80s true American Metal / USPM

Long list here and I've already listed a bunch, but in the last couple days I've been spinning HAWAII!

Hey, ultmetal, check your private messages.

Looking to build my collection of USPM next year so here's the master list thus far based on suggestions made here. Any others to add?

Aaronsod
Apocrypha
Apollo Ra
Armageddon
Armored Saint
Atlantean Kodex
Attacker
Attila
Axehammer
Banshee
Barren Cross
Bitch
Blacklace
Blazon Stone
Bloodgood
Brocas Helm
Cage
Cauldron Born
Chastain
Cirith Ungol
Cities
CJSS
Commander
Crimson Glory
Cruella
Crystavox
Damien
Damien Steele
Damien Thorne
Deadly Blessing
Death Dealer
Destiny's End
Distant Thunder
Enforcer
Fates Warning (80's)
Fear Not
Feinstein
Fifth Angel
Final Axe
Gargoyle
Glacier
Griffin
Hades
Hawaii
Heir Apparent
Hellion
Helstar
Heretic
Hexx
Hittman
Holy Grail
Ion Britton
Jack Starr's Burning Starr
Jacob's Dream
Jag Panzer
K Octave
Keel
Killing Machines
Laaz Rockit (early)
Leatherwolf
Liege Lord
Lizzy Borden (someone explain this one to me; it just doesn't fit)
Lords of the Crimson Alliance
Malice
Manilla Road
Manowar
Mass
Medieval Steel
Meliah Rage
Metal Church
Mystic Force
New Eden
Obsession
Oliver Magnum
Omen
Onward
Oracle (Prodigy)
Phantom X
Pharaoh
Queensryche (early)
Racer X
Ravage
Recon
Reverend
Riot
Rival
Rocka Rollas
Ruffians
Ruthless
Sacred Oath
Sacred Warrior
Saint
Sanctuary
Sardonyx
Satan's Host
Savage Grace
Savatage
Screamer
Sentinel Beast
Seven Witches
Shok Paris
Sledge Leather
Steeler
Talisphere
Tension
The Rods
Thor
Throes of Sanity
Thunder Rider
Titan Force
Titanic
Tsunami
TT Quick
Twisted Tower Dire
Tyrant
Vicious Rumors
Virgin Steele
Volture
Warlord
Warrior
Wild Dogs
WildeStarr
World War III
X-Caliber
Zaxal
Zion Abyss

EDIT: Added BearOnUnicyle's suggestions.

You're really gonna buy a Thor record?!!   

Keel? Well nothing against them, but USPM pls. The Rods, Mass, Lizzy? Whatever
I'd add Mystic Force, Throes of Sanity, Oracle (Prodigy), Talisphere, Lords of the Crimosn Alliance, Zion Abyss and perhaps Zaxas.
Also Dark Age with their lonely EP from 1984 I never cared for, but it's right there at the origins of USPM praised by most fans.

Boris2008 wrote:

You're really gonna buy a Thor record?!!   

lol I suppose since I bought a Manowar records I may as well travel the full mile.   

BearOnUnicycle wrote:

Keel? Well nothing against them, but USPM pls. The Rods, Mass, Lizzy? Whatever
I'd add Mystic Force, Throes of Sanity, Oracle (Prodigy), Talisphere, Lords of the Crimosn Alliance, Zion Abyss and perhaps Zaxas.
Also Dark Age with their lonely EP from 1984 I never cared for, but it's right there at the origins of USPM praised by most fans.

I was thinking the same thing with Lizzy and Keel, but then again I'm not terribly familiar with their music and since they were recommended here I figured there was a period I had never heard of where they went USPM. And Mass is much more doom but the clips ult posted were pretty PM. What does everyone else think? Should these bands BOU mentioned?

Will add those other bands now.

Another band that I think fits the description here(sorry if they have already been mentioned) is Solar Eagle       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D5AZylH5XE

              http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Solar_Eagle/13354

Just a demo but awesome nonetheless  

Exxplorer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdC0V6sSAnc

Some more prog powermetal for you as well: Scarlet Rayne
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQw5Z1kRd-Y

Slauther Xstroyes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDYvkrF_Uks

wildcard wrote:

Another band that I think fits the description here(sorry if they have already been mentioned) is Solar Eagle       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D5AZylH5XE

              http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Solar_Eagle/13354

Just a demo but awesome nonetheless  

Exxplorer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdC0V6sSAnc

Some more prog powermetal for you as well: Scarlet Rayne
             https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQw5Z1kRd-Y

Slauther Xstroyes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDYvkrF_Uks

Fine suggestions. Solar Eagle later morphed into Candle Opera and recorded 3 song demo me and a bunch of collectors will die to get hold of.

http://tribunalrecords.bandcamp.com/album/deadly-voltage

Very early 90s, but still...

Huge list. During the last couple of years I invested a lot into this genre.

Warning sf are the latest band I got into. Excellent stuff.

corplhicks wrote:

I enjoy Rival quite a bit. Fierce shit.

this is some amazing stuff. Thanks for posting it.

Glad you like it! I was able to get in touch with the frontman and sadly it seems like they're breaking up. Supposedly a final album is in the works, though. You can find this one on Amazon. The whole record is top notch.

corplhicks wrote:

Glad you like it! I was able to get in touch with the frontman and sadly it seems like they're breaking up. Supposedly a final album is in the works, though. You can find this one on Amazon. The whole record is top notch.

