The Best Metal Albums of 1985

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Rank	Artist	Album	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
1	Slayer	Hell Awaits	Mar 1985	94.1	80	9
2	Celtic Frost	To Mega Therion	Oct 27, 1985	90.9	42	3
3	Possessed	Seven Churches	Oct 16, 1985	90.9	39	3
4	Exodus	Bonded by Blood	Apr 25, 1985	90.5	42	2
5	Iron Maiden	Live After Death [Live]	Oct 14, 1985	91	30	2
6	Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force	Marching Out	Sep 30, 1985	90.9	30	1
7	Fates Warning	The Spectre Within	Oct 1985	90.6	24	1
8	Megadeth	Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good	Jun 12, 1985	86.6	57	4
9	Kreator	Endless Pain	Oct 1985	89.8	25	2
10	Helloween	Walls of Jericho	Oct 1985	85.1	66	6
11	Anthrax	Spreading the Disease	1985	88.3	23	3
12	Destruction	Infernal Overkill	1985	88.6	21	2
13	Accept	Metal Heart	Dec 5, 1985	88.2	23	4
14	Helloween	Helloween [EP]	Mar 1985	85	34	4
15	Dio	Sacred Heart	Oct 7, 1985	88.1	15	2
16	Overkill	Feel the Fire	Apr 1985	88.3	12	1
17	S.O.D.	Speak English or Die	Aug 30, 1985	86.7	13	0
18	Whiplash	Power and Pain	1985	87.9	9	0
19	Scorpions	World Wide Live [Live]	Oct 1985	88.9	7	0
20	Stryper	Soldiers Under Command	May 15, 1985	84.3	16	3
21	Watchtower	Energetic Disassembly	Feb 2, 1985	89	5	0
22	Ratt	Invasion of Your Privacy	Jun 13, 1985	87.4	7	1
23	Dokken	Under Lock and Key	Nov 5, 1985	85.7	9	3
24	Grim Reaper	Fear No Evil	1985	88.2	5	1
25	Mötley Crüe	Theatre of Pain	Jun 21, 1985	83.4	15	3
26	Heart	Heart	Jul 6, 1985	87.3	6	0
27	Razor	Evil Invaders	Oct 1985	88	5	0
28	White Lion	Fight to Survive	Nov 9, 1985	86.7	6	1
29	Y&T	Open Fire [Live]	1985	86	6	0
30	Agent Steel	Skeptics Apocalypse	Jun 1985	84.8	5	0
31	Anthem	Anthem	Jul 21, 1985	83.7	6	1
32	Bathory	The Return......	Dec 4, 1985	82.6	7	2
33	Pentagram	Pentagram (Relentless)	Feb 1985	84	5	0
34	Amebix	Arise!	Sep 14, 1985	80.6	7	0
35	Bon Jovi	7800 Fahrenheit	Mar 27, 1985	77.9	11	2
36	W.A.S.P.	The Last Command	Nov 9, 1985	81	5	1
37	Vicious Rumors	Soldiers of the Night	May 25, 1985	78.7	7	1
38	Alcatrazz	Disturbing the Peace	1985	78.3	7	1
39	Loudness	Thunder in the East	Jan 21, 1985	67	57	6

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