RYM's Top 15 Metal Albums Of 1980

Instead of simply limiting it to death metal, as I had before, I am going to now go year by year and list how the people at RYM rank the top 15 heavy metal albums.

My Top 5 here:
1.Black Sabbath – Heaven And Hell
2.Diamond Head – Lightning To The Nations
3.Samson – Head On (which was #16 on RYM’s list)
4.Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden
5.Motorhead – Ace Of Spades

RYM’s Top 15 Metal Albums of 1980

1		Black Sabbath Heaven and Hell
2		Iron Maiden Iron Maiden
3		Motörhead Ace of Spades
4		Diamond Head Lightning to the Nations
5		Ozzy Osbourne Blizzard of Ozz
6		Judas Priest British Steel
7		Angel Witch Angel Witch
8		Saxon Strong Arm of the Law
9		Saxon Wheels of Steel
10		Cirith Ungol Frost and Fire
11		Trust Répression
12		Scorpions Animal Magnetism
13		Girlschool Demolition
14		Tygers of Pan Tang Wild Cat
15		Witchfynde Give ‘Em Hell