage For Order
RATT - Dancing Undercover
Tesla - Mechanical Resonance
Vinnie Vincent Invasion - S/T
W.A.S.P. - Inside The Electric Circus
Yngwie - Trilogy

I'm not worried about the thrash poll, as I think the obvious choices will be there.

I can't even begin to narrow that down!

But as long as Somewhere in Time and Trilogy are in the heavy metal poll, all will be well in my world.

As for Thrash, too many albums I love, but Skullkrusher got it close enough.

How about the album Watching You by Tyran' Pace in the Metal list?

On the Thrash side:
Peace Sells
Master of Puppets
Doomsday for the Deceiver
Reign in Blood

Metal:
To Hell with the Devil
Night Songs
Somewhere in Time
Awaken the Guardian

Lotsa good'uns in that list but I picked THE DARK by Metal Church.

I choose Iron Maiden 'Somewhere In Time'

Out of the 9 I have, I went with my favorite Maiden album, Somewhere In Time.

My top two choices weren't on there, but I went with Ozzy

1. Yngwie Malmsteen - Trilogy
2. Tesla - Mechanical Resonance
3. Ozzy - Ultimate Sin
4. Loudness - Lightning Strikes
5. Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time

From the poll choices, I had to go with Cinderella's Night Songs. Might not be as "metal" as some of the other choices, but I've lived with that album for a long, long time. It's a personal favorite.

Stryper of course

Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time

Turbo
Ultimate Sin
Slippery When Wet

Somewhere In Time
Rage for Order
Ultimate Sin
Trilogy
Edge Of Insanity
Project:Driver
To Hell With The Devil
5150

Thrash:
Metallica I didn't like Megadeth yet and didn't listen to much other thrash.

Somewhere In Time

Somewhere in Time. My first Maiden record and the record that got me into real metal.

SIT but this was tough. That's a great Warlord album and if Tesla was on there I might've gone with it.

Another "important" release came late in the game, December, I believe ?

I have the EP and almost sold it years ago, but didn't....

It is G-n-R Live?!*@Like A Suicide

From the poll, I chose Maiden

The Dark is the best thing listed on that poll. One of the all-time great releases as far as I'mm concerned.