I know. I just ordered it.

Gilbert wrote:

corplhicks wrote:

Glad you like it! I was able to get in touch with the frontman and sadly it seems like they're breaking up. Supposedly a final album is in the works, though. You can find this one on Amazon. The whole record is top notch.

I know. I just ordered it.

  

...which reminds me of an album that wants a remaster.

On an unrelated note - wish these guys made an album. The energy is gigantic.

Breaker from Cleveland definitely needs to be on this list. Top notch USPM from the excellent Auburn Records label.




Here's their cover of Scorpions "Pictured Life:"

Updated list:

Aaronsod
Apocrypha
Apollo Ra
Armageddon
Armored Saint
Atlantean Kodex
Attacker
Attila
Axehammer
Banshee
Barren Cross
Bitch
Blacklace
Blazon Stone
Bloodgood
Breaker
Brocas Helm
Cage
Candle Opera
Cauldron Born
Chastain
Cirith Ungol
Cities
CJSS
Commander
Crimson Glory
Cruella
Crystavox
Damien
Damien Steele
Damien Thorne
Deadly Blessing
Death Dealer
Destiny's End
Distant Thunder
Enforcer
Exxplorer
Fates Warning (80's)
Fear Not
Feinstein
Fifth Angel
Final Axe
Firststrike
Gargoyle
Glacier
Griffin
Hades
Hawaii
Heir Apparent
Hellion
Helstar
Heretic
Hexx
Hittman
Holy Grail
Ion Britton
Jack Starr's Burning Starr
Jacob's Dream
Jag Panzer
K Octave
Keel
Killing Machines
Laaz Rockit (early)
Leatherwolf
Legioned Marcher
Liege Lord
Lizzy Borden (someone explain this one to me; it just doesn't fit)
Lords of the Crimson Alliance
Malice
Manilla Road
Manowar
Mass
Medieval Steel
Meliah Rage
Metal Church
Mystic Force
New Eden
Obsession
Oliver Magnum
Omen
Onward
Oracle (Prodigy)
Phantom X
Pharaoh
Queensryche (early)
Racer X
Ravage
Recon
Reverend
Riot
Rival
Rocka Rollas
Ruffians
Ruthless
Sacred Oath
Sacred Warrior
Saint
Sanctuary
Sardonyx
Satan's Host
Savage Grace
Savatage
Scarlet Rayne
Screamer
Sentinel Beast
Seven Witches
Shok Paris
Slauther Xstroyes
Sledge Leather
Solar Eagle
Steeler
Talisphere
Tension
The Rods
Thor
Throes of Sanity
Thruster
Thunder Rider
Titan Force
Titanic
Tsunami
TT Quick
Twisted Tower Dire
Tyrant
Vicious Rumors
Virgin Steele
Volture
Warlord
Warrior
Wild Dogs
WildeStarr
World War III
X-Caliber
Zaxal
Zion Abyss

corplhicks wrote:

Updated list:

Thruster the Conflict

Hicks, their name is just Thruster. The song in that link was called "The Conflict." Frankly, I am shocked some dude in Russia is name checking a Cincinnati metal band. Hell, I lived in Cincinnati for 40 years, and Thruster was not very memorable, and I have seen them live!

Witchfinder wrote:

corplhicks wrote:

Updated list:

Thruster the Conflict

Hicks, their name is just Thruster.  The song in that link was called "The Conflict."  Frankly, I am shocked some dude in Russia is name checking a Cincinnati metal band.  Hell, I lived in Cincinnati for 40 years, and Thruster was not very memorable, and I have seen them live!  

Fixed, thank you. That makes much more sense now.   

I'm not seeing an album from Thruster anywhere. I'm guessing they were on a comp or two, or some obscure demo??

Eh?
http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Thruster/M.I.A./179641
https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/thruster

TheGreatDuck wrote:

Eh?
http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Thruster/M.I.A./179641
https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/thruster

So a sole LP released in 2009...hey that's krokus giving the review in the RYM link...and that's all? Looks like all they had in the 80's was a single, unless that LP is an earlier recording.

EDIT: RYM lists the release date of MIA as 2009, yet MA lists it as 1986.

corplhicks wrote:

TheGreatDuck wrote:

Eh?
http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Thruster/M.I.A./179641
https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/thruster

So a sole LP released in 2009...hey that's krokus giving the review in the RYM link...and that's all? Looks like all they had in the 80's was a single, unless that LP is an earlier recording.

EDIT: RYM lists the release date of MIA as 2009, yet MA lists it as 1986.

The album was definitely in released in 1986 (cassette only) and there was a vinyl re-release in 2009.

Witchfinder wrote:

corplhicks wrote:

TheGreatDuck wrote:

Eh?
http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Thruster/M.I.A./179641
https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/thruster

So a sole LP released in 2009...hey that's krokus giving the review in the RYM link...and that's all? Looks like all they had in the 80's was a single, unless that LP is an earlier recording.

EDIT: RYM lists the release date of MIA as 2009, yet MA lists it as 1986.

The album was definitely in released in 1986 (cassette only) and there was a vinyl re-release in 2009.

Aha, that explains it.

Thor is Canadian.