Rank	Artist name	Album title	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Slayer	Hell Awaits	1985-03	94.1	78	8
2	Possessed	Seven Churches	1985-10-16	91.3	38	3
3	Celtic Frost	To Mega Therion	1985-10-27	90.9	41	3
4	Exodus	Bonded by Blood	1985-04-25	90.5	42	2
5	Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force	Marching Out	1985-09-30	90.9	30	1
6	Iron Maiden	Live After Death [Live]	1985-10-14	90.7	29	2
7	Fates Warning	The Spectre Within	1985-10	90.6	24	1
8	Megadeth	Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good	1985-06-12	86.5	55	4
9	Kreator	Endless Pain	1985-10	89.8	25	2
10	Helloween	Walls of Jericho	1985-10	85.1	66	6
11	Destruction	Infernal Overkill	1985	88.6	21	2
12	Accept	Metal Heart	1985-12-05	88.5	21	4
13	Anthrax	Spreading the Disease	1985	87.6	20	3
14	Helloween	Helloween [EP]	1985-03	85.3	33	4
15	Dio	Sacred Heart	1985-10-07	88.1	15	2
16	Overkill	Feel the Fire	1985-04	88.3	12	1
17	Stormtroopers of Death	Speak English or Die	1985-08-30	86.7	13	0
18	Whiplash	Power and Pain	1985	87.9	9	0
19	Scorpions	World Wide Live [Live]	1985-10	88.9	7	0
20	Stryper	Soldiers Under Command	1985-05-15	84.3	16	3
21	Watchtower	Energetic Disassembly	1985-02-02	89	5	0
22	Ratt	Invasion of Your Privacy	1985-06-13	87.4	7	1
23	Dokken	Under Lock and Key	1985-11-05	85.7	9	3
24	Grim Reaper	Fear No Evil	1985	88.2	5	1
25	Heart	Heart	1985-06	87.3	6	0
26	Razor	Evil Invaders	1985-10	88	5	0
27	Mötley Crüe	Theatre of Pain	1985-06-21	83.3	14	3
28	White Lion	Fight to Survive	1985-11-09	86.7	6	1
29	Y&T	Open Fire [Live]	1985	86	6	0
30	Agent Steel	Skeptics Apocalypse	1985-06	84.8	5	0
31	Anthem	Anthem	1985-07-21	83.7	6	1
32	Bathory	The Return......	1985-12-04	82.6	7	2
33	Pentagram	Pentagram (Relentless)	1985-02	84	5	0
34	Bon Jovi	7800 Fahrenheit	1985-03-27	77.9	11	2
35	W.A.S.P.	The Last Command	1985-11-09	81	5	1
36	Vicious Rumors	Soldiers of the Night	1985-05-25	78.7	7	1
37	Amebix	Arise!	1985-09-14	79.8	5	0
38	Alcatrazz	Disturbing the Peace	1985	78.3	7	1
39	Loudness	Thunder in the East	1985-01-21	66.1	57	6

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