Rank	Artist / Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Metallica Ride the Lightning	Jul 27, 1984	94	206	9
2	Iron Maiden Powerslave	Sep 3, 1984	94.8	116	5
3	Judas Priest Defenders of the Faith	Jan 24, 1984	93.6	127	6
4	Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force Rising Force	Mar 5, 1984	93.4	85	5
5	Mercyful Fate Don't Break the Oath	Sep 7, 1984	92.6	36	3
6	Scorpions Love at First Sting	Mar 27, 1984	92.5	34	2
7	Van Halen 1984	Jan 9, 1984	91.5	34	5
8	Dio The Last in Line	Aug 29, 1984	90.5	41	5
9	Metal Church Metal Church	1984	89.8	43	4
10	Manowar Hail to England	Jul 1984	94.4	7	0
11	W.A.S.P. W.A.S.P.	Aug 17, 1984	87.6	22	2
12	Slayer Haunting the Chapel [EP]	Aug 1984	88	19	1
13	Whitesnake Slide It In	1984	89.2	14	3
14	Queensrÿche The Warning	Sep 7, 1984	87.8	19	2
15	Bathory Bathory	Oct 2, 1984	85.1	33	4
16	Rush Grace Under Pressure	Apr 12, 1984	90.9	7	1
17	Celtic Frost Morbid Tales [EP]	Jun 24, 1984	86.3	20	0
18	Ratt Out of the Cellar	Mar 27, 1984	86.3	18	2
19	Anthrax Fistful of Metal	Feb 1984	86.8	16	0
20	Triumph Thunder Seven	1984	92.5	4	0
21	Manowar Sign of the Hammer	Oct 15, 1984	88.4	10	0
22	Vow Wow Beat of Metal Motion	Jun 21, 1984	90.3	6	1
23	Sodom In the Sign of Evil [EP]	May 5, 1984	85.3	19	2
24	Grim Reaper See You in Hell	1984	86.3	15	2
25	Twisted Sister Stay Hungry	May 10, 1984	84.2	24	3
26	Deep Purple Perfect Strangers	Nov 12, 1984	86.1	15	2
27	Jag Panzer Ample Destruction	Aug 1984	87.3	11	0
28	Autograph Sign in Please	1984	92.7	3	0
29	Armored Saint March of the Saint	Jun 30, 1984	91.7	3	1
30	Saxon Crusader	Apr 16, 1984	87.9	7	0
31	Madam X We Reserve the Right	1984	89	5	0
32	TNT Knights of the New Thunder	1984	87.3	7	1
33	Alcatrazz Live Sentence [Live]	1984	85.3	11	1
34	Queen The Works	Feb 28, 1984	83.8	15	1
35	Dokken Tooth and Nail	Sep 13, 1984	85.1	10	4
36	Europe Wings of Tomorrow	Feb 24, 1984	84.2	12	1
37	Sortilège Métamorphose	1984	88.8	4	0
38	Sammy Hagar VOA	Jul 23, 1984	90	3	0
39	Bon Jovi Bon Jovi	Jan 21, 1984	81.3	22	3
40	Silver Mountain Universe	1984	88.5	4	0
41	Loudness Disillusion	Jan 21, 1984	82.4	15	1
42	Gary Moore We Want Moore! [Live]	1984	88	4	1
43	Kiss Animalize	Sep 13, 1984	87.8	4	0
44	Cloven Hoof Cloven Hoof	1984	84	8	0
45	Fates Warning Night on Brocken	Sep 1984	84.4	7	0
46	Michael Schenker Group Rock Will Never Die [Live]	Jun 1984	87.7	3	0
47	Slayer Live Undead [Live]	Nov 1984	80.1	17	1
48	Grave Digger Heavy Metal Breakdown	Oct 1984	85.2	5	0
49	Omen Battle Cry	Nov 1984	83.3	6	1
50	Savatage The Dungeons Are Calling [EP]	1984	84	5	1

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