The Best Metal Albums of 1984

Rank	Artist	Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Metallica	Ride the Lightning	Jul 27, 1984	93.4	161	7
2	Iron Maiden	Powerslave	Sep 3, 1984	95	97	5
3	Judas Priest	Defenders of the Faith	Jan 24, 1984	93.9	114	6
4	Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force	Rising Force	Mar 5, 1984	92.5	70	5
5	Mercyful Fate	Don't Break the Oath	Sep 7, 1984	92.8	26	2
6	Scorpions	Love at First Sting	Mar 27, 1984	92.7	23	2
7	Metal Church	Metal Church	1984	90.8	32	4
8	Dio	The Last in Line	Aug 29, 1984	90.3	32	4
9	Van Halen	1984	Jan 9, 1984	91.1	26	3
10	W.A.S.P.	W.A.S.P.	Aug 17, 1984	88.1	16	2
11	Celtic Frost	Morbid Tales [EP]	Jun 24, 1984	88.2	15	0
12	TNT	Knights of the New Thunder	1984	91.8	6	1
13	Jag Panzer	Ample Destruction	Aug 1984	89.5	10	0
14	Grim Reaper	See You in Hell	1984	87.5	15	2
15	Whitesnake	Slide It In	1984	89.1	10	3
16	Slayer	Haunting the Chapel [EP]	Aug 1984	86.7	17	1
17	Ratt	Out of the Cellar	Mar 27, 1984	86.6	13	2
18	Queensrÿche	The Warning	Sep 7, 1984	87	11	1
19	Anthrax	Fistful of Metal	Feb 1984	85.9	13	0
20	Bathory	Bathory	Oct 2, 1984	82.8	26	3
21	Sodom	In the Sign of Evil [EP]	May 5, 1984	85.5	13	2
22	Madam X	We Reserve the Right	1984	89	5	0
23	Europe	Wings of Tomorrow	Feb 24, 1984	85.8	9	1
24	Cloven Hoof	Cloven Hoof	1984	86.7	7	0
25	Loudness	Disillusion	Jan 21, 1984	83.3	13	1
26	Deep Purple	Perfect Strangers	Nov 12, 1984	84.4	10	2
27	Fates Warning	Night on Brocken	Sep 1984	87.2	5	0
28	Manowar	Sign of the Hammer	Oct 15, 1984	86.4	5	0
29	Bon Jovi	Bon Jovi	Jan 21, 1984	80.3	18	3
30	Twisted Sister	Stay Hungry	May 10, 1984	80.8	15	1
31	Queen	The Works	Feb 28, 1984	82.6	9	0
32	Dokken	Tooth and Nail	Sep 13, 1984	84.3	6	3
33	Omen	Battle Cry	Nov 1984	85	5	1
34	Alcatrazz	Live Sentence [Live]	1984	82.9	8	0
35	Slayer	Live Undead [Live]	Nov 1984	78.2	15	1
36	Pretty Maids	Red, Hot and Heavy	1984	81.4	7	2
37	Stryper	The Yellow and Black Attack [EP]	Jul 21, 1984	78.3	8	2
38	Pantera	Projects in the Jungle	1984	75	5	1
39	Venom	At War with Satan	Apr 16, 1984	70.3	9	2
40	Hellhammer	Apocalyptic Raids [EP]	1984	68.9	7	0

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