The Best Metal Albums of 1983

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Rank	Artist	Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Dio	Holy Diver	May 23, 1983	91	66	9
2	Metallica	Kill 'Em All	Jul 25, 1983	88.1	123	7
3	Iron Maiden	Piece of Mind	May 16, 1983	89.5	58	4
4	High Power	High Power	Nov 1983	93.2	15	2
5	Satan	Court in the Act	1983	93	11	1
6	Def Leppard	Pyromania	Jan 20, 1983	88.6	25	5
7	Ozzy Osbourne	Bark at the Moon	May 18, 1983	88.1	28	2
8	Gary Moore	Victims of the Future	Dec 1983	93.5	8	0
9	Slayer	Show No Mercy	Dec 3, 1983	86.2	43	3
10	Accept	Balls to the Wall	1983	88.8	21	3
11	Journey	Frontiers	Feb 1983	88.6	18	1
12	Mötley Crüe	Shout at the Devil	Sep 26, 1983	87.5	20	4
13	Alcatrazz	No Parole From Rock 'N' Roll	Oct 15, 1983	86.5	22	2
14	Quiet Riot	Metal Health	Mar 11, 1983	86.2	20	2
15	Thin Lizzy	Thunder and Lightning	Mar 1983	90.6	7	0
16	Exciter	Heavy Metal Maniac	1983	90.8	6	0
17	Mercyful Fate	Melissa	Oct 30, 1983	87.4	13	2
18	ZZ Top	Eliminator	1983	88.1	8	0
19	Queensrÿche	Queensrÿche [EP]	May 1983	86.2	12	0
20	Michael Schenker Group	Built to Destroy	Jul 1983	89.2	5	0
21	Twisted Sister	You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll	Jun 27, 1983	84.8	6	1
22	Black Sabbath	Born Again	Aug 7, 1983	79.1	16	5
23	Rainbow	Bent Out of Shape	1983	81.9	8	1
24	Europe	Europe	Mar 14, 1983	79.8	8	1
25	Savatage	Sirens	1983	80.8	6	2
26	AC/DC	Flick of the Switch	Aug 1983	79.1	7	1
27	Loudness	The Law of Devil's Land	Jan 21, 1983	80.4	5	0
28	Manowar	Into Glory Ride	Jul 1983	80	5	1
29	Steeler	Steeler	1983	79.2	5	0
30	Manilla Road	Crystal Logic	1983	77.6	7	0
31	Pantera	Metal Magic	1983	70.8	6	0

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